The party now has 30 seats on the city council.
It was a bad night for the Conservatives though.
They lost four of their council seats, leaving them with eight.
The Lib Dems have one seat.
Labour has committed to building a new multi-million pound swimming pool and leisure centre on the site of the bus station - the Conservatives had promised to axe those plans if they'd been elected.
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