Somerset has been to the polls for the General Election. Thousands of people in Somerset have cast those important votes - and we will now find out who they have been voting for as their new MP - and who will be in charge of the country. Polling stations were open from 7am and until 10pm.
Somerset’s 11 constituencies are due to declare between 3am and 6am according to the PA news agency. Pollsters are predicting that some seats could change party, while there are several new seats which have been created. There are 11 constituencies within Somerset.
Four are in the Bath and North East Somerset Council area, two in North Somerset Council areas, and seven in the Somerset Council area (one of which, Tiverton and Minehead, crosses into Devon). FOLLOW EACH OF THE COUNTS BELOW WITH OUR DEDICATED LIVE BLOGS AND RESULTS BATH BRIDGWATER FROME AND EAST SOMERSET GLASTONBURY AND SOMERTON NORTH EAST SOMERSET AND HANHAM TAUNTON AND WELLINGTON TIVERTON AND MINEHEAD NORTH SOMERSET WELLS AND MENDIP HILLS YEOVIL WESTON-SUPER-MARE Follow live updates of our election coverage below. Sir Keir Starmer is on course for Downing Street as an exit poll indicated his Labour Party will sweep to power.
The Labour leader will become prime minister on Friday with a commanding majority in Parliament, the exit poll for broadcasters suggested. Rishi Sunak's term as Prime Minister looks set to end in electoral disaster, with the Conservatives forecast to endure heavy losses. It marks a dramatic turnaround si.
