We're now hearing from Sadiq Khan following the official declaration.

He opens his victory speech thanking Londoners "from the bottom of my heart".

"It's the honour of my life to serve the city that I love and I'm beyond humbled right now," he says.

When he first took to the stage, some in the crowd and on stage began heckling - but were quickly told by the returning officer that they would be removed by security if they continued.

The returning officer in London's mayoral race has now taken to the stage to announce the official results.

We'll be hearing shortly from Sadiq Khan, who has won re-election.

You can watch what's happening live on the feed at the top of the page.

James Kelly
Reporting from London

One of the 13 London mayoral candidates, Count Binface, is speaking to reporters after another election loss.

He came 11th, with 24,260 votes.

Count Binface’s promises of capping croissant prices at £1 and renaming London Bridge, Pheobe Waller-Bridge, weren’t enough to sway the capital’s voters to put an X in his box en masse.

The Count tells me: “If Rishi Sunak is prime minister by the time of the election, I’ve heard lovely things about Richmond, North Yorkshire [Sunak's constituency].”

James Kelly
Reporting from London

Candidates have been joined by their supporters as the official final result in London's mayoral race is imminent.

Proceedings are running slightly later than the predicted 16:40 results time, but candidates have been called into see their final tallies with the returning officer.

The final results should be announced shortly after. As we've been reporting, Sadiq Khan has won a third term.

Chris Mason
Political editor, reporting from Birmingham

There is to be a full recount in Coventry in the West Midlands mayoral race.

Coventry is one of the seven areas that votes in the election.

Chris Mason
Political editor, reporting from Birmingham

Labour hold the West Midlands police and crime commissioner post — Simon Foster is re-elected

Chris Mason
Political editor, reporting from Birmingham

It is expected the result for the West Midlands police and crime commissioner - a separate position from the mayor - will be declared in the next 10 minutes.

Some reaction now from the London race, where Labour's Sadiq Khan has won a third term.

Conservative MP Paul Scully says his party ran an “incredibly underwhelming campaign” in the capital, and "gifted" Khan the win.

Scully is a former minister for London and also stood unsuccessfully to be the Conservatives' mayoral candidate.

He tells BBC News the party ran an "anti-Khan campaign" and that there's “only so far you can go in joining people wagging a finger saying, ‘I don’t like that guy’".

He cited Conservative Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen, who won re-election on Friday, as someone with a “positive vision… doing different things, delivering for his local people”.

However, he also said there should be "no talk of what happens to the prime minister” after the local election results - and that it would be “bonkers if we start to throw the dice for something else”.

Kaleigh Watterson
Reporting from Warrington

In Warrington - where the council result was announced earlier this afternoon - Labour are pleased with their result, after increasing their majority by six seats.

The Conservatives were all but wiped out here - retaining just one of their 10 seats. The Liberal Democrats also made gains, winning an extra four seats to become the council’s official opposition again.

But could this have any ramifications for the next general election? Warrington is often seen as a bellwether seat - it currently has one Conservative and one Labour MP.

Both MPs were at the count today. Labour’s Charlotte Nichols said she felt the results today showed a “real move towards the Labour party right across town”, while Conservative Andy Carter said it was “naturally disappointing”, and that he felt many Conservative voters had stayed at home.

In the last local council result we're expecting today, Labour has held onto North Tyneside, where it has dominated for years.

The last of the 107 councils holding election to declare is Salford, which we're told isn't coming until late afternoon on Sunday.

We've just had the full council result in from Stroud, where there is more bad news for the Conservatives.

They won 20 councillors here at the last election but that has been cut to seven.

The Greens picked up nine extra councillors and are the single biggest group on the council with 22, though miss out on an overall majority, with Labour winning 20 seats.

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Chris Mason
Political editor, reporting from Birmingham

We reported earlier on bundle checks of the votes in Coventry, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton.

A bundle check is now going on at the Birmingham count for West Midlands mayor.

As a reminder, a bundle check is where the piles of votes are looked at in bundles, to do an approximate check that no mistakes have been made.

It is not the same as a recount.

Chris Mason
Political editor, reporting from Birmingham

It appears we are in for a very close result in the West Midlands mayoral contest.

Some sources are suggesting there are just a few thousand votes in it.

Labour are sounding more confident than the Conservatives.

The Labour candidate Richard Parker beat Conservative Andy Street in Wolverhampton by almost eight thousand votes.

Last time round in the West Midlands mayoral election, Street beat his Labour opponent in Wolverhampton.

The London mayoral constituency of Lambeth & Southwark - the last to declare in this year's race - has been held by Labour's Sadiq Khan.

Khan received 106,861 votes - or 61.2% - while Susan Hall received 26,347 - 15.1% - marking a swing to Labour 7.5%.

The penultimate constituency, Havering & Redbridge, was held by the Conservatives.

Susan Hall received 82,859 votes - or 48.1% - while Sadiq Khan received 50,780 - 29.5%.

The area also saw a swing to Labour, though, of 0.6%.

That's 14 out of 14 mayoral constituencies declared in London.

We've just had a flurry of results that means Sadiq Khan's win is official.

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In London, the Conservatives have held the mayoral constituency of Croydon & Sutton.

Susan Hall got 78,790 votes - 42.5% - while Sadiq Khan got 59,482 - 32.1% - although there was a small swing to Labour of 0.7%.

The area is the 12th of London's 14 assembly constituencies to declare - we are forecasting that Sadiq Khan has secured a third term as mayor.

Khan on course for comfortable winpublished at 15:48 British Summer Time 4 May

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Professor Sir John Curtice
Polling expert

With 11 of the 14 mayoral constituencies in London declared, we are now estimating that Sadiq Khan will win 44% of the vote and Susan Hall 33%.

Sadiq Khan has held the London constituency of Barnet & Camden, with a swing away from the Conservatives of 3.6%.

Khan received 70,984 votes - 43.6% - while Susan Hall received 57,465 - 35.3%.

Back in London's mayoral race, the Conservatives have held the constituency of Ealing & Hillingdon.

Susan Hall got 75,396 votes - or 38.8% - while Sadiq Khan got 73,257 - 37.7%.

Compared to the 2021 result, there was a small swing from the Conservatives to Labour of 0.7%.

Rob Mayor
Political editor, West Midlands, reporting from Birmingham

I've covered dozens of election counts, and I can't remember one as tense as this - even more so than the first West Midlands mayoral race, which was also very tight.

Labour's candidate Richard Parker is strolling the back corridors of the ICC in Birmingham, where votes are being counted, looking incredibly nervous.

Most of us have done this before. This is his first time.