Summary

  • Nightmare election for Labour as they lose seven key seats

  • Redcar, Sedgefield, Darlington, Stockton South, Durham North West and Bishop Auckland all fall

  • Redcar and Bishop Auckland had never had a Conservative MP

  • Conservatives also take Blyth Valley for the first time since it was created in 1950

  • Alex Cunningham, new Labour MP for Stockton North, calls on Corbyn to resign

  • Labour hold Hartlepool in the face of Brexit Party and Tories

  • Labour hold more than a dozen other seats, all with reduced majorities

  • Conservatives have won an overall majority in the general election

  1. Conservatives take five Labour heartland seatspublished at 11:26 Greenwich Mean Time 6 November 2020

    Labour loses Bishop Auckland, Darlington, Stockton South, Redcar and Tony Blair's old Sedgefield seat.

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  2. Bruce & Dyche query referee appointmentpublished at 20:17 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2019

    Steve Bruce and Sean Dyche question the appointment of referee Tim Robinson in Burnley's 1-0 win over Newcastle at Turf Moor.

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  3. Premier League predictions: Lawro v comedian & author David Baddielpublished at 19:44 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2019

    Mark Lawrenson takes on comedian, author and Chelsea fan David Baddiel to make predictions for the latest round of Premier League fixtures.

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  4. Swansea's Ayew makes nine-man Boro paypublished at 16:56 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2019

    Andre Ayew scores two goals as Swansea City win 3-1 against nine-man Middlesbrough.

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  5. How Labour's 'red wall' turned bluepublished at 20:17 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019

    Seats held by Labour for generations across the Midlands and north of England are won by the Tories.

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  6. Our live coverage across the daypublished at 15:51 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019

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  7. Voters' views: 'Labour then was a party worth voting for'published at 15:12 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019

    Among some voters there was not a great deal of surprise Labour had fared badly in the North East in the election.

    Keith Shield, from Catchgate, in the Durham North constituency, which remained Labour, said: "I know what the Conservatives did in the past when (Margaret) Thatcher was in power, and she used the police as a political weapon, that was totally wrong, and the miners strike.

    "My father was a miner, so was his younger brother and my older brother. If they had come back and seen how the Labour party had declined and descended into, led by people like that they wouldn't have believed it.

    "The Labour party then was a party worth voting for and they did look after people's rights but these people are only interested in dogma.

    "They would have bankrupted our country with their policies and there was no way back from that."

    He said he wanted to see more investment in the area because he thought it had been neglected.

    He said he believed the Conservatives in power were a step in the right direction

    Keith Shield
  8. Catch up on the election results across Englandpublished at 15:12 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019

    How to find out the general election results from England's 533 constituencies.

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  9. 'When I got to the ballot paper I couldn't make my mind up'published at 14:21 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019

    BBC Radio 5 Live

    BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Anna Foster is in Sedgefield in County Durham - which used to be former Labour PM Tony Blair's constituency. It's been won by the Conservatives, who have taken five key constituencies in north-east England.

    Stephen

    Stephen voted Independent.

    "When I got to the ballot paper I couldn't make my mind up," he told Anna, "but the one thing I wasn't going to vote for was the Labour Party.

    "I've voted Labour all my life and it was because of one man, and that was Jeremy Corbyn, it wasn't because of Brexit.

    "I didn't want Corbyn to be in Number 10 and have the SNP with Nicola Sturgeon having a big say... that was just unpalatable to me.

    "There wasn't space to write 'none of the above' on the ballot paper."

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  10. Former Labour MPs react to losingpublished at 13:45 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019

    Former North East Labour MPs have changed their Twitter biographies following the party's poor performance in the general election.

    Phil Wilson lost his Sedgefield seat to the Conservatives. He's now changed his Twitter bio to "Staying calm and listening to jazz".

    Phil Wilson TwitterImage source, Twitter

    And Anna Turley, who lost her Redcar seat to Conservative Jacob Young simply has the word "free" on hers.

    Anna Turley profileImage source, Twitter
  11. 'I would never vote for that man ever'published at 13:13 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019

    Voters in Redcar elected a Conservative MP for the first time in the constituency's history.

    Some of them explained that it was Jeremy Corbyn which made a difference.

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  12. What's behind the Conservative victory?published at 12:40 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019

    Professor Sir John Curtice
    Polling expert

    The map below gives a clear indication of how much the political situation in the North East has changed from yesterday to today.

    Support for the Conservatives rose by four points in the Midlands, the North East and Yorkshire - the regions of England that voted most heavily in favour of Leave.

    In contrast, the party's vote fell back by a point in London and the South East.

    Conversely, Labour saw its vote fall by 12 to 13 points in the North East and Yorkshire, while it fell by only six or seven points in London and the South of England.

    The result also saw Labour lose ground heavily in its traditional working-class heartlands.

    Difference in seats between 2017 and 2019
  13. Tories take Blyth Valley from Labour in shock winpublished at 11:42 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019

    Ian Levy got 17,440 votes to win the seat which has been held by Labour since it was created in 1950.

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  14. North West Durham: Things have moved onpublished at 11:38 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019

    Michael Wild
    Political programmes editor, North East & Cumbria

    One of the shocks of last night's results was Labour's Laura Pidcock losing her North West Durham seat to Conservative Richard Holden.

    Before that she was seen as a potential leadership contender. In 2017, her majority was more than 8,000.

    Until last night North West Durham was the sort of “no-hoper” seat that young ambitious Conservatives looking to cut their political teeth were pointed towards.

    A constituency made up of former mining and steel towns such as Consett and Stanley, it was working class through and through.

    At the height of Labour’s success in 1997, the local MP Hilary Armstrong took nearly 69% of the vote – more than double all the other parties added together.

    One Conservative keen to make her mark at the start of her career was Theresa May, a councillor in London when she travelled north to be selected as Conservative candidate at the 1992 General Election.

    She came second with the future Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron trailing in third. For Mrs May it was a step up the political ladder and by 1997 she’d been rewarded with the far more winnable constituency of Maidenhead.

    But things have moved on – and the Conservative party has proved it’s capable of winning, even in the former Labour heartlands of the North East

    Laura Pidcock and Jeremy CorbynImage source, Getty Images
  15. Tory vote felt solid from the outsetpublished at 10:51 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019

    Danny Savage
    North of England correspondent

    For the six weeks of the general election campaign, I travelled around the UK talking to voters in numerous constituencies for Radio 4. We tried to mix up the type of constituencies - not just marginal - but safe seats, target seats and different voter demographics.

    The first was in Hartlepool, where it felt like the Brexit party could potentially gain a seat. But six weeks on, the Brexit Party threat had vanished.

    The Conservative vote felt solid from the outset, but a day at the races at Wolverhampton brought home the extent of pro Tory feeling. Here we found lifelong Labour supporters who were turning to the Tories. The reason? Jeremy Corbyn.

    On the streets of Britain, Mr Corbyn proved to be the most divisive figure in politics. Yes, we heard from fans, some who described him as a breath of fresh air, but they were in the minority.

    In short, the electorate disliked Jeremy Corbyn to such a level that he forced many of them to turn their back on the party they had always voted for. If I had a pound for every time somebody expressed their dislike for him, I would have lots of pounds.

    Hartlepool Marina
  16. General election 2019: What questions do you have?published at 10:12 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019

    The election results are in but what else do you want to know?

    Do you still have questions about the general election?

    It could be a query over what happens next or an issue close to your heart.

    You can find out the results for your area by using our constituency pages and catch up on the night's key points here.

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  17. Labour 'will have post-mortem into disastrous results'published at 09:34 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019

    Wansbeck MP Ian Lavery, who is also the chairman of the Labour party, has defended Jeremy Corbyn's decision not to step down as leader immediately, saying the party will have a "post-mortem" into its "disastrous results".

    Mr Corbyn has said he will not lead Labour into the next election, following a "very disappointing night" for his party.

    But he said he would stay on as leader during a "process of reflection" on the result, which was its worst since 1935.

    Mr Lavery said: "It's so disappointing what's happened, bearing in mind the fantastic manifesto we've had, the way people have embraced probably what's been the best manifesto the Labour party has ever produced.

    "We'll be discussing it, we'll be letting the dust settle and looking at how we go forward as a party in the next few days or so."

    Ian Lavery
  18. Labour Party chairman blames 'hostility' towards Brexit stance for defeatpublished at 08:51 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019

    Today Programme
    BBC Radio 4

    Like most of Jeremy Corbyn's allies, Labour Party chairman Ian Lavery, blames "hostility" towards the party's Brexit stance for its defeat.

    Mr Lavery held on to his Wansbeck seat but his majority fell from 10,435 to just 814.

    He tells the BBC Radio 4's Today programme the only difference between the 2017 election and this election is that Labour is now backing another EU referendum.

    Mr Lavery says there is a "lack of trust" because Labour promised in its 2017 manifesto to respect the referendum result and many people in white working class communities now feel the party is "trying to block Brexit".

    Asked how long Mr Corbyn should remain Labour leader, Mr Lavery says, "Jeremy will assess the situation in the next couple of days and we’ll take it forward from there".

    He adds that Mr Corbyn is "a man of real integrity" and will act in "the best interests of the Labour Party".

    Ian LaveryImage source, Getty Images
  19. North East has seen 'political earthquake'published at 08:11 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019

    Richard Moss
    Political Editor, BBC Look North

    The North East has seen the equivalent of a political earthquake - the region has not seen as many seats change hands in one election in living memory.

    Margaret Thatcher never had as many MPs in this region as Boris Johnson will have. And some now represent constituencies we were told would never vote Conservative.

    Communities built on the steel industry, like Consett and Redcar, and former mining areas like Blyth Valley and Bishop Auckland have placed their trust in the Tories.

    The Labour party chairman Ian Lavery, a former miner, survived by the skin of his teeth in Wansbeck. Laura Pidcock, a Corbynite who could have been in the running to be the next Labour leader, saw North West Durham's voters reject her.

    So what happened? Get Brexit Done certainly resonated. The gains were all in leave-voting seats which seem to have blamed Labour for the parliamentary deadlock.

    But Labour candidates will tell you that Jeremy Corbyn was a bigger issue on the doorstep. Not many of their voters wanted him anywhere near Number 10.

    But there are dangers. Every economic study suggests it's the North East that will suffer the most harm from leaving the European Union. And just talking about the idea of a Northern Powerhouse will no longer be enough.

    Constituents of these new Conservative MPs will expect them and their party to deliver Brexit, but also more investment in the North.

  20. Standout election moments across Englandpublished at 07:39 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019

    A look at some of the standout moments from across England in the 2019 general election.

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