Election 2024
Results: parties by seats
326 seats for a majority
0 seats to go
  • Labour: 412 seats, 211 seats gained
  • Conservative: 121 seats, 251 seats lost
  • Liberal Democrat: 72 seats, 64 seats gained
  • Scottish National Party: 9 seats, 39 seats lost
  • Sinn Fein: 7 seats, No change
  • Others: 29 seats, 15 seats gained
Change since 2019

Summary

  1. Final boxes arrive at South Devon countpublished at 00:47 British Summer Time 5 July

    Ben Woolvin
    BBC South West Home Affairs correspondent

    The arrival of the final boxes here at the South Devon count means all of the ballot boxes are now in.

    However, the turnout figure is still expected to be some way off yet.

    Final boxes
  2. Wait for ballot boxes 'slowing things down'published at 00:33 British Summer Time 5 July

    Georgia Cornish
    BBC Devon

    As the clock ticked past midnight here in Bideford, we hit almost a complete pause in the count covering the Torridge and Tavistock constituency.

    The last of the postal votes are being verified and counted but the wait on boxes from further afield is slowing things down, with more than a 10-minute gap between the end of the last box and the arrival of the next.

    Counting at Atlantic Racquet Centre
  3. Exit Poll forecasts Lib Dem gain in Torbaypublished at 00:26 British Summer Time 5 July

    Eve Watson
    BBC South West

    Ballot counting is under way at the Riviera Centre here in Torquay.

    Exit polls have forecast this seat could be taken by the Liberal Democrats.

    They had previously held the seat in Torbay since 1997, until Kevin Foster won for the Conservative Party in 2015.

    Steve Darling, the group leader for the Lib Dems for Torbay Council, is hoping to turn the seat yellow again.

    Mr Darling and Mr Foster have yet to make an appearance at the count, but Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall Alison Hernandez is here to show her support for the Conservatives.

  4. Counting under way in new county boundary-crossing constituencypublished at 00:17 British Summer Time 5 July

    The Tiverton & Minehead constituency is new – and is one which crosses the county boundaries of Devon and Somerset.

    Several parliamentary constituencies were changed in 2023 to even out the number of voters in each.

    The MP elected in Tiverton & Minehead will have to deal with two sets of major councils, two police forces, and two or more NHS health trusts.

    There are five candidates standing here.

    BBC's Peter Smith is at the count at the Wellsprings Leisure Centre in Taunton.

  5. Counting yet to start in Central Devonpublished at 00:09 British Summer Time 5 July

    Miles Davis
    Political reporter, South West

    We're still waiting for all of the votes to arrive here at Lord's Meadow Leisure Centre in Crediton.

    It's unsurprising given that Central Devon is one of the largest constituencies by area in England - about 30 miles (48km) from Nomansland in the north to Buckfastleigh in the south and 30 miles across from Beaworthy to Bradninch.

    Ballot boxes arriving at the Central Devon count in Crediton
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    Ballot boxes arriving at the Central Devon count in Crediton

  6. Verification of votes to continue in Barnstaplepublished at 23:59 British Summer Time 4 July

    John Danks
    BBC Spotlight

    All of the ballot boxes have reached us here at the Tarka Tennis Centre in Barnstaple.

    From as far west in the North Devon constituency as Lynton and Lynmouth, and Rackenford in the east.

    Verification of votes is likely to continue here for another 45 minutes.

    Barnstaple verification
  7. Ballot boxes arrive at Newton Abbotpublished at 23:50 British Summer Time 4 July

    Scott Bingham
    BBC Spotlight

    Ballot boxes have arrived and votes have started to be counted for the Newton Abbot seat.

    Held by the Conservatives since 2010, the seat was won by Anne Marie Morris in 2019, with 29,190 votes – 55.5% of the votes. There are eight candidates standing here.

    Newton Abbott ballot box
  8. Counting under way at new seat of Honiton and Sidmouthpublished at 23:35 British Summer Time 4 July

    Ballot boxes have arrived and the count is under way at the new seat of Honiton and Sidmouth.

    As a new constituency, it officially has no defending incumbent, but, in practice, it arguably has two.

    The seat was created from parts of the old East Devon constituency on the one hand and Tiverton and Honiton on the other.

    Both the former seats were traditionally solidly Tory, but a dramatic by-election two years ago saw the Lib Dems snatch Tiverton and Honiton from the Conservatives for the first time ever.

    Honiton and Sidmouth count
  9. Liberal Democrats have 'mountain to climb' in South Devonpublished at 23:22 British Summer Time 4 July

    Ben Woolvin
    BBC South West Home Affairs correspondent

    This is one of the six seats in Devon and Cornwall on the Liberal Democrats target list - seats which they are trying to take from the Conservatives.

    The exit poll will make encouraging reading for the Lib Dems here, and they will hope that efforts to co-ordinate an anti-Conservative vote have helped them, but make no mistake they have a mountain to climb.

    For the last three general elections the Conservatives have got more than 50% of the vote in this constituency - meaning that, in those elections at least, even if all of the non-conservative voters had voted for a single candidate the Conservative candidate would still have won.

    The closest the Lib Dems came to taking this seat was in 1997 - a really bad night for the Tories - when Tony Blair’s labour government was first elected - the Conservative Anthony Steen (36.5%) had a majority of 877 over the Lib Dem Rob Chase (34.9%). There have been some boundary changes since then.

    If we are giving ourselves a bit of tolerance when it comes to boundary changes we could go back even further and say it‘s been more that 100 years since this area chose an MP that wasn’t a Conservative. Voters here chose a Liberal MP in 1923.

  10. Totting up in Torbaypublished at 23:13 British Summer Time 4 July

    Counting is under way in Torquay, where the Torbay constituency votes are being counted.

    There are six candidates standing in the Torbay constituency.

    Those are - Steve Darling (Liberal Democrats), Kevin Foster (Conservatives), Paul Moor (Workers Party of Britain), Gordon Scott (Reform UK), Charlie West (Green Party), and Chris Wongsosaputro (Labour).

    In the 2019 general election, Kevin Foster won for the Conservatives, with 29,863 votes, and a majority of 17,749.

    The seat has been held by the Conservatives since 2015, when the party gained it from the Liberal Democrats.

    General view of count taking place Chestnut Avenue, Torbay, Torquay
  11. Whistle marks the start of counting in Creditonpublished at 23:07 British Summer Time 4 July

    Miles Davis
    Political reporter, South West

    Votes are being counted for the Central Devon constituency at the Lord's Meadow Leisure Centre in Crediton.

    The beginning of the evening was marked by a shrill whistle blast from the man in charge - Stephen Walford, chief executive of Mid Devon District Council - only adding to the school gym class atmosphere in the room lined with basketball hoops.

    The counters are currently checking through postal votes for the constituency.

    The election count for the Central Devon constituency, at Lord's Meadow Leisure Centre in Crediton
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    The election count for the Central Devon constituency, at Lord's Meadow Leisure Centre in Crediton

  12. Boxes arriving in Plymouthpublished at 23:00 British Summer Time 4 July

    Boxes filled with votes are arriving at the Life Centre in Plymouth.

    Votes in the Plymouth Sutton & Devonport, Plymouth Moor View, and South West Devon constituencies will be counted here.

    BBC South West's Political Editor Martyn Oates is there for the duration of the count.

    The election count at the Life Centre in Plymouth
  13. Seats to keep an eye on in Devonpublished at 22:49 British Summer Time 4 July

    Seats in the most south-west of England generally are dominated by the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats, but not in Plymouth.

    The area’s largest city is like a little outpost of national politics, with the Conservatives going to head-to-head, with Labour as the only game in town. And the spoils tend to be evenly divided as the city seesaws between the two big parties.

    Ahead of the general election, BBC South West's Political Editor Martyn Oates has been looking at some of the seats to watch in Devon. Full story.

    Plymouth Moor View
  14. Counting under way in Exeterpublished at 22:38 British Summer Time 4 July

    Votes are being counted in Exeter.

    After the region’s Liberal Democrat MPs fell like dominos in the 2015 election, the only non-Conservative MP left standing was Labour’s Ben Bradshaw in Exeter.

    Mr Bradshaw announced he was stepping down at the next election in 2022 – after 25 years as the MP for Exeter.

    In 2019, Mr Bradshaw won with 29,882 votes, a majority of more than 10,000 votes.

    The election count in Exeter
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    The counting is under way at the Riverside Leisure Centre in Exeter

  15. Dogs at polling stationspublished at 22:30 British Summer Time 4 July

    Earlier today people were out voting across Cornwall and Devon and some took their dogs with them.

    Missy the dogImage source, Douglas Marshall
    Monty and NalaImage source, Liz Farmer
    Lucy the dogImage source, HannahMF
  16. Labour set for general election landslide - exit pollpublished at 22:18 British Summer Time 4 July

    Labour is set to win a general election landslide with a majority of 170, according to an exit poll for the BBC, ITV and Sky.

    If the forecast is accurate, it means Sir Keir Starmer will become prime minister with 410 Labour MPs – just short of Tony Blair's 1997 total.

    The Conservatives are predicted to slump to 131 MPs, their lowest number in post-war history.

    The Liberal Democrats are projected to come third with 61 MPs.

    The exit poll, overseen by Sir John Curtice and a team of statisticians, is based on data from voters at about 130 polling stations in England, Scotland and Wales. The poll does not cover Northern Ireland.

    Read more here.

    A graphic of the exit poll for the 2024 general electionImage source, Ipsos/ BBC News
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    At the past five general elections, the exit poll has been accurate to within a range of 1.5 and 7.5 seats

  17. Thirteen MPs to be elected in Devonpublished at 22:00 British Summer Time 4 July

    Welcome to the BBC South West’s coverage of the general election in Devon now the polls have closed.

    Devon will be returning 13 MPs in total. Who will they be? You'll be able to find out on our live feed here.

    We'll be bringing the latest results as soon as they come in overnight, plus analysis and information throughout the night.

  18. Welcome to our election coveragepublished at 20:00 British Summer Time 4 July

    Voting has been taking place throughout the day across the UK in the 2024 General Election.

    Join us after 22:00 BST for coverage of all the results and reaction across Devon.

    BBC South West will have reporters at the counts and you can follow all the election developments as they happen here on the BBC News website and app.

    You can find out more about how to follow the election on the BBC here.