Shortly after half five in the morning Nigel Farage turned up, as did the Reform candidate Sarah Pochin and the Labour candidate Karen Shore – and by that point the facial expressions told the story. Reform knew they had won - just. And for Labour, dejection.

Reform wins its 1st mayoral poll in Greater Lincolnshire, and Labour narrowly holds 3 mayoral races in North Tyneside, the West of England, and Doncaster - Anadolu Ajansı

In one of the closest parliamentary votes ever, new MP Sarah Pochin took the seat which Labour won with a majority of almost 14,700 last year.