Election 2024
Results: parties by seats
326 seats for a majority
0 seats to go
Change since 2019

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Summary

  • 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

  • You can find the North East constituencies here in this A-Z search

  • Live results and reaction from across the UK

Live Reporting

Edited by Chris Robinson, Pamela Bilalova, Duncan Leatherdale, Kristie Kinghorn and Rachel Kerr

  1. Analysis

    Will early results follow poll?

    Richard Moss
    Political editor, North East & Cumbria

    A man with a white beard talks to a woman with red hairGetty Images

    Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner hopes for big wins in the North East

    There are early results that might give a test of the polls with one of either Houghton & Sunderland South or Blyth & Ashington tipped to be the first to declare.

    Labour’s potential education secretary Bridget Phillipson will be hoping to retain her Houghton & Sunderland South seat.

    Because of boundary changes Blyth & Ashington starts in the Labour column as it contains only part of the Blyth Valley seat Conservative Ian Levy won so sensationally in 2019.

    Labour will be looking for a big boost in majorities in both those early results, but it’ll also be worth watching how well Reform UK do in their push to pick up at least second place in many seats here.

  2. The calm before the storm in Gateshead

    Maddie Paige
    BBC Radio Newcastle

    It’s a calm start to the count here at Gateshead International Stadium for the new seat of Gateshead Central & Whickham.

    A fitting beginning to replace Ian Mearns as he steps down to retire after 14 years of service.

    A few flurries of red and yellow rosettes have started to appear as the verification process gets under way.

    Counting teams sat around tables at the Gateshead count

  3. Former Durham Labour MP made Lord
    Breaking

    Richard Moss
    Political Editor, North East & Cumbria

    Former North Durham MP Kevan Jones has been made a Lord by Labour in the dissolution honours.

  4. Analysis

    Polls suggest a major change is afoot

    Richard Moss
    Political Editor, BBC North East & Cumbria

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    Change has been Labour’s one-word mantra in the 2024 General Election, and the North East and Cumbria could see some dramatic examples of just that through the night.

    The region has already seen some new boundaries with only two seats left unchanged, and as a result it will be returning three fewer MPs than 2019.

    But if the polls are right there could be an even more dramatic political shift. In the worst case the Tories could even be wiped out in the region - something that has not happened since the modern Conservative Party was formed in the 19th Century. The exit poll though may offer hope of retaining at least some foothold.

    Every seat they snatched from Labour in 2019 is vulnerable, but they could also lose parts of the region they have counted on for decades.

  5. Fun start to the night in Consett

    Alasdair Gill
    BBC Look North

    Much amusement at Consett Leisure Centre as the first box of ballot papers is hurried from the polling station upstairs to the counting hall downstairs - only to be met by a locked door!

    Much relief for officials and those stuck inside when it’s unlocked after a few awkward minutes.

    Woman holding ballot box standing in front of a door

  6. Counting under way in Sunderland

    Gerry Jackson
    BBC Look North

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    The first boxes have arrived at Sunderland, which has a good record of being the first to declare a result.

    Postal votes, which make up about 40% of the tally, are already being counted.

  7. Ready, set, go

    Counting teams in Darlington are awaiting ballot boxes as polls close across the North East.

    People sat around tables at the count in Darlington

  8. Could Tynemouth be first?

    Philippa Goymer
    BBC News, reporting from Tynemouth

    A man stands at a lectern on a stage

    Tynemouth's returning officer Paul Hanson insists there is no rush to declare first

    Tynemouth is a contender for being the first place to declare a result but the returning officer at the count insists they’re not rushing and their priority is for a “calm and accurate” count.

    The reason they could be first is because they have a high number of postal votes.

    They’ve had a good record in recent local elections, been first to declare in the Police and Crime Commissioner election and first to deliver their votes to Sunderland for the recent North East mayoral election.

    The seat has been held by Labour MP Sir Alan Campbell since 1997 and he's standing again this evening.

  9. Welcome to our election coverage

    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 the North East.

    BBC North East & Cumbria 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.