Leicestershire County Council has no overall control but Reform are the largest party after all seats have declared
The Conservatives have 15 seats but council leader Nick Rushton lost his seat to Reform
Liberal Democrats have 11 seats, Labour now hold two, the Greens have one and one is Independent
This could be the last time Leicestershire goes to the polls to elect county councillors
Adam Moss
BBC News, Leicester
Reform has won its first ever seats on Leicestershire Council after the win of John Bloxham in Blaby and Glen Parva.
He was soon followed by a second, Virge Richichi in Ibstock and Appleby, a seat formerly held by Dan Harrison, who was elected as a Conservative in 2021, but defected to Reform shortly before the election.
Adam Moss
BBC News, Leicester
Virge Richichi has taken Ibstock and Appleby from the Conservatives.
Virge Richichi (Reform UK) - 1,699
Jenny Simmons (Conservative) - 884
Simon Lambeth (Labour) - 478
David John Robert Morgan (Green) - 202
Lee Windram (Liberal Democrat) - 184
Adam Moss
BBC News, Leicester
Brenda Seaton has retained her seat as the Conservative councillor for Thurmaston Ridgemere
Brenda Seaton (Conservative) - 1,197
Chris Gibson (Reform) - 814
Roger Smith (Labour) - 299
Wendy Hardy (Green) - 163
Nitesh Pravin Dave (Liberal Democrats) - 136
Adam Moss
BBC News, Leicester
The first seat to declare in Leicestershire has been taken by Reform from the Liberal Democrats.
John Andrew Bloxmam (Reform UK) - 1,366
Sue Jordan (Liberal Democrats) 1,110
Marian Gail Broomhead (Conservative) 321
Eleanor Turner (Green Party) - 153
Anna Nesfield Parrish(Labour) - 147
Tim Parker
Political reporter, BBC Leicester
There are five councillors in four divisions here, with one Conservative standing down in Oadby.
This has always been a straight Tory/Lib Dem battleground but this time a former Liberal Democrat in East Wigston has gone independent and wants to win on that ticket.
Like everywhere else, if voters don’t support their usual Liberal Democrat or Tory choice, who could benefit? We wait to find out…
Tim Parker
Political reporter, BBC Radio Leicester
Two Conservatives are standing down in Harborough and one is trying to move division within the seven seats here.
The Liberal Democrats will want to try and rebuild in this area, having held Market Harborough East previously.
It’s a five-way fight among the main parties in every division here except Market Harborough West and Foxton, where voters also have a Community Party of Britain candidate.
In Hinckley and Bosworth there are nine seats up for grabs.
Three Tories are standing down - including Peter Bedford after his election to the Commons last July - and one Liberal Democrat is also standing down – David Bill, after 11(!) successful elections to County Hall.
It’s usually a Lib Dem/Conservative scrap here, with the Lib Dems gaining a seat from the Conservatives in the last by-election on this council, in May last year.
Tim Parker
Political reporter, BBC Leicester
There are eight seats to play for here with three Tories and a Labour councillor standing down, which is Amanda Hack, after her election to the Commons last July.
Just one independent choice in this area, in the Narborough and Whetstone division.
A by-election in December 2023 saw the Blaby and Glen Parva seat retained by the Liberal Democrats – could they grow here?
There’s also a District Council by-election in the Glen Parva ward – three of the candidates are also county council hopefuls.
Charnwood, meanwhile, is the biggest electoral area of Leicestershire county with 13 seats up for grabs.
Four Tories and one Labour councillor are standing down in what has been Labour’s main stronghold.
The last county council election saw their representation at County Hall cut to four, three of them here.
They face the four other main parties in every seat except Syston Fosse, the one division in Leicestershire where the Liberal Democrats couldn’t find a candidate.
But the Green Party will also be looking for gains here with strong campaigning and success two years ago in the borough vote.
Tim Parker
Political reporter, BBC Leicester
There are four seats available in Melton and it was a Conservative blue wash in 2021.
Mark Frisby in Melton West is the only councillor in this area standing down this time, after one term at County Hall.
He was briefly suspended by his party last December but no details emerged publicly about why.
There were two independents standing in this division – with an independent in every other Melton division, too. Possibly the area least likely to see an upset this time. I say possibly…
In North West Leicestershire there are Eight seats, all Conservative blue since 2021, after years with at least some opposition here.
But Reform UK has campaigned strongly in this area and may have weathered controversy over the handling of one candidate’s social media past.
Tim Parker
Political reporter, BBC Leicester
There are 55 seats in 53 divisions (like council wards) and in 2021 the Conservatives saw their greatest electoral success at County Hall, taking 42 seats, leaving the Liberal Democrats with nine and Labour four.
Few, if any, are expecting there to be no change this time.
The May 2025 election might be the last time voters head to the polls to elect county councillors.
That's because the government has started working on the biggest reorganisation of local Government since 1974.
Each local authority has been asked to submit its suggestions by 28 November for how they would like local government to look in future.
So, if you'd like to see how the process is shaping up in Leicestershire while we wait for results to start coming in, you can read more here and here.
The counting of ballot papers is actually taking place in seven different locations across the county - one in each district council area.
From there, the results are being fed back to staff at the council's headquarters at County Hall.
The count started at 11:30 BST with the first results expected from around 12:30.
And we've been told that all the results might be in by 15:30 to 16:00 - unless recounts are required.
We're reporting on the results of Leicestershire's local election results from County Hall in Glenfield, which was built between 1965 and 1967 and was designed in the brutalist style of architecture by in house staff to look like a cruise ship.
The building's somewhat striking appearance has led to inquiries from television production companies to use it as a location - including as a substitute for Berlin in East Germany.
One little known fact is that there is a nuclear bunker is in the basement of the building - which is now used as a storage facility.
Hello and welcome to the BBC's live coverage of the Leicestershire County Council election results. We'll keep you updated throughout the day as the results come in.