What time and when all council and mayoral election results are due
Voters across the UK are casting their votes at polling stations across the country to decide who their next local councillor or mayor will be – depending on where they live.
Polls remain open across England until 10pm tonight, after which counting will get underway.
While most councils don’t open ballot boxes until the next day, a handful of key declarations are due overnight.
A total of 1,641 council seats are up for grabs across 23 local authorities, while four regional mayors and two local mayors will be elected.
A parliamentary by-election is also taking place to choose a new MP for the constituency of Runcorn & Helsby.
The by-election in the Cheshire constituency was triggered after Mike Amesbury, who was elected as Labour MP for Runcorn and Helsby in last July’s general election, resigned after being given a suspended prison sentence for punching a man.
Votes in that constituency, along with four of the mayoral contests taking place elsewhere, will be counted overnight on Thursday with results due in the early hours of Friday morning.
The first results are likely to emerge at around 2am from the mayoral contests in North Tyneside and the West of England.
Here are the timings of when results are expected to be announced on Friday:
2am
Results are due around this time for two of the mayoral contests.
- North Tyneside mayoral election
- West of England mayoral election
3am
Counting should be over by this time in the Runcorn & Helsby by-election.
While Labour have dominated previous elections, the result this time is expected to be much closer – with Reform hoping to pull off a shock win.
3.30am
Greater Lincolnshire is one of two new mayoral positions being contested for the first time and is likely to be a two-horse race between the Conservatives and Reform.
- Greater Lincolnshire mayoral election
5am
The result of the Doncaster mayoral election is due, with Labour’s Ros Jones hoping for a fourth term in office.
- Doncaster mayoral election
7am
A full set of council results should be in for Northumberland, which is currently run by a Conservative minority administration.
- Northumberland Council election
1pm
The full result is due for Durham council, where Labour is currently the largest party but does not have a majority and has been shut out of power for the past four years by a multi-party coalition that includes the Tories, the Liberal Democrats, the Greens and various independents.
Labour will hope to regain full control, but is facing an added challenge this time from Reform.
1.45pm
The Tories could see their tiny majority vanish in Lancashire, where Labour, Reform and independent candidates are all hoping to make advances.
- Lancashire County Council election
2.30pm
The result is due for the new Hull & East Yorkshire mayor.
The Conservatives, Labour and Lib Dems all enjoy support in different parts of this region, while Reform has picked former boxer and Olympic medallist Luke Campbell as its candidate.
- Hull & East Yorkshire mayoral election
3pm
Three councils are due to finish declaring by this time on Friday.
The result is also due for the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough mayor, where both the Tories and Lib Dems fancy their chances.
- Buckinghamshire Council election
- Doncaster Borough Council election
- Leicestershire County Council election
- Cambridgeshire & Peterborough mayoral election
4pm
- Gloucestershire County Council election
- Hertfordshire County Council election
- Shropshire Council election
- Staffordshire County Council election
4.30pm
Labour did well in the county of Derbyshire at the general election last July, and is hoping to pick up seats on the council this year.
- Derbyshire County Council election
5pm
Reform is threatening to eat into the Tories’ large presence in Lincolnshire and North Northamptonshire, while the Conservatives’ tiny majority in Nottinghamshire is likely to evaporate in the face of challenges from Reform, Labour and local independents.
- Lincolnshire County Council election
- North Northamptonshire Council election
- Nottinghamshire County Council election
- Oxfordshire County Council election
- Warwickshire County Council election
- Worcestershire County Council election
6pm
More Tory losses may come in Cornwall, where the party has minority control of the council but faces twin threats from the Liberal Democrats and independents.
The results for Cambridgeshire, Devon and Wiltshire also due by this time on Friday.
- Cambridgeshire County Council election
- Cornwall Council election
- Devon County Council election
- Wiltshire Council election
7pm
The final results are due from Kent and West Northamptonshire: two councils where the Tories currently have a majority but where they face challenges from more than one party.
- Kent County Council election
- West Northamptonshire Council election
