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Until now, Wiltshire had a Conservative MP for every seat.

But the tables have turned, with Labour taking two seats and the Liberal Democrats taking three.

BBC Wiltshire's political reporter Dan O'Brien said: "The county had been a sea of blue for years. Not anymore."

Click here to see how the Tory heartland turned multi-colour.

Overnight, we saw dramatic changes to the political landscape in the west of England.

Not only did some well-known and long-serving MPs lose their seats, but many took on brand new seats in Parliament after boundary changes created new constituencies.

Click here to see some of the key winners in the west.

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The Conservative MP for Salisbury says "there's a lot to take" from the election results.

John Glen was re-elected with 17,110 votes, holding off the challenge of Labour's Matt Aldridge and the Liberal Democrats' Victoria Charleston.

He said: "What I saw happening with Covid and partygate and what happened with Liz Truss massively damaged people's confidence in us as a party.

"But it's more complicated than that because it's also about an era where people expect politicians to deliver things very quickly.

"When things like Covid happen and you borrow vast sums of money, it isn't quite as straightforward as that."

It was an emotional win for Liberal Democrat Sarah Gibson, who was elected MP for Chippenham.

The seat turned from Tory blue to yellow, with Ms Gibson winning 45.5% of the vote.

She told BBC Radio Wiltshire she was "elated" to be the person picked for the job.

"There are pockets of deprivation in rural parts of the constituency that people don't see and it is really scary."

"They just need support and I'm excited to be able to do that," she added.

It has been a dramatic night across the West Country, with lots of heartbreak for outgoing MPs.

Some of those former politicians made passionate speeches before bowing out of public service.

Sir Robert Buckland was the first Conservative to lose his seat, when Swindon South was won by Labour's Heidi Alexander.

Afterwards he spoke out against some of his former colleagues.

"I'm fed up of personal agendas, and jockeying for position," he said.

"The truth is now, with the Conservatives facing this electoral Armageddon, it will be like a group of bald men arguing over a comb."

Meanwhile, former MP Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg quoted Chitty Chitty Bang Bang during his departure speech.

He said: "From the ashes of disaster grow the roses of success."

Sir Jacob lost his bid to become the MP for the newly-formed North East Somerset and Hanham seat. The area's new MP is Labour's Dan Norris.

Incoming MPs also delivered animated speeches.

Liberal Democrat Max Wilkinson clinched a “historic” victory after unseating Conservative Alex Chalk to become Cheltenham’s new MP.

He said: “I firmly believe that all politics is done with a smile on its face and politicians are better when they aren’t taking themselves too seriously, but they are taking seriously the concerns of the public."

Liberal democrat Roz Savage said she does not "underestimate the scale" of the challenge of being an MP for the South Cotswolds constituency.

In her speech, she said: "My work as your MP starts right now.

"There is so much that needs to be done.

"I'm here to serve all of you, your families and your communities."

Ms Savage beat Conservative James Gray, who had been a Conservative MP for North Wiltshire since 1997, and was standing as the candidate for the newly-formed South Cotswolds seat.

The new seat takes in almost half of the old Cotswold constituency - including Cirencester and its surroundings such as Lechlade, Fairford and Tetbury - but also Kingswood near Wotton-under-Edge (not be confused with the Bristol district of the same name).

It also includes many parts of North Wiltshire such as Malmesbury, Cricklade, Castle Combe and Minety.

South Cotswolds had one of the highest turnouts in the UK. See the top five below:

1) Richmond Park: 75.6%

2) Harpenden and Berkhamsted: 75.2%

3) Godalming and Ash: 73.7%

4) South Cotswolds: 73.1%

5) Rushcliffe: 72.9%

Never has the political map of the West changed so dramatically in a single night. A region which was previously a sea of Conservative blue has gone overwhelmingly Lib Dem yellow and Labour red.

The big names that fell are astonishing. Serving cabinet ministers like Mark Harper, Alex Chalk and Michelle Donelan. Former Secretaries of State like Jacob Rees-Mogg, Liam Fox and Robert Buckland.

Some knew they were on the brink; in places like Cheltenham and South Swindon the Tory majorities last time were slender.

But others did not expect it. Liam Fox had represented North Somerset for three decades; the area has never had a Labour MP – until now. Michelle Donelan’s old seat was split up due to boundary changes; she chose Melksham and Devizes, thinking it was a safer bet. It wasn’t.

The Liberal Democrats took her out, and removed a string of other Conservatives, on their way to reinstating the West Country as a heartland. As the campaign progressed they had sensed things were looking better and better – but ending up with nearly half the area’s seats still exceeded all expectations.

Labour celebrated in places they had not expected, taking seats that had looked like outside chances. But they will be stung by the loss of Thangam Debbonaire in Bristol Central, ousted by the Greens’ Carla Denyer.

But the small party that many will feel has had the most influence for the least gain is Reform UK, who won no seats in the West. They polled strongly, which the Tories feel was at their expense.

I have covered elections in the West for three decades. Never has an election been as dramatic as this.

Lib Dem candidate Brian Matthew celebrated his win in Melksham and Devizes with his dog Heidi.

Mr Matthew received 20,031 votes (39.1%). The seat was previously held by the Conservatives' Michelle Donelan.

Going into this election, every single one of Wiltshire's MPs were Conservative - it had been a sea of blue for years. Not anymore.

We now have three Liberal Democrats and two Labour MPs, alongside the three remaining Conservatives who made it back into office.

Salisbury's John Glen, South West Wiltshire's Andrew Murrison and East Wiltshire's Danny Kruger return to the Commons, now in opposition.

But Sir Robert Buckland, Michelle Donelan, Justin Tomlinson and James Gray are no longer MPs.

Labour's Heidi Alexander and Will Stone win South and North Swindon respectively, and for the Liberal Democrats Sarah Gibson wins Chippenham, Roz Savage wins South Cotswolds and Brian Mathew wins in Melksham and Devizes.

South West Wiltshire was held by the Conservatives, but Andrew Murrison's thumping majority from 2019 was hugely reduced.

Dr Murrison won about 34% of the vote (15,617), with Evelyn Akoto winning about 27% (12,374).

Ms Akoto said she was “very proud” of the campaign.

“Obviously I’m disappointed, I really wanted to win for the people of South West Wiltshire, I had plans, I wanted to really advocate for them, but we really narrowed the majority," she said

Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrat candidate Bret Palmer said: “It was a very honest campaign. There wasn’t a lot of backbiting, I think everybody can be proud of themselves.”

Conservative Andrew Murrison has retained his seat in South West Wiltshire.

In 2019, he won by a large majority, with 60% of the vote.

Today has been quite different, as this time Labour’s Evelyn Akoto was not far behind.

Dr Murrison won about 34% of the vote (15,617), with Ms Akoto getting about 27% (12,374).

Speaking to the BBC afterwards, he said he was “deeply humbled” by his constituents voting him in again.

“It’s not been a great night for my party. I’ve seen a large number of colleagues and close friends lose their seats – they will be a great loss to their constituents.

“It was clear it was going to be a lot tighter this time. This campaign has felt very different to 2019, it’s been hard fought," he said.

Lib Dem candidate Roz Savage gained the South Cotswolds seat.

Newly elected East Wiltshire MP Danny Kruger has a clear view the Conservatives must reach out to Reform voters if they are to return as a political force.

"It's really plain we've just lost this election because millions of our voters left us to vote for Reform. There's no other possible explanation."

"We should have made some different decisions, particularly around our policy on migration. Too many people felt, in my view fairly, that we haven't gripped the challenge of illegal and legal migration."

Kruger rejected the idea the Conservative campaign was to blame, saying: "There were some mistakes made but they were essentially superficial."

John Glen held on to his seat here. This is one of the safest Conservative seats in the country, but even here there was a feeling over the last few weeks that even Salisbury could change its history.

But as the ballot papers starting to pile up, it became clear Salisbury wasn’t going to provide the political earthquake the polls threatened.

John Glen said he was ‘absolutely thrilled’ - and looked elated and relieved to be amongst the shaking hands of happy Tory campaigners.

He also said ‘It’s the toughest campaign I’ve fought’.

It was. His nearly 20,000 majority in 2019 was whittled down to just under 4,000. A tough message to take.

He’s a close colleague of Rishi Sunak, and has always been a supporter. On the fate of his party, he blamed party-gate and the failings of the Liz Truss era in eroding trust.

Interestingly, he also blamed being in an era where people expect politicians to solve big problems quickly, without understanding the reality of governing through crises like Covid.

Danny Kruger retains his seat.

John Glen holds on in Salisbury.

Sarah GIbson, candidate for the Liberal Democrats, has won the seat in Chippenham with 22,552 votes.