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Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May both sought to put a brave face on local council results that suggested neither can break the electoral deadlock that delivered a hung parliament last June. Local council elections 2018 – results in full Read more Corbyn told Labour supporters the results showed his party was “ready for a general election whenever it comes”, and insisted, “there’s much more to come and it’s going to get even better”. The BBC’s projected national share of the vote, which uses the results in local elections to estimate the parties’ standing across the country, put Labour and the Conservatives neck-and-neck, on 35% apiece. Modest success for Lib Dems in remain areas The party celebrated as it took control of Richmond by gaining 22 seats and had some other good results. Catastrophic night for 'Black Death' Ukip Ukip's vote collapsed and by Friday morning it held just two seats, 44 down on four years ago. Our time isn't finished because Brexit is being betrayed." We will continue to work hard for local people and we will build on this success for the future.” 'Labour should be trouncing the Tories': readers on the local elections Read more May later travelled to Dudley, another Labour target held by the Tories, who were boosted by the collapse of Ukip. “Unless Labour gets to grips with that, the next election is far from secure, with Labour piling up the votes in cities, and the Tories having a near-monopoly on the countryside.” She added: “Whoever gets this town’s argument will win the next general election and the one after that.” In London, Labour performed more strongly in boroughs where it already had a healthy lead over the Conservatives when the seats were last contested, in 2014. But the biggest blow for the party came in Barnet, its main target in the capital, where it needed to gain just one seat to take control. “It is clear that antisemitism was a very real issue in this campaign, not everywhere, but in areas where particularly there is a large Jewish community,” he said.