{"id":36201,"date":"2019-12-12T22:13:54","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T22:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=36201"},"modified":"2019-12-12T22:13:54","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T22:13:54","slug":"general-election-2019-live-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/general-election-2019-live-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"General Election 2019: Live blog"},"content":{"rendered":"

Check back here regularly for updates on the Election throughout the night.<\/em><\/p>\n

Update 5:06am: Conservatives have officially won the election, gaining the majority 326 seats. Some seats are still yet to declare their results.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Check back later to see a final election round up on the site.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Update 4:55am: It’s looking like a significant Conservative win.<\/p>\n

Jeremy Corbyn announced earlier this morning that he will not stand as Labour leader in the next election, following the predicted defeat in the exit polls.<\/p>\n

Jo Swinson lost her Lib Dem seat.<\/p>\n

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Update 2:22am: Conservatives currently have 42 seats to Labour’s 43.<\/p>\n

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Update 1:59am: Lewisham East<\/strong> is Labour<\/strong> with 26,661 votes.<\/p>\n

Arfon<\/strong> is PC<\/strong> with 13,134.<\/p>\n

Strangford<\/strong> went DUP<\/strong> with 17,705.<\/p>\n

Rochdale<\/strong> is another Labour<\/strong> with 24,475.<\/p>\n

Walthamstow<\/strong> is Labour<\/strong> with 36,784.<\/p>\n

Harrogate and Knaresborough<\/strong> is Conservative <\/strong>with 29,962.<\/p>\n

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Update 1:56am: Putney<\/strong> is Labour<\/strong> 22,780 votes.<\/p>\n

North Down<\/strong> is Alliance<\/strong> with 18,358 votes.<\/p>\n

Wigan<\/strong> is Labour<\/strong> with 21,042 votes.<\/p>\n

Bracknell<\/strong> is Conservative<\/strong> with 31,894 votes.<\/p>\n

Angus<\/strong> is SNP<\/strong> with 21,216 votes.<\/p>\n

And Kilmarnock<\/strong> and Loundoun<\/strong> is SNP<\/strong> with 24,216 votes.<\/p>\n

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Update 1:55am: Knowlsley<\/strong> is Labour<\/strong> with 44,374 votes.<\/p>\n

Leicester South<\/strong> is Labour<\/strong> with 33,606 votes<\/p>\n

Wrexham<\/strong> is Conservative<\/strong> with 15,199 votes.<\/p>\n

Basildon<\/strong> is Conservative<\/strong> with 29,590 votes.<\/p>\n

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Update 1:51am: A lot all at once! Chorley<\/strong> is Speaker<\/strong> 26,831 votes.<\/p>\n

Gates Head<\/strong> is Labour<\/strong> with 20,450 votes.<\/p>\n

Caerphilly<\/strong> is Labour<\/strong> 18,018 votes.<\/p>\n

Makerfield<\/strong> also Labour<\/strong> 19,954 votes.<\/p>\n

Basildon South<\/strong> is Conservative<\/strong> with 29,973 votes.<\/p>\n

Rayleigh and Wickford<\/strong> is Conservative<\/strong> with 39,864 votes.<\/p>\n

Peterborough<\/strong> is Conservative<\/strong> with 22,343.<\/p>\n

Vale of Clwyd<\/strong> also Conservative<\/strong> with 17,270 votes.<\/p>\n

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Update 1:30am:\u00a0Jarrow<\/strong> is a Labour<\/strong> hold 18,363 votes.<\/p>\n

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Update 1:27am: Darlington<\/strong> is Conservative <\/strong>20,901 votes.<\/p>\n

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Update 1:25am: Kettering <\/strong>is Conservative <\/strong>with 29,787 votes.<\/p>\n

Rutherglen and Hamilton West SNP <\/strong>gain with 23.775 votes.<\/p>\n

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Update 1:21am: Workington Conservative <\/strong>with 20,488 votes.<\/p>\n

Fylde <\/strong>is Conservative <\/strong>with 28,432 votes.<\/p>\n

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Update 1:18am: 17,124 votes makes Wansbeck <\/strong>another Labour <\/strong>hold.<\/p>\n

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Update 1:10am: Broxbourne <\/strong>next Conservative<\/strong> hold with 30,631 votes.<\/p>\n

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Update 1:06am: Nuneaton<\/strong> is a Conservative <\/strong>hold with 27,390 votes.<\/p>\n

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Update: 1:00am: South Shields <\/strong>becomes another Labour hold <\/strong>with 17,273 votes.<\/p>\n

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Update 12:51pm: Sunderland Central <\/strong>stays Labour <\/strong>with 18,336 votes.<\/p>\n

Halton <\/strong>is also Labour <\/strong>with 29,333 votes.<\/p>\n

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Update 12:47pm: Another Labour <\/strong>hold in Newcastle Upon Tyne North <\/strong>with 21,534 votes.<\/p>\n

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Update 12:42pm: Washington and Sunderland West <\/strong>wins Labour<\/strong> seat with 15,941 votes.<\/p>\n

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Update 12:34pm: Middlesborough<\/strong> remains a Labour<\/strong> hold with 17,202 votes.<\/p>\n

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Update 12:31pm: Swindon North<\/strong> has a Conservative<\/strong> win with 32,584 votes.<\/p>\n

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Update 12:07am: Newcastle Upon Tyne East<\/strong> have a Labour<\/strong> win. Sunderland Central have also announced a Labour victory with 18,336 votes.<\/p>\n

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Update 11:49pm: Count Binface has arrived at the count in Uxbridge ready to face Boris Johnson.<\/p>\n

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Update 11:20pm:\u00a0Houghton and Sunderland South <\/strong>have quickly followed with their constituency resulting in a Labour<\/strong> win.<\/p>\n

In Blyth Valley<\/strong>, Conservative<\/strong> have won with 17,440 votes.<\/p>\n

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Update 11:28pm: Newcastle upon Tyne Central<\/strong> is the first to announce it’s results! Labour<\/strong> won this seat with 21,568 votes.<\/p>\n

Conservatives came away with 9,290. Lib Dems had 2,709. Brexit Party received 2,542. Green Party had 1,356.<\/p>\n

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Update 11:19pm: These are the top trends on Twitter so far:<\/p>\n

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Update 11:05pm: According to exit polls, Jo Swinson, head of the Liberal Democrats, is likely to lose her seat, according to the BBC.<\/p>\n

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Update 10pm: The exit poll results are as follows:<\/p>\n

Majority of 86 projected
\nConservative – 368
\nLabour – 191
\nSNP – 55
\nLiberal Democrats – 13<\/p>\n

Don’t understand election polls? Read our explainer here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Update: 23:20<\/p>\n

Newcastle Central<\/strong> are the first constituency to announce their results with a Labour win.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Houghton and Sunderland South<\/strong> have quickly followed with their constituency resulting in a Labour win<\/strong> aswell.<\/p>\n

In Blyth Valley<\/strong>, Conservative<\/strong> have won with 17,440 votes.<\/p>\n

Update 23:41<\/p>\n

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All of our election coverage:<\/p>\n