What’s happened in elections overnight and what’s still to come?

• Reform UK received its first Parliamentary by-election, taking Runcorn and Helsby from Labour by simply six votes after a recount
• Reform candidate Sarah Pochin obtained 38.7% of the vote. The Conservatives got here a distant third, with the Inexperienced Occasion fourth

• Reform additionally received its first mayoral contest, with former Tory MP Dame Andrea Jenkyns getting 42% of the vote in Better Lincolnshire – a great distance forward of the Conservative candidate on 26%

• In North Tyneside Labour held the mayoralty by simply 444 votes
• It was additionally a good lead to Doncaster, with Labour clinching victory over Reform by 698 votes
• Labour additionally held on within the West of England mayoral contest, with a majority of 5,949, because the Tories have been pushed into fourth place behind Reform and the Greens
• However the celebration noticed its share of the vote fall considerably as Reform got here an in depth second in all three races
• It additionally seems more likely to lose the mayoralty in Cambridgeshire & Peterborough to the Conservatives

• Reform UK is making massive positive aspects in council seats throughout England and has a vote share thus far of about 35%
• The Conservatives have misplaced greater than 200 seats in early outcomes, with Labour – which was defending fewer seats – down 67
• Reform UK has received management of its first councils, taking Staffordshire and Lincolnshire from the Conservatives
• Northumberland County Council is the primary council to declare and can keep in No Total Management with the Conservatives having probably the most seats and Reform an in depth second
• The celebration is making robust progress in Devon, the place the Liberal Democrats are additionally selecting up seats

• Outcomes for the remaining mayoral contest in Hull & East Yorkshire, in addition to nearly all of council elections are anticipated to begin pouring in from Friday afternoon
• The Conservatives are defending probably the most seats and anticipating heavy losses throughout the nation
• The Tories are going through a risk from the fitting in Reform UK however within the south the problem comes from the Liberal Democrats, who’re concentrating on councils together with Gloucestershire and Hertfordshire
• Labour is hoping to select up seats in Derbyshire and Durham, the place it carried out nicely eventually 12 months’s basic election
• In the meantime, the Greens and pro-Gaza independents may threaten Labour in areas corresponding to Lancashire
• The Greens are hoping for positive aspects on councils together with Oxfordshire and Kent, the place Reform can also be anticipated to do nicely
• Hull & East Yorkshire might be a intently fought contest, with the Tories, Labour and the Lib Dems all having fun with assist in several components of the area. Reform can also be concentrating on the mayoralty with its candidate, former Olympic boxer Luke Campbell
• Elections are additionally going down in Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Buckinghamshire, Cornwall, North Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Shropshire, West Northamptonshire and Wiltshire

You’ll be able to observe all the outcomes and response on BBC One and on iPlayer, the Information Channel, Sounds and on the BBC live page.