Live: Labour and Ukip suffer as Tories make big gains
Votes are being counted for local elections in parts of England and the whole of Scotland and Wales.
A total of 4,851 seats in 88 councils are up for grabs. Six devolved regions have also been selecting mayors for the first time.
- Early results gave Theresa May a major boost, with the Conservatives picking up more than 550 councillors and gaining control of 11 authorities.
- Labour forfeited more than 300 council seats but lost control of Glasgow and suffered reverses in Welsh strongholds
- Conservative Ben Houchen became the first elected mayor of Tees Valley, a Labour north-east heartland, while Conservative Andy Street became the first West Midlands metropolitan mayor, beating Labour's Sion Simon
- Former Labour cabinet minister Andy Burnham won the mayoral contest in Greater Manchester
- The Liberal Democrats failed to break through against the Tories in south-west England but have made advances in some General Election target seats like Eastleigh and Wells
- Ukip shed 63 seats, picking up a solitary councillor in Lancashire
