The MEN election blog will be running through the night, bringing you results from Greater Manchester and beyond as they happen.
Every seat is up for grabs and the council is currently in no overall control.
Jess Garland, the Electoral Reform Society’s director of policy and research, said: "We’re already seeing countless examples of people being denied their right to vote due to these new laws. In the early afternoon, the Association of Electoral Administrators said that no major problems had been reported, though it would likely not hear about individual voters being turned away.'Worrying disconnect between how important local elections are and how well people understand them'
"But our research shows a worrying disconnect between how important local elections are and how well people understand them. While more than half of people see the council as the institution that has the biggest impact on their quality of life - only 34% of people understand how decisions are made and what the role of elected councillor is.
The Electoral Reform Society, which has strongly opposed the introduction, urged ministers to rethink the new law as voters went to the polls in the local elections in England on Thursday.The Prime Minister has already conceded it will be a “hard night” for the Tories but insisted they were moving away from “box set drama” politics after the scandal-prone tenure of Boris Johnson and the chaotic collapse of the Liz Truss administration.
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