Summary

  1. Conservatives hold Windsorpublished at 06:33 British Summer Time 5 July 2024
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    The Conservatives have held Windsor and Jack Rankin is its new MP.

    He won 16,483 votes. Labour's Pavitar Mann was second, with 10,026 votes, and the Lib Dems' Julian Tisi was third with 9,539 votes.

    Its former Tory MP, Adam Afriyie, stood down ahead of Thursday's general election.

  2. Labour gain Reading West and Mid Berkshirepublished at 06:26 British Summer Time 5 July 2024

    Labour’s Olivia Bailey has taken Reading West and Mid Berkshire, beating the Conservatives’ Ross Mackinnon by 1,361 votes.

    It's a new constituency and has been created from parts of the Reading West, Newbury and Wokingham seats.

  3. Conservative candidate on 'tough night'published at 06:13 British Summer Time 5 July 2024

    Conservative candidate for Windsor, Jack Rankin, said it has been “a tough night” for the party, adding “it’s our fault”.

    “The Conservative Party has lost the trust of millions of people nationally and we’ve got no one to blame other than ourselves,” he said.

    “It’s fair to say we have lost this election rather than Labour has won it.”

    He said the party has “drifted from its core values” and suffered as a result of “errors” including the D-Day incident.

  4. Lib Dems gain Newburypublished at 06:10 British Summer Time 5 July 2024
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    Liberal Democrat Lee Dillon has won the Newbury seat, replacing Conservative Laura Farris, who has been in the seat since 2019.

    Mr Dillon was previously the leader of West Berkshire Council but resigned to campaign to win the seat.

  5. 'You need to really reflect on what's gone wrong'published at 06:06 British Summer Time 5 July 2024

    Conservative candidate and former MP for Newbury Laura Farris says it has been a “disappointing night” for the party.

    “When you take a heavy defeat you need to obviously really, really carefully reflect on what’s gone wrong,” she tells BBC Radio Berkshire.

    She says she thinks some of the infighting in the party in recent years “made it look like politics was not in the service of the public”, which made things difficult, particularly for new MPs.

    She adds it is “important there’s a change of government from time to time” in pluralistic societies.

  6. Economy a priority for new MPpublished at 05:30 British Summer Time 5 July 2024

    The new Labour MP for Earley and Woodley, Yuan Yang, says she is "tremendously happy" with the result.

    As a former Financial Times journalist and economist, she told BBC Radio Berkshire that Labour's - and her - top priority is tackling the cost of living and "getting the economy back on track".

    Yuan Yang is wearing a sandy coloured coat and is wearing red earrings, a red top and carrying a red bag
  7. Labour gain Earley and Woodleypublished at 04:51 British Summer Time 5 July 2024
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    Labour's Yuan Yang, a former Financial Times journalist, has won Earley and Woodley with 18209 votes, beating the Conservatives' Pauline Jorgensen with 17361 votes.

    The Liberal Democrats, Greens and SDP were third, fourth and fifth respectively.

  8. 'Neck and neck' in Earley and Woodleypublished at 04:32 British Summer Time 5 July 2024

    Patrick O'Hagan
    Political reporter, Berkshire

    It’s almost neck-and-neck between Labour’s Yuan Yang and the Conservative’s Pauline Jorgensen in Earley and Woodley.

    There are around about seven, maybe eight hundred votes between them.

    Pauline Jorgensen says that’s enough to have some batches recounted.

    But there are a full 800 votes between these two candidates so all the bets are that Labour are going to take this off the Tories.

  9. Conservative candidate arrives at Maidenhead countpublished at 04:17 British Summer Time 5 July 2024

    The BBC's Katie Tyler says: "Conservative candidate for Maidenhead, Tania Mathias, has arrived at Braywick Leisure Centre as counting continues.

    "She looks extremely calm, but didn't want to comment on how the evening is progressing until after the declaration is made."

    The seat was previously held by former prime minister Theresa May from 1997.

  10. Former council leader is Wokingham's new MPpublished at 04:03 British Summer Time 5 July 2024

    Clive Jones won Wokingham with 25,743 votes, beating the Conservatives' Lucy Demery into second place. She won 17,398 votes.

    Reform's Colin Wright came third with 5,274 votes. Labour's Monica Hamidi and the Greens' Merv Boniface were fourth and fifth respectively.

    Turnout was 72.2%.

    Clive Jones cheering with supporters in the background
  11. Lib Dems gain Wokinghampublished at 03:48 British Summer Time 5 July 2024

    Liberal Democrat Clive Jones is Wokingham's new MP.

    It has been held by the Conservatives for decades.

    Previously Tory MP John Redwood held it from 1987 until his retirement earlier this year.

  12. Liberal Democrats gain Wokingham from the Conservativespublished at 03:47 British Summer Time 5 July 2024

    Graphic showing Liberal Democrats gain Wokingham from the Conservatives. The winning candidate was Clive Jones.
  13. Labour hold Sloughpublished at 03:29 British Summer Time 5 July 2024
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    Labour's Tan Dhesi has been re-elected as the MP for Slough.

    He has held the seat since 2017.

  14. Labour gain in Bracknellpublished at 03:17 British Summer Time 5 July 2024
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    Labour's Peter Swallow has won the seat, beating the Conservatives' James Sunderland, who won the seat in 2019.

    University lecturer Dr Swallow beat the Tories' James Sunderland by just under 800 votes.

    But Reform won 7,445 votes, with Mr Sunderland winning 13,999.

    Dr Swallow won 14,783 votes for Labour.

    Peter Swallow is wearing a dark suit with a red tie in front of Bracknell Forest Council signs
  15. Labour gains Bracknell from the Conservativespublished at 03:15 British Summer Time 5 July 2024

    Graphic showing Labour gains Bracknell from the Conservatives. The winning candidate was Peter Swallow.
  16. Turnout down in Sloughpublished at 02:47 British Summer Time 5 July 2024

    The BBC's Neranjana Elapatha at the Slough count says turnout in the constituency was 53.4% on Thursday.

    That's lower than at 2019's general election, when it was 59%.

  17. 'There's been a real desire for change'published at 02:43 British Summer Time 5 July 2024

    Matt Rodda, who won Reading Central with a majority of 12,600 over the Conservatives' Raj Singh, said he was still trying to take in his victory.

    "It's a huge win for us in Reading. I'm so grateful to local residents for putting their trust in me and it's a great tribute to our Labour team: the council, other supporters, who have been fantastic throughout the campaign but I'm trying to take it all in," he said.

    "There's been a real desire for change and people have expressed their views. That's the fundamental reason: the public wants to see a change of government."

    Matt Rodda is wearing a grey suit jacket and a blue shirt with a red tieImage source, UK Parliament
  18. Labour wins Reading Centralpublished at 02:18 British Summer Time 5 July 2024
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    Matt Rodda has won Reading Central - a new seat at this election - for Labour.

    He was previously the MP for Reading East from 2017 until earlier this year, when it was abolished in boundary changes.

  19. Bracknell count a 'little nervy'published at 02:02 British Summer Time 5 July 2024

    Ed Farrar in Bracknell says the count is a "little nervy".

    "There's plenty of muttering from both the Conservatives who have held this seat since it’s inception and the Labour team heavily favoured in the polls," he said. "I asked Labour candidate Peter Swallow how he was feeling. ‘We’ll see’ was his rather polite way of avoiding me."

  20. Turnout down in Newburypublished at 01:59 British Summer Time 5 July 2024

    The BBC's Alex Meakin at the Newbury count reports that turnout - at 68.3% - is down in that constituency.

    It was 71.9% within the constituency's previous boundaries back in 2019.