Conservative councils repaired five times more length of road last year than Labour authorities, The Telegraph can reveal.

The 50 Tory-controlled local authorities in England fixed 68 miles of roads, on average, according to analysis of Department for Transport (DfT) data.

Labour’s 78 councils, meanwhile, repaired just 14 miles worth of roads – putting them behind the 13 Lib Dem local authorities who managed to fix 27 miles on average.

The Telegraph has launched a nationwide campaign, Fix Our Potholes, to demand local authorities start fixing their roads and improve conditions for motorists, businesses and emergency services.

Readers are sharing pictures and stories of the worst potholes they have encountered so that the councils responsible can be encouraged to repair them.

This week The Telegraph uncovered that the amount of road repairs by local councils across the country has hit the lowest level on record, as well as highlighting Government plans to fine utility companies £10,000 a day for roadworks that overrun into weekends.

Similarly, we also revealed how thousands of councils are routinely denying compensation to drivers whose vehicles were damaged by hitting potholes on poorly-maintained roads.

Labour-controlled Plymouth council was highlighted earlier this week as the worst council for street repairs in the UK, fixing just 0.7 per cent of its roads – the equivalent of one mile – that should have been considered for maintenance over the past year.

The analysis comes after the head of a House of Commons committee described the state of the country’s highways as a “national embarrassment”.