Labour make huge gains across Lancashire

Labour’s Cat Smith won the newly-drawn seat of Lancaster and Wyre

Labour took all but three seats in Lancashire during a disastrous night for the Conservatives.

Fylde was the only constituency held by the Tories, with former Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner Andrew Snowden becoming the seat's new MP.

In Blackburn, independent pro-Gaza candidate Adnan Hussain beat Labour's Kate Hollern in a shock upset.

In Chorley, Commons speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle retained his seat, thanking his most loyal supporter - his father, Lord Doug Hoyle - who died earlier this year.

Labour’s Chris Webb retained his seat in Blackpool South

Conservative Nigel Evans, a former deputy-speaker, lost his Ribble Valley seat to Labour's Maya Ellis by 856 votes, polling 18,177 and overturning his 2019 majority of 16,839.

Labour’s Paul Foster took South Ribble from the Conservatives' Katherine Fletcher by 19,840 to 13,339.

Labour’s Cat Smith won the newly-drawn seat of Lancaster and Wyre with 19,315, a lead of 9,253 over Conservative Peter Cartridge.

Ms Smith was previously MP for Lancaster and Fleetwood, which was abolished alongside former defence secretary Ben Wallace's Preston North and Wyre seat.

In Hyndburn, former Conservative MP Sara Britcliffe lost her seat to Labour's Sarah Smith.

Labour's Lizzi Collinge is the new MP for Morecambe and Lunesdale, beating the Conservatives' David Morris, who had been the MP since 2010.

Fylde is the only constituency retained by the Conservatives, with Andrew Snowden becoming the new MP

Paul Maynard, who has represented the Conservative seat of Blackpool North & Fleetwood since 2010, was been beaten by Lorraine Beavers for Labour.

They won 29% and 40% of the vote respectively.

Antony Higginbotham famously became the first Conservative MP for Burnley in more than a century when he took the seat in 2019.

But the town has now gone back to Labour, with Oliver Ryan winning the seat by 3,420 votes.

Former Conservative Party deputy chairman and ex-Levelling Up Minister Jake Berry was defeated by Labour in Rossendale and Darwen, suffering a 16.2% swing to Labour which saw Andy MacNae win by nearly 6,000 votes.

Labour’s Chris Webb thanked voters for "putting their faith in me again" as he retained his seat in Blackpool South, repeating his resounding by-election win in May which wiped out a Tory majority of 3,690.

Mr Webb now has a majority of almost 7,000.

Labour also took the newly-formed constituency of Pendle and Clitheroe.

Jonathan Hinder beat Conservative Andrew Stephenson, who had held the former Pendle constituency since 2010, by 902 votes.