Tory sources are sure they will lose Barnet and think Wandsworth is odds on to flip to Labour
Polls closed at 10pm with authorities across England, Wales and Scotland up for grabs between the parties.
They decide on crucial local services throughout Britain - but much of the talk in the build up to Thursday's vote has been on whether voters will punish Boris Johnson over Partygate. The campaigning also had a backdrop of the invasion of Ukraine, which Conservatives have hoped to trumpet the Prime Minister's credentials over, as well as the cost-of-living crisis and inflation problems.LBC is covering the local elections in the live blog below, and you can listen live to Iain Dale and ex-Labour Home Secretary Jacqui SmithAmong the councils to watch potentially flip from Tory to Labour are the London boroughs of Wandsworth, Barnet and Westminster.
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