Election 2024
Results: parties by seats
326 seats for a majority
0 seats to go
  • Labour: 412 seats, 211 seats gained
  • Conservative: 121 seats, 251 seats lost
  • Liberal Democrat: 72 seats, 64 seats gained
  • Scottish National Party: 9 seats, 39 seats lost
  • Sinn Fein: 7 seats, No change
  • Others: 29 seats, 15 seats gained
Change since 2019

Summary

  1. Labour increases majority in Normanton & Hemsworthpublished at 06:07 British Summer Time 5 July
    Breaking

    Labour wins Normanton and Hemsworth with an increased majority of 6,662.

    Jon Trickett, who has been an MP since 1996, defeats second-place Reform UK.

    Mr Trickett was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Prime Minister Gordon Brown between 2008 and 2010.

  2. Labour gains Ossett and Denby Dalepublished at 05:59 British Summer Time 5 July

    election graphic
  3. Labour takes Colne Valley from Conservativespublished at 05:51 British Summer Time 5 July
    Breaking

    Labour's Paul Davis has ousted Conservative Jason McCartney after receiving 18,970 votes, to secure a 4,963 majority over his political rival.

  4. Labour gains Colne Valley from the Conservativespublished at 05:50 British Summer Time 5 July

    Graphic showing Labour gains Colne Valley from the Conservatives. The winning candidate was Paul Davies.
  5. Labour retains Huddersfieldpublished at 05:49 British Summer Time 5 July
    Breaking

    Labour retains Huddersfield with a reduced majority of 4,533.

    Harpreet Uppal wins ahead of the Green Party in second place, with a 37.6% share of the vote.

    Mr Uppal succeeds Barry Sheerman, who was the constituency's MP since 1979.

  6. Conservatives lose Spen Valley to Labourpublished at 05:32 British Summer Time 5 July
    Breaking

    Labour’s Kim Leadbeater wins Spen Valley from the Conservatives with a 6,188 majority.

    Kim Leadbeater makes speech at count

    Ms Leadbeater first became the party’s candidate for the seat after West Yorkshire mayor Tracy Brabin stood down in 2021, triggering a by-election.

    The sister of murdered Batley and Spen MP Jo Cox, Ms Leadbeater won that election by just 323 votes.

    Ms Leadbeater says: “We have been entrusted with the huge responsibility of putting this country back on its feet again.

    “We undoubtedly face challenges, but if we face those challenges together we can give Britain its future back.”

  7. Labour wins Leeds North Westpublished at 05:22 British Summer Time 5 July
    Breaking

    Katie White wins Leeds North West for Labour with a majority of 11,896 over the Conservatives in second place.

  8. Labour wins new Wakefield & Rothwell seatpublished at 05:16 British Summer Time 5 July
    Breaking

    Labour’s Simon Lightwood, who won the Wakefield by-election in 2022, wins the new constituency of Wakefield and Rothwell.

  9. Labour gains Calder Valley from Conservativespublished at 05:16 British Summer Time 5 July
    Breaking

    Labour's Josh Fenton-Glynn wins Calder Valley from the Conservatives.

    Craig Whittaker had been the constituency's MP since 2010.

  10. Leeds North East remains Labourpublished at 05:12 British Summer Time 5 July
    Breaking

    Labour candidate Fabian Hamilton (pictured centre) keeps his seat with a 16,083 majority.

    Fabian Hamilton
  11. Victory for Independent in Dewsbury & Batleypublished at 05:10 British Summer Time 5 July
    Breaking

    Independent Iqbal Mohamed wins Dewsbury and Batley with 15,641 votes.

    Mr Mohamed cites the Israel-Gaza conflict in his victory speech.

  12. Labour retains Leeds East.published at 05:05 British Summer Time 5 July
    Breaking

    Richard Burgon, who has been the MP for Leeds East since 2015, wins with an increased majority of 11,265.

  13. Labour wins Ossett and Denby Dalepublished at 05:01 British Summer Time 5 July
    Breaking

    Labour's Jade Botterill defeats Mark Eastwood in the Ossett and Denby Dale seat.

    Mr Eastwood had been Conservative MP for Dewsbury since 2019.

  14. Labour retains Halifaxpublished at 05:00 British Summer Time 5 July
    Breaking

    Kate Dearden wins Halifax, the seat Labour has held since 1964.

    Holly Lynch, who was the MP since 2015, stood down before the general election.

  15. Labour wins new Leeds seatpublished at 04:53 British Summer Time 5 July
    Breaking

    Labour wins the new seat of Leeds Central and Headingley.

    Alex Sobel wins a majority of 8,422 and more than 50% of the vote.

    The Green Party comes second with 7,431 votes.

  16. Labour gains Ossett and Denby Dale from the Conservativespublished at 04:48 British Summer Time 5 July

    Graphic showing Labour gains Ossett and Denby Dale from the Conservatives. The winning candidate was Jade Botterill.
  17. Labour's Hilary Benn wins Leeds Southpublished at 04:37 British Summer Time 5 July
    Breaking

    Labour's Hilary Benn, the Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary, wins the new seat of Leeds South with a majority of 11,279.

    Woman on her knees at count

    Mr Benn has been an MP since 1999, served in Tony Blair’s government and is the son of the late Tony Benn.

    Christian Peoples Alliance candidate Janet Bickerdike dropped to her knees on stage and prayed during the declaration.

  18. Labour holds Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingleypublished at 04:30 British Summer Time 5 July
    Breaking

    Yvette Cooper retains her Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley seat for Labour.

  19. Labour holds Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingleypublished at 04:27 British Summer Time 5 July

    Graphic showing Labour holds Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley. The winning candidate was Yvette Cooper.
  20. Labour overturns Dame Andrea's majoritypublished at 04:23 British Summer Time 5 July

    More detail from the Leeds South West and Morley result...

    Count at Leeds South West and Morley

    Labour’s Mark Sewards overturns Conservative Dame Andrea Jenkyns’ 7,114 majority she won in 2019.

    Mr Sewards wins a majority of 8,423.

    Reform UK come a close third to the Conservatives in second.