Labour won all five of their contests in central Manchester, in what proved to be a predictable outcome in an election night that was otherwise full of surprises.

Bury is red after a successful night for the Labour Party saw them hold Bury South and gain Bury North.

You can follow our live blog here while read below for a lighter look at both the General Election 2017 polling day and results day – who will come out on top?

Andy Burnham is a distant memory in Leigh tonight as Labour consolidate control of Wigan Borough with an emphatic victory that resulted in all women MPs elected to the Wigan, Makerfield and Leigh seats for the first time in history.

Tony Lloyd held Labour’s seat in Rochdale whilst incumbent MP and ex-Labour candidate Simon Danczuk only managed to secure 883 votes.

It’s been a brief General Election campaign in 2017 but there’s been no shortage of the bizarre, the bad and the ugly. And an upsurge in people running through wheat fields.

Tens of thousands of music lovers will descend upon Heaton Park this weekend for the two-day music festival which is now into its eighth year.

A special e-edition of MM’s Essential Guide to the 2017 General Election

If there was a similar turnout to the one seen in 1992 it is very possible that young people could change the outcome of the 2017 election.

It might be a straight race between Labour and the Conservatives in Worsley and Eccles South this week, but it’s green issues which are at the heart of the two campaigns.

Rochdale has been no stranger to political controversy, and the upcoming election sees the town balanced on a knife-edge.