Counting is now underway at the Carlisle City Council election count.
Both Labour and the Conservatives say it is still too close to call, though candidates, agents and supporters watching on eagerly.
Voters went to the polls in all wards yesterday. 
The count is taking place at Carlisle Sands Centre.
Ballot boxes were opened just after 9.30am, with all voting slips verified, sorted and checked for spoiled votes.
That process in now complete, so counting is now getting underway.
A total of 39 seats on the authority are up for grabs, with three in each of 13 new wards. 
It is the first election since boundary changes were approved.
Each person could cast up to three votes, making the counting process more complicated than previous years.
There were previously 52 councillors - 24 Labour, 22 Conservative, five Independent and one Liberal Democrat. 
This meant there was no party in overall control of the authority.
The matter was further complicated when Labour's Stephen Sidgwick was thrown out of the party for putting himself forward as an Independent candidate in this election, having not been selected to stand for the party.
It means that going into this election, he was no longer a Labour member - meaning the party actually had 23 seats.
To secure a majority this time, a party would need to secure 20 of the 39 seats.
Local elections have been taking place across the country, with some counts taking place overnight and others today. 
When the doors opened this morning the results were already in from 100 of the 248 councils. They showed that the Liberal Democrats had a net gain of 235 seats and the Greens 34.
The Lib Dems took four councils from the Tories: Winchester, Cotswold, Bath and North East Somerset, and Hinckley and Bosworth, while North Kesteven went to independents.
The Conservatives had a net loss of 332 seats and Labour 45.
While the Tories took two councils – Walsall and North East Lincolnshire from no overall control – they lost Peterborough, Basildon, Southend, Worcester, St Albans, Welwyn Hatfield, Folkestone and Hythe, and Tandridge to no overall control.
Jeremy Corbyn’s party also struggled, losing seats at a point in the electoral cycle when they could expect to be making significant gains at the expense of the Government.
Other results are now coming through. 
Many are blaming the ongoing Brexit saga for the results.
In Carlisle, John Mallinson, leader of the Conservative group on Carlisle City Council, was among those at the Sands Centre for the start of the verification process. 
Commenting on the national results, he said: "It's not good for ourselves or the Labour Party. We've seen a bit of a resurgence of what we used to call minor parties. 
"It's a very mixed bag and it's hard to predict what it will be like here."
Les Tickner, deputy leader of the Labour group, was also among the first to arrive.
He said: "I think it's a fairly unique set of circumstances with Brexit. We are getting a lot of that on the doorstep.
"It's been a very low turnout according to our figures. I really wouldn't like to call it at this stage."
Independent candidate Rob Betton, standing in Botcherby and North Harraby, said he was pleased to see independents winning strong support nationally.
"The people are fed up of party politics. The most important thing is the electorate - what matters to them and who they want to represent them," he said.
"People are voting for independents because of that. It sends out a strong message."
Liberal Democrat candidate Trevor Allison, standing in Dalston and Burgh, said he was pleased with how well his party was performing nationally.
"I've been up all night watching the results come in. We are doing well. People are disillusioned with the other two parties. I'm hoping to do well in Carlisle," he said.