Local election results 2021 live: Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner count as it happens
Votes across Liverpool, Wirral, Knowsley, Sefton and St Helens will be counted today
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Today Merseyside will elect a new police and crime commissioner.
The position - which oversees the work of the Merseyside Police force - was created in 2012.
Greater Manchester and Salford mayor elections 2021 results as Andy Burnham wins
Results for the Greater Manchester mayoral and Salford city mayor elections - follow the latest updates
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Play now The count in the Greater Manchester mayoral and Salford city mayor elections has taken place as Andy Burnham was re-elected in Greater Manchester and Paul Dennett in Salford.
The Greater Manchester election, which took place on Thursday, had originally been scheduled to take place last May - but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Counting of the ballot papers got underway on Saturday morning with the result announced this afternoon.
Other parties did not get a look-in in South Bucks today as the Conservatives triumphed again. Only Alison Wheelhouse in Beaconsfield and Paul Griffin in Iver were not Tory party winners. In Beaconsfield, Alison gained 1,620 votes, while former education cabinet member Anita Cranmer was elected with 1,726 votes and town councillor Jackson Ng got the most with 1,771. Labour candidates Louise Kavanagh and Ian Tunnacliffe didn t fare too well in Beaconsfield, gaining 368 and 241 respectively and putting them in eighth and tenth place - out of 10. In Cliveden, Zoe Hatch stepped up to the task for the Green Party again after unsuccessfully running for the Beaconsfield constituency in the General Election in 2019, but it wasn t to be yet again - gaining a respectful 1,099 votes.
The first Bucks unitary council elections are over and the results are in. Buckinghamshire residents went to the polls on Thursday for the first time since the new Buckinghamshire Council came into existence back in April 2020 – one year later than planned because of the Covid pandemic. With Friday a mostly administrative day, results were revealed throughout today (Saturday) with some surprises in store. As expected, the Conservatives won a majority, taking 113 seats, while the Lib Dems came in second with 15 seats, followed by the Independents (six seats), Labour (four seats), Independent Network (two seats) and the Green Party getting a seat.
Hartlepool by-election result LIVE: Conservatives win seat from Labour by huge margin
The results for the Hartlepool by-election are expected in the early hours of the morning
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The votes are being counted after Teessiders went to the polls in the biggest set of elections outside the General Election. The people of Hartlepool have chosen their new MP, after Labour s Mike Hill stepped down amid an ongoing investigation.
The by-election has attracted national attention, with Labour leader Keir Starmer under pressure as Boris Johnson s Conservative government has been tipped to win the seat for the first time since it was created.