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

• Reform UK won its first Parliamentary by-election, taking Runcorn and Helsby from Labour by just six votes after a recount
• Reform candidate Sarah Pochin got 38.7% of the vote. The Conservatives came a distant third, with the Green Party fourth

• Reform also won its first mayoral contest, with former Tory MP Dame Andrea Jenkyns getting 42% of the vote in Greater Lincolnshire – a long way ahead of the Conservative candidate on 26%

• In North Tyneside Labour held the mayoralty by just 444 votes
• It was also a tight result in Doncaster, with Labour clinching victory over Reform by 698 votes
• Labour also held on in the West of England mayoral contest, with a majority of 5,949, as the Tories were pushed into fourth place behind Reform and the Greens
• But the party saw its share of the vote fall significantly as Reform came a close second in all three races
• Labour also lost the mayoralty in Cambridgeshire & Peterborough to the Conservatives – a rare bright spot for the Tories

• Reform UK is making big gains in council seats across England and has a vote share so far of about 35%
• The Conservatives have lost more than 250 seats in early results, with Labour – which was defending fewer seats – down by more than 100
• Reform UK has won control of its first councils including Staffordshire and Lincolnshire, taken from the Conservatives
• Labour had been hoping to make gains in Durham, but instead it is Reform who have picked up seats, taking control of the council in the process
• Northumberland County Council is the first council to declare and will stay in No Overall Control with the Conservatives having the most seats and Reform a close second
• The party is making strong progress in Devon, where the Liberal Democrats are also picking up seats

• Results for the remaining mayoral contest in Hull & East Yorkshire, as well as the majority of council elections are expected to start pouring in from Friday afternoon
• The Conservatives are defending the most seats and expecting heavy losses across the country
• The Tories are facing a threat from the right in Reform UK but in the south the challenge comes from the Liberal Democrats, who are targeting councils including Gloucestershire and Hertfordshire
• Labour is hoping to pick up seats in Derbyshire, where it performed well at last year’s general election
• Meanwhile, the Greens and pro-Gaza independents could threaten Labour in areas such as Lancashire
• The Greens are hoping for gains on councils including Oxfordshire and Kent, where Reform is also expected to do well
• Hull & East Yorkshire could be a closely fought contest, with the Tories, Labour and the Lib Dems all enjoying support in different parts of the region. Reform is also targeting the mayoralty with its candidate, former Olympic boxer Luke Campbell
• Elections are also taking place in Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Buckinghamshire, Cornwall, North Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Shropshire, West Northamptonshire and Wiltshire

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