Local Elections - Chris Mason on the results so far
The Conservatives have lost around half of the seats they are defending. The Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer, says the results "send a message" to Rishi Sunak.
When there's a general election, we are used to waking up on Friday morning and knowing the result. That's far from the case in this patchwork of local and regional elections. There are loads of results still to come later today, throughout tomorrow and beyond.
But here's what we can tease out so far. The Conservatives are having a very, very rough time. They have lost around half of the seats they are defending.
If this rate of loss continues across all the seats being fought, it would be in line with their worst performance in a set of local elections when looked at as a proportion of their seats lost - which was back in 1995.
And Labour smiles broadened further when the result of the Blackpool South by-election was announced just before 5am. The turnout was limited, but the swing to Labour was whopping.
Here's the analysis of the 成人快手's Political Editor, Chris Mason, of the results so far.
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