Summary

  • Conservatives win majority on Cornwall Council

  • Tories hold Devon County Council

  • Labour keeps control of Exeter City Council

  • Plymouth City Council goes to no overall control

  • Liberal Democrats in Torbay narrowly beat Conservatives in a council by-election

  • Results in for Council of the Isles of Scilly

  • Votes for PCC to be counted on Monday

  • Updates on Friday 7 May

Live Reporting

Andrew Segal

  1. Conservatives remain ahead in Cornwall Council election

    Andrew Segal
    BBC South West

    The Conservatives are ahead in the Cornwall Council election, as of 15:45, according to the council's website.

    The Tories have had 33 out of 52 seats declared in their favour.

    The Liberal Democrats had seven seats at that point, and Labour has had two wins.

    Meanwhile, Cornwall-based party Mebyon Kernow has secured three seats, with one of those being won by leader and long-term councillor Dick Cole.

    There have been two Independents elected, and Penryn has selected Green Party candidate Tamsin Widdon.

    The county is seeing a different council in terms of number, with the number of seats being reduced from 123 seats to 87.

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  2. Plymouth City Council analysis

    Reporter Jenny Kumah explains why the Plymouth City Council election will come down to the wire.

  3. Newly-elected Cornwall councillor is off to work

    Tamsin Melville
    Political Reporter, BBC Radio Cornwall

    It's off to work for new Conservative councillor Connor Donnithorne, as he gets issued with his new official Cornwall Council laptop.

    He had received it after beating long-standing Independent and former council cabinet member Mark Kaczmarek in Redruth Central, Caharrack & St Day.

    Cornwall Councillor gets laptop

    Meanwhile, members of the media have been offered a hot water bottle here at the Carn Brea count.

    With all the hall's doors open to make it Covid-secure, it’s pretty cold!

    Media desk Carn Brea count

  4. Cornwall MPs' wife elected to Cornwall Council

    Richard Whitehouse
    Local Democracy Reporting Service

    The wife of one of Cornwall's MPs has been elected to Cornwall Council.

    Anne Double, wife of St Austell & Newquay MP Steve Double, has been elected for the Conservatives in the St Austell Central & Gover ward.

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  5. Conservatives remain ahead in Devon county election

    Andrew Segal
    BBC South West

    The Conservatives remain ahead in the Devon County Council election, as of 15:25, with only a handful of seats yet to be declared, according to the council's website.

    The Tories have had 35 seats declared in their favour.

    The Liberal Democrats have the next highest number so far, with nine, seats; then Labour with seven.

    There are three Independents.

    Only three wards in the East Devon district are yet to be declared.

    Previously the Tories held 42 of the 60 seats.

    Devon County Council electionDevon County Council

  6. Truro Cathedral: A 'spectacular election count centre'

    Andrew Segal
    BBC South West

    Truro Cathedral

    We told you earlier that some of the vote counting in Cornwall was happening in Truro Cathedral.

    BBC South West political editor Martyn Oates has been reporting from there today and sharing some pictures.

    Earlier he asked on Twitter if it was the most spectacular election count centre in the country.

  7. Election results across England

    Labour is losing ground to the Conservatives in early results, but many are still to come, with further results expected throughout the weekend.

    The first blow for Labour came in Hartlepool, where the Tories won the Westminster seat in a by-election.

    The Tories have taken Northumberland, Dudley, and Nuneaton and Bedworth councils from no overall control.

  8. How do I get the results?

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    The BBC has all day coverage of the election:

    For more details on how to receive coverage most relevant to you, take a look here.

  9. Labour 'looks set to keep control of Exeter'

    Martyn Oates
    BBC South West Political Editor

    Labour looks set to maintain control of Exeter City Council.

    This is not surprising as they had an enormous majority, but as we've seen elsewhere in the country it's not proving a great election for Labour.

  10. Conservatives hold Devon County Council

    Scott Bingham
    BBC Spotlight

    The Conservatives have held Devon County Council.

    They've held Kingsteignton, which has taken them to 31 seats out of 60.

  11. Counting under way for Plymouth City Council

    A third of seats on Plymouth City Council, 19 out of 57, are up for election this year.

    Labour are currently in power, but if they loose just two seats the council will fall to no overall control.

    Counting was due to get under way at 13:30.

  12. Former MP fails to win Cornwall Council seat

    Martyn Oates
    BBC South West Political Editor

    Former Lib Dem MP for North Cornwall Dan Rogerson fails to gain a seat on Cornwall Council by three votes.

  13. Conservatives ahead in Cornwall Council election

    Andrew Segal
    BBC South West

    The Conservatives are ahead in the Cornwall Council election, as of 13:30, according to the council's website.

    The Tories have had 13 out of 20 seats declared in their favour, compared to three for the Liberal Democrats, two for Labour and two Independents.

    The county - which has the "second largest authority in the country", according to political analyst Adrian Lee - will see quite a different council after votes are tallied, as the number of seats has been reduced from 123 seats to 87.

    The Conservatives previously had 46 seats on the then 123-seat council and were the largest party. But they formed the opposition because of a coalition between Independents and the Liberal Democrats.

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  14. Results in for Isles of Scilly

    The results for the Council of the Isles of Scilly elections are in.

    You can find out who has been voted in here.

  15. Conservatives ahead in Devon County Council election

    Andrew Segal
    BBC South West

    The Conservatives are ahead in the Devon County Council election, as of 13:25, according to the council's website.

    The Tories have had 27 seats declared in their favour, compared to five for the Liberal Democrats, four for Labour and three Independents.

    Previously the Tories held 42 of the 60 seats.

    Devon County Council election wesbiteDevon County Council

  17. Mid Devon sees election turnouts of between 34-50%

    Mid Devon Council has said in a tweet it has seen election turnouts of between 34% to 50% in the wards that it is responsible for counting votes in.

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  18. New laptops so councillors can 'get to work straight away'

    Newly-elected councillors in Cornwall will be able to get on with official work immediately, with the unitary authority ready to issue them with new laptop computers as soon as they are voted in.

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  19. Who won in my area?

    Counting for the local elections is taking place today, but results could be spread out.

    If you want to find out the results for your area, you can enter your postcode here.

  20. Conservatives hold Devon County Council seat in Exeter

    John Ayres
    BBC Spotlight

    The Conservatives have held on to a Devon County Council seat in Exeter.

    Duryard & Pennsylvania saw a 44.46% turnout, with Tory Percy Prowse winning 1,370 votes.

    Labour's Ivor Snow had the next highest number of votes with 1,201.