Last week, millions of adults put an X in a box, voting in elections which have a big impact on all our lives.
上周,数以百万计的成年人在一个方框里打了X,也就是在对我们所有人的生活都有重大影响的选举中投了票。
Now the results are in, let's take a look at what happened.
现在结果出来了,让我们看看发生了什么。
First up, a by-election in Blackpool South, that's where voters get to choose a new member of Parliament, who will then represent the people of that area.
首先是布莱克浦南选区的补缺选举,选民将选出一名代表该地区人民的新议员。
Chris Webb from the Labour Party won the vote, beating his Conservative challenger.
来自工党的克里斯·韦布击败了他的保守党挑战者,赢得了选举。
Adults also voted across England in elections that decide who will run important services in local areas.
英国各地的成年人也在决定由谁来管理当地的重要服务的选举中进行了投票。
They're the people in charge of things like schools, traffic and even bin collections where you live.
他们会负责学校、交通,甚至是你住的地方的垃圾收集。
As the votes were counted, it soon became clear that it wasn't the outcome Prime Minister Rishi Sunak would have wanted.
随着选票的清点,情况很快变得明朗起来,但并不如英国首相里希·苏纳克的意。
His party, the Conservatives, lost more than 470 counsellors across England.
他所在的保守党在全英格兰丢掉了470多个地方议会席位。
The Labour Party, the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party won in lots of areas.
工党、自由民主党和绿党在许多地区都取得了胜利。
People also voted to choose 11 mayors in different regions and cities across England.
此外,人们还投票选出了11位来自英格兰不同地区和城市的市长。
A mayor is someone who oversees the running of a city.
市长是监督城市运行的人。
Labour held on to London, Manchester and Liverpool, they also won back the mayoral vote in the West Midlands. Labour's Richard Parker beat Andy Street from the Conservatives.
工党保住了伦敦、曼彻斯特和利物浦的市长席位。随着工党的理查德·帕克击败了保守党的安迪·斯特里特,他们还赢下了西米德兰兹郡的市长选举。
The only bit of good news for the Conservative Party was when Ben Houchen was re-elected as the mayor of Tees Valley.
对保守党来说,唯一的好消息是本·侯珍再次当选蒂斯瓦利市长。
In England and Wales, adults voted for police and crime commissioners, they look after the police in local areas.
在英格兰和威尔士,成年人投票选举了治安与犯罪专员,他们负责监督当地的警察。
Now, experts are watching the results of this year's local election closely for clues about the possible results of a UK wide vote in a general election that's expected later this year.
现在,专家们正在密切关注今年地方选举的结果,以挖掘今年晚些时候英国大选可能结果的线索。