Follow our live coverage of the North East's general election results
Labour holds seats across region and wins Hexham for first time in 100 years
Conservative losses include Anne-Marie Trevelyan and Sir Simon Clarke, as well as Darlington, Redcar and Hartlepool
Matt Vickers only Teesside Tory from 2019 blue wall to win a seat
Reform UK takes second place in many counts
Sunderland declared the country's first election result, with Blyth coming second
BBC Newcastle and BBC Tees have continued coverage throughout Friday
Look North will have all the reaction and analysis at 18:50, with an extended lunchtime bulletin
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Here are some pictures of the moment Labour supporters found out their candidate Joe Morris had won Hexham.
The seat had been held by the Conservatives (latterly Guy Opperman) since 1924.
Nerves awaiting the result...
...turned to celebrations moments later
Joe Morris will become Hexham's first ever Labour MP
Newcastle East & Wallsend has been held by Labour, with Reform coming second.
Labour has won the newly-created seat of Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor, which includes Tony Blair's former Sedgefield seat that was won by the Conservatives in 2019.
Labour has won Hexham, a seat that has been held by the Conservatives for 100 years.
Labour's Liz Twist has held Blaydon and Consett, with Reform coming second.
Labour's Jonathan Brash has taken Hartlepool back from the Conservatives, after winning 16,414 votes.
Conservative Jill Mortimer had won the seat in 2021's by-election, becoming the first Tory MP in the constituency's history.
But she found herself in third place with 7,767 votes behind Amanda Napper from Reform UK, who got 8,716 votes.
Labour's Catherine McKinnell has held Newcastle North.
Labour has won Bishop Auckland back from the Conservatives.
Easington has been held by Labour MP Graham Morris, with Reform coming second.
Peter Harris
BBC Look North, Darlington
New Darlington MP Lola McEvoy has pledged a "happier, brighter future" after winning the seat for Labour.
She defeated sitting Conservative Peter Gibson by just over 2,000 votes.
Ms McEvoy, who was born and brought up in the town, polled 16,621 votes to the Tories' 14,323.
"We've taken a step to a proud, green industrial future," she said.
Labour had been fighting to win back a seat they lost to the Tories in 2019.
Mr Gibson said it had been the "privilege of my life to represent the town".
He said he believed the Tories would leave behind lasting change, citing the Darlington economic campus which he said has brought more than 2,000 civil service jobs to the town.
Reform UK candidate Michael Walker came third with 6,852 votes on a turnout of 60%.
Martin Lindsay
BBC Radio Newcastle
Labour’s Kate Osborne has been elected MP for Jarrow and Gateshead East.
She’s been the MP for Jarrow since 2019, but that seat changed under the new boundaries. So, this was a Labour hold with more than 18,000 votes.
There were huge cheers from her camp when the result was announced, but she admitted she’s concerned by the number of votes Reform UK got here, as it came second.
She said her main priority locally is to tackle child poverty - the North East has the highest rates in the country.
But first, she and her team are off to celebrate with a few drinks.
Pamela Tickell
BBC News, Blyth
While all eyes have been the election results, a hat in Blyth has garnered attention of its own online.
Worn by the High Sheriff of Northumberland, who is declaring the results of four counts, it has attracted many comments, with some calling it "the hat of the night”.
But what's the story behind it?
Lucia Bridgeman, High Sheriff of Northumberland, said: "The outfit that the high sheriff wears, it's not meant to be ostentatious, but is meant to be a uniform, in a sense."
She said her outfit was "very simple, a dress, a coat, and a hat - and the hat has ostrich feathers on it.”
But Ms Bridgeman said she was shocked to hear it had gone viral.
"I don't have Twitter, so I won’t even see it [the comments], how funny," she said.
This is not the last we will see of the hat, either.
She said: "I was given the hat, this is not my hat, it's been handed on by a previous High Sheriff in another county.
“So it’s come to Northumberland and it will be passed on, you will see it again,” Ms Bridgeman promised.
Redcar's former MP Anna Turley has taken back the seat she lost in 2019.
Labour's Ms Turley was replaced by the Conservative's Jacob Young at the last general election, but the tables have turned once again with her winning 15,663 votes against his 12,340.
Reform candidate John Davies came third with 7,216.
