That's it from our coverage of local elections in the West of England.

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There will be updates on BBC Points West at 6.30pm on BBC One.

The Liberal Democrats have held onto power in Cheltenham after votes were counted for more than half of the seats on the borough council.

They held 17 out of the 21 seats in the ballot, gaining Lansdown from the Conservatives.

The Liberal Democrats have run the borough council for more than a decade, and from Monday they will hold 32 out of the 40 seats available.

It is the county's only local authority holding elections this year.

Ruth Bradley
BBC Somerset politics reporter

Bill Revans the new Lib Dem leader of Somerset Council told BBC Radio Somerset:

“We’ve got some brilliant local councillors who’ve held their seats.

"After 13 years of the Conservatives being in charge of Somerset County Council I think there was ‘it’s time for a change’ and people wanted to put the heart back into Somerset.

"We also know that there were national factors at play here as well. It’s for the Conservatives to decide who their leader is but I would hope that maybe Boris Johnson’s ‘reign of error’ is over.”

Bill Revans, leader of the Liberal Democrat groups on Sedgemoor and Somerset Councils' big smile says it all.

Ruth Bradley
BBC Somerset politics reporter

The Liberal Democrats have gained control of Somerset Council.

With 94 results declared, the party has won 57 seats on the 110-member authority - 56 is the minimum needed to have overall control.

The Conservatives had been in control of the county council since 2009 and have 28 seats, as things stand.

Labour have four seats in Bridgwater, and the Green party has four seats in Frome.

The Lib Dems will now run the county council for the next year - and a new unitary authority will replace the county and district councils for a further four years after that.

Our readers have been talking about the vote which saw the Bristol mayor post scrapped.

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The Liberal Democrats have won the most seats of those declared so far in the Somerset council elections.

With nearly half the seats declared the Lib Dems have won 38 and the Conservatives 12

The Tories had been in charge of the county council since 2009.

Labour have held two wards in Bridgwater with four councillors elected there.

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Hello, if you're just joining us local council elections have been held in England, but not for all areas.

There were about 4,360 seats up for grabs on about 146 councils, plus a handful of mayoral elections and seats on 1,000 parish councils.

In the West of England, elections took place for:

• A total of 110 council seats across Somerset - where the count is ongoing
• A third of Swindon Borough Council's seats - that's 19 councillors and the Tories have kept control
• Just over half of Cheltenham Borough Council's seats
• A mayoral referendum in Bristol where voters decided to scrap the mayoral system in favour of a committee

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Here's a selection of what you've been telling us on Facebook about the decision to scrap the role of Bristol's elected mayor:

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Paul Barltrop
Political Editor, West of England

So a decade after Bristol narrowly opted to have an elected mayor, it is being abandoned.

The role was controversial from the start.

The first mayor was an independent, without a phalanx of supporting councillors, who took a lot of flak in the council chamber.

The present Labour mayor, Marvin Rees, has also clashed with councillors over the location for a long-awaited entertainments arena.

What ultimately made the difference was Labour losing its majority in the chamber. Greens, Conservatives and Liberal Democrats co-operated to bring about this referendum.

They then got out on the ground to get voters to back their call for change.

Ruth Bradley
BBC Somerset politics reporter

The first results have been declared in the Somerset Council elections.

The Liberal Democrats have gained the Brympton and the Blackmore Vale wards in South Somerset from the Conservatives.

Lib Dems' Peter Seib and Jeny Snell have won both seats available.

Long-term incumbent for Blackmoor Vale, Cllr William Wallace, got the fewest votes of the four candidates.

The Coker ward elected Lib Dem Mike Hewitson and Oliver Patrick to the two seats available.

Dan O'Brien
Political reporter, BBC Wiltshire

Dan O'Brien
Political reporter, BBC Wiltshire

The Conservatives have held control of Swindon Borough Council – they’ve just hit the majority needed.

That is no great surprise as was expected, given they went into the election with a record majority, so the question is by how much.

So far they have gained one seat – the former Labour stronghold of Central ward, but Labour has seen a recovery in their vote share in recent years by holding onto other key “local Red Wall” marginals Penhill and also Rodbourne Cheney wards.

Dan O'Brien
Political reporter, BBC Wiltshire

Swindon’s just declared its first results.

Conservatives have GAINED a seat, taking Central ward, meaning longstanding councillor and former Mayor Junab Ali has lost his seat.

This always used to be a Labour stronghold but this is the second year Tories have won one of the three seats here.

But Labour has held onto another key marginal, Penhill & Upper Stratton

Mary Page, the co-founder of the campaign for change, said: "I'd like to start by thanking the people of Bristol who came out to vote.

"This is their victory. It was about them.

"Because it is our city, it belongs to us, the people of Bristol, and that is what it is all about.

"The committee system will allow more people to be involved, to be engaged in democracy."

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Work will now begin on the transition phase to a system where full council and a series of committees will make the decisions from 2024 for at least the next decade.

There will be groups for areas such as for housing, transport, adult social care and children's services, and they will take over the decisions that have been made since 2012 by a mayor and his cabinet.

Councillors are due to ratify the new system at the end of the month.