Reform have gained the Runcorn and Helsby by-election, taking the seat from Labour by simply six votes.
The by-election was referred to as after Labour’s Mike Amesbury resigned following his conviction for punching a constituent.
The outcome was the closest by-election outcome since information started in 1945.
Throughout the nation, elections are being held for greater than 1,600 council seats throughout 23 native authorities, whereas 4 regional mayors and two native mayors are being elected.
Within the first results of the evening, Labour held on to the North Tyneside mayoralty by simply 444 votes.
It then noticed off Reform within the West of England and Doncaster to retain each mayoralties.
The three different mayoralties up grabs are Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Higher Lincolnshire, and Hull and East Yorkshire.
The vote in Runcorn is Sir Keir Starmer’s first by-election check as prime minister.
A Labour spokesperson stated by-elections are “always difficult for the party in government and the events which led to this one being called made it even harder”.
They stated: “While Labour has suffered an extremely narrow defeat, the shock is that the Conservative vote has collapsed.
“Reasonable voters are clearly appalled by the discuss of a Tory-Reform pact.”
