Labour has won the police, fire and crime commissioner election in Northamptonshire. Danielle Stone saw off the Conservative candidate Martyn Emberson. The departing Tory commissioner Stephen Mold did not seek re-election himself after admitting to making misogynistic comments about the chief fire officer, Nikki Watson.

Result shows Starmer is heading for sizeable Westminster majority, while Sunak has failed to recover ground since taking over from Liz Truss

Labour won control of councils in England that the party hasn't held for decades, and was successful in a special election for a seat in Parliament.