Key election results at a glance

Here are some of the key results from the Super Thursday elections:

– 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.

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

– With results available from 50 out of 143 councils in England, the Conservatives had a net gain of four authorities and 129 seats, and Labour a net loss of three authorities and 130 seats.

– In Scotland, the SNP gained East Lothian from Labour and Ayr from the Tories.

– Of the first 38 seats in the Scottish Parliamentary contest to declare, 32 went to the SNP, four to Liberal Democrats and two to the Tories.

– In Wales, after 22 seats had been declared Labour had 13, the Conservatives six and Plaid Cymru three.