Labour could lose "well over" 1,000 councillors in May's crunch local elections , experts have warned. The nightmare analysis warns the figure could also be as high as 2,000 if the pattern of the party's fall in vote share in a raft of recent council by-elections continues. It comes as Keir Starmer's party defends more than half of the 5,000 council seats up for grabs across England in 136 councils on May 7. The elections will coincide with major votes in Scotland and Wales where the public