The Reform Party has knocked the Tories into third place in the first three seats declared. Nigel Farage's party has polled in second place in the so-called 'red wall' seats and is predicted to take 13 seats in total. The first new MP was declared to be Bridget Phillipson, who Houghton and Sunderland South for Labour.
The results were: Bridget Phillipson, Labour - 18,837 Sam Woods-Brass, Reform UK 11,668 Chris Burnicle, Conservative - 5,514 Paul Edgeworth, Lib Dem - 2,290 Richard Bradley, Green Party - 1,723 Next came Blyth and Ashington, which was retained by Labour, again with Reform second. The votes were: Ian Lavery, Labour - 20,030 Mark Peart, Reform UK - 10,857 Maureen Levy, Conservative - 6,121 Steve Leyland, Green Party - 1,960 Stephen Psallidas, - 1,433 And Labour's Lewis Atkinson has held his seat in Sunderland Central after received 16,852 votes Reform's Chris Enyon came second, after receiving 10,779 votes. Conservative Greg Peacock received 5,731 votes and Lib Dem's Niall Hodson had 3,602 votes.
Mr Farage has already started celebrating, as his Reform Party is projected to win 13 seats in the 2024 General Election. Clutching a glass of red wine, Farage speaks to those gathered at a party in his honour. He is expected to win his seat at Clacton-on-Sea.
Reform UK deputy leader David Bull has declared the 2024 General Election a 'historic moment' for his party. "I think what you're seeing is the shy 'Reformers' coming out in droves," he told news. He said he believe.
