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"They'll all lose their seats, and no one will be happier than me"

Neil Doolin, Samantha Lauren Cook and Kieran Dams surrounded by the other Green candidates in Sefton. Photo: Abi Whistance/The Post

Your action-packed election debrief is here

Dear readers — what a day! Abi and Laurence have been up since the wee hours to produce today’s all-star election debrief, surviving on little but instant coffee, jaffa cakes and adrenaline. 

The big story was that Labour took an absolute battering in many areas. The biggest shock was St Helens, where the party essentially evaporated, going from 26 seats down to two. Reform UK now holds almost three quarters of the council’s seats. In Halton, Reform took 16 of the 19 seats available, Labour’s control of the council spared because only a third of councillors were up for election.

Today’s action-packed briefing has all the stats across Merseyside, as well as some of the subplots you might not have spotted among the numbers. Tuck in below.

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A chilling result for Labour in St Helens


The day began with ominous signs for Labour, who had controlled this heartlands council outright since 2010. Just after 2pm, Peasley Cross and Fingerpost declared for Reform, with Sharon Roughley gaining from Labour. Would this be the first shot of a Farage barrage? 

An hour or so later, Reform’s Brendan Moss had just won another seat in Sutton South East ward, with his party mate John Pinngton holding. Labour’s council leader Anthony Burns was reportedly telling his members to “chill, chill, chill.” But would it be Burns, baby, Burns?

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