General Election 2024 Lancashire: All the results and reaction as Labour wins in landslide

Michelle Blade reports on Labour wins in Lancaster and Wyre as well as Morecambe and Lunesdale

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See how the votes totted up - and what the candidates had to say about how the night went.

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Labour’s Paul Foster spoke to local democracy reporter Paul Faulkner in the moments after his victory was declared.

Labour has turned the blue Burnley seat back to red in the 2024 General Elections.

We spoke to Oliver Ryan, the new Burnley, Padiham and Brierfield MP, after he was declared the winning candidate at the count at Life Church earlier this morning.

“I’m very excited to start the work, to hopefully get down to Westminster as soon as possible and fight the fight for Burnley, Padiham and Brierfield.

“People voted for change after 14 years of the Conservatives, we made a promise to deliver that change on public services, the NHS, and the cost of living crisis, and my job is to go make sure it’s delivered for Burnley, Padiham and Brierfield. So I aim to do just that and be the strong voice that I’ve promised people I will be.”

Departing MP Antony Higginbotham, who came third with 8,058 votes, also reflected on the past four and a half years after making history in 2019 by becoming the town’s first Conservative Member of Parliament in more than a century.

"It’s been the biggest honour of my life to be the Member of Parliament for the place I call home, and it’s fair to say the last four and a half years have been anything but easy. I never expected to deal with a global pandemic, an energy crisis or see war return in Europe but I think residents can see that despite those challenging headwinds, my focus has always been Burnley and Padiham and our villages and trying to put the Westminster bubble to one side and deliver things for local people. We’ve done important local work at the same time that we’ve had to deal with some pretty big challenges.”

Burnley has seen its lowest voter turnout in the past five general elections. Some 53.2% of residents in Burnley, Padiham and Brierfield cast their ballot on Thursday. It is the first time turnout has dropped below 60% since 2010.

Adnan Hussain - Independent 10,518 - takes the win over defending Labour candidate Kate Hollern by just 132 votes.

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Labour have won the new Pendle and Clitheroe seat with Jonathan Hinder taking 16,129 votes from previous Tory Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson who received 15,227.

Returning officer Adrian Phillips declared the result in Preston.

Following his comprehensive victory in the Preston constituency, Sir Mark Hendrick addressed the crowd as well as send a message to the people of Preston.

Final Ribble Valley result:

Qasim Ajmi, independent, 1,273 John Carroll, Reform 8,524 Maya Ellis, Labour 18,177 Nigel Evans, Conservative 17,321 John Potter, Liberal Democrats 5,001

Maya Ellis is the new MP for Ribble Valley and the first Labour MP in the constituency's history

Labour have retained the Preston seat in the 2024 General election by 5291 votes.

Long-lasting Labour MP, Sir Mark Hendrick took the win with 14,006 votes.

Turn out was recorded as 51.86%.

Final results:

Yousuf Mohamed Brahim Bhailok (Independent) - 891

David Brooks (Alliance for Democracy and Freedom) - 145

Neil Darby (Liberal Democrats) - 3195

James Elliot (Reform UK) - 5738

Trevor Michael Hart (Conservative) - 5212

Sir Mark Hendrick (Labour) - 14,006

Derek Killeen (UK Independence Party) - 124

Michael Lavalette (Independent) - 8715

Isabella Metcalf-Reiner (Green Party) - 216

Joseph O’Meachair (Rejoin EU) - 1751

Labour’s Oliver Ryan has been elected as the Burnley MP.

Mr Ryan amassed 12,598 votes, finishing 3,420 ahead of Gordon Birtwistle (Lib Dems) who had 9,178, turning the blue Burnley seat back to red.

Antony Higginbotham came third with 8,058 votes. He was followed by Nathan McCollum (Reform UK) who had 7,755, Jack Launer (Greens) with 1,518, Rayyan Fiass (Independent) with 292, Mitchell Cryer (Independent) with 169, and David Roper (Independent) with 151.

The turnout was 53.2%

With counts still ongoing, the result for Preston has been pushed back to 5am.

The result for Pendle and Clitheroe has now been pushed back to 5am.

Returning officer Neil Jack declared the result in Blackpool South

Richard Hunt resports from the Marine Hall, Fleetwood

Blackpool North and Fleetwood has been won by Labour’s Lorraine Beavers.

The results were:

Dan Barker (Reform UK) 9,913

Lorraine Beavers (Lab) 16,744 (Elected)

Jan Cresswell (Social Democratic Party) 147

Gita Gordon (Independent) 148

Bill Greene (Liberal  democrats) 1,318

Paul Maynard (Con) 12,097

Tina Rothery (Green Party) 1,269

James Antony Rust (Official Monster Raving Loony Party ) 174

SIR LINDSAY HOYLE (Speaker seeking re-election) has retaines his seat after winning the lions share of the vote in Chorley.