Local election 2024 results LIVE: Councils across Greater Manchester and England count votes

Local elections have taken place across England with thousands of council seats to be decided by voters.

A total of 107 councils held elections in England including all 10 in Greater Manchester. A further 11 mayoral contests and 37 police and crime commissioner elections also took place across England and Wales.

Among those are mayoral elections in Greater Manchester, Salford and London. Londoners also decided on will represent them in the London Assembly election.

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The results of Thursday's elections are being declared over several days, starting on the night of May 2 and ending on May 5. Around a third of councils are expected to declare in the early hours of Friday morning - with nearly two-thirds of authorities announcing their results later in the day.

Three councils are due to return results on Saturday, with Salford the last on Sunday afternoon.

In Greater Manchester we can expect overnight results from Bolton (2am), Wigan (2am), Oldham (2.30am), Tameside (3am) and Stockport (3.30am). Manchester (1pm), Rochdale (2.30pm), Trafford (3.30pm) and Bury are due to delcare results later on Friday.

The Greater Manchester and Salford mayoral election results are expected on Saturday evening. A Parliamentary by-election has also being held in Blackpool South with results due overnight.

Thursday's elections are the last big electoral test for all the political parties before the general election, which is expected to take place later this year.

You can follow all the latest results, news, updates and local and national reaction from the counts in our live blog below...

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