May elections live: millions cast their votes across England, Scotland and Wales

About 5,000 councillors and six mayors up for election in England, while Scotland chooses 129 MSPs, and Wales selects 96 members of the Senedd

Here is Nigel Farage’s overnight eve-of-poll statement. The Reform UK leader said:

The Tories tried to remove the gutless Keir Starmer and failed.

The only way to finally remove the most unpopular and unpatriotic prime minister in our lifetime is to back Reform.