03.05.2019 - 09:57 [ DailyMail.co.uk ]

‚A plague on both your houses!‘ Disillusioned voters hammer Tories AND Labour in local elections while the Lib Dems praise ‚awesome‘ gains as main parties lose hundreds of seats and furious voters spoil their ballots amid Brexit backlash

– Votes took place in 248 English councils and 11 Northern Ireland authorities amid a backdrop of Brexit anger
– Tories lose 409 seats and Labour 60 with results in from 109 of 248 councils in humbling backlash for both
– However Lib Dems gain 283 seats amid predictions they could get up to 500 in their best showing for years
– Labour and Tories suffer biggest losses in North and South East heartlands after internal rows over Brexit
– Voters shared pictures of spoilt ballot papers, writing ‚Brexit means Brexit‘ and ‚Get May Out‘ as a protest