Labour holds Sunderland Central
Three seats have declared. All three have gone Labour.
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Labour holds Blyth & Ashington – the second seat to declare
Labour picked up almost 50% of the vote
Labour holds Houghton and Sunderland South in first declared constituency of the night
Reform UK came second
EXIT POLL: Jeremy Hunt, Grant Shapps, Penny Mordaunt, Steve Baker, Iain Duncan Smith and Jacob Rees-Mogg are all likely to lose their seats
The Conservatives are predicted to slump to 131 MPs, their lowest number in post-war history.
BREAKING: Jeremy Hunt will become the first Chancellor to lose his seat at a general election, exit poll predicts
A possible gain for the Lib Dems is being mooted in Hunt’s Godalming & Ash constituency.
Exit poll suggests Greens will make history by winning two MPs
A groundbreaking moment
Exit poll suggests Labour will secure historic victory in general election
The general election exit poll is now out
UK election organisers call for rule changes amid postal vote delay chaos
The snap election meant “demand has severely tested the system”
Party leaders’ deliver their final messages to voters on polling day
Parties push home their core line to voters as leaders hit the polling station
Nigel Farage says he’s part of ‘similar phenomenon’ to misogynist influencer Andrew Tate
The Reform UK leader also defended campaigning with a man convicted of assaulting his girlfriend