A crucial seat on Bury Council is going to a third recount at 1300 BST after the second recount was tied.
It is understood the seat in Ramsbottom, which was the final one to be decided, was split by two votes on the first count and tied between Labour and the Conservatives on the second.
Labour currently has 25 seats, the Tories 20 and the Liberal Democrats five.
If Labour wins the recount it will have an overall majority.
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