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Here are some of the key results from the Super Thursday elections:
– The Conservatives won the Hartlepool by-election, with Jill Mortimer seizing the seat from Labour with a majority of 6,940.
– Tory Ben Houchen was re-elected as Tees Valley mayor by a landslide on the first count.
– Labour’s Ros Jones was re-elected Doncaster mayor while Joanne Anderson became Liverpool’s first black female mayor.
– With results available from 50 out of 143 councils in England the Conservatives had a net gain of four authorities and 129 seats, and Labour a net loss of three authorities and 130 seats.
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– In Scotland the SNP gained East Lothian from Labour and Ayr from the Tories.
– Of the first 38 seats in the Scottish Parliamentary contest to declare, 32 went to the SNP, four to Liberal Democrats and two to the Tories.
– In Wales after 22 seats had been declared Labour had 13, the Conservatives six and Plaid Cymru three.