Election 2024
Results: parties by seats
326 seats for a majority
0 seats to go
  • Labour: 412 seats, 211 seats gained
  • Conservative: 121 seats, 251 seats lost
  • Liberal Democrat: 72 seats, 64 seats gained
  • Scottish National Party: 9 seats, 39 seats lost
  • Sinn Fein: 7 seats, No change
  • Others: 29 seats, 15 seats gained
Change since 2019

Summary

  1. Labour wins general electionpublished at 05:09 British Summer Time 5 July

    Nationally, Labour have officially secured the 326 seats needed to command a majority in the House of Commons.

    Sir Keir Starmer is giving his victory speech now.

    Sir Keir StarmerImage source, Reuters

    You can follow the national situation here.

  2. A recap of the Worcestershire resultspublished at 05:01 British Summer Time 5 July

    James Pearson
    Political reporter, Hereford & Worcester

    We're expecting results from Herefordshire soon, but here's a recap of all the votes which took place in Worcestershire.

    Worcester Labour gain - majority 7,116 Bromsgrove Conservative hold - majority 3,016 Redditch- Labour gain - majority 789 Wyre Forest- Con hold - majority 812 Droitwich and Evesham - Con hold - majority 8,995 West Worcestershire - Con hold - majority 6,547

  3. Baldwin pledges to fight for rural areaspublished at 04:54 British Summer Time 5 July

    Alistair Binney
    Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester

    Harriett Baldwin saw her vote plummet from 34,909 in 2019 to 19,783 this time around, but she was able to hold on to the West Worcestershire seat for the Conservatives.

    She told us there would be "time to analyse this" at a later time, but she now wanted to focus her attention on representing her constituency.

    Looking further forwards, she said she would be focusing on making sure "rural areas and shire counties continue to get their fair funding".

    That will include working with the new Labour MPs in Worcestershire and she said: "I think we've all got to put the interests of Worcestershire residents first."

    Harriet Baldwin
  4. A very different picture from 2019published at 04:43 British Summer Time 5 July

    To put a bit of perspective on tonight's results and show how things have changed, here are the results from the last election, in 2019.

    As you'll see, there were some large Conservative majorities.

    You'll also notice there is no Droitwich and Evesham constituency on this list - the bulk of that constituency used to be known as Mid Worcestershire and it was renamed during boundary changes.

    • Bromsgrove - Conservative majority of 23,106
    • North Herefordshire - Conservative majority of 24,856
    • Hereford and South Herefordshire - Conservative majority of 19,686
    • West Worcestershire - Conservative majority of 24,499
    • Worcester - Conservative majority of 6,758
    • Redditch - Conservative majority of 16,036
    • Mid Worcestershire - Conservative majority of 28,018
    • Wyre Forest - Conservative majority of 21,413
  5. Conservatives hold Bromsgrovepublished at 04:32 British Summer Time 5 July
    Breaking

    Matt Hutchinson
    Reporter, BBC Hereford and Worcester

    The Conservatives have held on to Sajid Javid's former constituency - Bromsgrove.

    Bradley Thomas was their winning candidate, who had a winning margin of 3,016.

    That's down from 23,106 in 2019.

  6. Lib Dem involved in Ed Davey stunts wanted fun in campaignpublished at 04:26 British Summer Time 5 July

    Alistair Binney
    Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester

    The Liberal Democrats appear on-course for a great night, if the exit polls are correct and could end up with as many as 61 seats in the new Parliament.

    Dan Boatright-Green, their candidate for the West Worcestershire seat came second to the Conservative's Harriet Baldwin with 13,236 votes to her 19,783.

    He's had an interesting campaign too and was also involved in some of those memorable election stunts which his leader, Ed Davey has been involved in.

    Dan Boatright-Green

    He told us: "Yes it is a bit of light fun, but life is meant to be enjoyable, it's meant to be an experience."

    He added: "One of the things we said about this campaign is we wanted to make sure it was positive, that it demonstrated what we could do and at the same time it highlighted the issues we care about."

  7. Conservatives hold West Worcestershire.published at 04:16 British Summer Time 5 July
    Breaking

    Harriett Baldwin has held on to West Worcestershire for the Conservatives.

    She had a majority of 6,547 votes.

  8. Conservatives hold Droitwich and Eveshampublished at 04:10 British Summer Time 5 July
    Breaking

    Charlotte A Broadbent
    BBC Hereford and Worcester

    Nigel Huddleston has kept his seat in the renamed Droitwich and Evesham seat.

    He held off Labour by 8,996 votes.

    Nigel Huddleston
  9. More from Mark Garnierpublished at 04:03 British Summer Time 5 July

    Felicity Kvesic
    Journalist, BBC Hereford and Worcester

    More from Mark Garnier.

    He told us: "I do get that people are very frustrated with what's happened over the last five years."

    He says he will double his resolved to justify his election.

    His vote declined by 50% compared with 2019 and he said that should be "a clear message to all of us in the Conservative party".

    Speaking about the future of his party, he said he wanted to "sit down and see who's left" first of all, and then the Conservatives needed to "think very carefully about our leader".

    He wouldn't say who he wanted to lead the party, but said it needed a "vision" for the future.

  10. Mark Garnier looking for successor to Sunakpublished at 03:51 British Summer Time 5 July

    Felicity Kvesic
    Journalist, BBC Hereford and Worcester

    Mark Garnier has been speaking following his narrow win in Wyre Forest.

    He said the whole party needed to change and that included potentially replacing Rishi Sunak as leader.

    But he says he hasn't got the "thick skin" required for the job.

    Mark Garnier

    Mr Garnier also thanked his wife, who he said was diagnosed with breast cancer last month.

  11. Labour gains Redditch from the Conservativespublished at 03:41 British Summer Time 5 July

    Graphic showing Labour gains Redditch from the Conservatives. The winning candidate was Chris Bloore.
  12. Labour win Redditch from Conservativespublished at 03:38 British Summer Time 5 July
    Breaking

    Tom Edwards
    Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester

    Labour have taken Redditch from the Conservatives.

    Their candidate Chris Bloore won by just 789 votes.

    Chris Bloore
  13. Collins says he represents a changed partypublished at 03:26 British Summer Time 5 July

    James Pearson
    Political reporter, Hereford & Worcester

    Tom Collins has been speaking following his win in the Worcester election.

    The Labour politician thanked his family, who he said made the "biggest sacrifice" during the campaign.

    He also said he represents a changed party, that’s focused on the issues voters care about.

    "We have been working hard for over a year and a half" to deliver a "message of hope" he added.

    Tom Collins
  14. Labour gains Worcester from the Conservativespublished at 03:20 British Summer Time 5 July

    Graphic showing Labour gains Worcester from the Conservatives. The winning candidate was Tom Collins.
  15. Conservative hold on to Wyre Forestpublished at 03:17 British Summer Time 5 July
    Breaking

    Felicity Kvesic
    Journalist, BBC Hereford and Worcester

    Mark Garnier has held on to the Wyre Forest seat for the Conservatives.

    His winning margin was just 812 votes.

    Mark Garnier
  16. Labour take Worcester from Conservativespublished at 03:11 British Summer Time 5 July
    Breaking

    James Pearson
    Political reporter, Hereford & Worcester

    Labour have taken Worcester from the Conservatives.

    Their candidate, Tom Collins, won it by 7,116 votes.

    Tom Colins
  17. Going to the wire in the Wyre Forest?published at 02:56 British Summer Time 5 July

    Felicity Kvesic
    Journalist, BBC Hereford and Worcester

    Mark Garnier, the Conservative candidate for the Wyre Forest says his count is going to be "squeaky close", but his team is hoping they've just nabbed it, possibly with a majority of less than 1,000.

    It that's the case, we could be looking at a recount.

    Mark Garnier
  18. Worcester result in about 20 minutespublished at 02:44 British Summer Time 5 July

    We could be getting our first result of the night, with the Worcester result expected at about 03:00.

    After that, we could be seeing a result from Droitwich and Evesham at about 03:30.

    West Worcestershire could produce a result at around the same time.

  19. Reform candidate 'excited but nervous'published at 02:41 British Summer Time 5 July

    Charlotte A Broadbent
    BBC Hereford and Worcester

    The Reform candidate for Droitwich and Evesham, Sam Bastow, is in an excitable mood this morning but admits he’s been quite nervous all day. During his campaign he tells me the main issues people have been speaking to him about are “illegal” and “legal immigration” and public services, like the NHS, “breaking down”.

    Man in white shirt, blue tie and glasses smiling
  20. North Herefordshire candidates clashed over trustpublished at 02:34 British Summer Time 5 July

    Nicola Goodwin
    Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester

    When the North Herefordshire candidates met for their BBC constituency debate they were all asked how they would restore trust in politics after the election campaign.

    Conservative Sir Bill argued his party had built trust with voters by honouring previous election pledges, including recruiting 20,000 police officers.

    He said it was not acceptable for those elected to public office to gamble or break the law, and criticised Green candidate Ms Chowns for being arrested at a climate change protest.

    Ms Chowns rebutted Mr Wiggin, pointing out her arrest had been judged unlawful by the High Court.

    She stressed the importance of listening to voters and serving the constituency full time, asking Mr Wiggin if he would give up other outside interests, external , externalif elected.

    Bill Wiggin

    Labour candidate Mr Browning said trust could be rebuilt by greater engagement with voters. He criticised the local Green campaign for depicting the contest as a two-horse race with the Conservatives, calling polling on Green leaflets "disingenuous".

    Ms Chowns insisted her party's message came after it had spoken to 4,500 residents and said only her party had been consistently out campaigning.

    Reform UK candidate Mr Dye said a lack of trust in politics had been his primary reason for standing for Parliament. He argued there should be fewer people going straight into politics from university.

    Lib Dem candidate Ms Hornsey said her party would call out any wrongdoing. She said voters appreciated politicians who were out in the community on a day-to-day basis.