Sadiq Khan wins second term as London Mayor

1. Sadiq Khan is re-elected as London mayor with 55.2% of the vote
2. Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner is sacked as party chair and campaign co-ordinator, say Labour sources
3. The SNP wins its fourth term in power in Scotland but falls short of an overall majority
4. The Conservatives have gained 239 councillors across England, won control of 12 councils and held on to the West Midlands mayoralty
5. Labour also wins the mayoral elections in Greater Manchester, North Tyneside, the Liverpool City Region and West of England

That's all for tonight

The team will be back in a few hours with further coverage of the election results - and all the political fallout.

Goodnight.

Labour dominates London Assembly

Labour has maintained its dominance of the Greater London Authority, winning both the mayoralty of London and a majority on the London Assembly.

Sadiq Khan claimed the top job after beating Conservative Shaun Bailey, winning 55.2% of the popular vote.

Labour won 11 seats on the assembly, one fewer than in 2016, while the Conservatives took eight seats.

The Greens secured three seats - their joint-highest contingent on the London Assembly.

See the London results in full.

BreakingMarvin Rees re-elected as Bristol Mayor

Labour's Marvin Rees won in Bristol after second preference votes were counted.

He beat off a challenge from the Green Party's Sandy Hore-Ruthven, who took 26% of the vote.

Mr Rees joins Dan Norris, who won the West of England mayor seat earlier, to make a Labour double for the city and region.

See the Bristol Mayor results in full.

BreakingLabour's Marvin Rees re-elected as Bristol mayor

And the results are still coming in...

It's just been announced that Marvin Rees has won a second term as Bristol Mayor, polling 50,510 votes.

His nearest challenger was Green Party candidate Sandy Hore-Ruthven, who polled 36,331 votes.

What happened today?

Quite a lot. But in summary:

• The SNP finished on 64 seats in the Scottish Parliament - one short of a majority but one more than it won in 2016. Leader Nicola Sturgeon called it a "historic and extraordinary" achievement to win four elections in a row, and used her victory speech to make it clear she intends to hold another independence referendum
• The Conservatives continued to make significant gains of councils across England, adding 12 councils to their overall tally by the end of the day and an extra 239 councillors. That's with 11 councils yet to declare
• Labour, by contrast, continued their disappointing showing. The party had lost seven councils by the end of Saturday and 301 councillors. Not only that, one of those authorities - Durham County Council - had been in their control for more than a century.
• Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer had promised to take responsibility for the poor results and on Saturday he sacked Angela Rayner from her roles as party chair and national campaign coordinator - much to the dismay of some in the party
• There was some good news for Labour as incumbent mayors Sadiq Khan and Andy Burnham were re-elected in London and Greater Manchester respectively. In one of England's other major regions, Conservative Andy Street was re-elected as West Midlands mayor

Sunday's papers: Labour civil war and Scottish pro-independence majority

It's been quite the day. Here are how some of the Sunday front pages are reporting the elections and their aftermath.

Sunday Telegraph

The Sunday Telegraph talks of Sturgeon falling short of an overall majority, while Labour embarks on a "civil war"

Mail on Sunday

The Mail on Sunday leads on Boris Johnson urging Nicola Sturgeon to "unite as Team UK"

Sunday Times

The Sunday Times reports on Boris Johnson's comments that he will stop "brain drain" to the cities.

Sunday Express

The Sunday Express talks of "Boris's plan for brighter Britain"

Greater Manchester's mayor speaks out against Rayner sacking

Andy Burnham, fresh from a resounding victory in the Greater Manchester mayoral election, becomes the latest Labour figure to oppose Keir Starmer's sacking of Angela Rayner as party chair.

What do the election results mean for Scottish independence?

Laura Kuenssberg

Political editor

There is one thing that Nicola Sturgeon and Boris Johnson can agree on. That now isn't the time to have another vote on a Scottish referendum.

That is just about where agreement between arguably the two most dominant political figures in the country right now begins and ends.

Beyond that, the first minister is determined before too long to push for a vote. The prime minister, is set on saying no.

They are both vote winners for their parties with big personal followings, who are defying political tradition, refreshing their parties mandates to govern after over a decade in power.

But if the dispute between them over the future of the UK is ever to be resolved, only one of these winners can come out on top.

Read more from Laura here.

Labour loses council for first time in 100 years

Labour has lost control of Durham council for the first time in a century.

The party lost 21 of its seats, while the Conservatives gained 14.

BBC Newsnight correspondent Lewis Goodall says this is a "totemic result" for Labour and points out that Durham was the first ever county council to be controlled by Labour, which it first won back in 1919.

Mayor Sadiq Khan thanks Londoners

London Mayor full results

The full results for all candidates for London Mayor were:

• Sadiq Khan (Labour): 1,206,034
• Shaun Bailey (Conservative): 977,601
• Sian Berry (Green): 197,976
• Luisa Porritt (Liberal Democrat): 111,716

The minor party and independent candidates were as follows:

• Niko Omilana (Independent): 49,628
• Laurence Fox (Reclaim): 47,634
• Brian Rose (London Real): 31,111
• Richard Hewison (Rejoin EU): 28,012
• Count Binface (Count Binface for Mayor of London): 24,775
• Mandu Reid (Women's Equality Party): 21,182
• Piers Corbyn (Let London Live): 20,604
• Vanessa Hudson (Animal Welfare): 16,826
• Peter Gammons (UKIP): 14,393
• Farah London (Independent): 11,869
• David Kurten (Heritage): 11,025
• Nims Obunge (Independent): 9,682
• Steve Kelleher (Social Democrats): 8,764
• Kam Balayev (Renew): 7,774
• Max Fosh (Independent): 6,309
• Valerie Brown (Burning Pink): 5,305

Bailey: Londoners didn't write me off

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The Conservative candidate Shaun Bailey now makes his speech.

He says he was "written off" by pollsters, journalist and other politicians

"But Londoners didn't write me off," he says.

"As a poor boy, you learn that Londoners are generous of spirit and will give you a hearing."

Mr Bailey congratulates Mr Khan but adds that he hopes the re-elected mayor won't "blame everything on the government".

London Mayor: How the final vote share looks

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Khan: Covid doesn't care if you are a Brexiteer or a Remainer

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Sadiq Khan making his victory speech in City Hall

London Mayor Sadiq Khan promises to "strain every sinew to help build a better and brighter future for London after the dark days of the pandemic".

"I am proud to have won an overwhelming mandate today," he says.

Addressing those Londoners who didn't vote for him he says: "I will never ignore your voice, your concerns or your worries."

He says the city and the country are divided - "the scars of Brexit remain, a crude culture war is pushing us further apart," he adds.

"We must use this moment of national recovery to heal those divisions.

"Coronavirus doesn't care if you are a Brexiteer, a Remainer or woke."

He says it is better to build bridges rather than walls and promises to "build bridges between City Hall and the government".

Sadiq Khan achieves 55.2% of the vote after two rounds

After two rounds of results, the results are as follows:

• Sadiq Khan (Labour): 1,206,034
• Shaun Bailey (Conservative): 977,601

BreakingSadiq Khan wins second term as London Mayor

Labour's Sadiq Khan has won a second term as London Mayor, beating his Conservative rival Shaun Bailey.

London mayoral race still to be declared

Yes, we're still waiting for London mayoral results.

They were originally expected at 20:30 BST, that's steadily slipped, and now we're being told 23:00 BST.

We will of course tell you as soon as we see any movement...

Khan and Bailey enter run-off for mayor of London

Sam Francis

BBC News, London

Labour's Sadiq Khan will face Tory rival Shaun Bailey in a run-off to be mayor of London, after neither won a majority in the first round of voting.

Mr Khan, the current mayor, has 40% of first-preference votes while Mr Bailey has 36% with all constituencies declared.

The mayor is elected on a Supplementary Vote system, where each voter can select a first and second preference.

Second-preference votes for both candidates are being counted.

A record-breaking 20 candidates ran to become the next mayor of London.

If any candidate had received more than 50% of the first preferences they would have won the election outright.

As no winner was found based on first-preference votes, the top two candidates enter a run-off, where their second preferences are added to their total vote.

The final result is expected to be announced later.

PM invites first ministers to summit

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Boris Johnson, pictured on his first visit to Edinburgh as PM in 2019, has invited Nicola Sturgeon and other first ministers for a summit

Boris Johnson has written to Nicola Sturgeon and Mark Drakeford to congratulate them on their election victories and invite them to a summit on how "Team UK" can recover from the pandemic.

He said the people of the UK are “best served when we work together”.

It comes after Ms Sturgeon marked her re-election as Scotland's first minister by declaring there was "no democratic justification" for Johnson to block an independence referendum.

The prime minister earlier told the Daily Telegraph a referendum would be "irresponsible".

In his letter, he pointed to the vaccine roll-out as well as the support for jobs and businesses as successes for the union. He called on Sturgeon and Drakeford to "show the same spirit of unity and co-operation that marked our fight against the pandemic”.

A similar invitation is also being sent to the first minister and deputy first minister of Northern Ireland.

Son wins father's Bradford council seat after Covid death

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Mohsin Hussain, pictured with his brother Hassan, said his father had been a pillar of the community

The son of a former Lord Mayor of Bradford who won his father's seat after his death said he would put "everything into making him proud".

Abid Hussain, 62, had been a Labour councillor in Keighley since 2010 but died on Christmas Eve with Covid-19.

Son Mohsin Hussain, 26, won one of two seats that were being contested in the Keighley Central ward.

He said: "I know my dad's boots are very big to fill but I know he had so much faith in me."

Mr Hussain said he had been inspired to follow in his father's footsteps to carry on his legacy.

You can read more here.