Labour MP Jeff Smith increased his majority in Manchester Withington at the 2017 general election to 55.7%, finishing with a 71.7% share in the vote.

In 2017, Labour regained Worsley and Eccles South with 57.1% of the vote. Barbara Keeley received 26,046 votes, well ahead of Conservative candidate Iain Lindley with 17,667.

Leigh has been a Labour held constituency for almost a century. Jo Platt won the seat in 2017 with a 20% majority over her nearest competitor James Grundy of the Conservative Party.

Labour’s Lucy Powell won the Manchester Central seat in 2017 with a huge 63.2% majority. Powell earned 77.4% of the votes, over 30,000 more than closest competitors the Conservative party.

The MP for Denton and Reddish has publicly poked fun at Theresa May for her recent deal with the DUP.

While Jeremy Corbyn’s party could not win enough seats to win a majority, gains across the country – coupled with the Conservatives losing their majority in the House of Commons – meant there was reason to celebrate after a testing 18 months.

MM will be keeping you up-to-date with everything happening across Greater Manchester and the whole country throughout the night.

As well as helping to mastermind what turned out to be a great night for Labour as campaign chief, closer to home Gwynne won his own seat with a massive 14.077 vote majority an increase of 3,566 on his 2015 general election result.

Stockport, Hazel Grove and Cheadle all held steady, as around the nation results were sending shockwaves across the country.

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.

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