In what was once a Liberal Democrat-Labour swing seat, Rochdale Lib Dem candidate Andy Kelly has lamented his party’s time in government as the source of a collapsed vote in the constituency.

Mr O’Donoghue believed UKIP’s national election campaign had been unfairly represented by the media, and Nigel Farage is the only politician who speaks his mind.

Exit polls by the BBC and YouGov put Conservatives ahead of Labour by 77 and 21 seats respectively, but Mr Burnham remains optimistic.

Rochdale’s Conservative candidate Azi Ahmed has revealed she’s not surprised that the Tories are currently a whisker away from an overall majority according to BBC’s exit poll.

Mr Crasuby, who has represented the constituency since 1997, said he usually goes into election counts expecting to lose.

Emma Van Dyke (Salford and Eccles) and Chris Bertenshaw (Worsley and Eccles South) were speaking at the count in Salford.

The shadow deputy health minister told MM how his day started with some 5am leaflet distribution, but ended up in hospital, where he was forced to obtain an emergency proxy vote for a stricken family member.

We’ll be keeping you bang up to date all night with the latest results and reaction from across Greater Manchester and beyond.

MM caught the debut of an experimental film exploring through the narrative of two teenagers what it’s like to be both British and Chinese in Manchester as the children of migrant parents.

Mancunian Matters will be bringing you live coverage of the General Election throughout the night.

Potential fracking sites in the Greater Manchester are likely to wipe tens of thousands of pounds off the value of nearby properties and make homes harder to sell, according to new findings.