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

  1. Kingswood: Con holdpublished at 04:31 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
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    Conservative Chris Skidmore has held onto his seat in Kingswood.

  2. Re-checking in Cheltenhampublished at 04:25 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019

    In Cheltenham, the sorting boxes are coming back out. They are re-checking the bundles.

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  3. North Wiltshire: Con holdpublished at 04:20 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
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    Conservative James Gray has held onto his seat in North Wiltshire.

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  4. Losing Labour candidate congratulates winnerpublished at 04:18 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019

    Jack Lopresti has been reelected for a fourth term in Filton and Bradley Stoke, beating a challenge from Labour's Mhairi Threlfall.

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  5. Thornbury and Yate: Con holdpublished at 04:16 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
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    Luke Hall has retained the seat for the Conservatives

  6. Wiltshire South West: Con holdpublished at 04:13 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
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    Wiltshire South West has been held by Conservative Andrew Murrison.

  7. Wells: Con holdpublished at 04:11 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
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    James Heappey

    Conservative James Heappey has been re-elected as the MP for Wells.

    In his victory speech he said: "Parties need to work together now."

  8. Forest Of Dean: Conservative holdpublished at 04:08 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019

    Mark Harper has been re-elected as the MP for Forest Of Dean, with an increased majority.

    The Conservative candidate beat Labour's Di Martin by 15,869 votes, 6,367 more votes than the majority at the 2017 election.

    Chris McFarling of the Green Party came third and independent candidate Julian Burrett came fourth.

    Voter turnout was down by 1 percentage point since the last general election.

    More than 51,000 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, Julian Burrett (independent) lost his £500 deposit after failing to win 5% of the vote.

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  9. Filton and Bradley Stoke: Con holdpublished at 04:08 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
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    Jack Lopresti has held the seat of Filton and Bradley Stoke for the Conservatives.

  10. How things stand at 4ampublished at 04:03 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019

    Good morning if you've just woken up keen to find out what has happened overnight.

    So far there have been few surprises in the West region.

    • The only change in party has been in Stroud where Labour MP David Drew lost his seat to Siobhan Baillie
    • Three of the four Bristol seats have declared- Bristol East, Bristol South and Bristol North West have all remained Labour
    • Jacob Rees-Mogg has been re-elected for the Tories in North East Somerset
    • The Conservatives have also held on to seats in the Forest of Dean, Chippenham, Swindon North and Swindon South
    • Wera Hobhouse has held Bath for the Liberal Democrats
  11. Chippenham: Con holdpublished at 04:02 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
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    Michele Donelan re-elected - Con - 30,994; Helen Belcher - Lib Dems - 19,706; Martha Anachury - Lab - 6,399

  12. Feeling 'pretty zen' waiting for result in Cheltenhampublished at 04:01 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019

    Alex Chalk

    Conservative Alex Chalk tells reporter Steve Knibbs: "I'm feeling pretty zen. I've done everything I can and now I'm just waiting for the result"

  13. Gloucester: Conservative holdpublished at 03:56 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019

    Richard Graham has been re-elected as the MP for Gloucester, with an increased majority.

    The Conservative candidate beat Labour's Fran Boait by 10,277 votes, 4,757 more votes than the majority at the 2017 election.

    Rebecca Trimnell of the Liberal Democrats came third and the Green Party's Michael Byfield came fourth.

    Voter turnout was up by 0.9 percentage points since the last general election.

    Nearly 54,000 people, roughly two-thirds 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, Michael Byfield (Green) lost his £500 deposit after failing to win 5% of the vote.

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  14. Bath: Liberal Democrat holdpublished at 03:53 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019

    Wera Hobhouse has been re-elected as the MP for Bath, with an increased majority.

    The Liberal Democrat candidate beat Conservative Annabel Tall by 12,322 votes, more than double the majority at the 2017 election.

    Mike Davies of the Labour Party came third and the Brexit Party's Jimi Ogunnusi came fourth.

    Voter turnout was up by 2.7 percentage points since the last general election.

    More than 52,000 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, Jimi Ogunnusi (The Brexit Party) and Bill Blockhead (independent) lost their £500 deposits after failing to win 5% of the vote.

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  15. 'I think it's pretty childish': Green's Cato responds to criticismspublished at 03:45 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019

    Sharon Alcock
    BBC News

    Molly Cato and her team
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    Molly Scott Cato (centre-front) gained 4,954 votes - 1,114 more than the majority the new Conservative MP gained over Labour.

    "I think it's pretty childish of a party that aims to be a party of government, not taking responsibility for its own failures," Molly Scott Cato says, in reply to local Labour criticism for her decision not to withdraw.

    The Conservatives have gained the seat from Labour, with a majority for Siobhan Baillie of 3,840 votes.

    Gloucestershire County Council Labour leader, Lesley Williams, on hearing the result, told the BBC: "I am extremely disappointed. If the Greens really did care about not returning a Conservative government... then they wouldn't have have stood."

    "The poll for David [Drew] and Molly [Scott Cato] together would have given David the win. I despair of what I am seeing in the country at the moment."

    But the Green candidate and current MEP for the South West, Cato, says "the people who voted for me would never have voted for Labour because they were voting for me precisely because they didn't want to vote for Jeremy Corbyn's party, or because they didn't want to visit for Johnson's Tories."

    "I hope that the good thing to come out of this will be that Labour will learn that they too have to campaign for a fairer system."

    Lesley Williams (right)
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    Lesley Williams (right) is "furious" at what she is seeing across the country tonight

  16. Bristol East: Lab holdpublished at 03:34 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
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    Kerry McCarthy

    Kerry McCarthy has held Bristol East for Labour polling 27,717 votes.

    The Conservative Sarah Codling was runner up with 16,923.

    Liberal Democrat Nicholas Coombes 3,527

    Green Conan Connolly 2,106

    The Brexit Party Tim Page 1,881

  17. North East Somerset: Con holdpublished at 03:29 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
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    Ali Vowles interviews Jacob Rees-Mogg

    Jacob Rees-Mogg has been re-elected as the Conservative MP for North East Somerset with 28,360 votes.

    Mark Huband (Labour) got 13,631, Nick Coates (Liberal Democrat) 12,422 Fay Whitfield (Green) 1,423 and Shaun Hughes (Independent) 472

  18. Bristol North West: Labour holdpublished at 03:25 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
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    Darren Jones

    Labour's Darren Jones has held Bristol North West, polling 27,330 votes.

    Conservative Mark Weston was runner-up with 21,638, Liberal Democrat Chris Coleman 4,940, and Green candidate Heather Mack 1,977.

    Turnout was 73.3%.

  19. Conservatives win Stroud from Labourpublished at 03:18 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019

    Sharon Alcock
    BBC News

    Siobhan Baillie

    The Conservatives have gained the previously Labour-held seat of Stroud, where turnout was 78.2%.

    New Conservative candidate Siobhan Baillie gained 31,582 votes. The outgoing MP David Drew had 27,742 this time.

    He had previously had a majority of 687 at the 2017 election.

    It had been thought that votes for the Green candidate, MEP Molly Scott Cato, could split the vote in this home of the climate-action campaign group Extinction Rebellion. She gained just 4,954 votes.

    Desi Latimer of the Brexit Party and Glenville Gogerly, Libertarian Party, received 1,085 and 567 votes respectively.

    Mrs Baillie is the first elected female MP in the history of the Stroud constituency.

  20. Bath results in fullpublished at 03:17 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019

    Bath Result: Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat) 28,419

    Annabel Tall (Conservative) 16,097

    Mike Davies (Labour) 6,639

    Jimi Ogunnusi (Brexit Party) 642

    Bill Blockhead 341