Local elections: Recap as results declared at Portsmouth and Havant counts
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The country – or at least most of it – has gone to the polls today.
Several areas have chosen to hold their counts on Friday but many, including Portsmouth and Havant, have plumped for the traditional ‘start at 10pm and finish in the early hours routine’.
Here is all the action from the counts as it happened, with the final result coming in not long before 3am, plus a full results list from each area and reaction and analysis.
No polls in Fareham and Gosport this year – they are on the fourth, fallow year of the election cycle which sees ballots held in three out of every four years.
LIVE: Portsmouth and Hampshire local elections 2023
Key Events
- Voters went to the polls today in many but not all areas of the country
- Portsmouth and Havant results are now in
- Eastleigh is also counting overnight; Winchester, East Hampshire and Southampton count tomorrow
- No elections in Fareham and Gosport this year
Here’s what Havant Borough Council’s leader has made of this year’s campaign
Havant's Conservative council leader says national politics has hindered campaigning
National controversies have made local Conservative campaigns ‘more difficult than I remember’, the Havant Borough Council leader has said.
Fair to say national politics hasn’t had its most glorious 12 months ever - and sadly disaffection with the government trickles down to a local level
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