Labour gains in Stoke & Staffordshire election results 2024

Summary

Labour has made a slew of gains across Staffordshire and Cheshire, including Burton & Uttoxeter, Stafford, Tamworth, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Crewe & Nantwich and Stoke-on-Trent Central.
Conservative deputy chairman Jonathan Gullis lost his seat in Stoke-on-Trent North and told the BBC he was "gutted" by the result.
Sir Michael Fabricant was another Tory heavyweight casualty in Lichfield, also losing his seat to Labour.
Former education secretary Sir Gavin Williamson won the newly-created seat of Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge.
Follow for updates from Burton and Uttoxeter, Cannock Chase, Congleton, Crewe and Nantwich, Kingswinford and South Staffordshire, Lichfield, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stafford, Staffordshire Moorlands, Stoke-on Trent Central, Stoke-on-Trent North, Stoke-on-Trent South, Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge and Tamworth

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Edited by Tim Page

Thank you for joining uspublished at 09:01 British Summer Time 5 July
That's all for our live coverage today
This page was edited by Tim Page. It was written by Alex McIntyre, with additional contributions from Liz Copper, Anna Whittaker, Jen Aitken, Dave Fletcher, Tracey Higgins, Simon Humphreys, Vicky Norton, Ethan Saunders, Ros Chimes, Matt Weigold, David Bailey and Kaleigh Watterson.
There will be more coverage of the results nationally and what they mean for particularly Labour and the Conservatives here.
'We didn’t have a coherent enough offer'published at 08:53 British Summer Time 5 July
Matt Weigold
BBC Radio Stoke
Losing Conservative candidate for Crewe and Nantwich, Ben Fletcher, put the party’s heavy defeats across the country down to two things.“We gave the impression that we didn’t take the business of governing seriously. We didn’t have a coherent enough big offer," he said.
“I’m looking forward to a good night’s sleep and a gin and tonic."
Labour's Connor Naismith in the driving seatpublished at 08:47 British Summer Time 5 July
Matt Weigold
BBC Radio Stoke
Labour's Connor Naismith slid into a beautiful red sports car brought as a showpiece by one of his excited constituents, following his victory in Crewe and Nantwich. “This is a decisive change for this country and a decisive change for Crewe and Nantwich," Mr Naismith said. “I will certainly be banging the drum for this area.”
Newcastle-under-Lyme Labour winner 'humbled' at victorypublished at 08:41 British Summer Time 5 July
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Newcastle-under-Lyme Labour winner Adam Jogee 'humbled' at victory
Newcastle-under-Lyme's new Labour MP-elect, Adam Jogee, said he was "humbled" by his victory. He won 15,992 votes with Conservative candidate Simon Tagg in second place with 10,923 votes.
Speaking after his win, he said he would work "every single day" to honour the trust placed in him by the voters. "I'm going to go back to the house for a little bit of sleep and then I'll be back down at the office to start work," he added.
'People have had enough of the Conservatives'published at 08:09 British Summer Time 5 July
Matt Weigold
BBC Radio Stoke
Since its creation in 1983, Congleton has been Conservative. It has only ever had two MPs - Labour’s Sarah Russell is the third.She said: “I think people have had enough of the Conservatives. They could see that Labour and I, as an individual, really wanted to work hard for our community.”
Seats the Tories did winpublished at 07:58 British Summer Time 5 July
It wasn't all bad news for the Conservatives in our area:
- Karen Bradley held onto her seat in Staffordshire Moorlands.
- Aphra Brandreth (pictured) won in Chester South and Eddisbury.
- Sir Gavin Williamson emerged victorious in Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge.
- Matt Wood took Kingswinford and South Staffordshire.
Those results in fullpublished at 07:34 British Summer Time 5 July
If you want to check out the full results, we have a page for every constituency.
Here are the links to our constituencies:
'Politics can change things for the better'published at 07:19 British Summer Time 5 July
Connor Naismith, Labour's MP-elect for Crewe and Nantwich, has said it is an "immense privilege" to represent his home in Parliament.
Posting on X, formerly Twitter, he said: "Politics can change things for the better. I look forward to working with my Labour colleagues in parliament to deliver that change."
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'I will work with Labour MP to get things done'published at 07:05 British Summer Time 5 July
Simon Tagg, the losing Conservative candidate in Newcastle-under-Lyme and leader of the borough council, said he will work with Labour's MP-elect Adam Jogee “to get things done”.
He said “stopping the stink" [at Walley’s Quarry] and making sure the operators are held to account was a priority.
Mr Tagg also mentioned the regeneration of the town, saying: “I’d like to see more money coming in so that we can really get this borough levelled up.”
Labour gains Congletonpublished at 06:51 British Summer Time 5 July
Matt Weigold
BBC Radio Stoke
Labour has gained Congleton - one of the safest Tory seats in Cheshire.
Sarah Russell won with 18,875 votes, with Conservative Fiona Bruce, who has represented the constituency since 2010, on 15,488.
The seat had been held by the Tories since 1983, when the constituency was created.
Labour gains Stoke-on-Trent Southpublished at 06:35 British Summer Time 5 July
Another Labour gain from the Conservatives, this time it's Stoke-on-Trent South.
Allison Gardner has taken the seat from Jack Brereton, who had represented the constituency since 2017.
Conservatives win Kingswinford and South Staffordshirepublished at 06:16 British Summer Time 5 July
The Conservatives have won the newly-created seat of Kingswinford and South Staffordshire.
Mike Wood emerged victorious with 18,199 votes with Labour's Sally Benton second with 11,896.
The full result:
- Mike Wood (Con) - 18,199
- Sally Benton (Lab) - 11, 896
- Gary Dale (Ref) - 9,928
- Gully Bansal (Lib) - 2,080
- Claire McIlvenna (Green) - 2,077
- Shaz Saleem (ind) - 1,000
Here's what you have missedpublished at 06:11 British Summer Time 5 July
Alex McIntyre
BBC News
It's been a long night/morning and a lot has happened. Here are some of things you have missed.
- Labour has made a slew of gains across Staffordshire and south Cheshire, including Burton & Uttoxeter, Stafford, Tamworth, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Crewe & Nantwich and Stoke-on-Trent Central.
- Conservative deputy chairman Jonathan Gullis has lost his seat in Stoke-on-Trent North and told the BBC he was "gutted" by the result.
- Sir Michael Fabricant was another Tory heavyweight casualty in Lichfield, also losing his seat to Labour.
- Former education secretary Sir Gavin Williamson won the newly-created seat of Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge.
Labour's Connor Naismith wins Crewe and Nantwichpublished at 05:54 British Summer Time 5 July
Matt Weigold
BBC Radio Stoke
Labour's Connor Naismith was declared the victor in the Crewe and Nantwich constituency, with 20,837 votes.
The area was where Sir Keir Starmer launched the Labour Manifesto and is where Emily Thornberry kicked off her campaign.
Crewe and Nantwich was a proper Labour/Tory battleground - but it was a battle won comfortably by Labour. In fact, the Tories had to scrap with Reform for second place.
Meanwhile, 230 miles away, the area's former Tory MP Dr Kieran Mullan won in Bexhill and Battle, East Sussex, with a significantly reduced majority.
Labour gains Crewe and Nantwich from the Conservativespublished at 05:35 British Summer Time 5 July
Sir Gavin Williamson wins seatpublished at 05:33 British Summer Time 5 July
Conservative Sir Gavin Williamson has won the newly-created seat of Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge.
The former education secretary received 19,880 votes.
Aphra Brandreth wins Chester South and Eddisburypublished at 05:26 British Summer Time 5 July
Chester South and Eddisbury has been held by the Conservatives.
Aphra Brandreth, daughter of Gyles Brandreth, won the seat with 19,905 votes, with Labour candidate Angeliki Stogia second on 16,848.
Newcastle-under-Lyme victor 'humbled' by people's trustpublished at 05:17 British Summer Time 5 July
Tracey Higgins
BBC News
Labour's Adam Jogee, newly-elected MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, said: “I’m humbled by the trust the people of Newcastle have placed in me.
"I will work every single day to honour that trust.”
Jonathan Gullis 'gutted' at losing seatpublished at 05:11 British Summer Time 5 July
Anna Whittaker
Political reporter, West Midlands
Conservative deputy chairman Jonathan Gullis, who lost his seat in Stoke-on-Trent North, said he was "gutted".
"I would love to have had the chance and the honour to continue to serve the fine people of Stoke-on-Trent North," he said.
"The voters are like Lord Sugar - they either hire me or they fire me. On this occasion, they chose to fire me."
He pointed to people's frustration with the rising cost of living and said there was a period in 2022 when the Conservative Party was "inward looking" at Westminster and not outward looking.
Of his time as the constituency's MP, he said: "It's been an absolute honour."
Labour gains Stoke-on-Trent Centralpublished at 05:05 British Summer Time 5 July
Labour has gained Stoke-on-Trent Central from the Conservatives.
Gareth Snell has been elected to the seat he lost to Jo Gideon in 2019.
During his victory speech, he said: "Change has come to Stoke-on-Trent."