Summary

  • Results coming in from across Merseyside and western Cheshire

  • Southport’s new MP becomes seaside town’s first ever Labour representative

  • Tories could be without any Merseyside MPs

  • Labour holds Birkenhead, Knowsley, Widnes & Halewood, Runcorn & Helsby and Bootle

  • Labour also retains the Liverpool seats of West Derby, Riverside, Walton

  • Reform performs very strongly, beating the Tories in several seats

  • Labour set to win a landslide victory, according to exit poll

  • Live results and reaction from across the UK

Live Reporting

Written by Paul Burnell and edited by Ian Shoesmith

  1. Counting under way in Liverpool

    Counting has started for the Liverpool Wavertree constituency.

    Liverpool Wavertree count

  3. Welcome to our election results coverage

    Welcome to our general election night results coverage for Merseyside and western Cheshire.

    BBC Radio Merseyside has 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.

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