Labour's election night was so bad they even lost a seat to a former Big Brother contestant

Just when Labour thought things could not get any worse – they’ve lost a council seat to a Tory former Big Brother contestant in their former Welsh heartland.

Seemingly on the verge of losing another General Election, the Labour party were also defeated in local elections overnight, losing seats across the country to the Tories.

And in Cardiff, they managed to lose one of those seats to former reality TV star, Joel Williams.

The baby-faced “wannabe PM” triumphed in the north Cardiff ward of Pontprennau and Old St Mellons.

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Williams tweeted his delight in the early hours of this morning.

“What a night- teamwork pays off! Proud to be elected County Councillor for Pontprennau and Old St Mellons,” her wrote.

He appeared in the 2015 edition of the show, making it through to the final.

On the show he said he wanted to be a future Prime Minister, and he also somehow ended up spending £2,500 of the house’s money on the world’s smallest pizza.

One bright spot for Labour though was that despite losing to Williams they managed to hold onto control of Cardiff.

It wasn’t such good news for Jeremy Corbyn’s party elsewhere though.

Early results show the main opposition party lost control of two councils – Blaenau Gwent and Bridgend.

The Conservatives gained control of five councils, including Warwickshire and Lincolnshire.

UKIP was routed, losing all 13 seats and the Lib Dems were also disappointed, failing to stop the Tories retaining control in Somerset.

Counting is set to begin in many council this morning.

A total of 4,851 council seats were contested across in 88 councils in England, Scotland and Wales, just five weeks before the general election.