Doncaster is the latest and final South Yorkshire council to announce its first batch of results.

Conservative candidate Gary Stapleton and Labour's Sue Farmer have both been elected:

Sprotbrough has also declared in the last few minutes:

James Vincent
Political Editor BBC Look North

Sheffield is no longer ruled by one single party after the Labour Party lost a number of seats. BBC political editor James Vincent explains:

We knew Labour needed to lose seven seats to lose overall control of Sheffield Council. Not many thought it was that likely. It just happened and more - they lost eight.

The council leader Bob Johnson has lost his seat in Hillsborough - he only got the job in January.

They've lost seats to the Liberal Democrats, the Green Party and for the first time in years there is now a Conservative councillor on Sheffield City Council.

There is also a referendum to be counted on Monday about how the council is run.

With a smaller majority, setting up new committees to make decisions might get messy.

Sundas Alam is accused of sending threatening messages to Bradford Labour MP Naz Shah in April.

Sheffield City Council is no longer in the hands of a single political party.

It comes after Labour lost seven seats which means no one party has a majority.

Earlier council leader Labour's Bob Johnson lost his seat to the Green Party.

More on this shortly...

James Vincent
Political Editor BBC Look North

Labour are getting close to losing control in Sheffield.

At the start of the day seven losses would have seen them lose their majority - and they're getting close to that.

The council leader Bob Johnson has lost his seat in Hillsborough - he only got the job in January.

They've lost seats to the Lib Dems, the Greens and for the first time in 20 years - there is now a Conservative councillor on Sheffield City Council.

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Big news coming out of Sheffield at the moment.

Sheffield City Council leader Bob Johnson has lost his Hillsborough seat to the Green Party.

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The Labour man was named leader of the council in December 2020, taking over the following month.

He has been a councillor in Hillsborough since 2011.

Christine Kubo gained 2,337 votes with Mr Johnson coming second with 2,013. The turnout was 38.7%, the council said.

Tom Ingall
Journalist, BBC Look North

This is the scene in Sheffield as votes continue to be counted in the 2021 local elections.

The count is taking place at the English Institute of Sport in the city, which has seen its fair share of races being won on the track.

The latest results from the counting floor are:

• Green Party win Gleadless Valley with 2,480, Labour lose the seat with 1,955
• Liberal Democrats win West Ecclesfield with 1,752, Labour lose the seat with 1,361

Labour have made four losses so far - two each to the Green Party and Liberal Democrats.

Liz Roberts
Political Reporter, BBC Radio Sheffield

In Sheffield, a third of seats are up for election, as well as an extra seat in Richmond ward left by the death of long-standing councillor Peter Rippon.

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There are 84 councillors in Sheffield altogether, so a third of those plus one, make 29 councillors being elected this year across the city.

In total, 43 seats are needed for a majority, with Labour currently holding 45 seats.

For the past decade, Labour has had control in Sheffield, but things have been getting closer.

Here are a couple of the latest results:

Just when you thought it was safe to make yourself a cup of tea, the first results start coming in from Sheffield.

The city is one to watch this afternoon, according to BBC political editor James Vincent. If Labour loses three council seats there it loses overall control.

He explains: "With a referendum on how the council makes decisions to be counted on Monday - that might be really, really important for how things get done in Sheffield.

"If Sheffield Council has no party with a majority and a new system of governance to set up - things could be messy."

James Vincent
Political Editor BBC Look North

Labour's Ros Jones has been re-elected as Doncaster's mayor after standing for the position for a third time.

But how did the coronavirus pandemic affect voting turnout? BBC political editor James Vincent explains:

In 2013, Ros Jones and Labour won by a nose - just 639 votes. In 2017, it was a one-horse race - the winning margin was 19,056.

This third victory is somewhere in between at just over 10,000 votes.

Interesting that the turnout in the Doncaster mayoral election was 28.05% - in the last election in 2017 it was 29.35%.

There were fears about a low turnout this time because of the pandemic but it is broadly the same.

And it looks like the number of postal ballots issued is also similar.

The pandemic doesn't have seemed to have made a big difference to the mechanics of voting.

More than 1,500 people from across the UK will participate in the trial of a plant-derived vaccine.

The results for a number of local elections that took place yesterday are due back later.

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Counting is under way across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire for the local elections, the mayoral elections and the police and crime commissioner elections, with BBC reporters at many counts.

We're expecting declarations at the following council counts today:

• Barnsley
• Doncaster
• Sheffield
• Hull
• Kirklees
• Wakefield
• Lincolnshire
• Lincoln
• North East Lincolnshire

The North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner result is also expected back this afternoon.

Ros Jones, who stood for the role for a third time, says she is "privileged and humbled".

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Labour's Ros Jones was re-elected mayor in Doncaster - but this time she required second preference votes to get over the line.

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Ms Jones polled 27,669 first preference votes - almost 10,000 more than Conservative challenger James Hart.

However, that fell just short of the 50% needed from a turnout of 63,183.

That mean second preference votes for Ms Jones and Mr Hart were counted.

Ms Jones recorded just over 3,500 while Mr Hart's tally was just over 3,000.

That gave Ms Jones a total of 31,232 votes compared to the Conservative's 21,019.

In the 2017 election, Ms Jones scored 51% of first preference votes with 32,631 ballots and didn't need the second count for victory.

The Conservative candidate George Jabbour recorded a total of 13,575 votes.

What will that mean for the council elections? Local Democracy Reporter George Torr has his own thoughts:

Labour's Ros Jones has been re-elected as the Mayor of Doncaster after the count went to second preferences because no candidate managed over 50% of the vote.

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Ms Jones will be Doncaster’s mayor for a third term having won with a majority of more than10,000.

She received 48.3% on the first ballot (27,669 votes) and a further 3,563 votes when second choices were counted, giving her a total of 31,232 votes.

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Ms Jones, who was supported by Labour MP Ed Miliband, said she would "fight for every town and village".

Speaking after the result, Jones said: “I would like to thank those residents of Doncaster who have voted for me.

"I am privileged and humbled to lead our beloved borough as the Labour mayor for a third term."

Her nearest challenger, Conservative James Hart, received 21,019 votes in total with 28.4% of the vote in the first round.

Labour's Ros Jones has been re-elected as Mayor of Doncaster.

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It's the third time she's stood for the position she's held since 2013.

Ms Jones who received 31,232 first and second preference votes has vowed "to lead Doncaster's recovery as coronavirus restrictions start to be eased".

Conservative candidate, the former Tickhill and Wadworth councillor, James Hart, received the second largest number of votes with 21,019.

Speaking after the result was announced Ros Jones said: "Doncaster is a wonderful borough, but it can be so much more if we all work together.

"I promise I will work for all our communities and continue to fight for our borough to make it a place where people want to live, visit, raise their children and leave no one behind."

Counts for most of the other elections in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire are expected to start later this morning.

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