Election 2024
Results: parties by seats
326 seats for a majority
0 seats to go
Change since 2019

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Summary

  • Election coverage from across Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire

  • Conservative Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has lost his seat

  • Pro-Brexit Northern Ireland minister Steve Baker also voted out

  • Labour has made gains across the three counties

  • The Lib Dems have retained St Albans and Chesham & Amersham and made one gain

  • Live results and reaction from across the UK

Live Reporting

Written by Alex Pope and Mariam Issimdar, edited by Andrew Woodger

  1. The boxes arrive at Welwyn Hatfield

    Amy Holmes
    Political reporter, BBC Three Counties

    This seat was created in 1974, and it has been served by both Labour and Conservative MPs, although it has been Tory since 2005.

    In those 19 years, the MP has been the current Defence Secretary, Grant Shapps, but there's a strong suggestion he may be one of the Conservatives that loses their seat.

    The constituency is split into three parts: Labour tends to do well in Hatfield, while Welwyn Garden City is stronger for the Tories, and then there’s Welwyn Village/Brookmans Park, which is also seen as a strong area for Conservative voters.

    Ballot boxes arrivingPeter Short/BBC
    A Reform candidatePeter Short/BBC
    A person with ballot boxesPeter Short/BBC

  2. Landslide for Labour, says exit poll

    An exit poll for the BBC, ITV and Sky suggests there will be a landslide for Labour.

  3. Who is standing across Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire?

    Throughout the election campaign our BBC reporters have been learning more about the constituencies that make up Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire and the candidates that are standing in each.

    Constituencies by county (in alphabetical order):

  4. Welcome to our live election coverage

    Voting has been taking place throughout the day across the UK in the 2024 general election.

    Join us after 22:00 for live coverage of all the results and reaction across Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire.

    BBC Three Counties will have reporters at the counts and you can follow all the election developments as they happen here.

    You can find out more about how to follow the election on the rest of the BBC here.