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My mum has just texted me to tell me that she voted Reform (in Bolton South and Walkden) and that "the Tories are finished."

Reform beat the Tories yet again to finish second behind Labour in Washington and Gateshead South. Meanwhile, Jeremy Hunt is predicted to become the first Chancellor or the Exchequer in history to lose his seat. Defence Secretary Grant Shapps is also expected to lose his, reminiscent of...

A third declaration - and again it's interesting. Labour's Lewis Atkinson - a former NHS manager - has won with 16,852 votes. However, it was another strong second place finish for Reform, with a swing of 7.7% from Labour to Reform. Interesting in Scotland, too - the ruling party there, the...

Labour have held Blyth and Ashington - also in England's North East. However, it was another strong performance from Reform, who finished second, with a 7.9% swing from Labour to Reform. There are also reports that Farage may have won in Clacton.

First result in: Labour have held Houghton and Sunderland South with Bridget Phillipson getting 18,837 votes. She's the first MP elected to the new Parliament. Reform UK's Sam Woods-Brass finishes a strong second with 11,668 votes. That was a swing of over 3% from Labour to Reform. Just...

Reform UK deputy leader Dr David Bull has told Sky News: "This would be an incredible result for us. This is the beginning of a revolt. Imagine what we can do in five years' time."

Tories set for lowest vote share in party’s history Professor Sir John Curtice BBC polling expert The Conservative share of the vote and seat tally, according to the exit poll, could be the lowest in the party’s history. Its seat tally might be affected by the party’s vote falling more heavily...

All quiet outside Sunak's house in Richmond The BBC'S Victoria Derbyshire is outside Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's house in his constituency of Richmond, Yorkshire She says it's been very quiet there and Sunak is inside, no doubt absorbing the news of the exit poll. "If it's accurate, he'll be...

Blyth and Sunderland in the north east of England are competing to be the first to announce their results. Sunderland has been the first in recent elections.

Exit poll - Massive Labour landslide Labour to win 410 seats (out of 650), a majority of 170 It would be the biggest gain in seats since 1945 Tories to be decimated to just 131 seats, their lowest since 1832 Tories may suffer the biggest collapse of any party in history Reform UK predicted...

Ten minutes to go until the polling stations close at 10pm and BBC One, BBC News 24, ITV1, Channel 4 and Sky News release the highly accurate exit poll. It's going to be a dramatic night in British politics.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty arrive at their local polling station to vote. I bet they didn't vote Labour.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage looks set to become an MP for the first time after years of being an MEP. He is running in the Essex seaside constituency of Clacton. Yesterday young people in the town spoke of their support for Reform UK. It is the Reform youth who will sweep Farage to power in...

BBC Question Time audience member tried to embarrass Reform UK leader Farage during the election campaign but it failed miserably...

That would be nice. I've already voted for Reform UK's Trevor Jones here in the Bolton North East constituency but I think Labour's Kirith Entwistle will win. Where I live was for years part of Bolton South East constituency (we had Labour's Yasmin Qureshi as our MP) but for this election...

Labour will do sod all. There's almost no difference between them and the so-called Tories nowadays. Labour aren't about to win the biggest landslide since 1832 because they are so popular. They're about to do it just because the Tory Government is so unpopular.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage stops for a pint with GB News's Christopher Hope and says that his party will get 6 million votes. It's predicted that Nigel Farage will become an MP for the first time. It will be interesting seeing him take on Starmer in the Commons during the weekly PMQs...

Born in 1962, the son of a nurse and a toolmaker, Keir Starmer - the Labour MP for Holborn and St Pancras - is set to be appointed as Prime Minister by the King on Friday. But who is he? Here The New Statesman's Andrew Marr tell us the life of Sir Keir Starmer...

Sir Keir Starmer: "We have no intention to return to the EU, Single Market or customs union"