Every seat on the Isle of Wight's unitary authority was up for election.

The council was being run by the Alliance group, which comprises Independents, Our Island councillors and Greens.

But two of the three by-elections in 2025 were won by Reform, who signalled this is a target council for them. We are expecting the result at about 15:00 BST.

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Votes are currently being verified at Spiceball Leisure Centre in Banbury for Cherwell District Council, with the count expected to start early this afternoon.

There are 18 seats being contested.

The final results are in for Hampshire County Council.

The Conservatives lost a total of 29 seats while Reform UK gained 20. The Lib Dems gained nine, the Greens gained one and Labour lost two.

Chris McHugh
in west Oxfordshire

The counters are getting set up here in west Oxfordshire, with counting expected to begin at 10:00 BST.

The council here is led by the Lib Dems, and propped up by Labour and the Greens.

Only a third of council seats are being contested today.

Without the 16 seats up for election, the Lib Dems only have a lead of four over the Tories, and 5 over Labour.

That means it wouldn’t take a big swing for the Conservatives - or Labour for that matter - to try and make a move.

If not a lot changes, we can expect the Lib Dems to remain the largest party, and stay as leaders.

Our political reporter Patrick O'Hagan rounds up the latest results from Reading Borough Council, where Labour have comfortably retained control.

Tristan Pascoe
Political Reporter

Counting will get under way later this morning on the Isle of Wight.

The state of the roads on the island was high on the list of voters' concerns.

Several major projects - including Fairlee Road in Newport and Horsebridge Hill between Cowes and Newport- have meant long diversions and delays for motorists in recent months.

Residents told the BBC that the cost of living and ferry travel were big issues, but the scheduling of roadworks and road closures is the main concern.

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We are still waiting on the results for Gosport Borough Council.

The results for Isle of Wight Council, Winchester City Council, Rushmoor Borough Council, Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council, Wokingham Borough Council, West Oxfordshire District Council and Cherwell District Council will come later as counting is taking place during the day.

The results are in for Havant Borough Council. Reform UK saw the biggest change, gaining seven seats, while the Conservatives lost five. Labour lost two, the Lib Dems lost one and the Greens gained one.

The Conservatives have lost their majority at Hampshire County Council, meaning that no party now has overall control.

After 61 of 78 seats declared, the party has lost 20 seats, while Reform has gained 17. Labour has lost one seat and the Lib Dems have gained four.

We will bring you the full results when they come in.

Our political reporter Tristan Pascoe rounds up the results from Southampton City Council where Labour lost overall control.

Tristan Pascoe
Political Reporter

Southampton Itchen's Labour MP Darren Paffey, who previously served as a councillor in the city, has backed PM Sir Keir Starmer.

"If we start now changing leaders every 18 months to two years, as was happening under the Conservatives, we will be laughed at," he said.

"This is not, as John Major said recently, a game show, this is about the hard work of government. We don't need more chaos."

Speaking as Labour lost overall control of Southampton City Council, the MP said: "This is clearly a very difficult set of election results.

He said this is "reflective of the national picture," adding that "we are going to need time to reflect on what these results mean locally".

Emily Hudson
BBC South Political Editor

No doubt about it, it was a bad night for Labour. Losing control of Southampton City Council, wiped out on Portsmouth and five seats down on Oxford City. They lost to the Greens and Lib Dems. Reading, the only real success story, but they were never going to lose there.

It was a pretty bad night for the Conservatives. Perhaps not as "seismic" as predicted, but with seats still to declare, it looks like they could be 20 seats down on Hampshire County Council. Maybe they'll end up the largest party, but it's not a given. But they might take some comfort from the fact there's still a true blue heartland in Fareham, even with the MP Suella Braverman switching allegiance to Reform and telling true Conservatives to come with her. The Tories kept control there comfortably, Reform won only a single seat.

It was a pretty good night for the Liberal Democrats - they'll be celebrating taking back control of Portsmouth City Council. Reform had been confident there. But the high turnout wasn't all for them. The Lib Dems have also taken four seats on the county council (and rising) and two in Southampton.

The Greens too can go to bed happy, gaining five seats on Oxford city and four seats on Southampton.

But as I write this at 06:30 BST was it really the night Reform UK in the South wanted? Without doubt the party has something to celebrate. The party added seats and in many of the ones their candidates didn't win, they came second. But the Reform hasn't yet managed to swipe a council, and I think they'll feel disappointed about that. Reform has probably been affected by the issues with the wrong ballot papers going out in parts of Havant the most, expect calls for a full investigation.

A few hours respite, then we go again, counting takes place today for Isle of Wight, Wokingham, Cherwell, West Oxfordshire, Winchester, Rushmoor, Basingstoke. Coffee anyone?

Our reporter Patrick Hughes spent the night in Portsmouth as the Liberal Democrats took control of the city council.

The full results are in for Southampton City Council. About half an hour ago we told you that Labour has lost, losing 10 seats in total.

Reform has gained eight seats.

It's a long night for anyone waiting for the results of Hampshire County Council, Havant Borough Council and Gosport Borough Council with counting still underway.

If you're waiting for Isle of Wight Council, Winchester City Council, Rushmoor Borough Council, Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council, Wokingham Borough Council, West Oxfordshire District Council and Cherwell District Council - we won't get those results until later as counting is taking place during the day on Friday.

Labour has lost in Southampton, with the city council now having no party majority.

After 16 of 17 seats declared, Labour lost nine seats and the Conservatives lost four.

Meanwhile, Reform has gained seven, the Lib Dems gained two and the Greens gained four.

Patrick O'Hagan
Political reporter, Berkshire

This was supposed to be a night where Reform made their mark in Reading, and while they started the night with one councillor on the borough and were hoping to gain a few more, that's not how it turned out as they no longer have even the one councillor.

The Greens will have rolled into their beds in the early hours happy with their night's work after gaining an extra three seats.

While there had been a lot of nervous Labour faces as the count got underway last night they'll be feeling relieved at the way it panned out.

Labour remain comfortably in control of Reading Borough Council dropping just a few seats. As for the Conservatives they surprised many. They now have a couple more councillors than they did this time yesterday.

About 20 minutes ago we told you there was no overall control at Oxford City Council. The full results are now in with the Greens gaining five seats from Labour.

The Lib Dems and Independents have remained the same.

The results are in for Fareham Borough Council.

The Conservatives lost one seat while Reform gained one. The Lib Dems, Labour and Independents remained the same.

Victoria Walton
South of England, Oxford

Oxford will have its first black mayor after Chewe Munkonge was re-elected.

It was announced in March that councillor Munkonge, who grew up in Zambia, could take on the ceremonial role subject to his re-election as city councillor for Quarry and Risinghurst.

The office of Lord Mayor can only be awarded to an elected official, who then holds the position for a year before passing it on to a new appointee.

We wrote about this more here.