Kemi Badenoch has claimed that the Conservatives are “coming back” after winning back Westminster and Wandsworth councils from Labour in London, despite her party suffering significant losses throughout England in Thursday’s elections. The party also saw off a threat from Reform in Bexley. But the Tories suffered a series of losses in Essex, where Badenoch herself is an MP, losing 13 seats while Reform gained 52. They held on to Harlow, securing all 11 district council seats available. In Havering, where the Conservatives had 14 councillors before the election, the party was wiped out. With Reform making up 39 of Havering’s 55 councillors, the Havering Residents’ Association was pushed into second place as the official opposition with 11 councillors, while Labour held on to two of four seats with three independents. Reform also made gains at the Tories’ expense in Suffolk, winning eight of the 12 available county council seats, and in Brentwood and North East Lincolnshire.…