Georgia Roberts
Reporting from Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke

Here in North Lanarkshire, where the SNP are defending four seats against Labour, an SNP candidate has just told me: "I’m going to lose. We’re all going to lose."

Many of the SNP crowd here are effectively conceding all four seats despite the fact we’re still a while away from the first result.

Whilst Cumbernauld may be the closest, they’re still expecting that to be a loss to Labour too.

Motherwell, I’m told, "won’t even be close" - particularly with an unexpectedly strong Reform vote.

In the first announcement of a party leader's seat, Sir Ed Davey is re-elected for the Lib Dems.

This is the first Scottish seat that's been announced tonight.

The exit poll predicts the SNP will fall to 10 seats - down from 48 in 2019.

Workers Party for Britain leader George Galloway has lost to Labour in Rochdale, after winning the seat at a March by-election.

Former political journalist Paul Waugh wins for Labour.

Just a note - this result is still described as a Labour hold because it's compared to the result at the last election in 2019.

Ros Atkins
Reporting from Kings Lynn

Image source, Reuters

I'm here at the count for former prime minister Liz Truss's seat in South West Norfolk.

She's under pressure from a number of different directions - including Labour, Reform and an ex-Conservative standing as an independent.

Truss was the prime minister less than two years ago. Yet here we are in a sports hall in Kings Lynn and absolutely no one that we've spoken to involved in the count of South West Norfolk, or observing the count in South West Norfolk, is certain which way this is going to go.

Sarah Atherton - who was part of Boris Johnson's swathe of Tory MPs elected in 2019 - loses her seat to Labour's Andrew Ranger.

Professor Sir John Curtice
Polling expert

In Ashfield, the exit poll had the Conservative vote down by 25 points, the Lib Dems up by one, and Reform up 18.

In reality, Lee Anderson for Reform has won with 43% of the vote.

This is one that we were not anticipating in the poll.

The results for Chorley have just come in with Labour keeping a solid majority - so why aren't we describing it as a Labour hold?

It's because it's Speaker Lindsay Hoyle's seat.

The role of the Speaker is politically impartial, so incoming Speakers resign from their political party when they are appointed, but can still undertake work on behalf of their constituents.

The main parties do not usually field candidates against the Speaker at general elections held during their term in office.

Reform UK's Lee Anderson, who has just won Ashfield (where he was formerly the Tory MP before he defected to Reform UK), calls the constituency the "capital of common sense" in his victory speech.

He says "this wonderful place that I call my home" will have a "massive say" in how the country is shaped, adding: "I want my country back and Ashfield can play their part in that".

Labour leader Keir Starmer has arrived at the count for Holborn and St Pancras with his wife, Victoria.

We'll bring you the results for this constituency shortly.

Alex Forsyth
Reporting from Clacton

Image source, Getty Images

While at Clacton Leisure Centre, where the counting’s under way, Nigel Farage has been at a restaurant in the town with supporters from the local area.

We’re told the invite-only event was to "thank" the people of Clacton.

Though the official declaration’s not expected until about 03:30 BST, there’s a growing sense that the Reform UK leader is highly likely to win a seat at Westminster on his eighth attempt and become the town’s next MP.

He’s already released a video on social media saying "the revolt against the establishment is under way" based on the results that have come in so far.

At this early stage it seems the party’s performance could prove to be one of the stories of this campaign.

Redcar was one of the previously rock-solid Labour constituencies that Boris Johnson's Conservative Party won back in 2019. That's changed again as Anna Turley wins the seat back for Labour.

Reform support falls as Labour win Barnsley Northpublished at 02:23 British Summer Time 5 July

02:23 BST 5 July

Professor Sir John Curtice
Polling expert

The exit poll had the Conservatives down 22 points in Barnsley North, with Labour down two, and Reform up 19.

In reality, Labour did much better - increasing by 12 points.

Reform support actually fell back slightly, while the Conservatives declined 16 points here.