Exactly when local election results will be announced across Cambridgeshire

Millions of voters have turned out to cast their votes across the country – but here’s when the result in Cambridgeshire could be clear

Voters have headed to the polls to cast their votes today in this year’s hotly-contested local elections. Councillors will be elected to around 5,000 seats across 134 councils in England, including all 34 boroughs in London.

Results will trickle out overnight after the polls close at 10pm but many councils are not expected to declare before Friday afternoon. In Cambridgeshire, where four councils are holding elections, Peterborough City Council is expected to be first with results released around 3am with a third of councillors contesting their seats this year.

Huntingdonshire and South Cambridgeshire district councils – where every seat is up for grabs – will declare at 2.30pm and 4pm respectively. Cambridge City Council, where a third of members will be elected, is expected to declare their results at 5pm. East Cambridgeshire District Council and Fenland District Council do not have elections this year.

Estimated declaration times are approximate and may be affected by issues such as delays in verifying and counting ballots or, by recounts, and turnout.

Elections are also being held in the devolved administrations in Wales, with 96 Senedd members to be elected under a new proportional voting system, and in Scotland, where there are 126 seats up for grabs at Holyrood.