Mixed picture dominated by one big shock - The story of Greater Manchester's local election results so far

Local elections results overnight revealed a mixed picture after Labour failed to make significant progress - so far - in Greater Manchester and suffered some shock losses.

Results were declared in six of Greater Manchester's 10 councils early on Friday morning - with votes due to be counted in Manchester, Bury, Trafford and Rochdale later in the day. Labour, so far, are down three seats across the city region, with the Lib Dems up five and the Tories two - figures seemingly at odds with the national picture after claims the Conservatives were finding it harder to hold their vote in the south than the north.

The biggest shock overnight came in Oldham as Labour's council leader, Arooj Shah, lost her seat in a bruising night for the party. Ms Shah, the first female Muslim council leader in the north, lost Chadderton South to Conservative Robert Barnes by 96 votes - she's the second council leader in as many years to be ousted at the polls in Oldham after Sean Fielding lost his seat in Failsworth West last year.

Speaking after the result, she said she was 'dehumanised' by a deliberate 'smear campaign' and slammed what she called a 'really personal campaign' against her on the part of the Tories. Labour lost five seats in Oldham on the night, but remain comfortably in power in the town hall.

Elsewhere, Stockport swung further to the Lib Dems but remains in no overall control. The Lib Dems took Bramhall North, and Bramhall South and Woodford, from the Tories, who lost their deputy leader John McGahan in the process. The Lib Dems now have 28 seats, an increase of those two, with Labour on 25, the Conservatives on five, after losing three seats, the Greens on two and three independents.

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