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Four years ago, I was utterly heartbroken at this time in the morning. Not only had we lost almost all our MPs, but we’d suffered heavy losses in the council election.

Today, after spending most of yesterday in a darkened room whimpering in pain, I wake to absolutely brilliant results. Already we are up (at the time of writing) 271 councillors and most of the results aren’t in yet.

It’s not surprising that Ed Davey described the results on BBC Breakfast as the best local elections for the Lib Dems in a generation.

Some more of the highlights:

We seem to have surprised the BBC’s political editor:

Blimey the Lib Dems have won the Cotswolds

— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) May 3, 2019

A result we knew was on the cards a few weeks ago as it was clear that the Tory vote was disappearing like snow off a dyke.

And here are the very happy councillors:

The moment the Liberal Democrats found out they have won control of Cotswold District Council pic.twitter.com/on6iQPeABb

— Hayley Mortimer (@HayleyMortimer) May 3, 2019

Jacob Rees-Mogg has a Lib Dem councillor now.

Congratulations to Cllr Dave Wood, who moments ago beat B&NES council leader Tim Warren. He's now @Jacob_Rees_Mogg's local councillor! The start of a very good night in Bath! #LocalElections2019 pic.twitter.com/90h7uWeFpc

— Wera Hobhouse MP (@Wera_Hobhouse) May 3, 2019

Yvette Cooper’s backyard now contains Liberal Democrat Councillor Tom Gordon stormed to victory from a standing start in his home ward after moving down from Newcastle.

Here are the results in full and my latest interview with BBC Radio Leeds will be up at some point tomorrow I believe! pic.twitter.com/hrHTVdxTGI

— Tom Gordon 🔶 (@tomgordonLD) May 3, 2019

Three times the vote of the Labour Party. 9 times the vote of the Conservatives and Greens. And all that in just a few months’ spirited and energetic campaigning.

His former colleagues in Newcastle were delighted.

We knew Tom was good, and we were sorry a new job forced him to move away, but Manor Park's loss is definitely Knottingley's gain! He has pulled off an electoral sensation in a matter of weeks! https://t.co/IcR95LnXe8

— Manor Park Lib Dems 🔶 (@ManorParkLD) May 3, 2019

And here is Councillor Gordon:

Chelmsford’s result was simply outstanding – from 5 councillors to 31 and the Conservatives falling from 52 seats to just 21.

I have never been more glad to be proved wrong as far as Hinckley and Bosworth were concerned. They thought they might pull off overall control, but I thought that was a tiny bit ambitious, even with their ace team which has been honed to perfection over the years by former Lib Dem MP for Chesterfield, Paul Holmes. But they did it. It’s a fantastic result for Michael Mullaney and the team there.