Amy Holmes
Political reporter, BBC Three Counties

Another massive majority overturned in Hertfordshire, with the North East Herts seat going to Labour.

In 2019, Sir Oliver Heald had a majority of more than 18,000, but chose to retire after over 30 years as MP in the area.

Tonight though, that majority has been wiped out with Labour's Chris Hinchcliff winning the seat with 18,358 votes and a majority of 1,923 over the Conservatives with 16,435.

Reform UK once again in third place with 8,462 votes.

Daisie-Belle Downer

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Gagan Mohindra was a very happy Conservative as he has retained his South West Hertfordshire seat.

He won with 16,458 votes, an increase from 2019 when he polled 14,408.

Sally Symington came second with 12,002 votes and in third place was Alex Sufit for Labour.

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Ketankumar Pipaliya (above, on left) from UK Voice came last with 150 votes and said: "We are currently self-funded by only a few people, but we have had a great response from the community to learn for future campaigning.

"I'm really excited about tonight; I don't care about winning or losing; I'm passionate about what I'm doing at the moment."

Amy Holmes
Political reporter, BBC Three Counties

Mid Buckinghamshire stays Conservative, which was something that at one stage of the night, we felt was actually not going to be the case, as the Lib Dems felt they had a chance.

In the end though, Greg Smith (who had been MP for Buckingham since 2019, a seat that has morphed into Mid Bucks due to boundary changes) remains an MP, albeit with a smaller majority than he previously enjoyed.

Labour's David Taylor has taken the Hemel Hempstead seat from the Conservatives, which had previously been held by Sir Mike Penning.

In his acceptance speech, Mr Taylor said that "people had voted for change".

"Tory chaos left people in Hemel worse off," he added.

"Labour will reset our economy and our politics so they once again work to serve the interest of working people here and in our community and in Britain."

He said it was the "honour of his life" to represent Hemel and its villages.

Rachel Hopkins retained her Labour seat of Luton South and South Bedfordshire (which has different boundaries to last time), winning with 13,593 votes.

Mark Versallion, for the Conservative Party, came second on 6,735 votes, with Attiq Malik, an Independent coming third with 5,384 votes.

Turnout dropped from 64% to 50% compared to 2019.

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After the declaration was made Ms Hopkins said: "I would like to thank the people of Luton and South Bedfordshire for putting their trust in me, and re-electing me.

"People have voted for change after 14 years of Conservative failure; it's now up to us as... an incoming Labour government to rebuilt trust when it comes to the economy, rebuild our public services that have been decimated over the last 14 years, and rebuild trust and integrity in politics."

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It was a clean sweep for Labour at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes with three of the city's seats won by the new government.

Callum Anderson (pictured), for Buckingham and Bletchley; Emily Darlington, for Milton Keynes Central; and Chris Curtis, for Milton Keynes North, all win their respective seats.

Amy Holmes
Political reporter, BBC Three Counties

In the brand new seat of Harpenden and Berkhamsted, the Liberal Democrat Victoria Collins has become its first MP of East or South East Asian descent, with a majority of 10,708.

The turnout there was 75%, huge when compared to some other constituencies in Beds, Herts and Bucks.

The seat is one which the Lib Dems have been targeting since its leader Sir Ed Davey launched the party's local election campaign in April 2024.

Conservative Nigel Gardner managed 16,574 votes, which in some seats would've given him a chance of victory, but not here as, Ms Collins managed 27,282, with Reform in third place on 4,245.

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Labour wins Milton Keynes Central with candidate Emily Darlington taking the new seat after a successful campaign .

The constituency was deemed Labour's third most winnable seat in the East of England by the party.

Ms Darlington, who previously served as a local councillor for six years, reacted to the victory by saying "this was a campaign powered by the people of Milton Keynes who wanted change".

She added that Labour aimed to "make Britain an internationally respected force for good".

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Peter Short

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In Welwyn Garden City, it was smiles all round for Andrew Lewin and his Labour team as they celebrated taking the Welwyn Hatfield seat previously held by the Defence Secretary, Grant Shapps.

Mr Shapps had held the seat since 2005.

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Blake Stephenson has won back the seat of Mid Bedfordshire for the Tories with 16,912 votes, seeing off the Labour candidate who polled 15,591 votes.

The seat had been the preserve of Conservative ex-minister Nadine Dorries, who resigned in 2023, a year after Rishi Sunak took over leadership of the Tories, after Boris Johnson was ousted by his party.

A by-election saw Labour's Alistair Strathern win the seat with a 1,192 majority, overturning Ms Dorries's 2019 majority of 24,664.

He is now standing in the neighbouring Hitchin constituency in Hertfordshire, where we await the declaration.

Amy Holmes
Political reporter, BBC Three Counties

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In Hertford and Stortford, Labour's Josh Dean has become the party's youngest MP, at just 24 years old.

Born in the QE2 Hospital in Welwyn Garden City, raised in Hertford, lives in Ware, working in marketing, studying politics, he overturned the 2019 Conservative majority of 17,806, and won with a 4,748 majority over the Tories.

Reform UK came third followed by the Greens.

The Secretary of State for Defence says the Conservative Party has tried the patience of voters.

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In Luton it has been a double Labour win.

Sarah Owen retained her seat with 14,677 votes in Luton North, with Jilleane Brown coming second for the Conservatives with 7,167. Reform polled 4,666 with the Workers Party of Britain getting 3,914.

In her acceptance speech the MP said: "I love Luton, it's my home and I'm so proud to represent it. Thank you.

"I will continue to work incredibly hard to represent everyone in Luton North and win the trust of those who couldn't feel they could vote for us this time".

She then went on to thank all the volunteers who helped in her campaign.

Rachel Hopkins has won the Luton South & South Bedfordshire seat with a 35.4% share of the vote.

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Alan Francis, who has stood for the Green Party at 11 general elections, has announced his latest attempt to be an MP in Milton Keynes North, has been his last.

He jokingly said: "Joe Biden doesn’t know when to quit, but I do."

Mr Francis polled 3,242 votes (7.1% of the vote) finishing in last place.

Labour's Chris Curtis has won the seat with 19,318 (42%).

Michael McCann

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Sir Oliver Dowden has described it as an “extremely difficult night” for the Conservative Party after his majority in Hertsmere was reduced from 21,313 to 7,992.

He added that the Conservative Party must "reflect long and hard" on events.

In reference to his reduced majority, he addressed voters: "I have heard your concerns and I want to assure you that I don’t take them for granted."

Amy Holmes
Political reporter, BBC Three Counties

Conservative Andrew Selous's 23-year stint as an MP has come to an end as he loses the redrawn Dunstable & Leighton Buzzard seat to Labour's Alex Mayer.

Ms Mayer wins by just 667 votes, to become the first female MP in the area since 1966.

Amy Holmes
Political reporter, BBC Three Counties

Milton Keynes North becomes the second seat in this Buckinghamshire city to go Labour, with Chris Curtis fulfilling his wish of becoming the first MP that was actually born in the city.

He beats Conservative Ben Everitt who was elected in 2019.

As Defence Secretary Grant Shapps realised he will no longer represent Welwyn Hatfield, the Labour party, celebrated its win.

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Andrew Lewin has overturned a 10,733 majority and has a 3,799 majority for what is looking like the new party of government.

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