It leaves Labour facing a historic defeat after 27 years in power; First Minister Eluned Morgan loses her seat
The scale of Labour’s collapse in Wales isn’t something I thought I’d see in my life, writes BBC Wales’s political editor
In Scotland, a BBC projects the SNP will win the most seats in the Scottish parliament, but also fall short of a majority
Earlier, Keir Starmer said he was “not going to walk away” after Labour lost hundreds of councillors in England – Reform is the biggest winner so far, picking up more than 900 council seats.
Council and mayoral counts in England continue
We’re still awaiting results from around 40 councils – as Reform, the Greens and Liberal Democrats see gains in their number of councillors, and Labour and the Conservatives suffer losses.
There’s still one mayoral race to decide – in Tower Hamlets in London – more on the mayoral races in our next post.
One more declaration in Wales to go
There’s just one region left to declare in Wales, and the BBC has forecast a majority for Plaid Cymru.
First Minister Eluned Morgan has already lost her seat, and stood down as Welsh Labour leader moments later.
Just over halfway there in Scotland
There’s still just over 60 results left to declare in Scotland.
The SNP sit on 55, with the Lib Dems their closest challenger on five.
The BBC has forecast the SNP as the largest party, but short of a majority. Earlier, SNP leader John Swinney said: “It is becoming clear that the SNP will emerge as the largest party”.
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