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Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong>Read more<\/p>\n Sir Keir Starmer<\/a> has insisted he will carry on as prime minister despite a disastrous set of local election<\/a> results<\/a> for Labour<\/a>, while Nigel Farage has hailed a \u201cbig historic night\u201d <\/a>after Reform UK<\/a> made major gains across the country. <\/p>\n Reform UK<\/a> has gained over 1,400 councillors across the country<\/a>, as well as taking hold of 14 councils so far, while Labour<\/a> has lost control of 35 councils and has seen the mayoralty in Hackney go to the Green Party.<\/p>\n Sir Keir Starmer\u2019s party has also lost in Wales after 27 years in power<\/a> and first minister Eluned Morgan lost her seat. <\/p>\n Contests have taken place in 136 local authorities across England, including some of the largest cities and the whole of London. A mix of urban authorities and rural districts also held elections, along with several county councils.<\/p>\n The Scottish National Party (SNP) has retained its status as the biggest party in Holyrood, but fell short of an overall majority. The final result gave the SNP 58 seats, with Labour and Reform on 17, Greens on 15, Conservatives on 12 and Liberal Democrats with 10.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Check back here or refresh the page for live updates as results<\/a> are announced<\/p>\n Mr Farage\u2019s party has won control of Havering, giving the party its first London council. <\/p>\n Meanwhile, the Conservatives have gained Westminster City Council from Labour and made gains in Wandsworth, taking the council to no overall control.<\/p>\n The Tories have also become the biggest party in Wandsworth, which has moved to no overall control.<\/p>\n But Labour\u2019s grip on the city has held firm in other places. Sir Keir Starmer\u2019s party has held on to Hammersmith and Fulham, Ealing, Hounslow, Barking and Dagenham, Camden, Islington, Greenwich, and pulled off a narrow win in Merton, which pollsters had suggested could go Liberal Democrat. <\/p>\n The Liberal Democrats so far appear on course to record an eighth consecutive year of council gains, gaining more than 150 councillors, and taking control of Stockport and Portsmouth, and becoming the only party on Richmond upon Thames Council, but they lost their slender majority in Hull.<\/p>\n The Green Party has won the mayoralties in Hackney, Lewisham and Waltham forest, and has won four councils so far.<\/p>\n It is the largest set of local elections in the country for three years, and marks a key test for all political parties, especially Labour, as Sir Keir Starmer faces growing questions over his leadership of the party. But the prime minister insisted he would not \u201cwalk away and plunge the country into chaos\u201d. <\/p>\n Elections have also been held in Scotland for the Scottish parliament and in Wales for members of the Senedd. <\/p>\n Most of these seats were last up for election in 2022, at a time when the then-Conservative government, led by former prime minister Boris Johnson, was trailing Labour<\/a> in the opinion polls and was losing support in the wake of the Partygate scandal.<\/p>\n This was reflected in the results of the 2022 local elections, which saw Labour<\/a>, the Liberal Democrats and Greens all make gains at the Tories\u2019 expense.<\/p>\n