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Labour's Simon Opher, who won the seat in Stroud from Conservative Siobhan Baillie, said it was an honour to represent "a place that's been my home for 30 years".

Dr Opher, who works as a GP in Dursley, said the "expectation weighs heavy" but he is ready to get going.

"I feel really keen to get on with the work and try and make this country better and to try and make the NHS the best health service in the world, which it was back in 2010," he said.

On his day job, the new MP said he hopes to continue to work one day a week but realises the "main work will be obviously in parliament and also in my constituency."

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Conservative Geoffrey Clifton-Brown takes the new seat of the North Cotswolds constituency, but says Reform has cost his party seats.

"This is a really, really bad result for the conservative party tonight," he told BBC Radio Gloucestershire.

"Reform have done much better than we ever expected."

Sir Geoffrey added: "Reform have cost us seats.

"It's made the defeat even bigger than it would have been otherwise."

The bellwether seat of Gloucester was reclaimed by Labour last night.

The last time the city had a red MP was in 2010 - the constituency has elected an MP from the party that is in government for the past 25 years.

Celebrating his victory, Alex McIntyre said: "It is an incredible privilege to have been elected tonight.

"Thank you for voting for change.

"I will do everything I can to repay your trust and deliver the change that you voted for."

Mr McIntyre won 16,472 votes (36.1%), while the Conservatives' Richard Graham, who had previously held the seat, received 13,041 (28.5%) votes.

Overnight, we saw dramatic changes to the political landscape in the west of England.

Not only did some well-known and long-serving MPs lose their seats, but many took on brand new seats in Parliament after boundary changes created new constituencies.

Click here to see some of the key winners in the west.

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Liberal Democrat Max Wilkinson, who unseated Conservative Alex Chalk to become Cheltenham’s new MP, has declared he "will always be Cheltenham's man".

He won with a thumping majority of 25,076 (50.6%) votes, while Mr Chalk received 17,866 (36.1%) votes.

"What people will get from me in Cheltenham is a promise that while I can't solve every single problem, because so much has gone wrong recently and we have a lot to do, I will always be Cheltenham's man in Westminster rather than the other way round.

"I will always have Cheltenham's best interests at heart rather than party whips and the Westminster machine," he told BBC Gloucestershire.

The former Conservative MP for Gloucester, Richard Graham, says the "centre and the centre-right is now split".

Speaking after losing his seat, Mr Graham referred to the combined number of Conservative and Reform votes in the constituency totalling more than Labour's winning amount.

Mr Graham has been the city's MP since 2010 but lost his seat to Labour's Alex McIntyre and said he does not plan to stand again.

The Forest of Dean turned red last night as Labour's Matt Bishop won the seat from the former transport secretary, Mark Harper.

"People can expect me to be visible," he said.

"My purpose is to take the voice of the Forest to Westminster, rather than bringing the voice of Westminster to the Forest.

"That's what I want to do for the next five years."

Mr Bishop won 16,373 (34%) votes, while Mr Harper received 16,095 (33.5%) votes.

It has been a dramatic night across the West Country, with lots of heartbreak for outgoing MPs.

Some of those former politicians made passionate speeches before bowing out of public service.

Sir Robert Buckland was the first Conservative to lose his seat, when Swindon South was won by Labour's Heidi Alexander.

Afterwards he spoke out against some of his former colleagues.

"I'm fed up of personal agendas, and jockeying for position," he said.

"The truth is now, with the Conservatives facing this electoral Armageddon, it will be like a group of bald men arguing over a comb."

Meanwhile, former MP Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg quoted Chitty Chitty Bang Bang during his departure speech.

He said: "From the ashes of disaster grow the roses of success."

Sir Jacob lost his bid to become the MP for the newly-formed North East Somerset and Hanham seat. The area's new MP is Labour's Dan Norris.

Incoming MPs also delivered animated speeches.

Liberal Democrat Max Wilkinson clinched a “historic” victory after unseating Conservative Alex Chalk to become Cheltenham’s new MP.

He said: “I firmly believe that all politics is done with a smile on its face and politicians are better when they aren’t taking themselves too seriously, but they are taking seriously the concerns of the public."

Liberal democrat Roz Savage said she does not "underestimate the scale" of the challenge of being an MP for the South Cotswolds constituency.

In her speech, she said: "My work as your MP starts right now.

"There is so much that needs to be done.

"I'm here to serve all of you, your families and your communities."

Ms Savage beat Conservative James Gray, who had been a Conservative MP for North Wiltshire since 1997, and was standing as the candidate for the newly-formed South Cotswolds seat.

The new seat takes in almost half of the old Cotswold constituency - including Cirencester and its surroundings such as Lechlade, Fairford and Tetbury - but also Kingswood near Wotton-under-Edge (not be confused with the Bristol district of the same name).

It also includes many parts of North Wiltshire such as Malmesbury, Cricklade, Castle Combe and Minety.

South Cotswolds had one of the highest turnouts in the UK. See the top five below:

1) Richmond Park: 75.6%

2) Harpenden and Berkhamsted: 75.2%

3) Godalming and Ash: 73.7%

4) South Cotswolds: 73.1%

5) Rushcliffe: 72.9%

Never has the political map of the West changed so dramatically in a single night. A region which was previously a sea of Conservative blue has gone overwhelmingly Lib Dem yellow and Labour red.

The big names that fell are astonishing. Serving cabinet ministers like Mark Harper, Alex Chalk and Michelle Donelan. Former Secretaries of State like Jacob Rees-Mogg, Liam Fox and Robert Buckland.

Some knew they were on the brink; in places like Cheltenham and South Swindon the Tory majorities last time were slender.

But others did not expect it. Liam Fox had represented North Somerset for three decades; the area has never had a Labour MP – until now. Michelle Donelan’s old seat was split up due to boundary changes; she chose Melksham and Devizes, thinking it was a safer bet. It wasn’t.

The Liberal Democrats took her out, and removed a string of other Conservatives, on their way to reinstating the West Country as a heartland. As the campaign progressed they had sensed things were looking better and better – but ending up with nearly half the area’s seats still exceeded all expectations.

Labour celebrated in places they had not expected, taking seats that had looked like outside chances. But they will be stung by the loss of Thangam Debbonaire in Bristol Central, ousted by the Greens’ Carla Denyer.

But the small party that many will feel has had the most influence for the least gain is Reform UK, who won no seats in the West. They polled strongly, which the Tories feel was at their expense.

I have covered elections in the West for three decades. Never has an election been as dramatic as this.

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, Conservative MP for North Cotswolds, said Reform has "done much better than expected".

He said: "Whereas we might have expected to be up around 150 seats, I’m absolutely certain that Reform have cost us those 50 seats.

"It’s made this defeat even bigger than it would have been otherwise."

Sir Geoffrey won with 17,426 votes, Reform candidate Jason Preece received 6,502 votes.

Reform has so far secured four UK seats.

Mark Harper lost by less than 300 votes, but Labour had a challenge on their hands because Mr Harper had a 15,000 majority to overturn from 2019.

A bundle recount couldn’t stop Matt Bishop, the Labour councillor and now MP-elect reclaimed the seat for Labour for the first time since 2005.

This is a big result not just for the Forest but for the country, as Mr Harper was the Transport Secretary in the Conservative government.

Time for me to go to bed.

Lib Dem candidate Roz Savage gained the South Cotswolds seat.

Transport Secretary and Conservative MP Mark Harper has lost his seat in the Forest of Dean to Labour's Matt Bishop.

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown retains his changed North Cotswold seat.