WELSH CONSTITUENCY RESULTS

With all 40 Welsh constituency results declared, this is the scorecard:

Labour 27 (n/c)

Conservative 8 (+2)

Plaid Cymru 5 (-1)

All 40 constituency results can be found below.

Aberavon (Lab HOLD)

David Rees (Lab) 10,505 (47.4%) -3.3%

Victoria Griffiths (Plaid) 4,760 (21.5%) +1.5%

Liz Hill O'Shea (Con) 2,947 (13.3%) +6.9%

Scott Jones (Ind) 1,357 (6.1%) New

Helen Ceri Clarke (LDem) 953 (4.3%) -1.7%

Sarah Allen (AWAP) 646 (2.9%) New

Timothy Jenkins (UKIP) 407 (1.8%) -13.2%

Ceri Golding (Gwlad) 386 (1.7%) New

Dennis May (Reform) 208 (0.9%) New

Aberconwy (Con HOLD)

Janet Finch-Saunders (Con) 9,815 (41.7%) +7.0%

Aaron Wynne (Plaid) 6,479 (27.5%) -3.8%

Dawn McGuinness (Lab) 5,971 (25.4%) -2.0%

Rhys Jones (LDem) 735 (3.1%) -0.4%

Rachel Bagshaw (Reform) 320 (1.4%) New

Sharon Smith (No More Lockdown) 223 (0.9%) New

Alyn & Deeside (Lab HOLD)

Jack Sargeant (Lab) 12,622 (48.8%) -11.9%

Abigail Mainon (Con) 8,244 (31.9%) +6.5%

Jack Morris (Plaid) 1,886 (7.3%) +1.6%

Christopher Twells (LDem) 1,584 (6.1%) -0.2%

Felix Aubel (UKIP) 898 (3.5%) New

Richard Purviss (Reform) 401 (1.6%) New

Lien Davies (Freedom) 208 (0.8%) New

Arfon (Plaid HOLD)

Siân Gwenllian (Plaid) 13,760 (63.3%) +8.5%

Iwan Wyn Jones (Lab) 5,108 (23.5%) -10.5%

Tony Thomas (Con) 1,806 (8.3%) n/c

Calum Davies (LDem) 642 (3.0%) +1.0%

Andrew Haigh (Reform) 350 (1.6%) New

Martin Bristow (Ind) 82 (0.4%) New

Blaunau Gwent (Lab HOLD)

Alun Davies (Lab) 10,226 (49.1%) +9.4%

Peredur Owen Griffiths (Plaid) 3,588 (17.2%) -19.4%

Edward Dawson (Con) 2,611 (12.5%) +6.2%

Mandy Moore (Ind) 2,376 (11.4%) New

Richard Taylor (AWAP) 1,364 (6.6%) New

Paula Yates (LDem) 333 (1.6%) +0.2%

Robert Beavis (Reform) 319 (1.5%) New

Brecon & Radnorshire (Con GAIN from LDem)

James Evans (Con) 12,741 (39.7%) +14.3%

William Powell (LDem) 8,921 (27.8%) -24.6%

Gethin Jones (Lab) 4,980 (15.5%) +6.6%

Grenville Ham (Plaid) 2,075 (6.5%) +2.6%

Emily Durrant (Green) 1,556 (4.8%) +2.5%

Claire Mills (AWAP) 1,209 (3.8%) New

Karen Laurie-Parry (Ind) 345 (1.1%) New

John Muir (Reform) 213 (0.7%) New

Sam Holwill (Gwlad) 75 (0.2%) New

Bridgend (Lab HOLD)

Sarah Murphy (Lab) 12,388 (42.0%) -3.3%

Rachel Nugent-Finn (Con) 8,324 (28.3%) +3.9%

Leanne Lewis (Plaid) 3,091 (10.5%) +0.9%

Steven Bletsoe (Ind) 3,046 (10.3%) New

Caroline Jones (Ind) 1,064 (3.6%) New

Harvey Jones (LDem) 782 (2.7%) -1.3%

Christine Roach (Reform) 534 (1.8%) New

Geraint David Jones (Gwlad) 232 (0.8%) New

Cardiff Central (Lab HOLD)

Jenny Rathbone (Lab) 13,100 (45.9%) +7.5%

Rodney Berman (LDem) 5,460 (19.1%) -16.2%

Calum Davies (Con) 3,788 (13.3%) +4.4%

Wiliam Rees (Plaid) 3,470 (12.2%) +4.7%

Ceri Davies (Green) 1,552 (5.4%) +1.0%

Munawar Mughal (AWAP) 440 (1.5%) New

Dilan Nazari (Propel) 268 (0.9%) New

Thomas Franklin (Freedom) 156 (0.5%) New

Julian Bosley (Reform) 151 (0.5%) New

Brian Johnson (Socialist) 82 (0.3%) New

Alford Thomas (Gwlad) 65 (0.2%) New

Cardiff North (Lab HOLD)

Julie Morgan (Lab) 19,348 (47.6%) +2.8%

Joel Williams (Con) 12,755 (31.8%) -3.6%

Fflur Elin (Plaid) 3,278 (8.1%) +2.0%

Debra Cooper (Green) 1,957 (4.8%) New

Rhys Taylor (LDem) 1,641 (4.0%) +1.0%

Lawrence Gwynn (AWAP) 990 (2.4%) New

Akil Kata (Propel) 336 (0.8%) New

Haydn Rushworth (Reform) 200 (0.5%) New

Virginia Kemp (Freedom) 150 (0.4%) New

Cardiff South & Penarth (Lab HOLD)

Vaughan Gething (Lab) 18,153 (49.9%) +6.1%

Leighton Rowlands (Con) 7,547 (20.7%) -0.3%

Nasir Adam (Plaid) 4,957 (13.6%) -0.7%

Helen Westhead (Green) 1,643 (4.5%) +0.3%

Alex Westhead (LDem) 1,402 (3.9%) -0.5%

Lisa Peregrine (AWAP) 732 (2.0%) New

Paul Campbell (UKIP) 576 (1.6%) -10.7%

Matt Friend (Propel) 552 (1.5%) New

Alan Pick (Reform) 295 (0.8%) New

Alan Golding (Freedom) 273 (0.8%) New

Lisa Peregrine (Ind) 135 (0.4%) New

Angus Hawkins (Gwlad) 121 (0.3%) New

Cardiff West (Lab HOLD)

Mark Drakeford (Lab) 17,665 (48.4%) +12.8%

Sean Driscoll (Con) 6,454 (17.7%) +0.1%

Rhys ab Owen (Plaid) 5,897 (16.1%) -15.8%

Neil McEvoy (Propel) 3,473 (9.5%) New

David Griffin (Green) 1,287 (3.5%) +0.3%

Heath John Marshall (LDem) 803 (2.2%) -0.5%

Lee Canning (AWAP) 682 (1.9%) New

Nick Mullins (Reform) 175 (0.5%) New

Captain Beany (Ind) 95 (0.3%) New

Carmarthen East & Dinefwr (Plaid HOLD)

Adam Price (Plaid) 15,261 (45.9%) -2.6%

Robert James (Lab) 8,448 (25.4%) +6.2%

Havard Hughes (Con) 7,751 (23.3%) +8.2%

Monica French (LDem) 975 (2.9%) +0.1%

Karl Pollard (Reform) 818 (2.5%) New

Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire (Con HOLD)

Samuel Kurtz (Con) 11,240 (35.5%) +0.1%

Riaz Hassan (Lab) 10,304 (32.6%) +8.7%

Cefin Campbell (Plaid) 6,615 (20.9%) +2.2%

Alistair Cameron (LDem) 1,224 (3.9%) +1.5%

Paul Dowson (UKIP) 982 (3.1%) -8.2%

Jon Harvey (Ind) 866 (2.7%) New

Peter Prosser (Reform) 424 (1.3%) New

Ceredigion (Plaid HOLD)

Elin Jones (Plaid) 16,946 (55.1%) +14.4%

Amanda Jenner (Con) 4,801 (15.6%) +8.6%

Dylan Lewis-Rowlands (Lab) 3,345 (10.9%) +4.4%

Cadan ap Tomos (LDem) 3,227 (10.5%) -22.1%

Peter Hayfield (Green) 1,356 (4.4%) +0.3%

Gethin James (Reform) 775 (2.5%) New

Stephanie Evans (Freedom) 305 (1.0%) New

Clwyd South (Lab HOLD)

Ken Skates (Lab) 10,488 (43.2%) +7.7%

Barbara Hughes (Con) 7,535 (31.1%) +9.2%

Llyr Gruffydd (Plaid) 4,094 (16.9%) -0.5%

Leena Farhat (LDem) 730 (3.0%) -7.3%

Jonathon Harrington (AWAP) 599 (2.5%) New

Jeanette Bassford-Barton (UKIP) 522 (2.2%) -10.6%

Mandy Jones (Reform) 277 (1.1%) New

Clwyd West (Con HOLD)

Darren Millar (Con) 11,839 (41.7%) +0.4%

Joshua Hurst (Lab) 8,154 (28.7%) +8.7%

Elin Walker-Jones (Plaid) 5,609 (19.8%) -2.2%

David Wilkins (LDem) 1,158 (4.1%) +0.9%

Jeanie Barton (UKIP) 520 (1.8%) -9.6%

Euan McGivern (AWAP) 502 (1.8%) New

N. Clare Eno (Reform) 304 (1.1%) New

Rhydian Hughes (Gwlad) 277 (1.0%) New

Cynon Valley (Lab HOLD)

Vikki Howells (Lab) 11,427 (55.3%) +4.6%

Geraint Benney (Plaid) 3,959 (19.3%) -0.6%

Mia Rees (Con) 2,795 (13.6%) +7.5%

Vicky Jenkins (Propel) 713 (3.5%) New

Martyn Ford (AWAP) 648 (3.2%) New

Peter Hopkins (Reform) 356 (1.7%) New

Gerald Francis (LDem) 335 (1.6%) -0.1%

Gareth Bennett (Ind) 278 (1.4%) New

Delyn (Lab HOLD)

Hannah Blythyn (Lab) 12,846 (48.6%) +7.7%

Mark Isherwood (Con) 9,135 (34.5%) +9.0%

Paul Rowlinson (Plaid) 2,097 (7.9%) -1.9%

Andrew Parkhurst (LDem) 1,094 (4.1%) -3.3%

Mary Davies (UKIP) 862 (3.3%) -13.1%

Aiden Down (Reform) 297 (1.1%) New

Anthony Williams (Gwlad) 112 (0.5%) New

Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Plaid HOLD)

Mabon ap Gwynfor (Plaid) 11,490 (48.3%) +1.0%

Charlie Evans (Con) 4,394 (18.5%) +2.9%

Cian Ireland (Lab) 3,702 (15.6%) +3.4%

Peter Read (Propel) 1,314 (5.5%) New

Glyn Davies (Llais) 1,136 (4.8%) New

Stephen Churchman (LDem) 916 (3.9%) -0.6%

Louise Hughes (Reform) 710 (3.0%) New

Michelle Murray (Freedom) 152 (0.6%) New

Gower (Lab HOLD)

Rebecca Evans (Lab) 15,631 (47.1%) +7.4%

Myles Langstone (Con) 10,836 (32.7%) -0.9%

John Davies (Plaid) 3,946 (11.9) +2.0%

Anne Leonie Pigott (Green) 1,088 (3.3%) +0.9%

Michael John Sheehan (LDem) 869 (2.6%) -0.8%

Byron John (Reform) 547 (1.6%) New

Wayne Erasmus (Gwlad) 247 (0.7%) New

Islwyn (Lab HOLD)

Rhianon Passmore (Lab) 9,962 (40.7%) -4.3%

Kevin Etheridge (Ind) 4,723 (19.3%) +19.3%

Rhys Mills (Plaid) 3,930 (16.1%) -3.4%

Gavin Chambers (Con) 3,894 (15.9%) +7.9%

Michael Ford (AWAP) 568 (2.3%) New

Neil Hamilton (UKIP) 507 (2.1%) -20.1%

Oliver Townsend (LDem) 476 (1.9%) -0.8%

James Wells (Reform) 421 (1.7%) New

Llanelli (Lab HOLD)

Lee Waters (Lab) 13,930 (46.1%) +9.6%

Helen Mary Jones (Plaid) 8,255 (27.3%) -7.9%

Stefan Ryszewski (Con) 4,947 (16.4%) +9.5%

Howard Lillyman (UKIP) 722 (2.4%) -12.3%

Gareth Beer (Reform) 672 (2.2%) New

Jonathan Buree (LDem) 606 (2.0%) +0.7%

Siân Caiach (Gwlad) 544 (1.8%) New

Shahana Najmi (Ind) 542 (1.8%) New

Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney (Lab HOLD)

Dawn Bowden (Lab) 13,009 (61.5%) +14.3%

Ian Gwynne (Plaid) 3,698 (17.5%) -0.5%

Donna Gavin (Con) 2,665 (12.6%) +6.2%

Hugh Moelwyn Hughes (ATWP) 656 (3.1%) New

Jez Becker (LDem) 420 (2.0%) -3.4%

Colin Jones (Reform) 324 (1.5%) New

George Alexandrov Pykov (UKIP) 82 (1.8%) -18.9%

Monmouth (Con HOLD)

Peter Fox (Cox) 15,332 (42.7%) -0.6%

Catrin Maby (Lab) 11,487 (32.0%) +5.1%

Hugh Kocan (Plaid) 2,085 (5.8%) n/c

Ian Chandler (Green) 2,000 (5.6%) +2.7%

Jo Watkins (LDem) 1,892 (5.3%) +0.6%

Nick Ramsay (Ind) 1,293 (3.6%) New

Mark Reckless (AWAP) 1,174 (3.3%) New

Susan Boucher (Reform) 349 (1.0%) New

Elspeth Hill (Freedom) 181 (0.5) New

Laurence Williams (Gwlad) 90 (0.3%) New

Montgomery (Con HOLD)

Ian George (Con) 12,013 (48.1%) +6.3%

Elwyn Vaughan (Plaid) 4,485 (17.9%) +7.7%

Alison Alexander (LDem) 4,207 (16.8%) -10.9%

Kait Duerden (Lab) 3,576 (14.3%) +8.4%

Oliver Lewis (Ref) 549 (2.2%) New

Gwyn Evans (Gwlad) 157 (0.6%) New

Montgomeryshire (Con HOLD)

Russell George (Con) 12,013 (48.1%) +6.3%

Elwyn Vaughan (Plaid) 4,485 (17.9%) +7.7%

Alison Alexander (LDem) 4,207 (16.8%) -10.9%

Kait Duerden (Lab) 3,576 (14.3%) +8.4%

Oliver Lewis (Reform) 549 (2.2%) New

Gwyn Evans (Gwlad) 157 (0.6%) New

Neath (Lab HOLD)

Labour Jeremy Miles (Lab) 11,666 (42.3%) +5.0%

Sioned Williams (Plaid) 6,445 (23.4%) -2.4%

Mathew Williams (Con) 4,107 (14.9%) +6.3%

Steve Hunt (Ind) 2,418 (8.8%) New

Megan Lloyd (Green) 1,038 (3.8%) +1.4%

Simon Rees (AWAP) 751 (2.7%) New

James Henton (Propel) 443 (1.6%) New

Iain Clamp (LDem) 395 (1.4%) -1.5%

Sean Prior (Reform) 315 (1.1%) New

Newport East (Lab HOLD)

John Griffiths (Lab) 10,899 (47.1%) +2.5%

Gareth Hughes (Con) 7,315 (31.6%) +13.4%

Daniel Llewelyn (Plaid) 1,844 (8.0%) +1.3%

Mike Hamilton (LDem) 1,574 (6.8%) -0.4%

Robert Steed (AWAP) 660 (2.9) New

Benjamin Walker (UKIP) 368 (1.6%) -19.3%

David Rowlands (Reform) 328 (1.4%) New

Sonya Cary (Freedom) 161 (0.7%) New

Newport West (Lab HOLD)

Jayne Bryant (Lab) 14,259 (48.2%) +4.4%

Michael Enea (Con) 10,353 (35.0%) +6.0%

Jonathan Clark (Plaid) 2,076 (7.0%) +1.1%

Amelia Womack (Green) 1,314 (4.4%) +1.5%

John Miller (LDem) 882 (3.0%) -0.2%

Kevin Boucher (Reform) 486 (1.6%) New

Steve Marsh (Freedom) 228 (0.8%) New

Ogmore (Lab HOLD)

Huw Irranca-Davies (Lab) 12,868 (52.5%) -2.7%

Luke Fletcher (Plaid) 4,703 (19.2%) +4.5%

Nathan Adams (Con) 4,579 (18.7%) +7.6%

Robin Hunter-Clarke (AWAP) 660 (2.7%) New

Tim Thomas (Propel) 625 (2.6%) New

Glenda Davies (Reform) 618 (2.5%) New

Cameron Shippam (LDem) 441 (1.8%) -1.2%

Pontypridd (Lab HOLD)

Mick Antoniw (Lab) 11,511 (41.8%) +2.4%

Heledd Fychan (Plaid) 6,183 (22.4%) +4.0%

Joel James (Con) 5,658 (20.5%) +5.8%

Wayne Owen (Ind) 1,678 (6.1%) New

Michael Hughes (AWAP) 785 (2.8%) New

Ken Barker (Green) 655 (2.4%) +0.4%

Steven Rajam (LDem) 628 (2.3%) -9.5%

Jamie Jenkins (Reform) 458 (1.7%) New

Preseli Pembrokeshire (Con HOLD)

Paul Davies (Con) 12,295 (39.0%) -0.2%

Jackie Jones (Lab) 10,895 (34.6%) +9.3%

Cris Tomos (Plaid) 6,135 (19.5%) +5.6%

William Dennison (Reform) 1,239 (3.9%) New

Tina Roberts (LDem) 952 (3.0%) -2.9%

Rhondda (Lab GAIN from Plaid)

Elizabeth Williams (Lab) 12,832 (54.7%) +18.8%

Leanne Wood (Plaid) 7,335 (31.3%) -19.3%

Tom Parkhill (Con) 1,490 (6.4%) +4.2%

Jeff Gregory (Propel) 525 (2.2%) New

Ian McLean (AWAP) 430 (1.8%) New

Steve Bayliss (Reform) 355 (1.5%) New

Steven Phillips (Freedom) 291 (1.2%) New

Jackie Charlton (LDem) 200 (0.9%) +0.2%

Swansea East (Lab HOLD)

Mike Hedges (Lab) 12,950 (60.1%) +8.0%

Rhiannon Barrar (Plaid) 3,250 (15.1%) +1.8%

Cameron Brennan (Con) 2,497 (13.7%) +5.3%

Sam Bennett (LDem) 1,055 (4.9%) -2.7%

Dan Morgan (UKIP) 567 (2.6%) -13.3%

Cameron Edwards (AWAP) 484 (2.2%) New

Darren Rees (Reform) 295 (1.4%) New

Swansea West (Lab HOLD)

Julie James (Lab) 11,126 (46.4%) +5.8%

Samantha Chohan (Con) 4,605 (19.2%) +1.4%

Dai Lloyd (Plaid) 3,910 (16.3%) +1.8%

Chloe Hutchinson (LDem) 1,645 (6.9%) -2.2%

Chris Evans (Green) 1,109 (4.6%) +0.6%

James Cole (AWAP) 866 (3.6%) New

Michelle Valerio (Freedom) 295 (1.2%) New

Bernard Holton (Reform) 250 (1.0%) New

Katon Bouzalakos (Propel) 189 (0.8%) New

Torfaen (Lab HOLD)

Lynne Neagle (Lab) 11,572 (48.3%) +5.9%

Gruff Parry (Con) 6,251 (26.1%) +9.0%

Lyn Ackerman (Plaid) 2,564 (10.7%) -1.7%

Veronica German (LDem) 1,180 (4.9%) +2.2%

Thomas Harrison (UKIP) 895 (3.7%) -18,9%

Ian Williams (Reform) 730 (3.1%) New 

Mathew Ross-Francome (Freedom) 522 (2.2%) New

Ryan Williams (Gwlad) 239 (1.0%) New 

Wrexham (Lab HOLD)

Lesley Griffiths (Lab) 8,452 (37.4%) +0.3%

Jeremy Kent (Con) 7,102 (31.4%) +0.8 %

Carrie Harper (Plaid) 4,832 (21.4%) +8.5%

Paul Ashton (AWAP) 790 (3.5%) New

Timothy Sly (LDem) 755 (3.3%) -2.3%

Sebastian Ross (UKIP) 378 (1.7%) -10.1%

Charles Dodman (Reform) 187 (0.8%) New

Aaron Norton (Gwlad) 110 (0.5%) New

Vale of Clwyd (Con GAIN from Lab)

Gareth Davies (Con) 10,792 (41.4%) +5.0%

Jason Mclellan (Lab) 10,426 (40.0%) +0.5%

Glenn Swingler (Plaid) 2,972 (11.4%) +2.7%

Lisa Davies (LDem) 782 (3.0%) -0.1%

Peter Dain (Reform) 552 (2.1%) New

David Thomas (Ind) 529 (2.0%) New

Vale of Glamorgan (Lab HOLD)

Jane Hutt (Lab) 18,667 (43.5%) +4.7%

Matt Smith (Con) 15,397 (35.9%) -0.8%

Richard Grigg (Plaid) 3,699 (8.6%) -1.6%

Stuart Field (AWAP) 1,394 (3.3%) New

Anthony Slaughter (Green) 1,262 (2.9%) +0.8%

Sally Stephenson (LDem) 994 (2.3%) -0.2%

Janet Brocklehurst (Propel) 426 (1.0%) New

Michael Hancock (Reform) 416 (1.0%) New

Alan Coulthard (Ind) 237 (0.6%) New

Neill Shah (Freedom) 226 (0.5%) New

Karl-James Langford (Gwlad) 174 (0.4%) New

Ynys Môn (Plaid HOLD)

Rhun ap Iorwerth (Plaid) 15,506 (55.9%) +1.1%

Lyn Hudson (Con) 5,689 (20.5%) +9.0%

Sam Egelstaff (Lab) 5,300 (19.1%) +2.1%

Emmett Jenner (Reform) 692 (2.5%) New

Christopher Jones (LDem) 547 (2.0%) +0.7%

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SALMOND THROWS IN THE TOWEL

Alex Salmond has conceded that his Alba vanity project may end up with no MSPs.  Despite a recent opinion poll suggesting the party may scrape one regional seat at Holyrood, it could yet come to pass that Alba's only achievement in this election is stopping the SNP from forming a majority.  This would be a bitter sweet result for Salmond, whose epic fall out with Nicola Sturgeon has dominated the headlines this year.  The question is: Does Alex value his own ego more than Scottish independence?

WHAT'S HAPPENING ON SATURDAY?

Most of the remaining results are expected to be declared on Saturday.  By tonight we should have a full picture for Scotland and Wales, although some of the bigger mayoral elections could take longer.  The London mayoral result is not expected to be declared any earlier than tonight.

While Labour have been thumped in England, they have faired much better in Wales.  They have won 30 seats so far and are unlikely to pick up any more.  This is one short of a majority, but they have managed to avoid having to go into a coalition with Plaid Cymru.  In the last Senedd election they relied on the solitary Lib Dem MS to prop them up.  The Lib Dems were not expected to win any seats this time, but they picked up a seat overnight in the regional PR list.

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In Scotland things are potentially even more depressing with the separatists likely to get a majority, even if it means an SNP-Green coalition.  Both parties favour independence.  There is plenty of evidence that Unionist voters have been voting wisely in order to stop the SNP - by voting for the best-placed Unionist party - but sadly not enough have been willing to hold their noses and lend their votes accordingly.  Boris Johnson may well have a constitutional fight on his hands after this election.

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SATURDAY'S FRONT PAGES

Saturday's front pages are not surprisingly dominated by Tory success and Labour failure.  Click on an image to enlarge.

 

ACTIVISTS WERE 'NAKED' SAYS McDONNELL

While Jeremy Corbyn stayed out of the limelight on Friday, John McDonnell did the media rounds to lend his view of the election disaster.  Across his interviews he put across the same broad message and it was a valid one - it's one thing for Starmer to declare his a 'new leadership', but he ought to really let people in on what it is that makes it new and different.  McDonnell argued that Labour activists were sent into battle for this election essentially 'naked', with not a single party policy on which to promote their cause.

Here he is speaking to LBC's Shelagh Fogarty.

McDonnell went on to defend Corbyn's policies, suggesting that they were not only popular, but the Tories are now implementing some of them.  Unfortunately, on that basis, if Starmer moves to the left as McDonnell would like to see - they will already be outflanked by the most left-wing Tory Party in history!

STATE OF PLAY IN ENGLAND 21:00

PCC ELECTIONS

Below are the results for the police and crime commissioner elections 2021.

If no candidate achieves more than 50 per cent of the vote in the first round they go head to head with the second placed candidate in a final round in which second preference votes are added in order to decide the winner.

Avon & Somerset (Con GAIN from Ind)

Mark Shelford (Con) 136,988 (34.7%)

Kerry Barker (Lab) 93,495 (23.7%)

Cleo Lake (Green) 64,790 (16.4%)

Heather Shearer (LDem) 52,839 (13.4%)

John Smith (Ind) 46,379 (11.8%)

Final Round

Mark Shelford (Con) 52.4%

Kerry Barker (Lab) 47.6%

Bedfordshire (Con HOLD)

Festus Akinbusoye (Con) 51,700 (42.4%)

David Michael (Lab) 42,708 (35.0%)

Jas Parmar (LDem) 15,983 (13.1%)

Patrick Hamill (Ind) 8,279 (6.8%)

Antonio Vitiello (Eng Dem) 3,387 (2.8%)

Final Round

Festus Akinbusoye (Con) 54.1%

David Michael (Lab) 46.9%

Cambridgeshire (Con HOLD)

Darryl Preston (Con) 99,034 (42.9%)

Nicky Massey (Lab) 72,313 (31.3%)

Rupert Moss-Eccardt (LDem) 51,490 (22.3%)

Susan Morris (Reform) 8,031 (3.5%)

Final Round

Darryl Preston (Con) 52.8%

Nicky Massey (Lab) 47.2%

Cheshire (Con GAIN from Lab)

John Dwyer (Con) 99,565 (44.5%)

David Keane (Lab) 83,329 (37.3%)

Jo Conchie (LDem) 32,348 (14.5%)

Nick Goulding (Reform) 8,258 (3.7%)

Final Round

John Dwyer (Con) 53.0%

David Keane (Lab) 47.0%

Cleveland (Con GAIN from Lab)

Steve Turner (Con) 74,203 (54.2%)

Matt Storey (Lab) 39,467 (28.8%) 

Barrie Cooper (Ind) 16,667 (12.2%)

Christopher Jones (LDem) 6,540 (4.8%)

Cumbria (Con HOLD)

Peter McCall (Con) 56,753 (53.6%)

Barbara Cannon (Lab) 27,687 (26.1%)

Loraine Birchall (LDem) 21,506 (20.4%)

Derbyshire (Con GAIN from Lab)

Angelique Foster (Con) 137,884 (49.4%)

Hardyal Singh Dhindsa (Lab) 104,700 (37.5%)

Stan Heptinsall (LDem)  (9.2%)

Timothy Prosser (Reform)  (3.8%)

Final Round

Angelique Foster (Con) 56.0%

Hardyal Singh Dhindsa (Lab) 44.0%

Devon & Cornwall (Con HOLD)

Alison Hernandez (Con) 247,173 (49.97%)

Gareth Derrick (Lab) 99,894 (20.2%)

Brian Blake (LDem) 88,318 (17.8%)

Stuart Jackson (Green) 59,242 (11.9%)

Final Round

Alison Hernandez (Con) 65.2%

Gareth Derrick (Lab) 34.8%

Dorset (Con GAIN from Ind)

David Sidwick (Con) 64,071 (42.5%)

Dan Hardy (Ind) 31,112 (20.6%)

Claire Seymour (Green) 21,283 (14.1%)

Mark Robson (LDem) 17,837 (11.8%)

Patrick Canavan (Lab) 16,379 (10.9%)

Final Round

David Sidwick (Con) 61.8%

Dan Hardy (Ind) 38.2%

Durham (Lab HOLD)

Joy Allen (Lab) 71,084 (43.8%)

George Jabbour (Con) 69,748 (43.0%)

Anne-Marie Curry (LDem) 21,376 (13.2%)

Final Round

Joy Allen (Lab) 51.0%

George Jabbour (Con) 49.0%

Dyfed-Powys (Plaid HOLD)

Jon Burns (Con) 69,112 (34.0%)

Dafydd Llywelyn (Plaid) 68,208 (33.6%)

Philippa Thompson (Lab) 48,033 (23.7%)

Glyn Preston (LDem) 17,649 (8.7%)

Final Round

Dafydd Llywelyn (Plaid) 55.0%

Jon Burns (Con) 45.%

Essex (Con HOLD)

Roger Hirst (Con) 235,346 (54.0%)

Lab Chris Vince (Lab) 99,712 (22.9%)

Jon Whitehouse (LDem) 58,131 (13.3%)

Robin Tilbrook (EndDem) 42,831 (9.8%)

Gloucestershire (Con GAIN from Ind)

Chris Nelson (Con) 79,086 (40.6%)

Chris Coleman (LDem) 37,024 (19.0%)

Martin Surl (Ind) 34,286 (17.6%)

Simon O'Rourke (Lab) 31,347 (16.1%)

Adrian Stratton (Ind) 13,131 (6.7%)

Final Round

Chris Nelson (Con) 60.4%

Chris Coleman (LDem) 39.6%

Gwent (Lab HOLD)

Jeff Cuthbert (Lab) 75,775 (41.7%)

Hannah Jarvis (Con) 52,313 (28.9%)

Donna Cushing (Plaid) 29,392 (16.2%)

Paul Harley (Ind) 13,601 (8.9%)

John Miller (LDem) 7,640 (4.2%)

Clayton Jones (Gwlad) 2,615 (1.2%)

Final Round

Jeff Cuthbert (Lab) 60.5%

Hannah Jarvis (Con) 39.5%

Hampshire (Con HOLD)

Donna Jones (Con) 262,667 (49.8%)

Tony Bunday (Lab) 101,832 (19.3%)

Richard Murphy (LDem) 93,581 (17.8%)

Steve James-Bailey (Ind) 68,895 (17.6%)

Final Round

Donna Jones (Con) 68.2%

Tony Bunday (Lab) 31.8%

Hertfordshire (Con HOLD)

David Lloyd (Con) 155,114 (48.5%)

Sam North (LDem) 87,524 (27.3%)

Philip Ross (Lab) 76,941 (24.2%)

Final Round

David Lloyd (Con) 55.3%

Sam North (LDem) 44.7%

Humberside (Con GAIN from Lab)

Jonathan Evison (Con) 71,554 (45.6%)

Keith Hunter (Lab) 61,869 (39.4%)

Bob Morgan (LDem) 23,640 (19.1%)

Final Round

Jonathan Evison (Con) 52.6%

Keith Hunter (Lab) 47.4%

Kent (Con HOLD)

Matthew Scott (Con) 237,278 (57.8%)

Lola Oyewusi (Lab) 103,807 (25.3%)

Graham Colley (LDem) 69,464 (16.9%)

Lancashire (Con GAIN from Lab)

Andrew Snowden (Con) 166,202 (44.8%)

Clive Grunshaw (Lab) 154,195 (41.6%)

Neil Darby (LDem) 32,813 (8.8%) 

Mark Barker (Reform) 17,926 (4.8%)

Final Round

Andrew Snowdon (Con) 51.3%

Clive Grunshaw (Lab) 48.7%

Leicestershire (Con GAIN from Lab)

Rupert Matthews (Con) 121,252 (49.3%)

Ross Willmott (Lab) 81,898 (33.3%)

James Moore (LDem) 42,951 (17.5%)

Final Round

Rupert Matthews (Con) 57.0%

Ross Willmott (Lab) 43.0%

Lincolnshire (Con HOLD)

Marc Jones (Con) 102,813 (59.9%)

Rosanne Kirk (Lab) 34,310 (20.0%)   

David Williams (Ind) 18,375 (10.7%)

Ross Pepper (LDem) 10.172 (5.9%)

Peter Escreet (Reform) 6,101 (3.6%)

Merseyside (Lab HOLD)

Emily Spurrell (Lab) 178,875 (56.9%)

Bob Teesdale (Con) 71,961 (22.9%)

Kristofor Brown (LDem) 51,979 (16.5%)

Malcolm Webster (Reform) 11,662 (3.7%)

Norfolk (Con HOLD)

Giles Orpen-Smellie (Con) 103,980 (45.1%)

Michael Rosen (Lab) 51,056 (22.1%)

John Crofts (LDem) 31,666 (13.7%)

Martin Schmierer (Green) 23,469 (10.2%)

David Moreland (Ind) 20,473 (8.9%)

Final Round

Giles Orpen-Smellie (Con) 63.3%

Michael Rosen (Lab) 36.7%

Northamptonshire (Con HOLD)

Stephen Mold (Con) 102,752 (53.2%)

Claire Pavitt (Lab) 53,166 (27.5%)   

Ana Savage Gunn (LDem) 29,621 (15.3%)

Mark Hearn (Reform) 7,715 (4.0%)

Northumbria (Lab HOLD) 384086

Kim McGuinness (Lab) 179,021 (46.6%)

Duncan Crute (Con) 118,543 (30.9%)

Peter Maughan (LDem) 45,567 (11.9%)

Julian Kilburn (Ind) 40,955 (10.7%)

Final Round

Kim McGuinness (Lab) 59.6%

Duncan Crute (Con) 40.4%

North Wales (Lab GAIN from Plaid)

Pat Astbury (Con) 75,472 (31.6%)

Andy Dunbobbin (Lab) 69,459 (29.1%)

Ann Griffith (Plaid) 69,672 (28.4%)

Mark Young (Ind) 15.907 (6.7%)

Lisa Wilkins (LDem) 10,149 (4.3%)

Final Round

Andy Dunbobbin (Lab) 52.1%

Pat Astbury (Con) 47.9%

North Yorkshire (Con HOLD)

Phillip Allott (Con) 73,657 (47.0%)

Alison Hume (Lab) 40,803 (26.1%)

Keith Tordoff (Ind) 22,338 (14.3%)

James Barker (LDem) 19,773 (12.6%)

Final Round

Phillip Allott (Con) 61.3%

Alison Hume (Lab) 38.7%

Nottinghamshire (Con GAIN from Lab)

Caroline Henry (Con) 131,318 (47.9%)

Paddy Tipping (Lab) 119,271 (43.5%)

David Watts (LDem) 23,794 (8.7%)

Final Round

Caroline Henry (Con) 51.4%

Paddy Tipping (Lab) 48.6%

South Wales (Lab HOLD)

Alun Michael (Lab) 177,110 (41.0%)

Steve Gallagher (Con) 102,465 (23.7%)

Nadine Marshall (Plaid) 82,246 (19.0%)

Mike Baker (Ind) 37,110 (8.6%)

Callum Littlemore (LDem) 19,907 (4.6%)

Gail John (Propel) 13,263 (3.0%)

Final Round

Alun Michael (Lab) 63.8%

Steve Gallagher (Con) 36.2%

South Yorkshire (Lab HOLD)

Alan Billings (Lab) 165,442 (53.9%)

David Chinchen (Con) 98,851 (32.2%)

Joe Otten (LDem) 42,462 (13.8%)

Staffordshire (Con HOLD)

Ben Adams (Con) 136,024 (55.7%)

Deneice Florence-Jukes (Ind) 19,102 (7.8%)

Tony Kearon (Lab) 67,050 (27.5%)

Michael Riley (Reform) 5,504 (2.3%)

Richard Whelan (LDem) 10,690 (4.4%)

Suffolk (Con HOLD)

Tim Passmore (Con) 112,139 (54.7%)

Elizabeth Hughes (Lab) 47,159 (23.0%)

Andy Patmore (Green) 27,965 (13.6%)

James Sandbach (LDem) 17,801 (8.7%)

Surrey (Con HOLD)

Lisa Townsend (Con) 112,260 (33.5%)

Paul Kennedy (LDem) 69,412 (20.7%)

Kevin Hurley (ZTexC) 59,554 (17.8%)

David Munro (Ind) 53,103 (15.9%)  

Howard Kaye (Lab) 40,597 (12.1%)

Final Round

Lisa Townsend (Con) 58%

Paul Kennedy (LDem) 42%

Sussex (Con HOLD)

Katy Bourne (Con) 214,523 (47.3%)

Paul Richards (Lab) 84,736 (18.7%)

Jamie Bennett (LDem) 63,271 (13.9%)

Kahina Bouhassane (Green) 60,781 (13.4%)

Roy Williams (Ind) 30,408 (6.7%)

Final Round

Katy Bourne (Con) 65.6%

Paul Richards (Lab) 34.4%

Thames Valley (Con HOLD)

Matthew Barber (Con) 267,404 (42.3%)

Laetisia Carter (Lab) 175,103 (27.8%)

John Howson (LDem) 110,072 (17.5%)

Alan Robinson (Ind) 77,210 (12.3%)

Final Round

Matthew Barber (Con) 57.3%

Laetisia Carter (Lab) 42.7%

Warwickshire (Con HOLD)

Philip Seccombe (Con) 85,963 (52.1%)

Ben Twomey (Lab) 45,768 (27.7%)

Louis Adam (LDem) 26,660 (16.2%)

Henry Lu (Reform) 6,692 (4.1%)

West Mercia (Con HOLD)

John Campion (Con) 179,411 (55.3%)

Kuldip Sahota (Lab) 77,664 (24.0%) 

Margaret Rowley (LDem) 50,699 (15.6%)

Peter Jewell (Reform) 16,519 (5.1%)

West Midlands (Lab HOLD)

Simon Foster (Lab) 276,743 (45.5%)

Jay Singh-Sohal (Con) 239,288 (39.4%)

​​Jon Hunt (LDem) 38,594 (6.4%)

Julie Hambleton (Ind) 27,664 (4.6%)

​​Mark Hoath (Reform) 18,002 (3.0%)

​​Desmond Jaddoo (WeM) 7,745 (1.3%)

Final Round

Simon Foster (Lab) 53.7%

Jay Singh-Sohal (Con) 46.3%

Wiltshire (Con HOLD*)

Jonathon Seed (Con) 84,885 (41.4%)

Liz Webster (LDem) 35,013 (16.9%)

Junab Ali (Lab) 34,147 (16.5%)

Mike Rees (Ind) 31,722 (15.3%)

Brig Oubridge (Green) 16,606 (8.0%)

Julian Malins (Reform) 4,348 (2.1%)

Final Round

Jonathon Seed (Con) 63.3%

Liz Webster (LDem) 36.7%

* Election was void and will be rerun due to ineligibility of winning candidate

LEWIS LASHES OUT AT VOTING SYSTEM

Labour's Clive Lewis couldn't provide much direction for his party when he spoke to BBC News earlier, saying that the left and centre-left needed to 'work out' how to stop the Tories.  Lewis, who is on the far left of the party, suggested that the 'political voting system we have in this country overwhelmingly favours the Tories'.  Funny that, considering the same voting system brought Labour three general election victories in 1997, 2001 and 2005...

ADONIS CALLS FOR KEIR'S HEAD

While his colleagues have kept a calm head, crazed Labour peer Andrew Adonis has called for Keir Starmer to go.  Even the far left wing of the party has so far refrained from agitating for a new leader, but Blairite Adonis is sounding off dire warnings this election could 'be the end'.  Adonis had been a Starmer supporter prior to this election.

Speaking to Andrew Pierce, Adonis suggests that a 'right-wing populist movement' could rise up if Labour continues its decline.  A viable third party is desperately needed to boost our democracy, but naturally Adonis sees this as a bad thing.

Click below for the clip.

Adonis is not holding back, even if he's got virtually no support within the party.  So far today he has appeared on BBC News, Channel 4 News and has even managed to write an article for The Times, not to mention his incessant tweeting.

The peer has been mocked by some Brexiteers for suggesting that Labour needs to 'listen to the voters', considering he did everything but listen to the voters following the 2016 Leave vote.  He is one of very few Labour figures who continue to ignore that mandate and demand Britain rejoins the EU.  Does he not realise that one of the key factors in Labour's decline is primarily that sneering elitist Remainer attitude?

Going by his latest tweets, he does not.

Labour's 'natural supporters' used to be the working class.  The clue's in the name dickhead.  If the Labour Party is now the natural home of woke middle class Remainers, which it is, then Andy you are welcome to watch it sink without trace north of Watford.

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FRONTBENCHER RESIGNS

Khalid Mahmood has resigned from Labour's front bench.  The MP for Birmingham Perry Barr had been a shadow defence minister, but has stood down after publishing an article via Policy Exchange, which is intriguingly a conservative thinktank.  He also predicts that Labour will lose the West Midlands mayoral election, the largest mayoral contest outside London.

Mahmood writes:

"The Tories are deep into what was once safe Labour territory - the industrial heartlands of the North - with a 7,000 majority of their own.  In the West Midlands it looks again like Labour will lose out on the mayoral race and more.  Labour has lost touch with ordinary British people.  A London-based bourgeoisie, with the support of brigades of woke social media warriors, has effectively captured the party.  They mean well, of course, but their politics - obsessed with identity, division and even tech utopianism - have more in common with those of Californian high society than the kind of people who voted in Hartlepool yesterday.  The loudest voices in the Labour movement over the past year in particular have focused more on pulling down Churchill’s statue than they have on helping people pull themselves up in the world.  No wonder it is doing better among rich urban liberals and young university graduates than it is amongst the most important part of its traditional electoral coalition, the working-class". 

He's not wrong is he?

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SCOTTISH CONSTITUENCY RESULTS

With all 73 Scottish constituency results declared, this is the scorecard:

SNP 62 (+3)

Conservative 5 (-2)

Liberal Democrat 4 (n/c)  

Labour 2 (-1)

All 73 constituency results can be found below.

Aberdeen Central (SNP HOLD)

Kevin Stewart (SNP) 14,217 (44.9%) +1.3%

Douglas Lumsden (Con) 7,623 (24.1%) +1.5%

Barry Black (Lab) 6,294 (19.9%) -7.4%

Guy Ingerson (Green) 2,087 (6.6%) New

Desmond Bouse (LDem) 1,417 (4.5%) -2.0%

Aberdeen Donside (SNP HOLD)

Jackie Dunbar (SNP) 18,514 (51.6%) -4.4%

Harriet Cross (Con) 9,488 (26.4%) +8.0%

Heather Herbert (Lab) 5,505 (15.3%) -3.0%

Isobel Davidson (LDem) 2,162 (6.0%) -1.3%

Lucas Grant (TUSC) 240 (0.7%) New

Aberdeen South & North Kincardine (SNP HOLD)

Audrey Nicoll (SNP) 16,500 (42.3%) +0.2%

Liam Kerr (Con) 14,829 (38.0%) +4.5%

Lynn Thomson (Lab) 4,505 (11.5%) -5.8%

Ian Yuill (LDem) 2,889 (7.4%) +0.3%

Stephen Jamieson (Libertarian) 286 (0.7%) New

Aberdeenshire East (SNP HOLD)

Gillian Martin (SNP) 18,307 (44.6%) -1.2%

Stewart Whyte (Con) 16,418 (40.0%) +11.0%

Conrad Wood (LDem) 3,396 (8.3%) -10.7%

Graeme Downie (Lab) 2,900 (7.1%)  +0.9%

Aberdeenshire West (Con HOLD)

Alexander Burnett (Con) 19,709 (47.2%) +9.1%

Fergus Mutch (SNP) 16,319 (39.1%) +3.6%

Rosemary Bruce (LDem) 3,363 (8.1%) -12.5%

Andy Brown (Lab) 2,382 (5.7%) -0.1%

Airdrie & Shotts (SNP HOLD)

Neil Gray (SNP) 16,139 (50.6%) -1.9%

Richard Leonard (Lab) 10,671 (33.4%) +4.2%

Ross Lambie (Con) 4,422 (13.9%) -1.8%

John Cole (LDem) 562 (1.8%) -0.8%

Jimmy Dowson (Ind) 132 (0.4%) New

Almond Valley (SNP HOLD)

Angela Constance (SNP) 22,675 (54.3%) +1.3%

Craig Smith (Lab) 10,545 (25.2%) -3.7%

Damian Doran-Timson (Con) 6,952 (16.6%) +1.4%

Caron Lindsay (LDem) 1,601 (3.8%) -0.9%

Angus North & Mearns (SNP HOLD)

Mairi Gougeon (SNP) 17,144 (48.6%) +2.9%

Braden Davy (Con) 13,635 (38.7%) +1.4%

Cindy Douglas (Lab) 2,686 (7.6%) -1.8%

Michael Turvey (LDem) 1,804 (5.1%) -2.6%

Angus South (SNP HOLD)

Graeme Dey (SNP) 19,568 (50.7%) +1.8%

Maurice Golden (Con) 13,451 (34.8%) -0.6%

Graeme McKenzie (Lab) 3,625 (9.4%) -2.4%

Ben Lawrie (LDem) 1,964 (5.1%) +1.3%

Argyll & Bute (SNP HOLD)

Jenni Minto (SNP) 16,608 (49.5%) +3.5%

Donald Cameron (Con) 7,645 (22.8%) +3.0%

Alan Reid (LDem) 6,874 (20.5%) -5.2%

Lewis Whyte (Lab) 2,436 (7.3%) -1.2%

Ayr (SNP GAIN from Con)

Siobhian Brown (SNP) 18,881 (43.5%) +2.5%

John Scott (Con) 18,711 (43.1%) +0.1%

Esther Clark (Lab) 4,766 (11.0%) -3.0%

Jamie Ross (LDem) 808 (1.9%) n/c

Chic Brodie (Scotia) 267 (0.6%) New

Banffshire & Buchan Coast (SNP HOLD)

Karen Adam (SNP) 14,920 (45.2%) -9.9%

Mark Findlater (Con) 14,148 (42.9%) +10.8%

Georgia Strachan (Lab) 2,169 (6.6%) -1.7%

Alison Simpson (LDem) 1,071 (3.2%) -1.3%

Jason Duncan (Freedom) 347 (1.1%) New

David McHutchon (Restore) 331 (1.0%) New

Caithness, Sutherland & Ross (SNP HOLD)

Maree Todd (SNP) 15,889 (43.1%) -0.2%

Molly Nolan (LDem) 13,298 (36.1%) +5.0%

Struan Mackie (Con) 5,170 (14.0%) -1.3%

Marion Donaldson (Lab) 2,016 (5.5%) -4.9%

Tina McCafferty (Freedom) 289 (0.8%) New

Harry Christian (Libertarian) 222 (0.6%) New

Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley (SNP HOLD)

Elena Whitham (SNP) 15,240 (42.8%) -3.6%

Sharon Dowey (Con) 10,903 (30.6%) +6.4%

Carol Mochan (Lab) 8,604 (24.2%) -3.2%

Kirsten Herbst-Grey (LDem) 875 (2.5%) +0.5%

Clackmannanshire & Dunblane (SNP HOLD)

Keith Brown (SNP) 16,504 (47.2%) -0.4%

Alexander Stewart (Con) 8,953 (25.6%) +2.4%

Craig Miller (Lab) 8,292 (23.7%) -1.3%

Iliyan Stefanov (LDem) 1,194 (3.4%) -0.8%

Clydebank & Milngavie (SNP HOLD)

Marie McNair (SNP) 17,787 (47.2%) -2.0%

Douglas McAllister (Lab) 12,513 (33.2%) +9.7%

Pam Gosal (Con) 4,153 (11.0%) -7.4%

Katy Gordon (LDem) 2,987 (7.9%) -1.0%

Alexander Robertson (Ind) 220 (0.6%) New

Clydesdale (SNP HOLD)

Màiri McAllan (SNP) 17,596 (43.2%) -0.8%

Eric Holford (Con) 13,018 (32.0%) +5.8%

Claudia Beamish (Labour) 8,960 (22.0%) +1.3%

Amanda Kubie (LDem) 1,144 (2.8%) +0.4%

Coatbridge & Chryston (SNP HOLD)

Fulton MacGregor (SNP) 20,577 (57.5%) +9.5%

Michael McPake (Lab) 11,140 (31.1%) -3.6%

Gordon Macdonald (Con) 3,028 (8.5%) -1.6%

Mhairi Macdonald (LDem) 622 (1.7%) +0.2%

Leo Lanahan (ScotF) 411 (1.1%) New

Cowdenbeath (SNP HOLD)

Annabelle Ewing (SNP) 16,499 (48.3%) +2.2%

Alex Rowley (Lab) 10,486 (30.7%) -5.2%

Darren Watt (Con) 4,758 (13.9%) -0.4%

Mags Hall (Green) 1,344 (3.9%) New

Malcolm Wood (LDem) 1,088 (3.2%) -0.5%

Cumbernauld & Kilsyth (SNP HOLD)

Jamie Hepburn (SNP) 19,633 (58.6%) -1.5%

Mark Griffin (Lab) 9,792 (29.2%) +2.6%

Haroun Malik (Con) 3,375 (10.1%) -0.7%

Elaine Ford (LDem) 678 (2.0%) -0.4%

Cunninghame North (SNP HOLD)

Kenneth Gibson (SNP) 18,227 (49.0%) -2.9%

Jamie Greene (Con) 10,451 (28.1%) +3.5%

Katy Clark (Lab) 7,536 (20.3%) -0.8%

Ruby Kirkwood (LDem) 967 (2.6%) +0.2%

Cunninghame South (SNP HOLD)

Ruth Maguire (SNP) 15,208 (50.5%) -1.7%

Louise McPhater (Lab) 7,256 (24.1%) -6.0%

David Rocks (Con) 6,621 (22.0%) +6.7%

Tom Armstrong (LDem) 715 (2.4%) n/c

Maurice Campbell (Ind) 318 (1.1%) New

Dumbarton (Lab HOLD)

Jackie Baillie (Lab) 17,825 (46.3%) +6.1%

Toni Giugliano (SNP) 16,342 (42.5%) +2.6%

Maurice Corry (Con) 3,205 (8.3%) -6.3%

Andy Foxall (LDem) 676 (1.8%) -1.6%

James Morrison (Ind) 183 (0.5%) New

Jonathan Rainey (Libertarian) 134 (0.3%) New

Andrew Muir (Ind) 94 (0.2%) -1.7%

Dumfriesshire (Con HOLD)

Oliver Mundell (Con) 19,487 (47.7%) +10.4 %

Joan McAlpine (SNP) 15,421 (37.7%) +3.8%

Colin Smyth (Lab) 4,671 (11.4%) -13.8%

Richard Brodie (LDem) 1,314 (3.2%) -0.3%

Dundee City East (SNP HOLD)

Shona Robison (SNP) 19,230 (59.2%) +1.1%

Owen Wright (Lab) 5,893 (18.1%) -1.6%

Philip Scott (Con) 5,630 (17.3%) -0.2%

Michael Crichton (LDem) 1,431 (4.4%) +1.2%

Wayne Scott (TUSC) 287 (0.9%) -0.6%

Dundee City West (SNP HOLD)

Joe Fitzpatrick (SNP) 19,818 (61.6%) +3.8%

Mercedes Villalba (Lab) 6,899 (21.5%) -4.6%

Tess White (Con) 3,327 (10.3%) +0.1%

Daniel Coleman (LDem) 1,269 (3.9%) +0.3%

Jim McFarlane (TUSC) 432 (1.3%) -1.0%

Ewan Gurr (Restore) 410 (1.3%) New

East Kilbride (SNP HOLD)

Collette Stevenson (SNP) 21,149 (51.9%) -4.0%

Monique McAdams (Lab) 12,477 (30.6%) -6.4%

Graham Simpson (Con) 5,923 (14.5%) -2.4%

Paul McGarry (LDem) 1,217 (3.0%) +0.1%

East Lothian (SNP GAIN from Lab)

Paul McLennan (SNP) 17,968 (39.2%) +4.4%

Martin Whitfield (Lab) 16,789 (36.7%) -1.1%

Craig Hoy (Con) 9,470 (20.7%) -3.2%

Euan Davidson (LDem) 1,556 (3.4%) -0.1%

Eastwood (Con HOLD)

Jackson Carlaw (Con) 17,911 (41.9%) +6.2%

Colm Merrick (SNP) 15,695 (36.8%) +5.6%

Katie Pragnell (Lab) 6,759 (15.8%) -14.8%

David Macdonald (Ind) 1,352 (3.2%) New

Tahir Jameel (LDem) 911 (2.1%) -0.4%

Janice MacKay (UKIP) 75 (0.2%) New

Edinburgh Central (SNP GAIN from Con)

Angus Robertson (SNP) 16,276 (39.0%) +10.4%

Scott Douglas (Con) 11,544 (27.7%) -2.7%

Maddy Kirkman (Lab) 6,839 (16.4%) -5.7%

Alison Johnstone (Green) 3,921 (9.4%) -4.2%

Bruce Wilson (LDem) 2,555 (6.1%) +1.2%

Bonnie Prince Bob (Ind) 363 (0.9%) New

Tam Laird (Libertarian) 137 (0.3%) New

Donald Mackay (UKIP) 78 (0.2%) New

Edinburgh Eastern (SNP HOLD)

Ash Denham (SNP) 22,658 (52.4%) +5.1%

Bill Cook (Lab) 12,541 (29.0%) -4.0%

Graham Hutchison (Con) 5,970 (13.8%) -2.3%

Jill Reilly (LDem) 2,035 (4.7%) -1.1%

Edinburgh Northern & Leith (SNP HOLD)

Ben Macpherson (SNP) 22,443 (47.9%) +1.2%

Katrina Faccenda (Lab) 10,874 (23.2%) -5.3 %

Lorna Slater (Green) 6,116 (13.1%) New

Callum Laidlaw (Con) 5,052 (10.8%) -5.6%

Rebecca Bell (LDem) 2,035 (4.3%) -0.5%

Jon Pullman (Freedom) 314 (0.7%) New

Edinburgh Pentlands (SNP HOLD)

Gordon MacDonald (SNP) 16,227 (42.4%) +2.9%

Gordon Lindhurst (Con) 12,330 (32.3%) +0.1%

Lezley Cameron (Lab) 6,998 (18.3%) -5.1%

Fraser Graham (LDem) 2,213 (5.8%) +0.9%

Richard Lucas (ScotF) 462 (1.2%) New

Edinburgh Southern (Lab HOLD)

Daniel Johnson (Lab) 20,760 (45.9%) +10.4%

Catriona MacDonald (SNP) 16,738 (37.0%) +4.4%

Miles Briggs (Con) 5,258 (11.6%) -14.5%

Fred Mackintosh (LDem) 2,189 (4.8%) -1.0%

Philip Holden (ScotF) 317 (0.7%) New

Edinburgh Western (LDem HOLD)

Alex Cole-Hamilton (LDem) 25,578 (54.7%) +12.8%

Sarah Masson (SNP) 15,693 (33.5%) -0.9%

Sue Webber (Con) 2,798 (6.0%) -8.3%

Margaret Graham (Lab) 2,515 (5.4%) -4.0%

Daniel Fraser (Libertarian) 201 (0.4%) New

Ettrick, Roxburgh & Berwickshire (Con HOLD)

Rachael Hamilton (Con) 18,564 (51.5%) -3.7%

Paul Wheelhouse (SNP) 11,701 (32.5%) +0.7%

Jenny Marr (LDem) 2,352 (6.5%) -1.2%

Ian Davidson (Lab) 2,050 (5.7%) +0.4%

Barbra Harvie (Green) 1,084 (3.0%) New

Jesse Rae (Ind) 290 (0.8%) New

Falkirk East (SNP HOLD)

Michelle Thomson (SNP) 18,417 (47.4%) -4.0%

Allyson Black (Lab) 10,832 (27.9%) +2.0%

Neil Benny (Con) 7,618 (19.6%) +0.1%

Paul Rolfe (LDem) 1,007 (2.6%) -0.6%

Peter Krykant (Ind) 971 (2.5%) New

Falkirk West (SNP HOLD)

Michael Matheson (SNP) 21,492 (54.3%) -2.6%

Monette Gordon (Lab) 9,653 (24.4%) +2.6%

Stephen Kerr (Con) 7,343 (18.5%) +0.2%

Austin Reid (LDem) 1,115 (2.8%) -0.2%

Galloway & West Dumfries (Con HOLD)

Finlay Carson (Con) 17,486 (47.0%) +3.5%

Emma Harper (SNP) 14,851 (39.9%) +0.9%

Archie Dryburgh (Lab) 2,932 (7.9%) -6.7%

Laura Moodie (Green) 970 (2.6%) +2.6%

Iain McDonald (LDem) 948 (2.5%) -0.3%

Glasgow Anniesland (SNP HOLD)

Bill Kidd (SNP) 17,501 (52.8%) +1.1%

Eva Murray (Lab) 10,913 (32.9%) +2.4%

Ade Aibinu (Con) 3,688 (11.1%) -2.9%

Mark Simons (LDem) 1,063 (3.2%) -0.6%

Glasgow Cathcart (SNP HOLD)

James Dornan (SNP) 21,728 (57.0%) +4.1%

Craig Carson (Lab) 11,332 (29.7%) +7.5%

Euan Blockley (Con) 4,041 (10.6%) -4.1%

Joe McCauley (LDem) 1,051 (2.8%) -2.8%

Glasgow Kelvin (SNP HOLD)

Kaukab Stewart (SNP) 14,535 (40.3%) +1.8%

Patrick Harvie (Green) 9,077 (25.2%) +0.9%

Pam Duncan-Glancy (Lab) 8,605 (23.9%) +2.9%

Grahame Cannell (Con) 2,850 (7.9%) -3.9%

David McKenzie (LDem) 977 (2.7%) -1.0%

Glasgow Maryhill & Springburn (SNP HOLD)

Bob Doris (SNP) 16,428 (59.0%) +3.5%

Keiran O'Neill (Lab) 8,504 (30.5%) -1.3%

Alix Mathieson (Con) 2,241 (8.0%) -1.8%

Andrew Chamberlain (LDem) 688 (2.5%) -0.4%

Glasgow Pollok (SNP HOLD)

Humza Yousaf (SNP) 18,163 (53.7%) -1.1%

Zubir Ahmed (Lab) 11,058 (32.7%) +1.1%

Sandesh Gulhance (Con) 1,849 (5.5%) -4.0%

Nadia Kanyange (Green) 1,651 (4.9%) +4.9%

James Speirs (LDem) 522 (1.5%) -0.6%

Daryl Gardner (UKIP) 185 (0.5%) New

Alan Findlay (Libertarian) 157 (0.5%) New

Leo Kearse (Reclaim) 114 (0.3%) New

Joseph Finnie (Ind) 94 (0.3%) New

Glasgow Provan (SNP HOLD)

Ivan McKee (SNP) 15,913 (52.9%) -1.7%

Martin McElroy (Lab) 8,683 (28.9%) -5.8%

Annie Wells (Con) 2,687 (8.9%) +0.3%

Kim Long (Green) 2,366 (7.9%) New

Nicholas Moohan (LDem) 421 (1.4%) -0.8%

Glasgow Shettlestone (SNP HOLD)

John Mason (SNP) 17,465 (54.4%) -1.6%

Pauline McNeill (Lab) 9,440 (2.94%) +2.3%

Thomas Kerr (Con) 4,421 (13.8%) +1.4%

Matthew Clark (LDem) 774 (2.4%) +0.2%

Glasgow Southside (SNP HOLD)

Nicola Sturgeon (SNP) 19,735 (60.2%) -1.2%

Anas Sarwar (Lab) 10,279 (31.3%) +8.4%

Kyle Thornton (Con) 1,790 (5.5%) -6.9%

Carole Ford (LDem) 504 (1.5%) -1.8%

Carol Dobson (Freedom) 204 (0.6%) New

Greg Energy Adviser (Ind) 147 (0.4%) New

Derek Jackson (Lib) 102 (0.3%) New

Jayda Fransen (Ind) 46 (0.1%) New

Greenock & Inverclyde (SNP HOLD)

Stuart McMillan (SNP) 19,713 (54.2%) +0.5%

Francesca Brennan (Lab) 11,539 (31.7%) +4.0%

Caroline Hollins (Con) 3,313 (9.1%) -5.0%

Jacci Stoyle (LDem) 1,033 (2.8%) -1.6%

John Burleigh (Ind) 776 (2.1%) New

Hamilton, Larkhall & Stonehouse (SNP HOLD)

Christina McKelvie (SNP) 16,761 (46.2%) -2.1%

Monica Lennon (Lab) 12,179 (33.6%) +4.1%

Meghan Gallacher (Con) 6,332 (17.5%) -1.9%

Mark McGeever (LDem) 1,012 (2.8%) -0.1%

Inverness & Nairn (SNP HOLD)

Fergus Ewing (SNP) 21,793 (47.7%) -0.6%

Edward Mountain (Con) 12,679 (27.7%) +7.7%

Rhoda Grant (Lab) 5,370 (11.7%) -5.8%

David Gregg (LDem) 2,892 (6.3%) -7.9%

Ariane Burgess (Green) 2,636 (5.8%) New

Andrew MacDonald (Restore) 361 (0.8%) New

Kilmarnock & Irvine Valley (SNP HOLD)

Willie Coffey (SNP) 21,418 (52.7%) -2.7%

Kevin McGregor (Lab) 9,737 (24.0%) +1.2%

Brian Whittle (Con) 8,295 (20.4%) +1.2%

Stephen McQuistin (LDem) 919 (2.3%) -0.3%

Stef Johnstone (Libertarian) 253 (0.6%) New

Kirkcaldy (SNP HOLD)

David Torrance (SNP) 18,417 (52.4%) -0.2%

Claire Baker (Lab) 10,586 (30.1%) +1.3%

Kathleen Leslie (Con) 4,891 (13.9%) -0.8%

Alan Beal (LDem) 1,015 (2.9%) -1.0%

Calum Paul (Libertarian) 269 (0.8%) New

Linlithgow (SNP HOLD)

Fiona Hyslop (SNP) 22,693 (48.4%) -2.0%

Kirsteen Sullivan (Lab) 12,588 (26.9%) +0.8%

Charles Kennedy (Con) 9,472 (20.2%) +0.2%

Sally Pattle (LDem) 2,126 (4.5%) +1.1%

Mid Fife & Glenrothes (SNP HOLD)

Jenny Gilruth (SNP) 18,115 (55.4%) +0.9%

Altany Craik (Lab) 7,881 (24.1%) -1.4%

David MacPhee (Con) 4,500 (13.8%) -1.7%

Jane Liston (LDem) 1,789 (5.5%) +1.0%

Steve Saunders (ScotF) 385 (1.2%) New

Midlothian North & Musselburgh (SNP HOLD)

Colin Beattie (SNP) 21,165 (49.7%) +0.8%

Stephen Curran (Lab) 13,259 (31.1%) +2.5%

Iain Whyte (Con) 6,521 (15.3%) -2.8%

Charles Dundas (LDem) 1,630 (3.8%) -0.7%

Midlothian South, Tweeddale & Lauderdale (SNP HOLD)

Christine Grahame (SNP) 19,807 (46.0%) +0.9%

Shona Haslam (Con) 12,981 (30.2%) +1.6%

Katherine Sangster (Lab) 5,410 (12.6%) -3.4%

AC May (LDem) 2,615 (6.1%) -4.3%

Dominic Ashmole (Green) 2,154 (5.0%) New

Moray (SNP HOLD)

Richard Lochhead (SNP) 19,987 (48.6%) +1.5%

Tim Eagle (Con) 16,823 (40.9%) +2.4%

Jo Kirby (Lab) 2,972 (7.2%) -3.4%

Sheila Ritchie (LDem) 1.165 (2.8%) -1.0%

Motherwell & Wishaw (SNP HOLD)

Clare Adamson (SNP) 18,156 (53.2%) +0.7%

Martine Nolan (Lab) 10,343 (30.3%) -0.8%

Nathan Wilson (Con) 4,472 (13.1%) -0.6%

Martin Veart (LDem) 557 (1.6%) -1.0%

Mark Meechan (Libertarian) 254 (0.7%) New

Daniel Lambe (Communist) 194 (0.6%) New

Neil Wilson (UKIP) 173 (0.5%) New

Na h-Eileanan an Iar (SNP HOLD)

Alasdair Allan (SNP) 7,454 (51.4%) -0.7%

Shaun Fraser (Lab) 4,013 (27.7%) +2.1%

Gavin Berkenheger (Con) 2,116 (14.6%) +3.2%

Callum MacMillan (Ind) 571 (3.9%) New

Neil Mitchison (LDem) 353 (2.4%) +0.2%

North East Fife (LDem HOLD)

Willie Rennie (LDem) 22,163 (55.1%) +11.3%

Rhuaraidh Fleming (SNP) 14,715 (36.6%) +2.9%

Rhona Metcalfe (Con) 2,323 (5.8%) -10.8%

Wendy Hayes (Lab) 1,056 (2.6%) -3.3%

Orkney (LDem HOLD)

Liam McArthur (LDem) 7,238 (62.4%) -5.0%

Robert Leslie (SNP) 3,369 (29.1%) +4.8%

Sam Bown (Con) 699 (6.0%) +1.9%

Coilla Drake (Lab) 290 (2.5%) -0.4%

Paisley (SNP HOLD)

George Adam (SNP) 17,495 (50.0%) +0.2%

Neil Bibby (Lab) 11,420 (32.7%) +0.5%

Russell Findlay (Con) 3,342 (9.6%) -2.4%

Scott Bevan (Green) 1,584 (4.5%) +4.5%

Eileen McCartin (LDem) 1,124 (3.2%) -2.8%

Perthshire North (SNP HOLD)

John Swinney (SNP) 19,860 (49.5%) +0.9%

Murdo Fraser (Con) 15,807 (39.4%) +0.6%

Ryan Smart (Lab) 2,324 (5.8%) -1.9%

Peter Barrett (LDem) 1,802 (4.5%) -0.5%

Donald Marshall (ScotF) 334 (0.8%) +0.8%

Perthshire South & Kinross-shire (SNP HOLD)

Jim Fairlie (SNP) 20,126 (45.7%) +3.3%

Liz Smith (Con) 18,178 (41.2%) +2.8%

Janine Rennie (Lab) 2,943 (6.7%) -2.7%

Julia Brown (LDem) 2,823 (6.4%) -1.9%

Renfrewshire North & West (SNP HOLD)

Natalie Don (SNP) 17,704 (46.3%) -1.5%

Johanna Baxter (Lab) 10,397 (27.2%) +3.4%

Julie Pirone (Con) 8,734 (22.8%) -0.7%

Ross Stalker (LDem) 993 (2.6%) -0.3%

Renfrewshire South (SNP HOLD)

Tom Arthur (SNP) 17,532 (50.5%) +2.4%

Paul O'Kane (Lab) 10,426 (30.0%) -3.2%

Derek Stillie (Con) 5,149 (14.8%) -1.2%

Christine Cosh (LDem) 826 (2.4%) -0.3%

Andy Doig (Scotia) 765 (2.2%) New

Rutherglen (SNP HOLD)

Clare Haughey (SNP) 20,249 (50.5%) +4.3%

James Kelly (Lab) 15,083 (37.6%) +2.8%

Lynne Nailon (Con) 3,663 (9.1%) -2.2%

Sheila Thomson (LDem) 1,112 (2.8%) -4.9%

Shetland (LDem HOLD)

Beatrice Wishart (LDem) 5,803 (48.6%) -18.8%

Tom Wills (SNP) 4,997 (41.9%) +18.8%

Nick Tulloch (Con) 503 (4.2%) +0.5%

Martin Kerr (Lab) 424 (3.6%) -2.3%

Peter Tait (Ind) 116 (1.0%) New

Brian Nugent (Restore) 90 (0.8%) New

Skye, Lochaber & Badenoch (SNP HOLD)

Kate Forbes (SNP) 24,192 (56.1%) +8.5%

Jamie Halcro Johnston (Con) 8,331 (19.3%) +3.2%

Denis Rixson (LDem) 6,778 (15.7%) -7.1%

John Erskine (Lab) 3,855 (8.9%) -1.6%

Stirling (SNP HOLD)

Evelyn Tweed (SNP) 19,882 (48.6%) +0.9%

Dean Lockhart (Con) 12,987 (31.8%) +3.8%

Chris Kane (Lab) 6,556 (16.0%) -4.1%

Fayzan Rehman (LDem) 1,466 (3.6%) -0.5%

Strathkelvin & Bearsden (SNP HOLD)

Rona Mackay (SNP) 21,064 (45.5%) +2.0%

Callum McNally (Lab) 8,510 (18.4%) -2.7%

Susan Murray (LDem) 6,675 (14.4%) +1.9%

Andrew Polson (Con) 9,580 (20.7%) -2.2%

Uddingston & Bellshill (SNP HOLD)

Stephanie Callaghan (SNP) 17,953 (49.9%) +1.1%

Frank McNally (Lab) 12,647 (35.1%) +2.6%

Bryan Flannagan (Con) 4,569 (12.7%) -3.2%

Dawn Allan (LDem) 821 (2.3%) -0.4%

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LIVERPOOL MAYORAL RESULT

No great shock here, but Labour have held the Liverpool mayoral position, albeit with a reduced majority.  Joanne Anderson - no relation to her controversial predecessor Joe - had to go to a final round run-off with the independent candidate.  Labour won this contest outright in 2016.

Liverpool Mayor (Lab HOLD)

Joanne Anderson (Lab) 38,958 (38.2%) -14.4%

Stephen Yip (Ind) 22,047 (21.8%) New

Richard Kemp (Lib Dem) 17,166 (16.8%) +0.7%

Tom Crone (Green) 8,768 (8.7%) -2.2%

Steve Radford (Lib) 7,135 (7.1%) New

Katie Burgess (Con) 4,187 (4.1%) +0.5%

Roger Bannister (TUSC) 2,912 (2.9%) -2.2%

Final Round

Joanne Anderson (Lab) 59.2%

Stephen Yip (Ind) 40.8%

TEES VALLEY MAYORAL RESULT

Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen (centre)

The Tory incumbent has smashed Labour for the Tees Valley mayoral position.  UKIP and the Lib Dems fought this contest in 2017, but this time around it was a straight head-to-head.

Tees Valley Mayor (Con HOLD)

Ben Houchen (Con) 121,964 (72.8%) +33.3%

Jessie Jacobs (Lab) 45,641 (27.2%) -11.8%

STARMER SPEAKS, FINALLY

A defiant Keir Starmer has finally spoken out and says he's 'taking full responsibility' for Labour's election woes.  Pushed on what he meant by 'change', Starmer offered little substance.  That appears to be a major factor in why his party is going from bad to worse.

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VINE SLAMS WALLPAPER STUNT

Labour moderate Alison McGovern has been grilled by Jeremy Vine over Labour's election disaster.  In somewhat uncharacteristically aggressive mode, Vine lambasted Starmer's 'pathetic' wallpaper stunt.  

Vine began by asking her the deliberately provocative question of whether Labour should invite Jeremy Corbyn back to the leadership.  McGovern was very careful not to criticise Corbyn, unlike some of her comrades, in particular Peter Mandelson who was scathing about Corbyn earlier today.

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HARTLEPOOL CANDIDATES RESPOND

How some of the defeated Hartlepool candidates responded on Twitter, beginning with Labour's Paul Williams.

EDWINA FAILS TO DELIVER

Despite the Tories picking up council seats left, right and centre, poor old Edwina Currie has failed to win a seat in Derbyshire.  The lockdown enthusiast had come out of retirement to contest the Whaley Bridge ward on High Peak Borough Council.

Whaley Bridge, High Peak

Ruth George (Lab) 2,544

Edwina Currie (Con) 1,878

David Lomax (LDem) 340

Lucas Jones (Green) 138

REACTION FROM THE HARD LEFT

The hard left of the Labour Party may smell blood as Keir Starmer's woes mount.  This is how some of Corbyn's loyal followers reacted on Twitter.

The hard left Labour MP for Brighton Kemptown let rip at Starmer's embrace of patriotism in a series of tweets.

REED BLAMES CORBYN

Starmer supporter Steve Reed is among the Labour moderates who are laying the blame for the ongoing election car crash at the feet of Jeremy Corbyn.  The frontbencher told Sky News this morning that voters didn't 'yet understand' that the party was now different to the one they rejected in 2019.  Just a reminder that this sneering response is coming from a London MP in support of another London MP, while blaming another London MP.

Reed also appeared to take aim at Corbyn's predecessors: "People like Keir.  For the first time in many years, actually, we have a leader that people can see as an alternative prime minister".  His frontbench colleague Ed Miliband will have raised an eyebrow at that statement.

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DONCASTER MAYORAL RESULT

Labour have held the first of the elected mayoral contests to be announced.  Ros Jones held Doncaster with a reduced majority.  In the 2017 mayoral election Jones won outright with 50.9 per cent of the vote.  This time round she required a final round run-off in which second preference votes are counted.

Doncaster Mayor

Ros Jones (Lab) 27,669 (43.3%) -7.6%

James Vincent Hart (Con) 17,980 (28.2%) +7.0%

​​Frank Lloyd Calladine (Ind) 5,166 (8.1%) New

Andy Budden (Yorks) 4,073 (6.4%) +1.4%

​​Joan Briggs (Ind) 3,904 (6.1%) New

​​Warren Peter Draper (Green) 3,370 (5.3%) New

​​Surjit Singh Duhre (Reform) 1,012 (1.6%) New

Final Round

Ros Jones (Lab) 59.8%

James Vincent Hart (Con) 40.2%

This result provides further evidence that many Labour voters are switching directly to the Conservatives.

TORIES GAIN HARLOW COUNCIL

The Conservatives have gained Harlow District Council from Labour.  Mark Ingall, the leader of the council, was among the Labour councillors who lost their seats.  Labour had held the council since 2012.

Tory MP Robert Halfon tweeted from the count.

TORIES GAIN HARTLEPOOL

The Conservatives have taken Hartlepool from Labour with a 16 per cent swing.  It is the first time Labour have lost the seat since its creation in 1974 and the first time the town of Hartlepool has had a Conservative MP since 1964.  The 16 per cent swing is the largest swing to a governing party since World War II.

Jill Mortimer (Con) 15,529 (51.9%) +23.0%

Paul Williams (Lab) 8,589 (28.7%) -9.0%

Sam Lee (Ind) 2,904 (9.7%) New

Claire Martin (Heritage) 468 (1.6%) New

John Prescott (Reform) 368 (1.2%) -24.6

Rachel Featherstone (Green) 358 (1.2%) New

Andrew Hagon (LDem) 349 (1.2%) -2.9

Thelma Walker (Ind) 250 (0.8%) New

Chris Killick (Ind) 248 (0.8%) New

Hilton Dawson (NEast) 163 (0.5%) New

W. Ralph Ward-Jackson (Ind) 157 (0.5%) New

Adam Gaines (Ind) 126 (0.5%) New

The Incredible Flying Brick (Loony) 108 (0.4%) New

David Bettney (SDP) 104 (0.4%) New

Gemma Evans (Women's) 140 (0.3%) New

Steve Jack (Freedom) 72 (0.2%) New

New Hartlepool MP Jill Mortimer gives her victory speech