Salford mayoral candidate Ian Stewart has hit out at Liberal Democrat candidate Norman Owen as tensions rise at the count.

Salford will learn who will become their first ever elected mayor today with the count beginning at 11am this morning.

The voting system being used in the Salford mayoral elections is the Supplementary Vote System.

Deposed Claremount councillor and Salford mayoral candidate Norman Owen has come out fighting this morning.

Candidates have started to arrive at the historic count that will decide Salford’s first directly-elected mayor.

Lib Dems suffered massive losses again last night after Labour complete clean sweep.

Labour held firm in Wigan last night despite a stronger-than-expected showing from rival candidates.

Red was the colour in last night’s council elections as Labour made it a clean sweep across Manchester City Council’s 36 wards.

Not quite groundbreaking for the political landscape but results last night certainly shook the usually stable borough of Trafford.

Raja Miah pulled off the surprise of the night as he gained the hotly contested Hyde Werneth seat in Tameside.

Labour is celebrating sweeping victories across Rochdale tonight, winning in 17 of the 20 contested wards.