When will we know all the results?

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Votes are being counted successful section assembly and mayoral elections crossed parts of England.

These are the archetypal section elections since the wide predetermination was held successful July 2024.

Which elections are taking place?

In 23 councils crossed England, seats are being contested in:

  • 14 region councils: Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Devon, Gloucestershire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire
  • 8 unitary authorities: Buckinghamshire, Cornwall, County Durham, North Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Shropshire, West Northamptonshire and Wiltshire
  • 1 metropolitan district: Doncaster

Six mayoral elections are besides happening: successful the West of England, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, North Tyneside, Doncaster and – for the archetypal clip – successful Greater Lincolnshire and Hull and East Yorkshire.

In addition, assembly elections are taking spot successful the Isles of Scilly.

A representation  showing wherever  section  elections are taking spot  successful  England connected  Thursday 1 May 2025, including the six mayoral contests.

Runcorn and Helsby constituency are besides electing a caller MP.

The erstwhile Labour MP Mike Amesbury stood down aft his condemnation for assaulting a constituent.

No regular elections are taking spot successful Wales, Scotland oregon Northern Ireland.

When volition we cognize the results?

Here's astir erstwhile we're expecting calls to beryllium made. But predetermination results tin travel acold later, oregon acold earlier, than expected.

  • From 02:00: North Tyneside and West of England mayoral results
  • From 03:00: Runcorn & Helsby by-election result, and we could person results successful the Greater Lincolnshire mayoral race
  • From 05:00: Results successful the Doncaster mayoral predetermination could beryllium announced
  • From 07:00: We could person Northumberland's afloat assembly results

Northumberland is the lone assembly expected to state its results overnight, with astir councils opening their counting connected Friday morning.

The afloat results for those councils won't travel until the afternoon, with Durham expected to beryllium the archetypal to state astatine 13:00.

At astir 14:30 we should find retired who is the politician for Hull & East Yorkshire.

The gait of results volition commencement to prime up from astir 15:00, with the effect owed for the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough mayoral contest.

The bulk of assembly results are expected by aboriginal evening, with the last declarations expected successful Kent and West Northamptonshire astatine astir 19:00.

What bash section councils bash and wherefore bash section elections matter?

What bash mayors do?

Six mayors volition beryllium elected:

  • two azygous authorization mayors successful Doncaster and North Tyneside
  • four metro mayors successful the West of England, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Greater Lincolnshire, and Hull and East Yorkshire

A azygous authorization politician is the governmental person of the council. They are liable for delivering section assembly services.

Metro mayors are determination leaders who seat combined authorities, which are groups of respective section councils.

They acceptable retired plans to boost their section economy, and person immoderate powers implicit lodging and transport.

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