Who are Northamptonshire's newly elected MPs?
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Labour took five of Northamptonshire's seven constituency seats.
They were all Labour targets, including the hard-fought seat of Kettering.
The Conservatives retained the two blue seats held by Dame Andrea Leadsom and Chris Heaton-Harris, both of whom decided not to stand again.
Here is an overview of all the county's MPs.
Northampton South
Mike Reader - Northampton South
The constituency had a voter turnout of 62%, which was down 7% from 2019.
Northampton South results:
Labour, Mike Reader - 16, 890
Conservatives, Andrew Lewer - 12, 819
Reform UK, Tony Owens - 8,210
Liberal Democrats, Jill Hope - 3,193
Green, Simon Sneddon - 2,398
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, Katie Simpson - 296
Climate Party, Penelope Tollitt - 98
Corby and East Northamptonshire
Lee Barron - Corby and East Northamptonshire
The constituency had a voter turnout of 63%, which was down 7.3% from 2019.
Labour's Lee Barron won this seat, a key target for the party, from defending MP and former Conservative immigration minister Tom Pursglove.
Mr Barron has lived in Northamptonshire his whole life.
His father was a bootmaker in Raunds. He was a postal worker with Royal Mail and became a trade union representative.
Corby and East Northamptonshire results:
Labour, Lee Barron - 21,020
Conservatives, Tom Pursglove - 14,689
Reform UK, Eddie McDonald - 8,760
Green, Lee Forster - 2, 507
Liberal Democrats, Chris Lofts - 2,191
Independent, Karen Blott - 422
Northampton North
Lucy Rigby - Northampton North
The constituency had a voter turnout of 55%, which was down 12.2% from 2019.
Lucy Rigby, a solicitor specialising in competition law, contested the Lincoln constituency in 2015 and has been a councillor for a London council.
After winning, she told the Local Democracy Reporting Service she was "passionate" about the change she wanted to deliver for people in her constituency.
Ms Rigby said her three main priorities would be tackling the cost of living, improving public services and creating a thriving town centre that Northampton could be proud of.
Northampton North results:
Labour, Lucy Rigby - 18,209
Conservatives, Dan Bennett - 9,195
Reform UK, Antony Antoniou - 7,010
Green, Eishar Bassan - 2,558
Liberal Democrats, Chris Leggett - 2,251
Workers Party of Britain, Khalid Razzaq - 1,531
Independent, Paul Clark - 1,059
Wellingborough and Rushden
Gen Kitchen - Wellingborough and Rushden
The constituency had a voter turnout of 57%, which was down 4.7% from 2019.
Labour's Gen Kitchen retained her seat with 17, 754 votes.
She had previously won it in a by-election triggered by a recall petition for Conservative MP Peter Bone earlier this year.
Wellingborough and Rushden results:
Labour, Gen Kitchen - 17, 734
Conservatives, David Goss - 12,248
Reform UK, Ben Habib - 9,456
Green, Paul Mannion - 2,704
Liberal Democrats, Christopher Townsend - 1,570
Jeremy Brittin: 273
Kettering
Rosie Wrighting - Kettering
The constituency had a voter turnout of 63%, which was down 5% from 2019.
This seat previously had a Tory majority of 17,363 and now has a Labour one of 3,820 - a swing of 20%.
Kettering results:
Labour, Rosie Wrighting -18,009
Conservatives, Philip Hollobone - 14,189
Reform UK, Crispian Besley - 8,468
Green, Emily Fedorowycz - 7,004
Liberal Democrats, Sarah Ryan - 1,357
Independent, Jim Hakewill - 1,057
Social Democratic Party, Matthew Murphy - 85
Alliance of Democracy and Freedom, Jehad Aburamadan - 62
South Northamptonshire
Sarah Bool - South Northamptonshire
The constituency had a voter turnout of 69%, which was down 4.3% from 2019.
The Conservatives managed to retain this seat previously held by Dame Andrea Leadsom, who decided not to stand in the election.
South Northamptonshire results:
Conservatives, Sarah Bool - 19,191
Labour, Rufia Ashraf - 15,504
Reform UK, Paul Hogan - 8,962
Liberal Democrats, Stewart Tolley - 4,989
Green, Emmie Williamson - 3040
Independent, Ian McCord -1,556
Workers Party of Britain, Mick Stott - 246
Independent, Stuart Robert - 209
Daventry
Stuart Andrew - Daventry
The constituency had a voter turnout of 66%, which was down 8.8% from 2019.
Previous Conservative MP Chris Heaton-Harris decided not to stand again and Stuart Andrew won the seat for the Tories with 17,872 votes.
During campaigning, Mr Andrew said: "We are committed to supporting a high-quality and sustainable social care system, building on our additional investment of up to £8.6bn over the last two years."
Daventry results:
Conservatives, Stuart Andrew - 17,872
Labour, Marianne Kimani - 14,860
Reform UK, Scott Cameron - 10,636
Liberal Democrats, Jonathan Harris, - 6,755
Green, Clare Slater - 2,959
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