It has been a catastrophic night for Labour across Greater Manchester as Reform UK made huge gains in the borough council elections.

Elections were held in all 10 of the region’s borough councils, with counting taking place in six of those overnight.

In Salford, Reform won 13 seats of the 21 up for election. Labour, which previously had 16 of the seats, held three.

In Wigan, Reform won 23 new seats and defended another. Labour lost 20 seats, but remain in control of the council with 42 councillors.

In Stockport, Reform won two seats, as Liberal Democrats gained a majority on the council.

In Tameside, Reform won 18 of the 19 seats available, as the council went from Labour to no overall control.

In Bolton, the leader of the council was among the casualties as a seismic shift saw Reform take almost half the seats up for grabs. In total, Reform won nine new seats, out of the 20 seats that were available.

In Oldham, Reform won 13 new seats, out of 20 seats being contested.

In Manchester, Reform won seven new seats, with Labour losing 24 out of the 36 contested areas. Labour still holds a majority with 63 seats in the town hall.

In Rochdale, Reform won 13 new seats, bringing its total to 15 councillors in the town hall. Labour maintains a slim majority in the council chamber, with 31 seats from 60.

In Bury, Reform won three new seats, giving them a total of six in the town hall. Labour still hold 30 out of 51 seats.

It means that, as of 4.30pm, Reform won 102 seats in Greater Manchester’s councils in this year’s local elections.

This number is expected to to rise by the end of the day, with results are still due from Trafford.

Earlier on Friday, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he was hurting from “tough” results which saw Labour lose hundreds of councillors in England.

He said: “The results are tough, they are very tough, and there’s no sugar-coating it.

“We have lost brilliant Labour representatives across the country, these are people who put so much into their communities, so much into our party.

“And that hurts, and it should hurt, and I take responsibility.”

Meanwhile, Reform leader Nigel Farage claimed there had been a “truly historic shift in British politics”.

He said: “It’s a big, big day, not just for our party, but for a complete reshaping of British politics in every way.”