Elections have taken place in Wales, Scotland and England

Millions of people in England, Scotland and Wales have had their say in different elections on Thursday, and some of the votes are now being counted.

These elections give people an opportunity to decide about how things are run in the areas where they live, with people in some parts of England voting for local and mayoral elections.

In Scotland and Wales, the votes see people choosing who they want to represent them in the Scottish Parliament and the Senedd in Wales.

The votes for these national elections in Scotland and Wales won't start to be counted until later on today.

So, what do we know so far?

In England, local and mayoral elections are taking place in some parts of the country.

Of a total of 136 councils, just over 40 have counted their votes so far, with the rest due to be announced throughout the day.

The party in power in the UK right now is Labour, which is led by the Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

But in England they've been losing council seats, and whole councils, to Reform UK, a party led by Nigel Farage.

While Labour have so far held on to 10 councils, they have lost eight.

One of these eight councils is Hartlepool, where Reform won all 12 of the council seats that were being voted on yesterday.

Reform party have not just been taking council seats from the Labour Party - they've been making gains in Conservative areas too.

The Conservative Party, led by Kemi Badenoch, lost seats to Reform in places like Brentwood, Tamworth and North East Lincolnshire.

However they've had some successes too, such as in Wandsworth, where they won seats from Labour and have now become the largest party on that council.

For the the Liberal Democrats, led by Ed Davey, the picture so far is a bit mixed.

They won control of Stockport and Portsmouth, where they were already the largest party, picking up seats from Labour.

But in Hull, Reform UK gains saw the Lib Dems lose control of the council.

The party believes its best results could come later, when it is hoping to win control of councils from the Conservatives in Hampshire and Surrey.

The Green Party of England and Wales, led by Zack Polanski, has picked up some seats overnight in places like Salford, Oxford, Southampton and Exeter.

But the party's key targets are in London and the areas where they probably have the best chance of winning control of the council - Hackney and Lewisham - are not due to declare results until later.

As well as the rest of England's local elections, we're still yet to find out the results of the national elections in Scotland and Wales.

Scotland's votes will start to be counted Friday morning, with the majority of results expected by the evening.

However, delays and recounts may mean we won't know the full picture until Saturday.

And in Wales, votes will also start to be counted Friday morning, with results starting to be declared by lunchtime.

However, it's also possible that we won't know everything for sure until sometime over the weekend.