Key takeaways as early local election results indicate major losses for Tories

With fewer than a third of council elections declared so far, the Conservative party appears on course to lose up to 500 seats

• Local and mayoral election results – live updates

At the start of a long weekend of election results, the first outcomes have been every bit as dire for the Conservatives and Rishi Sunak as analyst had predicted. With fewer than a third of the council elections declared, and none of metro mayoral yet in, here is the current state of play.