The Labour Party, which has ruled exclusively in Wakefield since 1974, is virtually wiped out.

Richard Edwards
in Huddersfield

With 18 results still to come in Kirklees, Reform UK has stormed ahead - winning 22 of the 51 seats declared so far.

Independent candidates, who won all three seats in Batley West in the last few minutes, are the next biggest winners, taking 12 of the seats declared.

The Conservatives and the Greens are on six seats each, the Liberal Democrats five, while Labour is yet to win anywhere. 35 seats are needed for an overall majority.

Gemma Dillon
West Yorkshire political reporter

It has been a dramatic day in Wakefield, with the chart below saying it all.

Just two years ago, Labour held 48 of the 63 seats on the council, now they're down to just one.

We also saw the council leader and deputy leader go as Reform UK seized control.

Elizabeth Baines
in Leeds

Mothin Ali, deputy leader of the Green Party, says it's been an "absolutely fantastic" set of results for the party in Leeds.

The Greens have more than doubled their representation on the council, going from six councillors to 11.

The Gipton and Harehills councillor says: "I think people are fed up with negative campaigning, negative politics.

"People want a message of hope. People want something to believe in."

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Grace Wood
in Keighley

We are set for a second day of counts in Bradford tomorrow.

We're still waiting for results in Bradford Moor, Little Horton, Great Horton, Royds, Wibsey and Odsal, Heaton and Frizinghall, Manningham and Toller.

Reform UK have done very well here today, will it continue tomorrow?

Corinne Wheatley
in Halifax

We're at the halfway point in Calderdale.

Nine of the wards have been declared - and it has been a good night for Reform UK so far.

One supporter cried out "it's a landslide" as Reform took every seat in six wards, plus a further seat in another.

The Greens have reasons to be cheerful too - they have four councillors elected so far, compared to their three before the election.

Counting has just started in the remaining nine seats, so it's looking like it's going to be a late one in Halifax.

Elizabeth Baines
in Leeds

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Speaking at today's vote count in Leeds, where Labour lost overall control of the council, Leeds East MP Richard Burgon says the prime minister "needs to be honest with himself, honest with the party and honest with the country and accept he's fought his last election".

Burgon, a backbencher who has been in Parliament since 2015, says Starmer should set out a timetable for his departure, but stops short of naming his preferred candidate to take over. The successor needs to represent a clean break from the current cabinet, he adds.

Burgon lays the blame for today's local losses at Starmer's door and says Labour councillors have lost their seats "through no fault of their own".

Grace Wood
in Keighley

There's been a three-way split in Keighley East. Angela Jayne Baker took a seat for Reform, Caroline Firth won for Labour and Conservative Angela Fish also took a seat. The seat was previously held by three Labour councillors.

Long-serving Liberal Democrat councillor Baroness Kath Pinnock, who managed to come out on top after a toe-to-toe, vote-for-vote scrap in the Cleckheaton ward, says tsunamis may "come in quickly" - but they also go out quickly too.

Pinnock, whose ward now has two Lib Dem members and one from Reform, says some voters - who had previously been loyal to the Lib Dems - told her they were voting Reform this time.

"People have seen money go to other parts of the North, while they've also seen their leisure centre and town hall closed," she says.

"That really matters to people."

Elizabeth Baines
in Leeds

Here's the final breakdown for Leeds City Council after today's results.

Labour’s control over the authority was lost after falling from 56 seats to 48.

They required at least 50 to maintain an overall majority.

Overall turnout was 41.49%.

Richard Edwards
in Huddersfield

Over in Kirklees, it was triple trouble for party leaders on the council.

John Lawson, who led the Lib Dems, lost his seat in Cleckheaton after 16 years. He vows he will "absolutely" be back.

David Hall, who led the Conservatives, was also defeated in Liversedge & Gomersal, having first been elected in 2004.

It comes after Labour group leader on Kirklees Council, Carole Pattison, lost her seat earlier.

Elizabeth Baines
BBC News, Yorkshire

The word from the count is that Labour has lost overall control in Leeds.

There are 99 seats on the council, so a party would need more than 50 elected councillors for a majority.

We're still waiting on a full breakdown of the numbers. Stay tuned...

Grace Wood
in Keighley

Bradford Council leader Susan Hinchcliffe has just lost her Windhill and Wrose seat.

The ward was won by Reform UK councillors Sally Jane Birch, Stephen Broadbent and Chris Howlett.

Hinchcliffe, who has been the council leader for a decade, thanks her Labour colleagues and says she is very proud of the legacy she leaves behind.

"It's disappointing for Labour councillors who have worked so hard and are absolute heroes for the district," she says.

She adds: "No matter what the result is today, the answer is not Nigel Farage."

Image source, Grace Wood/BBC

Jessica Bayley
in Halifax

Daniel Sutherland, leader of the Reform UK group on Calderdale Council, has retained his seat.

It means the party has already surpassed the three councillors it had on the council prior to yesterday's vote, with plenty of seats still to be declared.

Sutherland was re-elected in Illingworth and Mixenden with 1,739 votes.

Richard Edwards
in Huddersfield

Reform UK's Sarah Wood, who has won the Liversedge and Gomersal seat, says people on doorsteps in Kirklees have been sharing "a lot of apathy with the establishment".

"There was also a ground swell of 'we just need a change' and need to turn the ship around, along with a willingness to have faith," she says.

Wood adds that it's "not over yet", but it "does not look great for Labour".

Grace Wood
in Keighley

There's some good news for Labour in Bradford - council deputy leader Imran Khan keeps his seat in Bowling and Barkerend alongside his party colleagues Rizwana Jamil and Hassan Khan.

Labour received 4,034 votes in the ward, with Your Bradford Independent Group coming second with 3,334 votes.

Jessica Bayley
in Halifax

The first result for Calderdale is in, with Reform UK securing three seats in Brighouse.

Darren Commons, Mark Kimberlin and Stephen Mycroft received 1538, 1470 and 1484 votes respectively.

Image source, Jessica Bayley/BBC

Grace Wood
BBC News, Yorkshire

Bradford has gone from no Reform UK representation to six councillors - in Wyke and Queensbury - and only four wards have been declared so far.

Reform campaign manager Oliver Williams, 28, who is standing for the Royds ward, says they are "over the moon" so far.

"The message from the doorstep really is that people are desperate for change," he says.

"For too long people feel that Bradford has just gone into decline, and we're here to offer a fresh new alternative to get the basics right and hopefully deliver a better future."

Image source, Grace Wood/BBC

Elizabeth Baines
in Leeds

James Lewis, Leeds City Council leader, admits it has been a "really difficult day" for the party in Leeds, adding it reflected a nationwide trend.

"It's not all been one-way traffic, but we have seen some disappointing results today," he says.

"Some really good, hard-working councillors have lost their seats."

Gemma Dillon
West Yorkshire political reporter

Wakefield has seen an overall turnout of 36.6% - the highest in 10 years.

From what I've been told, it sounds like many people who have avoiding voting for many years and first-time voters made the decision to get to the polls yesterday.

As it’s an 'all-out' election with every seat up for grabs, people feel their vote really matters and can influence the look of the entire local authority.