General election results and reaction from across North Yorkshire
Rishi Sunak retains his seat in Richmond and Northallerton but admits defeat to Labour
Labour gain York Outer and Scarborough and Whitby from Conservatives
Lib Dems gain Harrogate and Knaresborough from Conservatives
Kevin Hollinrake holds Thirsk and Malton for Conservatives
Rachael Maskell holds York Central for Labour
Labour holds Selby
Conservatives hold Skipton and Ripon
Conservatives win Wetherby and Easingwold
Conceding defeat in the general election, Rishi Sunak says the British people have delivered a "sobering verdict" on his party.
Mr Sunak has held onto his Richmond and Northallerton seat, picking up 23,059 votes.
He says he has called Keir Starmer to concede the election and he is heading down to London.
Mr Sunak says it has been a "difficult night" and admits Labour has won the election.
Rishi Sunak - who is, for now, still the prime minister - holds on to his seat in Richmond and Northallerton.
He wins with 23,059 votes.
Labour’s Tom Wilson got 10,874, and Reform got more than 7,000 votes.
Also worth a mention - Count Binface got 308 votes.
Labour's Rachael Maskell retains her seat in York Central, picking up 24,537 votes.
Tom Gordon has been outlining his priorities after ousting the Conservatives in Harrogate and Knaresborough.
We are hearing that York Central is close to a declaration.
All agents are being called for now.
Image source, PA MediaWe've looked at the smallest majorities, now for the biggest.
As explained earlier the redrawing of constituency boundaries in 2023 has resulted in a recalculation of the majorities - with the figures below reflecting the majorities that would have been achieved in 2019 based on the 2024 boundaries.
The largest majorities in Yorkshire are:
Turnout in the Richmond and Northallerton constituency - where Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is standing - has been confirmed at 65.8%.
This is slightly down from 69.9% in 2019.
Image source, UK ParliamentIn total, 132 MPs chose not to stand again at the general election, including six from Yorkshire.
Conservatives Robert Goodwill (Scarborough and Whitby) and Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley) chose not to seek re-election this time, as did former Labour MPs Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central), Holly Lynch (Halifax), Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield) and Rosie Winterton (Doncaster Central).
Mr Sheerman, who announced his plan to step down in 2021, was first elected as an MP for Huddersfield East in 1979 before representing the Huddersfield constituency from 1983.
The 84-year-old described his time in parliament as "the honour of my life" but said he was looking forward to spending more time with his family.
Olivia Richwald
BBC Look North
Image source, BBC/Olivia RichwaldAndrew Jones, the former Conservative MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough, says losing his seat to the Liberal Democrats is "very disappointing" but reflective of "a national swing".
"It's been remarkably friendly on the doorsteps, the opinion polls haven't shifted for months now," he says.
"The general conversations have been 'oh I like you, I like what you've been doing in our area but I don't like what's been happening down in Westminster'."
Newly elected MP Tom Gordon has declared his win in as an "historic moment for Harrogate and Knaresborough, the country and the Liberal Democrats".
"We are back. Back in Harrogate and Knaresborough, back in Yorkshire and back right across our country.".
He went on to thank Ed Davey for "injecting some much needed fun" into the election and for putting "front and centre the issues of care and caring that are so important".
It’s the Lib Dem’s first seat of the night as they take Harrogate & Knaresborough from the Conservatives. Tom Gordon beats Andrew Jones with a majority of more than 8,000.
Tom Gordon has been elected as MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough, ousting the former Conservative MP Andrew Jones.
Mr Gordon secured 23,976 votes to Mr Jones' 15,738.
Reform UK came third with 5,679 votes, pushing Labour into fourth with 4,153.
Richard Edwards
BBC Political Reporter, North Yorkshire
As we wait for the results to start coming in, BBC Yorkshire political reporter Richard Edwards has highlighted a few seats to keep an eye on and why.
Can Labour win in York Outer? They have to if they have any hope of a majority.
How will Reform UK do in Scarborough & Whitby? They look strong there and are threatening to take votes off the Conservatives.
Will the Rishi Sunak keep his seat? I expect him to, but he’s being pushed very hard by Labour.
Will Labour win any previously “unwinnable” seats? Back in 2023 Labour's Keir Mather upset the apple cart and overturned a huge Conservative majority, but that was a particular set of circumstances. For me, their best chance tonight in the “mega-majority” areas would be Skipton and Ripon, but I still expect the Conservatives to hold on.
Richard Edwards
BBC Political Reporter, North Yorkshire
Image source, Getty ImagesAcross North Yorkshire it's been a cost-of-living campaign.
The issue has come up more than any other - and in places that might have been seen as better off - such as Ripon or Easingwold.
Public transport, especially in rural areas, has been big too.
One voter told me how on a Bank Holiday weekend buses stop from Saturday night until Tuesday morning.
“It’s like being a prisoner,” she said.
Louise Fewster
Reporter, BBC Radio York
All the ballot boxes have now been received at York racecourse from both York Central and York Outer constituencies.
Conservative candidate Richard Hudson, who is standing in York Central, said tonight's result may be something the his party "may need to regroup and learn from" if the exit polls are to be believed.
He added that he does not think people have suddenly switched to Labour, but that Reform "may have taken a share of the vote and that's actually taken quite a drastic effect for how many MP's we'll be looking to return to Parliament".
Richard Edwards
BBC Political Reporter, North Yorkshire
Inside the Richmond and Northallerton count, nothing appears that much different from most other counts - apart from the extra journalists that are here.
But, step outside and it's quickly brought home how big a deal this seat is - row after row of television satellite vans, a big police presence, sniffer dogs and even a festival-style burger van.
The reason for all of this of course is it's the seat Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hopes to retain for the Conservatives.
We'll find out at about 04:00 BST if he's pulled it off.
Meanwhile one of his challengers - Count Binface - has beamed in a message to say he's on his way.
Labour's Rachael Maskell, who is standing in York Central, has been reacting to the exit poll predicting a Labour landslide.
She told the BBC: "Obviously the county has made a decision that they want to see change and so see a Labour government.
"It looks very possible that we will see many Tory seats fall tonight and to see new MPs coming in to the house of Commons.
"This country is on its knees and it is Labour that will pick it up and people know that and today they have voted for that."
Of the 45 seats contested in 2019 across North, South and West Yorkshire, seven switched hands, and all seven turned from red to blue.
The Conservatives took Don Valley, Penistone and Stocksbridge, Rother Valley, Keighley, Colne Valley, Dewsbury and Wakefield five years ago as Labour's so-called "red wall" crumbled.
On a night of big wins for the Conservatives, Alex Stafford (pictured above) became the first Tory MP for Rother Valley since it was created in 1918 while Nick Fletcher ended almost 100-years of Labour dominance in Don Valley.
Since then Wakefield has turned red again, with Simon Lightwood winning the seat following a by-election in June 2022 after previous incumbent Imran Ahmad-Khan was convicted and jailed for sexual assault.