It is worth recapping on just how terrible this round of elections has been for Labour.

– Labour is now the third party of local government in England, with fewer councillors than the Liberal Democrats for the first time since the First World War

– Labour secured the lowest vote share ever recorded by a serving government in both elections

– Labour fell under 20 per cent vote share for the first time since 1910, when the party was four years old

– Labour controls no county councils

– Labour lost a poll Wales for the first time since the First World War

– Labour have no MEPs in the South West region for the first time ever

– Labour were beaten by four parties in two regions of the country

– Labour recorded an 8 per cent vote share in the South East

UPDATE: Rob Hayward has just pointed out to me that Labour lost 60 per cent of the council seats they were defending on Thursday

June 8, 2009 11:50am in Labour | Comment