UKIP make Midlands gains in 2014 Local Elections
All the results of the Local Election 2014 across the Central Region as it happens.
Labour take control of Amber Valley after 14 years
Labour have taken Derbyshire local authority Amber Valley Borough Council from the Conservatives for the first time in 14 years, in a nail-biting count which went down to the very last seat.
UKIP gained a significant number of votes in the Borough, but not enough to secure a councillor outright. The leader of the Conservatives says the new UKIP voters had turned away from the Tories, thereby splitting the vote and letting Labour in.
Of the 15 seats up for vote, Labour won 11 and the Conservatives won four.
Before yesterday's election the Tories held a 23 -21 majority to Labour - that has now been flipped in Labour's favour, with 23 councillors versus 21 Tories, the wards changing hands being Belper South, and Ripley.
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Early polls: Ukip's gain hurting all three major parties
Ukip have won seats at the expense of both the Conservative and Labour parties in local elections, so far. No results are in from London.
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Stalemate in Walsall but UKIP make gains on council
ITV News Central reporter Callum Watkinson was at the local election count in Walsall, and has sent this report from the night.