Chris Mason
Political editor, reporting from Birmingham

Agents here in the West Midlands have requested bundle checks of the votes in Coventry, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton.

They have not yet been requested in Birmingham or Dudley. There was a bundle check requested and completed in Solihull prior to the declaration of the result there.

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, which is exactly that – counting the votes again.

Turning back to Manchester where we can now bring you the latest from newly elected mayor Andy Burnham.

He starts by saying Greater Manchester has always prided itself on "solidarity between its people" and says he will continue to reject the "politics of division and culture wars".

The Labour mayor goes on to thank voters who usually support other parties but lent him their support in this election, saying he will adopt a "place first, not party first, approach".

Burnham commits to seeing through his transport reforms in this mayoral term and calls for more powers over welfare and housing.

He says it is hard to "keep Greater Manchester moving forwards while the country is moving backwards".

In Greater Manchester, a 3% swing to Labourpublished at 15:21 British Summer Time 4 May

15:21 BST 4 May

Professor Sir John Curtice
Polling expert

In Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham was re-elected with 63% of the vote, down four points on 2021.

However, the Conservative vote was down by nine points - so there was still a net swing of 3% from Conservative to Labour.

Latest result suggests Labour doing better in inner Londonpublished at 15:18 British Summer Time 4 May

15:18 BST 4 May

Professor Sir John Curtice
Polling expert

In Brent & Harrow, there was a smaller swing from Labour to the Conservatives of 1.2%.

So there is now evidence that Labour's performance in inner London is rather better than it is in some of the outer suburbs.

Update at 15:46: An earlier version of this post contained an error in the swing data

While we wait to hear more from the winners of the mayoral races in Manchester and West Yorkshire, let's turn our attention back to the London race where it's just been announced that the Conservatives have held onto the constituency of Brent & Harrow.

It's the eighth of 14 areas to declare and the second won by the Conservatives.

The constituency saw a small swing from Labour to the Conservatives of 1.2%.

Susan Hall received 66,151 votes - or 41.8% - while Sadiq Khan received 58,743 - 37.2%.

Update at 15:46: An earlier version of this post contained an error in the swing data

Labour candidate Tracy Brabin has been elected Mayor of West Yorkshire with 50.4% of the vote.

She became the first West Yorkshire mayor in 2021.

Brabin was elected as MP for Batley and Spen in 2016 following the murder of Jo Cox.

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As was expected, Andy Burnham has cruised to re-election in Greater Manchester. Here's that result in full.

• Labour - 420,749
• Conservative - 68,946
• Independent - 50,304
• Reform - 49,532
• Green - 45,905
• Liberal Democrat - 28,195

Burnham is giving his victory speech now. Stay here as we bring you some of the key lines in a moment.

Labour candidate Andy Burnham has won another term as Greater Manchester mayor with more than 420,000 votes.

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Rajini Vaidyanathan
Reporting from Birmingham

It's all go - the Birmingham result is incoming for the West Midlands mayoral vote.

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The next mayoral result we're likely to get is from Greater Manchester.

The turnout for the election was 32.1%, with 669,509 votes cast.

Labour's Andy Burnham won the 2021 race with over 67% of the vote and is widely expected to be re-elected for a third term.

The runner up from last time, Conservative Laura Evans, was also on the ballot paper again.

Professor Sir John Curtice
Polling expert

In the West Midlands mayoral race, results in Solihull have been declared.

They show a 5% swing from Conservative to Labour. Labour need a 4.5% swing to win the mayoralty.

The early intelligence that this contest is too close to call is, on this evidence, correct.

All the focus is on the big mayoral races now, but we're still getting the last few remaining council results through.

In Warrington, Labour has increased its majority after six new councillors were elected.

The Conservative vote has collapsed and its number of councillors has fallen from 11 to one.

The Liberal Democrats picked up four new councillors.

Labour’s Rushanara Ali says the party is “delighted” with the results from the London mayoral election so far.

Speaking from the electoral count at the Excel Centre, the Bethnal Green and Bow MP says the results are a vindication of the “work [Sadiq Khan has] done, the inclusive vision that he has had and has implemented across London”.

The Labour MP also took a shot at the Conservative Party's campaign in the London mayoral race, calling it a “nasty, divisive, vicious, extremist campaign”.

Defeat in London will lead to Conservative recriminationspublished at 14:42 British Summer Time 4 May

14:42 BST 4 May

Henry Zeffman
Chief political correspondent

Labour will, needless to say, be breathing a sigh of relief about Sadiq Khan’s impending victory in the London mayoral election.

It’s worth noting that he is the first ever London mayor to win a third term in office (Ken Livingstone tried and failed, twice; Boris Johnson moved onto bigger things).

There are likely to be Conservative recriminations about the failure to harness anger at the ULEZ emissions scheme in outer London, or to find a way to appeal to more voters in inner London.

Many will argue that their failure stems back to the chaotic candidate selection process, though the London Conservatives were always going to be operating in a very difficult national environment, too.

For an example of Conservative failure, look at Bexley and Bromley, in outer London, where Conservative vote share was flat compared to 2021 – a swing of precisely 0.0%.

The Uxbridge by-election last year, where the Conservatives managed to hold onto a Labour target by campaigning almost solely on ULEZ, feels a long time ago now.

Brexit possibly a factor in Bexley & Bromleypublished at 14:39 British Summer Time 4 May

14:39 BST 4 May

Professor Sir John Curtice
Polling expert

Bexley & Bromley is the seventh London mayoral declaration.

This is one of the most Conservative parts of London and here there is no swing from Conservative to Labour.

We suspect that as a more pro-Leave part of London, that the area's attitude to Brexit may be part of the explanation.

The Conservatives have held the constituency of Bexley & Bromley, marking their first win in this year's mayoral race.

Susan Hall received 111,216 votes - or 54.6% - while Sadiq Khan received 48,952 - 24.1%.

Those percentages are exactly the same as those won by the Conservatives and Labour in 2021, meaning there was no swing in this result.

James Kelly
Reporting from London City Hall

London City Hall has been abuzz with political journalists with not much happening up until now - but that could all change very soon.

Candidates have been summoned by Greater London’s presiding officer for an official result which could come as early 16:30.

The counting in London’s mayoral race has been spread all over the capital with counts in each constituency.

The BBC's polling expert John Curtice is forecasting that with six of the constituency results now published Sadiq Khan will be re-elected as Mayor of London for a third term.

We anticipate that the outcome in terms of votes will approximately be as follows:

• Sadiq Khan (LAB) - 43%
• Susan Hall (CON) - 33%

This would represent a swing of 2.5% from Conservative to Labour since 2021.

Sadiq Khan has held the London constituency of Enfield & Haringey, marking a sixth win for the incumbent mayor.

Khan received 82,725 votes - or 50.3% - while Conservative Susan Hall received 41,389 - 25.2%.

With 4.4%, that marks another swing to Labour from the Conservatives.

Rajini Vaidyanathan
Reporting from Birmingham

Here at the International Convention Centre in the middle of Birmingham, counting has now finished.

For hours staff sat at trestle tables loaded with black boxes, sifting through piles of yellow ballot papers. Now they – and we wait – for that final result.

It’s one of the most anticipated results of these elections. Conservative incumbent Andy Street - who has somewhat distanced himself from the national party through this campaign - is hoping he can secure a third term.

Labour’s Richard Parker is hoping to pull off a big coup for his party by unseating “Brand Andy”.

Sources close to Andy Street tell me this race is “genuinely too close to call”. It’s a similar mantra from Labour here who say, "this is neck and neck".

The result is key for both PM Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer.

For Sunak it could be a bright spot after some disappointing results - for Starmer a win in this key region ahead of a general election would give his party further momentum as we head towards a general election.