Results from the local elections will be trickling in throughout the day on Friday after voters took to the polls this week.
Voters had from 7am until 10pm on Thursday, May 4, to cast their votes in this year's local elections, which are taking place across counties in England. The votes will decide who will run the local authority for each area, providing vital public services.
Some councils will begin counting up the votes as soon as polls close on Thursday night, while others will wait until the morning to begin tallying up the ballot papers. That means that the first results will likely be declared shortly after midnight on Friday, but the final results might not be known until much later in the evening.
