At a glance: Key results in the English, Scottish and Welsh elections

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Results are continuing to come in following Super Thursday’s elections.

Here are some of the main results so far:

– The Conservatives won the Hartlepool by-election, with Jill Mortimer seizing the seat from Labour with a majority of 6,940.

– Tory Ben Houchen was re-elected as Tees Valley mayor by a landslide on the first count, taking almost 73% of the vote.

– Labour’s Ros Jones was re-elected Doncaster mayor while Joanne Anderson became Liverpool’s first black female mayor.

– Steve Rotheram on Saturday secured a second term as Labour mayor for the Liverpool City Region, winning 58% of first preference votes.

– With results available from 95 out of 143 English councils, the Conservatives had a net gain of eight authorities and 196 seats, and Labour a net loss of four authorities and 180 seats.

– In Scotland, the SNP gained East Lothian from Labour and Ayr and Edinburgh Central from the Tories on Friday.

– After 52 of 129 results in the Scottish Parliamentary contest, 43 seats have gone to the SNP, four to Liberal Democrats, three to the Tories and two to Labour.

– In Wales, after 56 of 60 seats were declared, Labour had 30, the Conservatives had 14, Plaid Cymru had 11 and the Liberal Democrats had one.

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