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The bare electoral facts as I write! 16.30

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POLITICS HOME (downloaded 3:40 pm) 5.6.09

The local election results as they come in.

16:20 Warwickshire: Conservative gain from No Overall Control

16:10 Surrey: Conservative hold

16:08 Cambridgeshire: Conservative hold

16:05 Kent: Conservative hold

16:01 Hertfordshire: Conservative hold

15:54 North Yorkshire: Conservative hold

15:52 Nottinghamshire: Conservative gain - Labour now control no 

county councils

15:51 Buckinghamshire: Conservative hold

15:49 Lancashire: Conservative gain from Labour

15:41 Oxfordshire: Conservative hold

15:39 Derbyshire: Conservative gain from Labour

14:50 Essex: Conservative hold

14:34 Staffordshire: Conservatives gain from Labour

14:10 Leicestershire: Conservative hold

14:10 Lincolnshire: Conservative hold

13:30 Devon: Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

13:30 Somerset: Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

13:25 Hampshire: Conservative hold

12:48 Lancashire: BNP wins first seat

(11:53 Staffordshire: Labour lose control)

07:00 Central Bedfordshire: Conservative win (new unitary authority)

07:00 Lincolnshire: Conservative hold

07:00 Bristol: Liberal Democrat gain from No overall control (NOC)

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Ian Gibson resigns as MP with immediate effect

Labour MP Ian Gibson has announced he is to resign as an MP with 

immediate effect following the scandal over MPs' expenses, triggering 

a by-election in his Norwich North consituency

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CONSERVATIVE HOME (downloaded 3:40 pm) 5.6.09

3.35pm: TORIES HAVE WON THE RED ROSE COUNTY OF LANCASHIRE AND 

DERBYSHIRE. - -DERBYSHIRE ON AN 18% SWING!!