Summary

  • Conservatives take five seats from Labour in Greater Manchester - Bury North, Bury South, Leigh, Bolton North East, and Heywood & Middleton)

  • Tories gain Burnley, Blackpool South, and Hyndburn from Labour in Lancashire

  • In Cheshire, the Conservatives take Crewe & Nantwich and Warrington South from Labour

  • No other seats change hands

  • Merseyside bucks the national trend - Labour successfully defends all 14 of its seats, while the Tories hold Southport

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  1. RESULT: Labour hold Wirral South

    Alison McGovern has retained Wirral South for Labour.

    Alison McGovernLabour Party

  2. RESULT: Tories hold Bolton West

    Chris Green has retained Bolton West for the Conservative Party.

    Chris GreenUK Parliament

  3. Tories take Leigh from Labour
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    James Grundy has taken Leigh from Labour for the Conservatives.

    James Grundy

    There was a 12% swing to the Conservatives. The seat had been Labour-held since 1922.

  4. Huge ward votes lead to verification delay

    A large turnout in one of the council wards in Salford has led to delays in the count, BBC Radio Manchester's Liam Bradford reports

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  5. RESULT: Labour holds Blackburn

    Labour's Kate Hollern has won in Blackburn.

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  6. RESULT: Labour retains Garston and Halewood

    Maria Eagle has retained Garston and Halewood for Labour.

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  7. RESULT: Conservatives take Blackpool South
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    Scott Benton has taken Blackpool South for the Conservative Party from Labour's Gordon Marsden.

  8. RESULT: Labour holds Knowsley

    Veteran MP George Howarth has retained Knowsley for Labour with a 39,942 majority - 2,272 down on 2017.

    Georgr HowarthPA Media

  9. RESULT: Labour retains St Helens North

    Conor McGinn holds on to secure St Helens North for Labour, although he has lost about a third of the 18,000 majority he won two years ago.

  10. RESULT: Labour retains Bootle

    Peter Dowd has retained Bootle for the Labour Party, albeit with a slightly reduced majority.

    The seat was never up for grabs, given that he won in 2017 by 36,200 votes.

    Tonight he won by 34,556.

  11. RESULT: Conservatives retain Southport

    Damien Moore increases the Tory majority in Southport from 2,914 to 4,147.

    Labour increased their share of the vote, though, as constituents turned their back on the Liberal Democrats.

    All three major parties fancied their chances going into the election.

  12. RESULT: Labour retains Birkenhead

    Labour has held Birkenhead.

    Mick Whitley won 59% of the vote.

    Former Labour minister Frank Field, who resigned the Labour whip last year, secured 17% of the vote to finish in second place.

  13. RESULT: Labour retains Rochdale

    Tony Lloyd is re-elected in Rochdale.

    Tony Lloyduk parliament

  14. RESULT: Labour retains Wigan

    Labour's Lisa Nandy is re-elected as the MP for Wigan, but has had her majority slashed from 16,0000 to less than 7,000.

    She is calling for a change of direction from her party.

    “I have listened. I will make it my mission to bring Labour home to you,” she said.

    Lisa NandyUK Parliament

    It is best summed up by a voter who told me 'I haven't left Labour - Labour has left me.'

    It is heartbreaking and devastating.

    Lisa Nandy, Labour MP for Wigan

  15. RESULT: Conservatives take Leigh
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    The Conservatives have taken Leigh from Labour.

    For the first time in nearly 100 years the Conservatives have won the seat of Leigh with a 2,000 majority.

  16. Conservative candidate arrives for Bury North count

    BBC NWT reporter Kevin Fitzpatrick is over at the Bury North count this morning.

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  17. RESULT: Labour retains Knowsley

    Labour has held its seat in Knowsley with a 39,942 majority.

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  18. RESULT: Labour retains Makerfield
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    Yvonne Fovargue has retained Makerfield for Labour.

    She beat the Conservatives' Nick King by 4,740 votes.

    Labour's lead was 13,542.

    Yvonne FovargueUK Parliament

  19. RESULT: Speaker Lindsay Hoyle re-elected in Chorley
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    The new Speaker of the House of Commons, Lindsay Hoyle, has been re-elected.

    The former Labour MP only had two opponents - an independent and a Green Party candidate - because convention dictates that the major parties do not stand against a sitting Speaker.

    Sir Lindsay received more than two thirds of the vote.

  20. Tories set to regain Weaver Vale?

    James Mountford
    Reporter, BBC Radio Merseyside

    If the exit polls are to be believed - the Conservatives look set to regain Weaver Vale.

    Labour’s Mike Amesbury won this seat two years ago from the Tories with a majority of almost 4,000.

    In the two previous elections, majorities of less than a thousand were enough to keep the Tories in control.

    Weaver Vale is a wide and varied constituency taking in Frodsham, Northwich, Helsby and east Runcorn, making the political landscape unpredictable.

    Local issues include fracking, new homes, fox hunting and the Mersey Gateway bridge tolls.

    The turnout here is 72% - marginally lower than 2017.

    MIke AmesburyParliament UK