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 wins Leeds North Westpublished at 05:22 BST 5 July 2024
    Breaking

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

  2. Labour wins new Wakefield & Rothwell seatpublished at 05:16 BST 5 July 2024
    Breaking

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

  3. Labour gains Calder Valley from Conservativespublished at 05:16 BST 5 July 2024
    Breaking

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

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

  4. Leeds North East remains Labourpublished at 05:12 BST 5 July 2024
    Breaking

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

    Fabian Hamilton
  5. Victory for Independent in Dewsbury & Batleypublished at 05:10 BST 5 July 2024
    Breaking

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

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

  6. Labour retains Leeds East.published at 05:05 BST 5 July 2024
    Breaking

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

  7. Labour wins Ossett and Denby Dalepublished at 05:01 BST 5 July 2024
    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.

  8. Labour retains Halifaxpublished at 05:00 BST 5 July 2024
    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.

  9. Labour wins new Leeds seatpublished at 04:53 BST 5 July 2024
    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.

  10. Labour gains Ossett and Denby Dale from the Conservativespublished at 04:48 BST 5 July 2024

    Graphic showing Labour gains Ossett and Denby Dale from the Conservatives. The winning candidate was Jade Botterill.
  11. Labour's Hilary Benn wins Leeds Southpublished at 04:37 BST 5 July 2024
    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.

  12. Labour holds Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingleypublished at 04:30 BST 5 July 2024
    Breaking

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

  13. Labour holds Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingleypublished at 04:27 BST 5 July 2024

    Graphic showing Labour holds Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley. The winning candidate was Yvette Cooper.
  14. Labour overturns Dame Andrea's majoritypublished at 04:23 BST 5 July 2024

    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.

  15. Labour gains Leeds South West and Morley from the Conservativespublished at 04:18 BST 5 July 2024

    Graphic showing Labour gains Leeds South West and Morley from the Conservatives. The winning candidate was Mark Sewards.
  16. Labour gains Leeds South West & Morley from Toriespublished at 04:12 BST 5 July 2024
    Breaking

    Conservative Dame Andrea Jenkyns loses her Leeds South West and Morley seat to Labour’s Mark Sewards.

    Dame Andrea beat former Labour Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls at the 2015 General Election to win the seat.

  17. Reeves makes history in new Leeds constituencypublished at 03:39 BST 5 July 2024

    Gemma Dillon
    Political Reporter, BBC Yorkshire

    Rachel Reeves was elected as MP for the new constituency of Leeds West and Pudsey to huge whoops from a crowd of Labour supporters.

    Rachel Reeves in front of the camera

    It is a historical moment as she is expected to become the country’s first female chancellor of the exchequer.

    However, she was quick to point out in her first interview of the night with the BBC that she didn’t want to pre-empt who Sir Keir Starmer appointed to his cabinet.

  18. Applause as Yvette Cooper arrives at countpublished at 03:32 BST 5 July 2024

    The result from Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley, the seat previously held by Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, is due soon.

    Yvette Cooper arrives at count

    Ms Cooper arrives at the count amid applause from a crowd of Labour supporters.

  19. Leeds South West and Morley result due soonpublished at 03:27 BST 5 July 2024

    Leeds South West and Morley is due to be announced in the next 20 minutes.

    The Conservative candidate Andrea Jenkyns, who beat Ed Balls in the 2015 general election, is not yet at the count.

  20. Turnout 'poor' in Normanton & Hemsworth - Trickettpublished at 03:17 BST 5 July 2024

    Jon Trickett, the Labour candidate for Normanton and Hemsworth, describes turnout in the seat as “poor”.

    Jon Trickett

    “My concern is that a large number of people haven’t voted,” he says.

    “It’s a lack of faith in the direction the country's taken. We need to go away and think about that.

    “It’s a lesson that we’ve to learn - and it’s important that we do.”