Tory leader Kemi Badenoch dubs the election results as a "bloodbath" for her party, as PM Starmer hits out at Nigel Farage.

Some 1,650 local councillors were elected in 23 councils, with a further six mayoral races and one by-election in Runcorn and Helsby. From the unexpected scale of Reform’s success, to Labour winning no votes in some areas, The Independent looks at the most important figures from the 2025 local elections.

Labour has lost a safe parliamentary seat to Reform in Runcorn and Helsby, and has Farage’s party breathing down its neck even in places like Doncaster and North Tyneside, where it won mayoralties by a whisker.