RECAP: Reform gains more than 1,400 seats as Labour loses Wales

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• 11 councils across England are yet to declare
• Labour has lost control of 35 councils and more than 1,300 seats in England
• Reform has gained 1,350 seats and 13 councils
• The Conservatives have lost 10 councils and more than 540 seats
• The Lib Dems have gained 140 seats
• The Greens have gained more than 350 seats across England
• Plaid Cymru are the largest party in Wales – but do not have a majority
• Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan lost her seat and has stepped down as Labour leader in Wales
• In Scotland, the SNP is likely to fall short of a majority

Take a look at our live-updating maps and charts produced by the Daily Mail’s Deep Dive team for the latest election results across England, Wales and Scotland.

Labour has lost another three councils, with Newham, Brent and Haringey now coming under no overall control.

But Sir Keir Starmer could at least take solace in Camden, his local borough, staying red.

In Brent, the once majority party lost 23 seats, with gains spread across the Conservatives, Lib Dems and Greens.

Labour lost 17 seats in Camden, while the Greens gained 10, but at 30 seats Labour still retains control.

In Newham, the party suffered heavy losses with 38 seats being carved up between the Greens (16) and independents (24).

The Lib Dems have won their fourth council in England with East Surrey coming under their control from the Conservatives.

Earlier in the day, West Surrey, Stockport and Portsmouth were also declared now under Lib Dem control.

In East Surrey they gained 32 seats, while the Tories lost 30. The Reform party gained five seats in the constituency for the first time, while the Greens doubled their presence from two to four seats.

A transgender candidate who secured one of three seats for the Scottish Green Party on the Edinburgh and Lothians East regional list said their victory in the election was ‘what diversity looks like’.

Dr Q Manivannan, the first person who identifies as transgender elected to Holyrood, and party colleagues Kate Nevens and Kayleigh Ferguson Kinross-O’Neill were among the seven candidates to secure seats on the list, along with Angela Ross from Reform UK, Irshad Ahmed and Katherine Sangster from the Scottish Labour Party and Scottish Conservative Miles Briggs.

‘My name is Dr Q Manivannan, I am a transgender Tamil immigrant, my pronouns are they/them,” Dr Manivannan said as they addressed a crowd of cheering party supporters after the results were announced in Edinburgh.

‘I am to some in this country everything that the hateful despise and I am standing here as your MSP now with care.

‘They say politics is the art of the possible, a politics of care I would say expands what is possible for everyone left behind, pushed out or never invited in.’

They added: ‘This is what diversity looks like in power.’

Labour has lost Barnet, leaving the council with no overall majority.

The party won 31 seats, a fall of 10 since the last election, while the Conservatives also won 31 seats, up nine. The Green Party has secured one seat on the council.

The Green Party has won a majority on Hackney council, usually a Labour stronghold.

By 8.30pm, 37 Green councillors had been elected out of 57 seats, ousting Labour for the first time since 2002 when the council had no overall control.

Labour has so far held onto just eight seats of 43 it had held.

Councillor Anna Lynch, who held onto her Labour seat in Homerton, said: ‘We’ve got experienced councillors, fire in our belly and the fightback starts now.’

A party linked to Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain has won nine seats in Norfolk’s local elections, with Reform becoming the biggest party on the council overall.

Nigel Farage’s party were victorious in the east of England on Friday, as they gained 38 seats on Norfolk County Council, taking their total up to 40.

However, this falls short of the 43 seats needed for a majority.

Following the elections on Thursday, the Liberal Democrats have 13 seats, the Green Party 12, and Mr Lowe’s Great Yarmouth First have nine.

Restore Britain was established by Great Yarmouth MP Mr Lowe after his fractious exit from Reform UK.

It acts as an umbrella political party, with locally based political parties such as Great Yarmouth First as its partners.

In a post on X, Mr Lowe wrote: ‘History made. We won ten out of ten seats, with overwhelming majorities in every single one.

‘Great Yarmouth First, then we Restore Britain.

‘A very special day.’

Labour lost seven seats on the council, retaining one seat in Hethersett.

Meanwhile the Conservatives lost 44 seats and retained eight.

Independent Alexandra Kemp held on to her Clenchwarton and Kings Lynn South seat by just 12 votes.

Unions affiliated to Labour have called for a leadership election following the party’s disastrous results.

Transport Salaried Staffs Association general secretary Maryam Eslamdoust said: ‘Unions like the TSSA will not stand by in the wake of this electoral disaster and let Keir Starmer pave the way for a hard-Right government led by Nigel Farage.

‘People voted for meaningful change they could actually feel in their lives.

‘That’s why Labour urgently needs a leadership election to allow members to pick a candidate who is much more responsive to the needs of working people and who can stop the very real danger of a far-Right government coming to power in this country.’

Fire Brigades Union (FBU) general secretary Steve Wright said: ‘The leadership’s response to this electoral meltdown so far has simply not been good enough.

‘Making vague promises about hope while failing to deliver for ordinary people on a day-to-day basis, when Nigel Farage’s hard-Right party is poised to take power in many parts of the country, is a dereliction of duty.’

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: ‘The writing is on the wall for this Labour government and it could be the beginning of the end for the party itself.

‘Only fundamental, irreversible change will stem the tide. If the party does not shift decisively towards the working class it is finished.

‘It is change or die. Now or never.’

Meanwhile, Unison general secretary Andrea Egan said Labour faced ‘political oblivion’ because it was not delivering for the majority of people.