The new Labour MP for Tamworth Sarah Edwards describes her victory as "historic".

She tells the BBC it demonstrates people are "fed up" and not seeing the Conservatives give a positive vision for the country.

Edwards denies she has won by default because of a low turnout, with many Tory voters staying at home.

"I think what it actually demonstrates is Conservative voters have voted Labour – I have spoken to many of them," she adds.

We're told the result is expected very soon.

Neither the Labour nor the Conservative candidates have been seen in the building yet.

Ione Wells
Political correspondent, reporting from Tamworth

This is a significant swing to Labour - 23.9%.

That’s higher than the swing in the Selby by-election earlier this year.

Labour tonight are very pleased, stressing this was not a target seat for them - instead the 57th safest Tory seat in the country.

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Sophie Madden
reporting from Tamworth

Tamworth's new Labour MP Sarah Edwards has been giving her victory speech.

She thanked her team for their "sacrifices" during the campaign.

"I would like to thank the people of Tamworth and the villages who have put their trust in me to be their Member of Parliament," she said.

"I have made promises to you that I intend to keep.

"I will be your voice in Westminster and challenge this government to get a better deal for Tamworth - you have my solemn promise."

She ended by calling on the government to call a general election.

Ione Wells
Political correspondent, reporting from Tamworth

The Conservative candidate in Tamworth rushed off stage pretty immediately from the closest fire exit after the result and appears to have left already.

Ione Wells
Political correspondent, reporting from Tamworth

I've just heard from Sir Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, on Sarah Edwards taking Tamworth from the Conservatives.

He said: "This is a phenomenal result that shows Labour is back in the service of working people and redrawing the political map.

“To those who have given us their trust, and those considering doing so, Labour will spend every day acting in your interests and focused on your priorities.

"Labour will give Britain its future back.”

Here are the results in full:

Labour: 11,719

Conservatives: 10,403

Reform UK: 1,373

Britain First: 580

The UK Independence Party: 436

Liberal Democrats: 417

Green Party: 417

Monster Raving Loony Party: 155

Independent: 86

Labour have won Tamworth in Staffordshire from the Conservatives – overturning a majority of nearly 20,000 votes. We’ll bring you the full result in a moment.

A podium has been put up and the candidates are assembling on the stage in Tamworth.

Elections expert Prof Sir John Curtice of the University of Strathclyde has been giving us his take on what we've been hearing tonight.

"I think it is already clear from what we are hearing from the counts Labour have either won or at least come close to winning these by-elections," he says.

"We are seeing some by-elections with some very substantial swings from Conservative to Labour.

"That will indicate two things, one being that the lowest swing in Uxbridge is more like a mirage than a pathway to a Conservative recovery and the result in Selby might be the better guide as to where we are at.

"The last time we had swings this size was in the 1992-1997 Parliament which ended in a substantial Conservative defeat."

Andrew Sinclair
BBC East, political editor

With the general election probably less than a year away, a win in Mid Bedfordshire would set the political tone for weeks to come - it would give momentum to the opposition if one of them were to win; hope to the Conservatives if they can hold the seat.

It is also seen as by the parties as classic swing-voter territory.

Once described to me as “aspirational middle England" where people have worked hard to afford their own homes, many are commuters, many expect to take several holidays a year.

As my colleague Ben Schofield discovered, the constituency has some of the highest employment and home ownership rates in the country.

These aspirational people are not politically tribal - they back the party most likely to help them better their lives.

While not usually a swing seat, Mid Beds is close to constituencies like Bedford, Milton Keynes, Stevenage and Harlow - some of the main battlegrounds at the next general election.

Amy Holmes
BBC Three Counties political reporter, at the Mid Beds count in Chicksands

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Here in Mid Bedfordshire I've been talking to candidates and the feeling is that a Labour win is looking increasingly likely.

We have not been called into the arena yet and the result is looking like it could be another 30 minutes away.

Ione Wells
Political correspondent, reporting from Tamworth

We’re told by some of those running the count here in Staffordshire it’s looking very close.

Discussions appear to be under way over whether the Tamworth vote is close enough for a recount.

Helen Catt
Political correspondent, reporting from Shefford, Bedfordshire

It’s notable Labour are still being very cautious, even at this point.

Many others here in Mid Bedfordshire are calling it for them but the furthest they’ll go is saying they’ve “had a good night”.

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Shadow science secretary Peter Kyle, who has been running the Labour campaign in Mid Bedfordshire, is sounding confident.

He tells our political correspondent Helen Catt: "We don’t know exactly what the result is yet but it has been a good night for Labour both here and in Tamworth."

"It’s very clear people have turned to us in large numbers," he adds.

Kyle says winning Mid Bedfordshire "was always a moonshot" for Labour and it "would be the biggest by-election shock in history".

Sophie Madden
BBC News

Labour's candidate in Tamworth, Sarah Edwards, has just arrived at the count to a few whoops and cheers from her camp.

As we said a short while ago, a result could be fairly imminent here.

Labour MP Stephanie Peacock says things are "certainly looking encouraging" for her party in Tamworth.

The MP for Barnsley East tells our political correspondent Ione Wells that winning the Staffordshire seat would be "historic" for Labour.

She denies there's been a lack of enthusiasm for her party on Tamworth's doorsteps, saying voters are "fed up with the government" and worried about the state of the economy, as well as local issues like potholes.

“If we managed to win this tonight that means Conservative voters have come out but they’ve voted Labour - because the majority is so big and the swing is so big they need to have switched to us for us to win.”

She says her party does not have to win previously safe Tory seats like Tamworth at the general election, but a win tonight would be "a very, very good sign" for next year.

Speaking about the size of the majority the Conservatives had in Tamworth, she also says: "The fact that we're even on the pitch in this election is quite extraordinary."

Image source, Ben Schofield/BBC

Labour's shadow science, innovation and technology secretary Peter Kyle has been spotted arriving at the Mid Bedfordshire count in Shefford.

Rob Mayor
West Midlands political editor, reporting from Tamworth

It is a little before 02:00 BST and we are hearing a declaration here in Tamworth could be as little as 20 minutes away.