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

Labour landslide 'expected', says Conservative candidatepublished at 00:40 British Summer Time 5 July
Anna Whittaker
Political reporter, West Midlands
Chandra Kanneganti, local GP and Conservative candidate for Stoke-on-Trent Central, said the predicted Labour landslide was "something we expected."
Speaking of his chances of being elected, he said: "Being realistic, the chances are less because of the exit polls."
He added: "I never gave up my work as a GP. Yesterday I saw 50 patients, I will never leave my job. I hope the Labour government if it is formed, will support general practice."
Reform UK candidate concerned he may split votepublished at 00:32 British Summer Time 5 July
David Bailey
BBC News
Chester South and Eddisbury Reform UK candidate, Peter Langley, says he's "concerned" he may have split the vote, leading to a Labour win.
"When I've gone round, they've said 'we want to vote for you, but I'm really worried that it will split the vote,'"
"All I've said to them, is if everyone votes the way they want to, with their heart, then we can win this seat."
Could Tories come third in Newcastle-under-Lyme?published at 00:16 British Summer Time 5 July
Tracey Higgins
BBC News
More from Simon Tagg, the Conservative candidate in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
I asked him if he was worried the Tories would be beaten into third place here. He said “I’d be disappointed, but the votes you’re talking about [elsewhere in the country] have come in from the North East where there is a large Reform base as there was for UKIP, whereas UKIP and Reform in general elections have done really poorly here.
"So we’ll see if they get the votes and who they’re getting them from. Are they getting them from Conservative or Labour? We’ll have to see.”
'I just want my country back'published at 00:06 British Summer Time 5 July
Anna Whittaker
Political reporter, BBC Stoke & Staffordshire
Michael Bailey is the Reform candidate in Stoke-on-Trent South. On the topic of unsavoury comments made by party members and candidates he said: "We're not what they make us out to be, we're just ordinary working people."He added: "I just want my country back," and said the country had become a "rudderless ship."
Local issues at the heart of campaignpublished at 23:53 British Summer Time 4 July
Tracey Higgins
BBC News
Simon Tagg is the Conservative candidate in Newcastle-under-Lyme. He’s the leader of Newcastle Borough Council and tells me he’s been campaigning on local issues like the stink from Walley’s Quarry landfill site and anti-social behaviour in the town centre.
Mr Tagg was a late selection for the Tories after the previous MP Aaron Bell stood down when the election was called.
Cannock had 'opportunity for real change'published at 23:44 British Summer Time 4 July
Josh Tranter
BBC Radio WM
Green candidate in Cannock Chase, Andrea Michelle Muckley has been speaking to BBC Radio WM."I don't think in all honesty I'll win but I wanted to give the people of Cannock the chance to vote for real change," she said.
'Let down'published at 23:24 British Summer Time 4 July
Perisha Kudhail
BBC Radio WM
The count is now well under way here at the Burntwood Leisure centre in Lichfield. The Lichfield seat has been held by Sir Michael Fabricant for the Conservative Party since 1997 and the area has had a large Conservative majority for the last four general elections. His tweets tonight have gained attention after he posted, external: "Never in the history of general elections have so many been let down by so few." Dave Robertson is running for Labour and Paul Ray for the Liberal Democrat.
'Rational and competent'published at 23:10 British Summer Time 4 July
Matt Weigold
BBC Radio Stoke
Sam Corcoran, Labour Leader of Cheshire East Council, was excited by the exit polls as he watched over the Congleton count. “What I'm looking forward to is dealing with a rational, competent, consistent government. We haven't had that in the past. It's caused problems for Cheshire East Council in adult social care and children's social care - things being cancelled overnight,” he said.
Meanwhile in Malpaspublished at 23:05 British Summer Time 4 July
David Bailey
BBC News
In Chester South and Eddisbury, the Lib Dem candidate Rob Herd says it's been a "good, strong and positive campaign".
The seat now stretches from the Shropshire and Staffordshire borders in the south, up to, as the name suggests, the southern part of Chester itself.
Many seats have seen changes to their name and/or boundary since the last election.
More ballot boxespublished at 22:52 British Summer Time 4 July
Tracey Higgins
BBC News
This time we're in the Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency, at the Keele Sports Centre
Five candidates are battling it out here.
First ballot boxes arrivepublished at 22:16 British Summer Time 4 July
Adam Pinder-Smith
Reporter, BBC Radio WM
The first ballots arrived at the Tamworth count - by wheelbarrow - just minutes after polls closed.
Deja vu for Tamworth?published at 22:14 British Summer Time 4 July
Adam Pinder-Smith
Reporter, BBC Radio WM
It’s been 259 days since the people of Tamworth last elected a member of Parliament in October’s by-election.
What will happen at tonight's count at the Rawlett School?
Welcome to our election coveragepublished at 20:04 British Summer Time 4 July
Voting has been taking place throughout the day across the UK in the 2024 General Election.
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