- Reform UK has secured its first seats in the local elections, winning in Brentwood and Chorley.
- Philippa Nicholson won the Hutton South ward in Brentwood with 987 votes, surpassing the Conservatives.
- Martin Topp secured the Chorley East seat for Reform UK with 778 votes, ahead of Labour.
- The first seat at the Salford City Council election count has been taken from Labour by Reform, a result that may be seein in many areas across the country in the coming hours.
- Reform UK's Miles Henderson took a seat from Labour in Salford's Walkden North ward, polling 1,209 votes.
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