Twelve principal authority council by-elections this week and, after last week's blip, a return to winning ways for the Liberal Democrats.

Each row shows the net gains or losses for that party, broken down by where those gains/losses have come from. Each cell shows the net gains/losses, followed by in brackets the total number of gains ...

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