Former PM Liz Truss loses seat as Labour, Reform, Greens and Lib Dems make gains

Summary

Election coverage from across Norfolk
Voters have gone to the polls in 10 constituencies across the county
Former PM Liz Truss loses her South West Norfolk seat to Labour's Terry Jermy
Labour, Reform UK and the Lib Dems have all made gains at the expense of the Conservatives
The Greens' co-leader Adrian Ramsay wins the new seat of Waveney Valley
Reform UK's Rupert Lowe has won Great Yarmouth
Ben Goldsborough takes South Norfolk for Labour from the Tories
Labour's Alice MacDonald has won Norwich North from the Conservatives
Steffan Aquarone has taken North Norfolk for the Lib Dems from the Tories
George Freeman holds his Mid Norfolk seat for the Tories
Tory Jerome Mayhew retains his redrawn Broadland and Fakenham seat
Conservative James Wild has retained his North West Norfolk seat
Labour's Clive Lewis has retained his Norwich South seat
Across the county so far, turnout is consistently down on 2019

Live Reporting

Written by Laura Devlin, edited by Jon Welch

'Tight' contest predicted in Waveney Valleypublished at 00:41 British Summer Time 5 July
Waveney Valley is a key target seat for the Green Party.
BBC reporter Alex Dunlop is at the count in Debenham and said: "Rumour on the floor that it could be very tight between Conservatives and Greens, but boxes are still coming in."
General election gone globalpublished at 00:37 British Summer Time 5 July
Cameron Noble is live at the count in King's Lynn:
There’s International news reporters here in Norfolk. Italian news station Rai Italia are broadcasting live from the count in King’s Lynn. But why has this general election gone global? Correspondent Emma Farnè wants to know: “Why is the UK moving left when everywhere else like France and Italy are moving right?”
Image source, Cameron Noble
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International reporter Emma Farnè has joined the team of media covering the count in King's Lynn
Postal ballots hand-deliveredpublished at 00:30 British Summer Time 5 July
Andrew Sinclair
BBC East political editor
South Norfolk Council hand-delivered 30 ballot papers today to residents whose postal ballots had not arrived in time.
Returning officer Trevor Holden said: “There have been some challenges getting ballot papers delivered on time this year but that was a national problem.
“Our task is to make sure that people who want to vote can vote.”
He said that a total of 50 ballot papers had been hand-delivered in the last few days in South Norfolk after residents reported either losing the original one or it not having arrived.
The Royal Mail has conducted a final sweep of its sorting office in Norwich this evening for any filled in postal ballots, which may be stuck in the system.
They are now being driven to individual counts across Norfolk.
Ballot boxes arriving at North Norfolk countpublished at 00:13 British Summer Time 5 July
Paul Moseley
BBC Norfolk political reporter
The first ballot boxes arrived at North Walsham Sports Centre a short while after 22:00, with verification of votes now under way.
Held by the Conservatives since 2019, this is a seat where the vote could be very close between them and the Liberal Democrats, who had held it for the previous 18 years.
The exit poll does predict this seat switching back to the Lib Dems.
I'm told that at this point, neither their candidate Steffan Aquarone, or the Conservative incumbent Duncan Baker, plan to comment until the result is declared.
Image source, Paul Moseley/BBC
Polling station signs binnedpublished at 00:08 British Summer Time 5 July
After the polls closed, polling station signs were being consigned to the dustbin at Dereham Leisure Centre where the Mid Norfolk count was taking place.
Image source, Dolly Carter/BBC
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Polling station signs being thrown in the dustbin
Ballot box arrivalspublished at 00:02 British Summer Time 5 July
This was the scene at Lynnsport in King's Lynn shortly after the polls closed as the first ballot box arrived.
Image source, Cameron Noble
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The first ballot box has arrived in King's Lynn
Who is standing in Norfolk?published at 23:59 British Summer Time 4 July
Throughout the election campaign our BBC reporters have been learning more about the constituencies that make up Norfolk and which candidates are standing.
Constituencies (in alphabetical order):
- Broadland and Fakenham
- Great Yarmouth
- Mid Norfolk
- North Norfolk
- North West Norfolk
- Norwich North
- Norwich South
- South Norfolk
- South West Norfolk
- Waveney Valley (shared with Suffolk)
Landslide for Labour, says exit pollpublished at 22:51 British Summer Time 4 July
An exit poll or the BBC, ITV and Sky suggests there will be a landslide for Labour.
Welcome to our live election coveragepublished at 19:54 British Summer Time 4 July
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 the nine constituencies in Norfolk, which now includes the Waveney Valley seat, which straddles the river into Suffolk.
BBC Norfolk 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.