We're wrapping up our coverage of the elections across Northamptonshire now.

It's proved to be a huge night for Reform UK, seizing control of both North Northamptonshire Council and West Northamptonshire Council.

It came as a blow for the Conservatives, who had led the county's political landscape for two decades.

Our reporting doesn't stop here though - with full analysis and reaction to follow on the BBC Northamptonshire website.

That should be live via this link soon, once our reporters on the ground have had the chance to come up for air.

Thank you for sticking with us today.

Here's how it looks at West Northamptonshire Council after a momentous day for Reform UK.

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We've now got the final results of the night, coming from the Towcester ward in West Northants.

The Lib Dems' Steward Tolley and David Tarbun win two seats, with a third taken by Reform UK's Adrian Little.

Laura Coffey
Political reporter, reporting from the North Northamptonshire count

It's a historic night for Reform UK and a bitter blow for Labour and the Conservatives on both councils.

After 20 years of Tory control in Northamptonshire, both unitary authorities will be led by Reform.

The Tories had controlled the former county council since 2005 and led both unitaries following their creation in 2021

Now in North Northants, Reform have snatched 39 seats, having needed 35 for a majority.

We've now got the penultimate result of the night, coming in the West Northants ward of Hunsbury.

It has been won by Glenn Butcher and Ronald Firman, of Reform UK, and Pinder Chauhan-Birdi, from the Conservatives.

This means the last result of the night will come from Towcester, whenever it arrives.

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We've just caught up with Dave and Sue Gaskell, who have been elected for Reform UK in West Northants.

Mr Gaskell says: "I'm really, really chuffed for both of us - I've got a tear in my eye.

"We had confidence, but I just didn't think it would happen; there's a lot of good competition about."

Mrs Gaskell adds: "We've worked so hard, all of us, as a team. We want to put the people of Northampton first, and we've got to make this work."

Mr Gaskell says they have only argued once in their 29-year marriage, and it was won by his wife.

Here's how we look in North Northamptonshire in what proved to be an historic night for Reform UK

The final results for North Northamptonshire Council are in.

It's Reform UK who cap off their huge night in style, winning three seats in Hatton Park ward, with victories for Ken Harrington, Paul Brooke and Vinnie Whitrow.

Elections for Higham Ferrers ward will be carried out before 23 June. They had to be postponed after the death of Lib Dem candidate John Ratcliffe.

Image source, West Northamptonshire Council

It's a momentous night for Reform UK, as they prepare to take control of West Northamptonshire Council from the Conservatives.

They've got over the line by winning three seats in Headlands, with Joanne Blythe, Adrian Cartwright and Cameron Emery pumping the air on stage.

It's a historic moment for Northamptonshire, as both its unitary authorities are no longer Conservative-run and are instead now led by Reform.

Back in North Northants now, where the results for Rushden South have been declared.

Reform UK candidate Steve Clark takes one seat, with Conservative Barbara Jenney taking the other.

In Oundle ward, the Conservatives win two seats through Jon Humberstone and Helen Harrison, who announced her engagement to ex-Wellingborough MP Peter Bone earlier.

Simon Fairhall, of the Lib Dems, scoops the other seat in this ward.

Image source, Nadia Lincoln/LDRS

Nadia Lincoln, from the Local Democracy Reporting Service, has been speaking to Anna Earnshaw, the chief executive of West Northamptonshire Council.

She says the turnout of 32.16% was about the norm for local elections, but she wants to see more people voting.

"These are the councillors that are going to make decisions every single day about our roads, our schools, where we spend money, regeneration," Ms Earnshaw adds.

"[These are] lots of really important decisions and I’d have liked residents to have a say."

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Three more wins for Reform UK in West Northants leave them needing just another trio of seats to control the council.

This time in Nene Valley ward, it's Laura Couse, Trefor Hughes and Craig Morris who are elected for the party.

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The latest news coming in is that Conservative councillor Ray Connolly has lost his Far Cotton, Delapre and Briar Hill seat in West Northants.

He faced calls to resign last year after his wife, Lucy Connolly, was jailed for 31 months after calling for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set on fire.

Reform UK's Anthony Owen and James Petter have won two of the available seats, with Independent Julie Davenport taking the third.

Mr Connolly, pictured on the left, has declined to speak to our reporters at the count.

Image source, Laura Coffey/BBC

Declarations are continuing at the North Northants count where, as we've just reported, Reform UK are set to take over the council.

Labour made gains, winning Victoria ward with Kelly Duddridge and David Baker.

The Green Party's Steve Geary then takes St Peter ward, before fellow Greens Emily Fedorowycz and Dez Dell win Kettering North.

We've just had two more Labour wins in West Northants, with Robert Purser and Zoe Smith taking the Abington and Phippsville ward.

Then, after a short wait, Reform UK wins all three seats in Moulton.

Susan Gaskell, John Slope and Peter York are the victors.

Lewis Adams
Live reporter

Following on from what Martin just said, it's official:

West Northamptonshire Council is the only count in the country where we still don't know who will have overall control.

Basically, every other region with elections knows which party has ultimate power, but we will have to wait to find out.

Now we're hearing rumours of a possible recount too. It's not quite hit the point of energy drinks being cracked open, but we've certainly seen quieter days.

Friday nights are overrated anyway, right?

Martin Heath
Reporting from the West Northamptonshire count

More than seven hours into the country's latest count, many of the candidates and agents have wandered off into the night.

Some with regrets, some with anger and some with euphoria.

The football crowd-style cheers have largely been replaced by more refined solitary murmurs of approval - even though we still do not know how the council will look when all of this is over.

Labour's staff have been working hard to make sure their candidates do not speak to the media, an unusual move at an election count where it is impossible to influence the vote one way or the other.

Some of the wannabe councillors who never expected to have a chance of getting in have been allowing themselves a small smile when their tally of votes goes into three figures.

Turning back to West Northants now, where the results are coming in thick and fast.

Fiona Cole has taken Hackleton and Roade ward for the Conservatives, alongside Reform UK's Adam Smith.

Then Labour's Farzana Aldridge and Reform's Nicholas Humphreys share the spoils in Kingsley and Semilong ward.

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Over to Brackley, Reform win two seats with Richard Butler and Andrew Last, joined by Conservative Fiona Baker.

So that's four more Reform wins, two for the Conservatives and one for Labour.

A huge moment for Reform UK as they win two seats in Pemberton and one in Finedon.

Ash Hall, Chris McGiffen and Andy Sims' victories across those wards take the party's total number of councillors to 35.

It means Reform now have overall control of North Northamptonshire Council, seizing it from the Conservatives.

Image source, Martin Heath/BBC

The former Northampton North MP Sally Keeble has just made her political comeback by winning for Labour in the Dallington Spencer ward.

That's in West Northants, where Keeble is joined by fellow Labour winner Rufia Ashraf and Reform UK's John East.

As I type this, the results in Hackleton and Roade come in, with Fiona Cole winning for the Conservatives and Adam Smith for Reform UK.

So this quick flurry sees Labour and Reform win two seats, with the Tories scooping one.