The result has been declared for the Weca mayoral election. The results in Yate have been announced. Just to be clear these are not the final results, we are still waiting to combine them with the Bristol votes and Bath and North East Somerset polling.

Reform's Sarah Pochin was declared winner of the seat of Runcorn and Helsby in northwest England by six votes after a recount.

Reform have taken Lincolnshire and Staffordshire councils out of Conservative control, with Nigel Farage’s party sweeping hundreds of council seats across England, while Sir Ed Davey’s party made gains at the Tories’ expense in Devon.