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What’s occurred in elections to date and what’s nonetheless to return?

Becky Morton & Kate Whannel
Political reporter

Knife-edge Runcorn by-election
- Reform UK gained its first Parliamentary by-election, taking Runcorn and Helsby from Labour by simply six votes after a recount
- Reform candidate Sarah Pochin acquired 38.7% of the vote. The Conservatives got here a distant third, with the Inexperienced Celebration fourth
First Reform mayors
- Reform gained 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%
- The celebration gained its second mayor in Hull & East Yorkshire, the place former boxer Luke Campbell acquired 36% of the vote, beating the Liberal Democrats into second place
Labour maintain trio of mayoral contests
- In North Tyneside Labour held the mayoralty by simply 444 votes
- It was additionally a decent 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 had 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
- Labour additionally misplaced the mayoralty in Cambridgeshire & Peterborough to the Conservatives – a uncommon vivid spot for the Tories
Reform make council good points
- Reform UK has made massive good points in council seats throughout England and has picked up greater than 600 seats
- The Conservatives have misplaced greater than 600 seats and Labour – which was defending fewer seats – is down by greater than 150
- For the primary time Reform UK has gained management of councils – they’re now in cost in Derbyshire, Durham, Kent, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Staffordshire – all besides Durham had been taken from the Conservatives
- It additionally made good points in Devon, Cornwall, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Northumberland – areas the place no celebration holds the stability of energy
Lib Dem wins
- The Liberal Democrats have boosted their general variety of seats by greater than 150 to date, making good points in Devon, Cornwall, Hertfordshire, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
- They’ve taken management of Shropshire from the Conservatives and Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire which had been beforehand underneath no general management
- The celebration has gained course to win extra seats than the Conservatives
- The Inexperienced Celebration has made some good points, successful seats in Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, nonetheless it suffered disappointment within the West of England mayoral race the place it got here third to Reform UK and Labour
What’s nonetheless to return?
- There are three councils but to declare: Buckinghamshire, North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire
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