Ronnie Campbell is re-elected as the MP for Blyth Valley with a majority of 9,229 votes. UKIP snatched second place from the Conservatives.

• Ronnie Campbell (Labour) 17,813

• Barry Elliott (UKIP) 8,584

• Greg Munro (Conservative) 8,346

• Philip Latham (Liberal Democrat) 2,265

• Dawn Furness (Green Party) 1,453

Katie Cole
BBC Newcastle

Wansbeck Labour MP Ian Lavery says Ed Miliband led an "outstanding campaign" and was the right brother for the job.

Katie Cole
BBC Newcastle

Here's a victorious Ronnie Campbell, Blyth Valley Labour MP, and Labour's Wansbeck MP Ian Lavery celebrating their poll wins.

The Conservatives won by 4,914 votes, with Liberal Democrats dropping to second place and Labour third.

• Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative) 16,603

• Julie Pörksen (Lib Dem) 11,689

• Scott Dickinson (Labour) 6,042

• Nigel Coghill-Marshall (UKIP) 4,513

• Rachael Roberts (Green Party) 1,488

• Neil Humphrey (English Democrats) 88

There were 38,528 votes cast in Wansbeck - a turnout of 60.89%.

Labour's Ian Lavery won 19,267 votes (50.01%). Chris Galley for the Conservatives won 8,386 (21.77%), UKIP's Melanie Hurst won 7,014, up 15% on 2010, Tom Hancock for the Lib Dems polled 2,407, down 21%, and Christopher Hedley for the Greens won 1,454 votes.

Katie Cole
BBC Newcastle

Ronnie Campbell holds Blyth Valley for Labour.

Anne-Marie Trevelyan wins Berwick-upon-Tweed for the Conservatives. The Tory party earlier secured a majority Government with 326 seats. As it stands, the Conservatives have 327.

In August 2013, Liberal Democrat Sir Alan Beith MP announced he was to step down after 40 years. He was the longest-serving Liberal since David Lloyd George.

Richard Moss
Political editor, North East & Cumbria

Not the candidate this time but here is Sir Alan Beith at Berwick count for result.

He's likely to see the seat lost after 42 years.

So more details on the Wansbeck Labour win. The Conservative Chris Galley was second, Melanie Hurst for UKIP was third, Tom Hancock for the Lib Dems came fourth.

Labour MP Ian Lavery admits last night was a political tsunami and he has "difficult task ahead".

Labour have held Wansbeck. Ian Lavery is re-elected as the MP.

And they're still counting at Hexham.

Stuart Whincup
BBC Look North

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Not the candidate this time but Sir Alan Beith is at the Berwick-upon-Tweed count for the result. He's likely to see the Lib Dems lose the seat for the first time in 42 years.

Katie Cole
BBC Newcastle

The counting has finished for Blyth and Wansbeck. Declaration expected shortly. Lots of people gathered.

Jennie Dennett
BBC Radio Cumbria

They're off on a second count in the Copeland mayoral elections.

Fergus Hewison
BBC Newcastle political reporter

The result is imminent for the Berwick seat. Conservatives seem confident.

Ed Miliband today confirmed he will be stepping down as Labour leader after the party failed to win enough seats at the election.

Watch the speech on BBC One live here.

Tom Blenkinsop for Labour upped his majority in Middlesbrough South and Cleveland East by 551 to 2,268, 42% of the votes.

Will Goodhand came second for the Conservatives with 37.1%, while UKIP's Steve Turner finished third after seeing his share rise from 4.1% to 15.2%.

Another dismal result for the Liberal Democrats saw Ben Gibson drop from 15.9% to 3.4%.

The Green party's Martin Brampton secured 2.3%.

With less than a dozen results to go here is a "before and after" view of the BBC's results map.

The Conservatives are on course for a majority Government. Labour kept many North East seats and gained some in London.

The map also shows many of Liberal Democrats' orange spots disappearing.

Angela Johnson
BBC Look North

The counting is under way in Hexham. The turnout is 72.73%.

A result is expected after 12:30.