Lib Dem Brentwood Councillor Karen Chilvers has just written about what happened in her area on Thursday:
We knocked on a lot of doors yesterday telling you it would be close – but I had no idea how close it would be.
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At 6am, after four recounts and with over 3,000 votes cast it finally came down to 1578 votes for Nigel and 1578 for the Tory candidate – dead heat.
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The election was then decided by a drawing of lots and ….
Find out who won here.