Local elections 2018 results: When will London councils announce voting outcome?

Millions of people across the UK took to the polls today to cast their vote in the local elections.

All seats in London's borough councils are up for election, as well as mayoral elections in Hackney, Lewisham, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Watford while the first-ever mayor for the Sheffield City region will also be chosen.

For live results, news and analysis click here.

For a full list of London results, click here.

Once the ballots close, councils will begin counting the results.

Most will be expected to come through during the course of the night – with the busiest period being the early hours of the morning.

But some boroughs - Bromley, Hackney, Haringey, Harrow, Hounslow, Islington, Kingston, Lambeth, Lewisham, Newham, Tower Hamlets - are counting their votes on Friday so their results are expected to come through later.

Your guide to the night:

Polls close - 10pm

Wandsworth – 2am

Sutton – between 1am and 2am

​Hillingdon – 2.30am

Westminster – 2.30am

Barking – 3am

Ealing – 3.30am

Lambeth – 3.30

Redbridge – early hours (unspecific)

Merton – between 3am and 4am

Enfield – 4am

Richmond – 4am

Croydon – 4.30am

Barnet – 5am

Waltham Forest – between 3am and 5am

Brent – 5am

Kensington and Chelsea – 5am

Hammersmith and Fulham – 5am

Camden – 5.30am

Southwark – between 3am and 6am

Tower Hamlets – Mayoral results early hours, council results in the afternoon

Bexley – early hours (unspecific)

Havering – 6am

Hounslow – between 10.30am and 11am

Bromley – 12pm

Greenwich – Friday afternoon

Hackney – Friday afternoon

Haringey – Friday afternoon

Islington – Friday afternoon

Kingston – Friday afternoon

Newham – Friday afternoon

Lewisham – 5pm

Harrow – 5pm

Outside of London - ones to watch:

1pm Friday

Manchester - Labour are just two short of taking all 96 seats.

Birmingham, Leeds and Newcastle also have all-up elections where Labour could potentially make significant gains.

Friday afternoon

Tories are battling the Lib Dems to keep Huntingdonshire blue and defending recently won Newcastle-under-Lyme from Labour.

The results will be announced on the London Councils website and the Evening Standard will be live blogging throughout the night, reporting the latest updates.