LABOUR gain Letchworth East.

Ian Mantle beats Conservative councillor and Letchworth area committee chairman Michael Paterson.

Results:

John Barry - UK Independence Party, 108

Eric Blakely - Green, 97

Mertsi Fisher - Liberal Democrats, 73

Ian Mantle - Labour Party, 472 ELECTED

Michael Paterson - Conservative Party, 383

Tim Vickers - English Democrats, 36