NUNEATON & BEDWORTH DC - NOC GAIN FROM LAB This Year RFM 15 LAB 2 GRN 2 Full Council: RFM 15 LAB 11 CON 9 GRN 3

BIRMINGHAM LDM HOLD, IND GAIN FROM LDM - Aston GRN GAIN FROM LAB*2 - Ladywood LAB HOLD *2 - Bromford & Hodge Hill Just three to go now.

COVENTRY MBC NOC GAIN FROM LAB LAB 24 RFM 20 CON 6 GRN 4

BIRMINGHAM MBC LDM HOLD*2 - Acocks Green IND GAIN FROM LAB, GRN GAIN FROM LAB - Harborne LAB HOLD*2 - Sparkhill So glad I have my two excellent councillors reelected

BIRMINGHAM MBC LDM HOLD*2 - Acocks Green IND GAIN FROM LAB, GRN GAIN FROM LAB - Harborne LAB HOLD*2 - Sparkhill

Whilst there are still three wards to count, WALSALL MBC is a clear RFM GAIN FROM NOC.

Even more BIRMINGHAM MBC GRN GAIN FROM LAB*2 - Billesley IND GAIN FROM LAB*2 - Alum Rock LDM HOLD*2 - Perry Barr LAB HOLD*2 - Handsworth Wood RFM GAIN FROM LAB*2 - Weoley & Selly Oak

SANDWELL MBC If I've counted right, there 2 wards which is 6 seats to go RFM 36 LAB 27 GRN 2 IND 1 Reform need one for a majority, the Green gains were as I suspected in Bearwood, the IND is the existing one in Tipton Green.

BIRMINGHAM CON HOLD * 2 - Edgbaston CON HOLD * 2 - Sutton Walmley & Minworth IND GAIN FROM LAB *2 - Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East Sutton Coldfield back to being a clean Tory sweep.

SOLIHULL MBC - Final Result NOC GAIN FROM CON Con 24 Rfm 17 LDm 6 Grn 4

BIRMINGHAM RFM GAIN FROM LDM*2 - Sheldon RFM GAIN FROM CON*2 - Longbridge & West Heath LDM HOLD & LDM GAIN FROM LAB - Moseley A tragic ending to Paul Tilsley's very long council career.

BIRMINGHAM LDm GAIN FROM LAB *2: Small Heath

BIRMINGHAM RFM GAIN FROM CON, RFM GAIN FROM LAB - Oscott Which means the return of Graham Green, buckle up folks, this will be fun. CON GAIN FROM LAB*2 - Sutton Vesey Rob Pocock has fallen. I'm a bit shocked.

Birmingham still RFM GAIN FROM LAB - Kings Norton North LAB HOLD*2 - North Edgbaston RFM GAIN FROM LAB & IND GAIN FROM LAB - Quinton Sam Forsythe who was elected as Lab for Quinton in 2022, deselected and has stood as an Independent and won.

BIRMINGHAM MBC - LAB HOLD*2 - Soho & Jewellery Quarter CON HOLD*2 - Erdington Rumour that Labour council leader John Cotton has lost his seat but it is from Reach Media but given the way things are going I wouldn't be surprised.

Solihull is starting to declare now and its mainly Reform in the North and the Tories in the South. However it raises a curiosity in that Cllr Feeney has been elected to Birmingham in Shard End and Solihull in Castle Bromwich. Apart from the double bubble that's a lot of work on his plate.

BIRMINGHAM MBC GRN HOLD - Kings Norton South GRN GAIN FROM LAB (x2) - Bournbrook & Selly Park Greens become the first party to reach 10 seats in Brummagem

Back to Birmingham GRN GAIN FROM LAB: Bordesley Green & Highgate

meanwhile in Wolverhampton MBC RFM WIN : Bilston N, Bilston S, Bushbury N, Bushbury S, East Park, Ettingshall S, Fallings Park, Merry Hill, Oxley, Wednesfield N, Wednesfield S (2 seats up) CON WIN: Both Tettenhalls, Penn LAB WIN: Everything Else (5 seats) Not declared: Park

More Birmingham IND GAIN FROM LAB: Nechells CON HOLD: Sutton Trinity That I think leaves 3 single seaters to declare

and a few more from Birmingham RFM GAIN FROM LAB: Northfield CON HOLD: Sutton Roughley CON HOLD: Sutton Four Oaks

BCC's results service appears to have collapsed, so LAB HOLD: Birchfield LAB HOLD: Heartlands LAB HOLD: Newtown GRN GAIN FROM LAB: Balsall Heath West GRN GAIN FROM LAB: Stirchley IND GAIN FROM LAB : Lozells IND GAIN FROM LAB : Ward End IND GAIN FROM LAB : Bordesley Green

I'm dropping the turnout figures, I'd based them off the polling stations numbers and whilst its very clear turnout is up a lot across the city, some of Sutton ones feel wrong.

CON HOLD - Birmingham MBC, Sutton Reddicap CON 1981 RFM 771 GRN 452 LAB 397 LDM 181

CON HOLD - Birmingham MBC, Sutton Reddicap Turnout: 46.1% (+14.1) CON 1618 RFM 798 GRN 279 LAB 231 LDM 136

CON HOLD - Birmingham MBC, Sutton Mere Green Turnout: 57.8% (+13.3) CON 1809 RFM 1068 GRN 410 LDM 406 LAB 238

IND GAIN FROM LAB - Birmingham MBC, Holyhead Turnout: 32.5% (+1.5) IND Shergill 775 LAB 751 GRN 334 CON 132 RFM 93 LDM 64 IND Jaddoo 50 IND Atholi 26 Deselected Lab Cllr beats Erdington MP's daughter here.

RFM GAIN FROM LAB - Birmingham MBC, Allens Cross Turnout : 41.5% (+13.4) RFM 949 IND 651 LAB 451 GRN 381 CON 259 LDM 76 Former Tory Councillor for this ward comes back for Reform.

RFM GAIN FROM CON - Birmingham MBC, Rubery & Rednal Turnout: 38.9% (+12.7) RFM 943 CON 892 GRN 333 LAB 271 LDM 119

LAB HOLD - Birmingham MBC, Garretts Green Turnout: 36.1% (+18%) LAB 988 RFM 864 GRN 310 LDM 149 CON 109 WPB 95

LDM HOLD - Birmingham MBC, Yardley West & Stechford Turnout: 44.5% (+7.5) LDM 1911 RFM 405 GRN 369 LAB 278 WBP 126 CON 57

LDM HOLD - Birmingham MBC, South Yardley Turnout : 40.3% (+13%) LDM 1382 RFM 769 GRN 329 LAB 192 CON 95 WBP 53 Lord Mayor elect Zaker Choudhry gets to wear the chain, really nice bloke, deserves it.

LDM HOLD - Birmingham MBC, Yardley East Turnout: 38.5% (+12.5) LDM 979 RFM 762 GRN 419 LAB 387 WBP 153 CON 132

RFM GAIN FROM CON - Birmingham MBC, Frankley Great Park Turnout : 37.3% (+10) RFM 1192 IND 691 GRN 407 LAB 326 CON 317 LDM 131 The Ind was the deselected Conservative councillor who had been found guilty of harassement.

GRN HOLD - Birmingham MBC, Druids Heath & Monyhull Turnout 42.7% (+8.4) GRN 1907 RFM 734 CON 140 LAB 119 LDM 54 WPB 14

LAB HOLD - Birmingham MBC, Castle Vale Turnout 31.5% (+11%) LAB 899 RFM 855 GRN 124 CON 107 LDM 30 WBP 11

GRN GAIN FROM LAB - Birmingham MBC, Handsworth Turnout : 33.9% (+10.5%) GRN 958 LAB 443 IND 288 IND 273 CON 231 RFM 110 LDM 53 The first IND is former Labour councillor Chaman Lal.

RFM GAIN FROM LAB - Birmingham MBC, Pype Hayes Turnout : 35.6% (+10%) RFM 1073 LAB 513 CON 331 GRN 309 LDM 157 IND 64

CON HOLD - Birmingham MBC, Hall Green South Turnout: 51.5% (+16.3) CON 2117 GRN 638 RFM 429 LAB 326 WPB 163 LDM 68

LAB HOLD - BIRMINGHAM MBC, Gravelly Hill Turnout : 31% (+8.4%) LAB 620 LDM 417 GRN 360 RFM 344 IND 168 CON 123 IND 66

RFM GAIN FROM LAB - Birmingham MBC, Perry Common Turnout: 33.4 (+11.3) RFM 1020 LAB 487 GRN 327 CON 261 IND 213 LDM 105

RFM GAIN FROM LAB - Birmingham MBC, Shard End Turnout: 30.5% (+13.3) Rfm 1262 Lab 488 Grn 321 Con 155 Ind 132 LDm 108

GRN GAIN FROM LAB - Birmingham MBC, Tyseley & Hay Mills Turnout : 34.6% (+10.8) Grn 550 LDm 463 Lab 463 Rfm 432 WBP 383 Con 303 YP 90

CON HOLD - Birmingham MBC, Highters Heath Turnout: 41.7% (+15.4) Con 1342 Rfm 877 Grn 419 Lab 277 LDm 56 Con -9% Rfm +29% Grn +8% Lab -30% LDm +2% I was the LDm candidate in this ward.

There was one ordinary by-election in the West Midlands last night LDM HOLD - STRATFORD-ON-AVON DC, Bishops Itchington, Fenny Compton & Napton LDm 1104 Rfm 751 Con 715 Grn 273 Lab 53

Across Dudley MBC turnout was up 8% over 2024 at a healthy 40.2%. Rfm won 22 seats on 42.5%. Con won 2 seats on 22.1% Lab won 1 seat on 16.0% Grn won 0 on 10.2% LDm won 0 on 6.7%.

I regret to inform all OG alternate historians that Thaxted Division on Essex CC has indeed gone Reform. One wonders what Peggy would think?

Whilst still waiting for one ward - Reform have gained Newcastle-under-Lyme DC. RFM 27 CON 12 LAB 2 with one three seater to declare.

I haven't done the totting up yet, but its pretty clear that all the Dudley Parliamentary seats would be Reform off these results, obviously Kingswinford & South Staffs doesn't have elections this time but considering what Wombourne and Perton be like, that would go as well.

Dudley MBC - Wollaston & Stourbridge Town, 2* Rfm Gain from Lab, Turnout 49.04% Rfm 1464, 1324 LDm 1202, 1083 Con 894, 856 Lab 856, 814 Grn 636, 576 Freedom Alliance 61.