‘Muslim Independents’ projected to win more than 200 council wards. For future historians these elections may be a punctuation mark in our island story, after which the politics of mainland England more closely resemble the sectarian voting of Northern Ireland.

May 07

NEW: Politics UK has predicted the local election result for all council wards

RFM: 1,580 (+1,580)

LDM: 950 (+286)

LAB: 941 (-1,597)

CON: 572 (-631)

GRN: 503 (+344)

INDP: 213 (-102)

MUSLIM INDP: 208 (+177) Our interactive map

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