Election

England council results

Number of councillors

136 of 136 councils Counting complete

  • Reform UK 1,454 councillors 1,452 councillors gained
  • Labour 1,068 councillors 1,498 councillors lost
  • Liberal Democrat 844 councillors 155 councillors gained
  • Conservative 801 councillors 563 councillors lost
  • Green 587 councillors 441 councillors gained
  • Independent 213 councillors 35 councillors gained
Change

Summary

  • Voting has taken place for all seats at Suffolk County Council and a third of seats at Ipswich Borough Council

  • Reform UK has taken control of the county council from the Conservatives

  • The Greens, Conservatives and Labour have all had some ward wins at county level

  • The Labour leader of Ipswich Borough Council has retained his seat

  • Labour could not have lost control at the Town Hall regardless of this week's results

  • Reform gains reflect the picture across the UK

  • Find out who won in your area here

  1. Welcome to our election results live pagepublished at 09:46 BST 8 May

    Alice Cunningham
    BBC News, Suffolk

    Hello and welcome to our live page where we will bringing you all the local election results from across Suffolk with counting taking place this Friday.

    All the seats at Suffolk County Council are up for grabs, with a third of seats being contested on Ipswich Borough Council. There are no sets of elections at the county's other district councils.

    Counting is due to begin this morning at about 10:00.

    We have reporters across all the counts ready to give us updates, with results expected to start coming in in just a few hours, before a full declaration is then expected by late afternoon.