Chris Doidge
BBC Radio Derby, political reporter

The Conservatives have now won overall control of Derbyshire County Council. 

On the BBC News Facebook page, artist Chris Shipton is drawing live his interpretation of the week in the General Election campaign

Former UKIP MP Douglas Carswell says the steep fall in the party's vote suggest it is a spent force.

Mr Carswell, who quit the party in March to become an independent and is not standing in the general election, told the BBC: "A lot of people like me, 3.8 million, supported UKIP at the last election because we were so passionate about that referendum." 

He added: "There are a lot of good people in UKIP and I wouldn't want to say anything unkind, but we all know it's over... 

"It's just a reflection of the fact that thousands of UKIP supporters and activists out there realise that the only way to make sure we get the deal we now need to get is to make sure Theresa May has a mega mandate on June 8."

He said he was "speaking as UKIP's first and last member of Parliament".

Mike Stevens
BBC Radio Lancashire political reporter

The UK Independence Party (UKIP) have gained their first seat in the country in Lancashire County Council's Padiham and Burnley West ward.

Image source, Burnley Council

Alan Hosker is the successful candidate, taking the seat from Labour.

There were 1,234 votes and he won with a majority of 228.

Reality Check

Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott has just repeated her claim that "We represent the six most anti-Brexit constituencies and the six most pro".

We've looked at this one before.

We reckon the best estimates available suggest that two of the six most pro-Remain constituencies have SNP MPs, while three of the six most pro-Leave constituencies have Conservative MPs.

You can read the full Reality Check here.  

BBC News Channel

Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies says his party have "won in all areas we needed to win" in the council elections, which included taking outright control in Monmouthshire. 

He told BBC News: "We are succeeding here in Wales in taking votes from Labour, Plaid Cymru, the Liberals, and across the board, but we take nothing for granted.  

"We know what hard work is here in Wales and we are prepared to roll our sleeves up, put our shoulder to the wheel and work tirelessly to deliver a majority for Theresa May." 

The BBC's South of England political editor Peter Henley says there are some "nervous" looks on the faces of UKIP representatives at the Worthing count.

The party has been "wiped out" in Hampshire, losing eight seats.

But they could do better in West Sussex where they are the official opposition to the Conservatives, he says.   

UKIP have lost an an eighth seat on Norfolk County Council.

The Thetford East seat was taken by the Conservatives.

Brian Taylor
BBC Scotland Political Editor

Further signs, then, of Conservative advance. But, while reflecting upon that apparent trend, let us not forget two other elements.

It still appears that the SNP will finish as the largest party in terms of votes and seats.

Indeed, their former leader Alex Salmond is forecasting just that, to counter the image of a Conservative advance.

And, secondly, let us not forget the Independent councillors who make up a large element of our local democracy.

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Professor John Curtice
Polling expert

We now have results from four wards which are comparable with 2012, including one in each Dundee and West Lothian, and the Borders. 

On average the Conservative vote was up by 12 points, much as one would anticipate from recent polls in Scotland. 

The SNP's advance in contrast is more measured. It's up by between 3 and 6 points in three wards in the Borders and Dundee but has actually fallen back heavily in one ward in West Lothian. 

Labour's vote meanwhile is down between 6 and 8 points in the wards that it also fought in 2012. 

So far it looks as though the SNP advance is at the low end of expectations and does not point to the party doing as well as it did in the 2015 General Election or the 2016 Holyrood election. 

Labour has lost full control of Glasgow City Council for the first time in 40 years. 

With only 43 candidates over 85 seats, the party needed to win them all to keep overall control.

But the first three wards have been reported and its candidate lost one seat in Shettleston to the Tories - the first time a Conservative has been elected in the area 

BBC Scotland's political correspondent Glenn Campbell said: "The SNP have been targetting this city for years. They would hope to finish as the largest party, perhaps with overall control. 

"But one other factor is a breakthrough for the Conservatives. That is a big breakthrough getting a councillor elected in Shettleston." 

First results from Glasgow indicate Labour has lost overall control of the city council for the first time in 40 years.

The Scottish Conservatives have gained in some of the city's most deprived areas.

Fewer than a third of registered voters used their ballot in the election of the first of six new English regional mayors. 

The elections on 4 May will see "metro" mayors take the reins of groups of councils known as combined authorities. 

The first to be declared, in the West of England, saw just 29.7% of people vote at all. 

And reports from other counts reveal some areas saw as few as one in four turn out.

There will be new mayors in: 

• West of England

 • West Midlands 

• Greater Manchester 

• Liverpool City Region 

• Tees Valley 

• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

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