Helen Godwin has held the West of England Combined Authority mayor role for Labour but it was a close race with Reform UK.

Britain’s two main parties suffered significant losses in municipal and mayoral votes as Reform U.K., a right-wing populist party, surged ahead.

Reform's Sarah Pochin was declared winner of the seat of Runcorn and Helsby in northwest England by six votes after a recount. Leader of Reform Nigel Farage told journalists that the victory represented a "loss of confidence" in the governing Labour Party.