Summary

  • Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg has been re-elected for the Conservatives in North East Somerset

  • All four Bristol seats have been declared as Labour holds

  • The Conservatives have held on to all their seats in the West including Cheltenham, Gloucester, Weston-super-Mare and Wells

  • Labour's David Drew lost his Stroud seat to Siobhan Baillie of the Conservatives

  • Bath held by the Liberal Democrats, with Wera Hobhouse re-elected

  • The Conservatives have won an overall majority making them the ruling party

Live Reporting

Polly March, Ian Parker, Steve Mellen, Jackie Coles and Jasmine Ketibuah-Foley

  1. Bristol-born Sajid Javid re-elected in Bromsgrove

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  2. Somerton and Frome: Con hold
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    David Warburton and family

    David Warburton has been re-elected as the Conservative MP for Somerton and Frome.

  3. Cheltenham votes still being recounted

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    BBC Points West reporter

    Latest from Cheltenham - all of the bundles have been checked and now at the request of one of the agents, they are going to be laid out next to each other to get a visual representation of the result.

    We have no idea why either...

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  4. Bristol North West: Labour hold

    Darren Jones has been re-elected as the MP for Bristol North West, with an increased majority.

    The Labour candidate beat Conservative Mark Weston by 5,692 votes, 931 more votes than the majority at the 2017 election.

    Chris Coleman of the Liberal Democrats came third and the Green Party's Heather Mack came fourth.

    Voter turnout was up by 1.6 percentage points since the last general election.

    Nearly 56,000 people, roughly three-quarters of those eligible to vote, went to polling stations across the area on Thursday, in the first December general election since 1923.

    One of the four candidates, Heather Mack (Green) lost her £500 deposit after failing to win 5% of the vote.

    This story was created using some automation.

  5. Jacob Rees-Mogg attempts to escape TV cameras

    He won in North East Somerset - but he didn't seem keen to give any interviews afterwards.

    He was pursued out of the count by BBC Points West, Radio Bristol and others but didn't answer any questions.

    Jacob Rees-Mogg attempts to escape TV cameras

  6. West General Election results so far at 5am

    If you're just waking up, here's the latest results for the West.

    A total of 22 seats have been won by the Conservatives so far - here is the latest:

    • Michele Donelan has been re-elected in Chippenham with 30,994 votes
    • Conservative candidate Mark Harper has been re-elected as the MP for Forest Of Dean, with an increased majority. He beat Labour's Di Martin by 15,869 votes
    • Conservative James Heappey has been re-elected as the MP for Wells
    • Wiltshire South West has been held by Conservative Andrew Murrison
    • Luke Hall has retained the seat for the Conservatives
    • Conservative James Gray has held onto his seat in North Wiltshire
    • Thangam Debbonaire holds Bristol West for Labour with a total of 47,028 votes
    • Conservative Chris Skidmore has held onto his seat in Kingswood
    • Conservative Geoffrey Clifton-Brown has been re-elected in The Cotswolds constituency
    • Conservative Siobhan Baillie has ousted Labour's David Drew to become MP for Stroud, winning the seat by 3,840 votes
    • Conservative Iain Liddell-Grainger has held onto his seat in Bridgwater and West Somerset
    • Rebecca Pow has been re-elected as Conservative MP for Taunton Deane
    • Conservative Laurence Robertson has held on to his seat in Tewkesbury
    • Danny Kruger takes over from Claire Perry as the Conservative MP for Devizes
    • John Glen has been re-elected as the Conservative MP for Salisbury
    • Conservative candidate John Penrose has been elected MP for Weston-super-Mare
    • Liam Fox has been re-elected for the Conservatives in North Somerset.

  7. North Somerset: Con hold
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    Liam Fox has been re-elected as Conservative MP for North Somerset

  8. Salisbury: Con hold
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    John Glen has been re-elected as the Conservative MP for Salisbury.

  9. Tories hold Swindon with increased majority

    Justin Tomlinson and Robert Buckland hold on to their seats with increased majorities.

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  10. Tewkesbury: Con hold
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    Conservative Laurence Robertson has held on to his seat in Tewkesbury.

  11. Devizes: Con hold
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    Danny Kruger takes over from Claire Perry as the Conservative MP for Devizes.

    Danny Kruger

  12. Weston-super-Mare: Con hold
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    John Penrose (Conservative) has been elected MP for Weston-super-Mare

  13. Taunton Deane: Con hold
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    Rebecca Pow has been re-elected as Conservative MP for Taunton Deane

  14. Bridgwater and West Somerset: Con hold
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    Conservative Iain Liddell-Grainger has held onto his seat in Bridgwater and West Somerset.

  15. Careful checking ahead of Cheltenham result

    Cheltenham count

    In Cheltenham all of the boxes are being returned to the tables for the bundles to be flicked through to check they are for the right candidate.

    Cheltenham count
    Votes being counted in Cheltenham

  16. Somerset North East: Conservative hold

    Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg has been re-elected as the MP for Somerset North East, with an increased majority.

    The Conservative candidate beat Labour's Mark Huband by 14,729 votes, 4,494 more votes than the majority at the 2017 election.

    Nick Coates of the Liberal Democrats came third and the Green Party's Fay Whitfield came fourth.

    Voter turnout was up by 0.7 percentage points since the last general election.

    More than 56,000 people, roughly three-quarters of those eligible to vote, went to polling stations across the area on Thursday, in the first December general election since 1923.

    Two of the five candidates, Fay Whitfield (Green) and Shaun Hughes (independent) lost their £500 deposits after failing to win 5% of the vote.

    This story was created using some automation.

  17. Stroud: Conservatives gain seat from Labour

    Conservative Siobhan Baillie has ousted Labour's David Drew to become MP for Stroud, winning the seat by 3,840 votes.

    The Conservative Party overturned a 687 vote majority to the win the swing seat back from Labour.

    Molly Scott Cato of the Green Party came third and the Brexit Party's Desi Latimer came fourth.

    Voter turnout was up by 1 percentage points since the last general election.

    Nearly 66,000 people, 78% of those eligible to vote, went to polling stations across the area on Thursday, in the first December general election since 1923.

    Two of the five candidates, Ms Latimer and Glenville Gogerly (Libertarian) lost their £500 deposits after failing to win 5% of the vote.

    This story was created using some automation.

  18. The Cotswolds: Con hold
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    Conservative Geoffrey Clifton-Brown has been re-elected in The Cotswolds constituency.

  19. Conservative Chris Skidmore retains Kingswood

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  20. Bristol West: Lab hold
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    Thangam Debbonaire holds Bristol West for Labour.

    Thangam Debbonaire - Labour -47,028; Suria Aujla - Conservative - 8,822; Carla Denyer - Green Party - 18,809; Neil Hipkiss - Brexit Party - 869