Local elections: polls close in Rishi Sunak’s first electoral test as PM

Results from 230 councils expected to trickle in throughout Friday, with study of new voter ID rules due in June

Voting has closed in local elections which marked Rishi Sunak’s debut as an electoral figurehead for the Conservatives, as well as for the full rollout of new rules obliging people to show photo identification at the polling booth.

The ID regulations saw reports of dozens of people being turned away for lacking the necessary documents, but did not result in the chaos or potential disorder feared by some electoral officials.