Joshua Nevett
Political reporter, BBC Coventry and Warwickshire

The former Conservative MP for Nuneaton Marcus Jones has told the BBC his loss in the bellwether constituency was a “very difficult result”.

But he said: “I can be very satisfied with the personal response I’ve had on the doorstep during this campaign.”

He won 11,737 votes, well short of the winner Labour’s Jodie Gosling, who received 15,216 votes.

“It was always going to be difficult given the distance in the polls,” Jones says. “Clearly we believed we could narrow that but that didn’t happen. That’s politics.”

Does Prime Minister Rishi Sunak have to carry the can for this result?

“As a collective, the party has got to look at the result,” Jones says. “We’ve got to consider what went wrong in this last Parliament.”

He says there were some “massive challenges”, citing the Covid pandemic and the war in Ukraine.

“We’ll see what happens in regard to the prime minister," he adds.

The Conservative party has held Meriden and Solihull East, with Saqib Bhatti receiving 16,792 votes.

It's a majority of 4,584, with Labour's Sarah Alan in second place with 12,208 votes.

The turnout was 59.8% for this year's general election, down 5% since 2019.

Bhatti has been parliamentary under secretary for Tech & Digital Economy.

Emb Hashmi
BBC Midlands Today

Labour's Rachel Taylor is over the moon after winning the seat for North Warwickshire and Bedworth, becoming the constituency's first female MP.

"I think people may have had enough of the chaos and decline over the past 14 years," she said.

She thanked voters for "putting trust" in the party.

"The first thing we need to do is listen to people, people are isolated in rural communities we will put bus services on for them.”

The Lib Dems have overturned a Conservative majority of 13,395 in Stratford-on-Avon.

Former Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi had held this seat since 2010, but recently announced he would step down at this general election.

However, the Lib Dems took control of the council last year on huge swing from the Conservatives.

Labour's Zarah Sultana has held on to her Coventry South seat.

It's a majority of 10,201, with the Conservative's Mattie Heaven in second.

The Labour Party's John Slinger has gained Rugby from the Conservatives, with a majority of 4,428.

The Liberal Democrats' Manuela Perteghella has gained Stratford-on-Avon from the Conservatives, with a majority of 7,122.

The Labour Party's Rachel Taylor has gained North Warwickshire and Bedworth from the Conservatives, with a majority of 2,198.

The Labour Party's Taiwo Owatemi has held Coventry North West with a majority of 11,174.

Joshua Nevett
Political reporter, BBC Coventry and Warwickshire

Loud cheers erupted as Jodie Gosling was declared as the MP-elect for Nuneaton.

She said she would help “get Nuneaton’s future back”, mirroring a Labour slogan.

She becomes the first Labour MP since 2010, and Nuneaton looks set to maintain its bellwether status if the exit polls bear out.

But I have to say, the atmosphere was rather funereal throughout this count. Everyone looked knackered and even the celebrations seemed a bit half-hearted.

The Reform UK candidate looked slightly gutted to have won 9,000 votes. In the end, he took vote away from Marcus Jones, who loses his seat after 14 years as the Conservative MP for Nuneaton.

He took the loss without any bitterness, and speaking to me, thanked Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for his visit to Nuneaton in the closing stages of the campaign.

Labour candidate Mary Creagh has held on to the Coventry East seat.

The majority is 11,623 with Iddrisu Sufyan in second place for Reform UK.

James Bovill
BBC News, West Midlands

The Liberal Democrats in Stratford-on-Avon now tell me they believe it is a "clear win" here.

This would be unprecedented.

The seat has been Conservative since the seat was formed in 1950, with a current 19,000 majority. This seat is the 83rd target seat for the Lib Dems.

Make no mistake, this would be a historic victory.

A reminder that Nuneaton is a bellwether seat. That means it tends to follow the national mood.

The winning party has taken the Nuneaton seat at every election since 1997.

Turnout there was 57.4%, down from 64.2% in 2019.

Emb Hashmi
BBC Midlands Today

Conservative candidate Craig Tracey who has been the MP for Bedworth and North Warwickshire has just arrived at the count looking very nervous but still hopeful.

"Until we see the final result we just don’t know what will happen," he said.

"The national picture isn’t looking to positive - we can only do our bit here - I think I stand a chance it seems like it’s very close when I first came in I was defending a 54% majority- this is a democracy if someone gets more votes then they win”

Alice Cullinane
Reporting from Birmingham

Image source, Labour Party

Labour Jodie Gosling has thanked everyone who voted Labour after she won the Nuneaton seat.

The Labour Party posted on Facebook to congratulate her on the win.

"Jodie will be an excellent representative for every resident on Nuneaton, Arley and Hartshill," the Labour Party added.

Jodie Gosling took Nuneaton with 15,216 votes, with former MP Marcus Jones second for the Tories with 11,737.

Jones saw his vote share collapse by over 32 percentage points.

Key perhaps was the performance of Reform UK - they were third with more than 9,000 votes.