Elections 2016: Latest from the Calendar region

Labour candidate Mark Burns-Williamson has been re-elected as West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner.

The contest against the Conservative candidate Allan Doherty went to a second count.

The local election results show Labour is doing well in its heartlands of the north, according to University of Hull politics expert Dr Matt Beech. He says that the Liberal Democrats have improved their status slightly by picking up a few seats, but overall it is too early for the local election results to indicate how the next General Election will turn out.

Conservative Julia Mulligan has been reelected as North Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner.

The contest with Labour's Steve Howley went to a second count.

Janet Waggott , Police Area Returning Officer for North Yorkshire Police Authority and Chief Executive of Ryedale District Council made the announcement at the results centre in Malton.

The turnout for York and North Yorkshire elections was 135,642 (22.47 per cent). The highest percentage of residents to vote was Craven with a turn out of 33.98 per cent.

Labour has continued its dominance in South Yorkshire with a majority of seats in Barnsley Council once again.

The overall turnout for the local elections in Barnsley was 47,404 out of 175,998 electorate, which comes to 26.9%.

Labour won all of the first six seats counted, meaning it Labour will keep its majority intact at a council where only a third of seats were contested yesterday.

Labour's Keith Hunter has been elected as the new Police and Crime Commissioner of Humberside.

Mr Hunter, who had a 30-year career in the police, ousted Conservative incumbent Matthew Groves with majority of more than 23,000 votes at the second preference stage.

Turnout for the election was 23%.

Second preference votes are being counted for the North Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner.

Sheffield City Council remains a Labour majority council with the party having crossed the 42 seats needed for a majority.

As the counting comes to an end Labour has secured 44 of the 84 seats to give it an unassailable majority, with the Lib Dems taking 18 seats.

Dr Alan Billings has been re-elected as South Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner with more than 50% of the first preference vote.

The Labour candidate holds on to his job despite a series of controversies over Hillsborough Disaster, the Rotherham child sex abuse scandal and calls for an inquiry into the so-called Battle of Orgreave.

Click here to watch a replay of Dr Alan Billings' victory speech on Periscope

Conservative Party candidate Marc Jones has been elected as Lincolnshire’s new Police and Crime Commissioner.

He fought off competition from Victoria Ayling (UKIP), Lucinda Preston (Labour), and Daniel Simpson (Lincolnshire Independents).

Jones who received 48,033 votes overall will succeed outgoing Independent Alan Hardwick in the post.

Victoria Ayling finished second with 37,420 votes.

Jayne Senior, the whistleblower who lifted the lid on the child sexual exploitation problem in Rotherham, has been elected as a Labour councillor in the borough.

The result continues Labour's dominance in Rotherham with the party strengthening its control with 24 new councillors.

Labour now has 48 seats with 14 for UKIP and just one Independent.