English local elections: votes counted in Runcorn byelection, mayoral contests and council races – UK politics live

Votes being counted in Labour-held seat with results also due later for six mayors and 24 councils

What’s at stake?

These elections are being seen as the first full-scale electoral test for Keir Starmer since the general election, with likely notable repercussions for Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch, and to a lesser extent the Liberal Democrats and Greens.