Thread by @OwenJones84

Almost everywhere that @PeoplesMomentum held #Unseat campaign events, Labour made gains - some big - and the Tories lost seats. That's down to Momentum and non-Momentum Labour activists. Campaigning works.

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In Trafford (where @PeoplesMomentum ran a mass campaign day), the Tories lost overall control of the council for the first time since 2004, despite only a third of seats being up for grabs. Labour's vote share was 47.3% (up 9.1 points), the Tories 36.8% (down 2 points).

In Portsmouth (where @PeoplesMomentum ran a mass canvass), Labour won 4 new seats (with only a third of seats up for grabs), and its share of the vote went up 12 points.

In Wandsworth (where @PeoplesMomentum ran mass canvasses), Labour went from 19 seats in 2014 to 26 seats, with some Tory seats left with exceptionally marginal majorities.

In Swindon (where @PeoplesMomentum ran a campaign day), a third of seats were up for grabs: Labour won the popular vote with 42.4%, adding 10.2 points from 2014, and winning a seat.

In Westminster (where @PeoplesMomentum ran a campaign day), which has always been Tory, Labour won 4 new seats.

In true blue Kensington & Chelsea (where @PeoplesMomentum ran a campaign day), which has always been Tory, Labour won a new seat.

The exception is Barnet, where @PeoplesMomentum also campaigned: but no amount of campaigning in Barnet could deal with the hurt many Jewish voters feel, which all of us on the left have to urgently confront.

In Plymouth - a great result, it was also Labour's least difficult possible council gain - @PeoplesMomentum did cancel the campaign day because of spending limits, but also mobilised lots and lots of activists to campaign, alongside brilliant non-Momentum Labour activists.

What @PeoplesMomentum does on its campaign days is mobilise large numbers of often younger people to knock on doors, ask voters about their concerns, find out where Labour voters are, then encourage them to vote on election day.

Labour would have won fewer gains with @PeoplesMomentum mobilising thousands of activists to talk to voters - and anyone telling you otherwise is a politically motivated shyster.

The big challenge we found on @PeoplesMomentum campaign days is that older, whiter more affluent voters who strongly lean Tory are far more likely to vote in local elections, whilst our (disproportionately younger) voters are much less likely to. That's what we are working on.

Labour have had an absolutely horrendous few weeks, and here's why I wrote my column this week warning that Labour faced massive challenges in these elections: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Oh: to those pundits and Tories desperate to turn the clock on Corbyn's Labour surge in 2017. In last year's local elections, Labour got a projected 27% share of the vote. Four weeks later, Labour won 40% of the vote. You hubris is showing again. You never, ever learn.

To those @PeoplesMomentum activists who campaigned in this election: you were an absolute phenomenon, the gains Labour made are partly down to you, you should be so proud, and we will be escalating our #Unseat days and mobilising more activists than ever.

(Finally, to those trolls wondering why I wasn't tweeting throughout the night: I went to bed early with mild heat stroke - oops - after cycling 35 miles across London. It's been a knackering few weeks!)