The Hartlepool result is due in the early hours of Friday, and the other outcomes will take shape over the weekend. Social distancing rules for ballot counters are expected to slow down the process.
Victory there would boost Johnson, and heap pressure on Starmer, as he tries to reposition the party after the hard-left leadership of his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn.
The Scottish government should hold an investigation into how Donald Trump funded his purchase of two golf courses in Scotland, the country’s parliament was told on Wednesday, a call one of the former U.S. president’s sons dismissed as “pathetic”.
The Scottish Green Party said ministers should seek an “unexplained wealth order” (UWOs) against Trump over his acquisition of the golf courses and resorts in north and west Scotland.
The visit comes with polling indicating that Scots overwhelmingly think First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, leader of SNP, has done a better job at handling the crisis than Johnson.
Scottish nationalist attempts to force a change to the United Kingdom's constitution are a massive distraction while the government battles COVID-19, British Minister for the Cabinet Office Michael Gove said.
Recent polls have shown consistent support for independence, boosted by rows between London and the devolved governments over the handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
In Dublin, republican Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald said Brexit had raised "fundamental questions around the wisdom and the sustainability of the partition of our island".