After a dismal performance in last year’s General Election, the Labour Party needs to take time and win back the confidence of the public, says Lisa Nandy.

MM’s Election 2016 live blog will keep you bang up to date with everything happening across Greater Manchester’s election counts tonight.

The victory was not as straightforward as many would have thought however as a second count was ordered in the supplementary voting.

Labour’s 100% hold over Manchester City Council was broken by experienced Liberal Democrat John Leech on an otherwise quiet day in the Manchester City Council elections.

Labour has retained control of Rochdale Council with the Lib Democrats gaining just one seat, despite expecting a major resurgence in the town.

Labour seized Stockport Council off the Lib Dems in dramatic fashion, meaning the city is red for the first time in 40 years.

Trafford Conservatives were congratulating themselves on a relatively comfortable evening’s work in the only Tory-held borough in Greater Manchester.

The election results in Oldham proved fruitful for Labour, but a few shock results caused some upset across the parties.

Of 17 seats up for grabs – one from each ward – Labour took 10, losing three and gaining one, the Conservatives six and Liberal Democrats one.

As the UK awakes to survey the electoral battlefield the Labour stronghold of Tameside remains firmly held, but results reveal a persistent shadow of UKIP and independent candidates in 11 of its 19 wards.

Barack Obama’s robust support of Britain’s continued EU membership is a major coup Brexit campaigners cannot dismiss, according to a Manchester expert.