In south Wales, Emma Wools has become the UK's first black female police and crime commissioner (PCC) to be elected.

Labour’s Wools succeeds Alun Michael, who she had served as deputy to.

"It is a powerful opportunity to create change, promote diversity and inclusion, and advocate for underrepresented communities," she said.

Elsewhere in Wales, Labour retained three of the four PCC roles, while Plaid Cymru held on in Dyfed Powys.

But there were low turnouts, with no other elections held in Wales on the day.

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Another result's come in - this one from Bury, Greater Manchester.

Labour's retained control of the metropolitan borough council, winning 31 seats.

The Conservatives trail with 11.

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Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer has described his party's victory in the first ever York and North Yorkshire mayoral election as a "very, very special moment".

"It's an amazing moment in history, to have a Labour victory here," Sir Keir said, speaking alongside newly-elected mayor, David Skaith.

"Through the villages and the towns of North Yorkshire, people are voting for change – they voted for Labour, a changed Labour Party able to earn the trust and the respect of voters in York and North Yorkshire," he said.

Grim results for the Conservatives but no sign of insurrectionpublished at 17:54 British Summer Time 3 May

17:54 BST 3 May

Chris Mason
Political editor

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Dire election results are becoming a dangerous habit for the Conservatives.

From last year’s local elections, to by-elections since and these election results, the picture for Rishi Sunak is consistently bleak.

In contrast, and blackening that Tory mood still further, Labour’s knack of winning where they need to win to win a general election.

Strikingly, though, there is no sign, yet at least, of this prompting Conservative insurrection against the prime minister. Why?

The results for them are grim but perhaps no more grim than feared.

One senior figure suggested Conservative MPs were “remarkably chilled".

A former cabinet minister said the results were “not catastrophic”, while also tacitly accepting they pointed to likely general election defeat.

Labour are confident of exactly that - that these results point to them being on track to winning a majority.

The Liberal Democrats see evidence of their capacity to capitalise on Conservative woe; Reform UK too.

And the trend of a steady rise for the Green Party in local politics continues. In essence, these results cement the status quo – a buoyant Labour Party, the Conservatives morose, the smaller parties chipper.

There are three more council results in - all from Surrey.

The Liberal Democrats have retained their majority on Mole Valley District Council, while Tandridge District Council remains under no overall control.

The Lib Dems are the biggest party there on 11, followed by the Conservatives on seven.

And in Runnymede, there remains no party in overall control of the borough council there.

Oxford City Council remains under no overall control, with no single party having won an outright majority.

The number of seats required for a majority is 25.

The results are coming into us thick and fast now. This time, the Liberal Democrats have kept control of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, with no change in the share of seats.

Sticking with Labour, the party has held Trafford council in Greater Manchester.

The party gained two seats, while the Conservatives lost two.

Let's get back to the results. Labour has held onto Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council in South Yorkshire.

The party holds 33 seats, the Conservatives hold 13 seats and the Lib Dems hold three.

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey was addressing crowds in Winchester earlier.

He said the message coming from across the country was "loud and clear" and that people have "had enough of this out-of-touch government".

Watch the clip below.

The Liberal Democrats have held St Albans City and District Council in Hertfordshire.

The party holds 47 seats, while the Conservatives have three seats and Labour has two seats.

Over to the West Midlands now, where Labour has held control of Sandwell Council.

The party now has 64 seats, up five, while the Conservatives lost six, leaving the party with five overall.

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Labour's shadow health secretary Wes Streeting has addressed his party's loss of Oldham Council to Independents, after the local party leader denied it was a result of Sir Keir Starmer's stance on the war in Gaza.

Streeting told BBC Radio 5 Live earlier that he didn't dispute the fact that in Oldham - and other parts of the country - "Gaza has been an issue" and he acknowledged that a number of people felt Labour was too slow in calling for a ceasefire.

Labour shifted its position in February, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza for the first time since the war broke out.

"We are obviously calling for a ceasefire now and even more importantly... urging Israel not to invade Rafah, which would be an absolute catastrophe," he says.

It's more good news for Labour, having just gained control of Cannock Chase Council in Staffordshire - it previously had no overall control.

Labour gained 11 seats, bringing its total to 21. The Conservatives lost 11 seats, the Greens gained one seat and the Lib Dems lost one seat.

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We're getting a real flurry of results through now, so stick with us.

There's no change for Cherwell District Council in Oxfordshire, where this is no overall majority.

And it's another Labour hold, this time in Crawley.

Labour won five more council seats, meaning they now hold 25 seats overall. The Conservatives lost five seats, meaning they now have 11 seats.

Labour has held onto Bradford Council in West Yorkshire.

Labour has won back the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) role in Lancashire.

Clive Grunshaw, the Labour candidate, previously held the role from when it was created in 2012 until 2021. He won 135,638 votes.

The incumbent PCC Andrew Snowdon came second, with 101,281 votes The Liberal Democrat candidate, Neil Darby, got 51,282 votes.

Ellis Palmer
Reporting from Blackpool South

Earlier today, I met Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer who was in town to congratulate his party’s successful by-election candidate, Chris Webb.

There have been a spate of suspensions from Labour and defections to form other groups in the Labour Party in Lancashire in recent months.

I asked him whether it could stem the tide of problems that the party has in the area.

“Chris's win is truly historic,” he said, adding:

There's another gain for Labour, this time in the form of Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council.

The party secured 20 seats, up a whopping 15. The Conservatives, meanwhile, lost 14 to have a final count of 16.

Nuneaton & Bedworth is a local government district with borough status in Warwickshire, West Midlands.

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