Cheadle provided the most interesting and closely run seat of the night at the Stockport Town Hall count, as Conservative Mary Robinson was re-elected to the seat with a relatively slim majority, making it even closer than the 2017 battle for this seat.

Labour’s Jonathan Reynolds survived a scare from the Conservative party to be re-elected in Stalybridge & Hyde.

Labour has held on to the seat of Denton and Reddish for another election, one of few spots in the Red Wall that has stayed intact in an election of decimation for Labour.

The official exit poll released after voting closed forecasts a large Conservative majority of around 90 MPs.

An exit poll conducted by MM in Manchester Withington suggests a reduction in Labour’s majority in the constituency in favour of the Tories and Liberal Democrats.

Denton and Reddish has traditionally been staunchly Labour, with Andrew Gwynne steering the ship since 2005. He has also served in the Shadow Cabinet under various guises: most recently, as Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. MM’s Anna Staufenberg caught up with him just ahead of the most important General Election in years…

James Frith is hoping to be re-elected as Labour MP for Bury North this general election yet the constituency remains a marginal seat, with Labour and Conservative both ranking at 43% in voting intention estimates.

With this general election campaign focusing on many things like Brexit, misleading information, the future of the NHS and even blocks of ice, but sadly omitting much talk of the UK’s role in international intervention, MM spoke to David Wearing, a leading researcher and writer on foreign policy and the Middle East.

The Prime Minister has set out his Brexit roadmap, explaining how a Conservative majority government will unleash the benefits of getting Brexit done.

Heywood and Middleton has been a Labour-held constituency since it was created in 1983. Liz McInnes won her third consecutive election in 2017, increasing her majority to 7,617.

Leavers from across the political spectrum marched through the streets of Manchester yesterday in the name of democracy. March4Democracy was a Leavers of Manchester event organised by Joan Mulvenna and the group is a branch of the Brexit-supporting social networking group, Leavers of Britain.