The result will be a huge relief for Keir Starmer.Labour has seen off a Reform UK surge to hold on in a key mayoral election.In a result which will be greeted with relief in Downing Street, Ros Jones beat her Reform rival Alexander Jones by just 698 votes to be re-elected the mayor of Doncaster.The victory was announced just minutes after it was confirmed that Labour had also won the West of England mayoral race.However, in both contests there was a huge swing away from Labour to Reform UK, who are on course to win hundreds of council seats across England.Science secretary Peter Kyle told the BBC: “Voters stuck with Labour and we won. There are no prizes for second place.”In Doncaster, Labour’s Ros Jones received 23,805 votes to Reform candidate Alexander Jones’ 23,107. Tory Nick Fletcher was third on 18,982.Labour sources said the result showed the Tories will have to rely on a Reform pact to win in the future.But Ros Jones herself said the narrowness of her victory should be a wake up call for the Labour leadership.She said: “The results tonight demonstrate that they need to be listening to the man, woman and businesses in the str