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| Local elections 2025: Who won in my area? | Local elections 2025: Who won in my area? |
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| Reform UK has picked up control of eight councils and won the Runcorn and Helsby by-election by just six votes, as counting in the local elections in England comes towards an end. | |
| Reform gained Lincolnshire , Staffordshire , Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lancashire and Kent councils from the Conservatives, while Durham had been under no overall control. | Reform gained Lincolnshire , Staffordshire , Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lancashire and Kent councils from the Conservatives, while Durham had been under no overall control. |
| The Liberal Democrats have also gained scores of council seats, taking control of Shropshire, Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire. The Greens have more than doubled their number of council seats. | The Liberal Democrats have also gained scores of council seats, taking control of Shropshire, Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire. The Greens have more than doubled their number of council seats. |
| England's two new mayoralties, in Greater Lincolnshire and Hull & East Yorkshire, both went to Reform. | England's two new mayoralties, in Greater Lincolnshire and Hull & East Yorkshire, both went to Reform. |
| Labour managed to retain its three mayoralties in Doncaster, North Tyneside and the West of England. | Labour managed to retain its three mayoralties in Doncaster, North Tyneside and the West of England. |
| The Conservatives have lost control of 12 councils but won the race for mayor in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough from Labour. | The Conservatives have lost control of 12 councils but won the race for mayor in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough from Labour. |
| Use our tool to find out the results of elections near you. | Use our tool to find out the results of elections near you. |
| Council results | Council results |
| Most council areas have declared and Reform has picked up hundreds of seats right across England. | Most council areas have declared and Reform has picked up hundreds of seats right across England. |
| The Liberal Democrats and Greens are also making gains overall, with most of the losses falling to the Conservatives and to Labour. | The Liberal Democrats and Greens are also making gains overall, with most of the losses falling to the Conservatives and to Labour. |
| "Once true-blue Tory England now looks primarily like a mixture of Reform fiefdoms and Lib Dem islands of support," said polling expert Sir John Curtice. | "Once true-blue Tory England now looks primarily like a mixture of Reform fiefdoms and Lib Dem islands of support," said polling expert Sir John Curtice. |
| Reform's council seat gains are spread around the country, with large concentrations in the Midlands and the North East. | Reform's council seat gains are spread around the country, with large concentrations in the Midlands and the North East. |
| The Lib Dems have gained seats in parts of the South and South West. | The Lib Dems have gained seats in parts of the South and South West. |
| Projected national share | Projected national share |
| On the basis of the results in over 1,100 of the council wards which have declared so far, the BBC is estimating that Reform would have won 30% of the vote if a nationwide election had been held on Thursday. | On the basis of the results in over 1,100 of the council wards which have declared so far, the BBC is estimating that Reform would have won 30% of the vote if a nationwide election had been held on Thursday. |
| This assumes that the places that did not have elections mirrored the behaviour of those that did, and that all the main parties contested all the seats. | This assumes that the places that did not have elections mirrored the behaviour of those that did, and that all the main parties contested all the seats. |
| New mayors | New mayors |
| In Greater Lincolnshire, former Conservative MP Andrea Jenkyns, who defected to Reform in November, will become the area's first mayor. She beat her closest opponent, Conservative Rob Waltham, by almost 40,000 votes. | In Greater Lincolnshire, former Conservative MP Andrea Jenkyns, who defected to Reform in November, will become the area's first mayor. She beat her closest opponent, Conservative Rob Waltham, by almost 40,000 votes. |
| Paul Bristow becomes the new Conservative mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. | Paul Bristow becomes the new Conservative mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. |
| LATEST: Live coverage with updates and analysis from across England | LATEST: Live coverage with updates and analysis from across England |
| SIMPLE GUIDE: When will we know all the results? | SIMPLE GUIDE: When will we know all the results? |
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