By Peter Edwards

Labour made a net gain of two seats at the end of a night of council by-elections when the UKIP vote slumped. Jeremy Corbyn’s party won a total of three seats from the Tories and UKIP on the south coast, held one in Leicestershire but also lost one from its possession to Theresa May’s party in East Anglia. Six wards were contested in total. Overall Labour won seats in Thanet and Swale, both in Kent, and Worthing in Sussex, retained a ward […]