Stalemate in Walsall but UKIP make gains on council

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Ballot papers being counted in Walsall overnight Credit: ITV News Central/Callum Watkinson

UKIP took three council seats on Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council overnight, taking one seat from the Conservatives and two from the Liberal Democrats.

Labour held seven seats and took two from the Conservatives.

The result leaves no one party in overall control of the council. With all results in, the new makeup of the council is: Labour - 30 (+2) Conservatives - 21 (-3) Lib Dem - 3 (-2) Independent - 3 UKIP - 3 (+3).

Married couple Liz Hazell and Darren Hazell both won seats for UKIP.

Council leader Mike Bird congratulated Nigel Farage's party, saying the night "belongs to UKIP, both in Walsall and elsewhere in the country."

Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council remains in No Overall Control Credit: ITV News Central/Callum Watkinson

But deputy Labour leader Shaun Coughlan ruled out any deal with UKIP. He said Labour would only consider agreements with parties who shared Labour values, and that "does not include UKIP."