Local elections 2023: What happened in every Greater Manchester borough as Labour dominates and Tories hit hard

Labour looks set to control nine out of 10 councils in Greater Manchester following a grim night for the Conservatives. Cracks in the Red Wall could be patched up if the results of the local elections in places such as Bolton, Heywood, Middleton, Leigh and Wigan are replicated at the next General Election.

Only Stockport, where the Lib Dems came within a whisker of taking overall control after wiping out the Tories, held out against Labour's dominance. And a tumultuous period of local politics in Oldham shows no signs of slowing down as the borough searches for its fourth leader in the last three years following the shock, narrow defeat of Amanda Chadderton.

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In Bolton the Conservatives lost seven seats and their position as the largest party. Labour are now firmly in the driving seat there and will look to the independents to form a ruling coalition.

And there was controversy in Salford where Ordsall's Lib Dem councillor Chris Twells resigned after also being elected to a seat more than 150 years miles away in the Cotswolds.

Here's the local election headlines from across Greater Manchester...

There was drama in Bolton overnight as the Conservatives lost seven seats and their position as the largest party in the borough. Going into the election no party was in overall control of the council - and that remains the case.

But Labour are now firmly in the driving seat and taking five wards means they have 26 out of the 60 seats. Following the result Bolton's Labour leader Nick Peel staked his claim to become the next boss of the council.

"I will say to the independent parties and Lib Dems that the public of Bolton profoundly rejected the Tories," he