General election 2024: Live election results from Southampton

Former Saints chairman becomes Reform UK MP

Former Saints chairman Rupert Lowe has become an MP for Reform UK.

He won Great Yarmouth, taking the seat from the Conservatives.

Mr Lowe was chairman of Saints between 1996-2006 and again from 2008 to 2009, before quitting with the club in administration.

Newly elected Eastleigh MP calls for emergency health budget

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Newly elected Liberal Democrat MP for Eastleigh Liz Jarvis has called for an emergency Health and Care Budget, to support local health services on the brink.

Along with her party, Ms Jarvis is now calling for an Emergency Health and Care Budget within the next four weeks, to provide urgent investment for local NHS and social care services.

She said: “I am incredibly proud of the positive campaign that the Liberal Democrats have run in Eastleigh, delivering the change that our area was desperately crying out for. 

“Whether you voted for me or not, I will work tirelessly for you, to give Eastleigh the fair deal that we all deserve. That is why I am calling for an emergency Health and Care Budget to fix our NHS brought to its knees by years of Conservative party neglect. 

“We have listened to the concerns that countless people have put to us on the doorstep, from the crisis facing our local health services to the filthy sewage being pumped into our waterways, to spiralling mortgages and rents, and I promise to be your local champion and take these issues right to the heart of Parliament.”

Rishi Sunak delivers final speech outside Downing Street as PM

Rishi Sunak gave his final statement from Downing Street before heading off to resign as Prime Minister (Image: Henry Nicholls/PA Wire) (Image: Henry Nicholls/PA Wire)

Rishi Sunak has delivered his final speech outside Downing Street as Prime Minister following Labour's landslide victory.

He apologised to his party for the result and described his incumbent Sir Keir Starmer as a “decent, public-spirited man who I respect”.

Read more here.

Full list of Hampshire MPs

As the dust settles on the General Election, here is the full list of MPs across Hampshire.

(Clockwise from top left) Liz Jarvis, the new Eastleigh MP; Satvir Kaur and Darren Paffey celebrate their Southampton wins; and Caroline Nokes retains her Romsey and Southampton North seat (Image: NQ) (Image: NQ)

Here's New Forest West - again another Conservative hold, and a reduced majority.

Sir Desmond Swayne won 35 per cent of the vote commpared with 64 per cent last time out.

Like New Forest East, in New Forest West there was a massive drop off in Conservative support.

There was also healthy gains for Labour and Reform.

Here's the result in New Forest East.

A reduced majority for Sir Julian Lewis and the Conservatives, but still a big one. Sir Julian won 38.5% of the vote last night.

The Conservative vote share was 26 per cent down on 5 years ago.

Labour win 'thumping majority' - Southampton professor

Reacting to last night's results, Professor of Politics Robert Johns, University of Southampton, said: “Labour has won a thumping majority on one of the lowest shares of the vote for a winning party in a century or more.

“This is partly about lack of enthusiasm for the party – witness the strong performance of independent challenger but also about anti-Tory voters realising, especially later in the campaign, that Labour didn't need them and therefore switching elsewhere.

“Turnout was the lowest since 2001 and it's no coincidence that that was also an election in which the result was obvious and the parties too close.

“The right-wing vote was split almost 50:50 but the slight advantage for the Conservatives is huge for various reasons: it keeps them in position as the second party and makes it harder for a Farage takeover.

“Labour didn't need Scottish seats but it won them handsomely anyway, and the Scottish electoral map now resembles the 2010 election – it is as if the independence referendum never happened.”

Professor Rob Johns (Image: University of Southampton)

What does Labour win mean for workers?

Southampton solicitors firm Paris Smith has offered comment on the Labour landslide.

Employment partner Tabytha Cunningham based at the Southampton firm said: "Importantly for employers, Labour has committed to a number of key changes in employment law – including providing basic rights of protection against unfair dismissal for all workers from day one.

"They have committed to changes to zero hours contracts - banning exploitative contracts and providing everyone the right to have a contract that reflects the numbers of hours they regularly work.

"They have also committed to changes to prevent 'fire and rehire', providing a strengthened code of practice. 

"Wider changes included plans to change the national minimum wage, reduce the current restrictions on trade union activity and make changes to the current distinctions between worker, employee and self-employed, as well as extending the deadline to submit employment claims from three to six months."

Drop in Tory support in Romsey & Southampton North - but Nokes holds on

Caroline Nokes has held on as Conservative MP for Romsey & Southampton North - the large constituency that stretches from Swaythling in the south all the way to Thruxton in the north.

She held off a tough Lib Dem challenge, securing a majority of around 2,100.

Support for the Conservatives in that constituency dropped massively, with votes instead going to the Liberal Democrats and Reform, who pipped Labour to finish third.

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Sir Keir Starmer is set to become the next Prime Minister after Labour won a landslide at the general election.

In Southampton, Labour flipped the Itchen seat from the Conservatives, while the Liberal Democrats have taken Winchester and Eastleigh.

With just seven seats left to be declared, here's the state of the parties.

• LAB 410 (+210)
• CON 119 (-248)
• LDM 71 (+63)
• SNP 9 (-38)
• SF 7 (+/- 0)
• IND 5 (+5)
• DUP 5 (-3)
• RFM 4 (+4)
• GRN 4 (+3)
• PC 4 (+2)
• SDLP 2 (+/- 0)
• ALL 1 (+/- 0)
• UUP 1 (+1)
• TUV 1 (+1)

Satvir Kaur: 'Huge honour' to follow Alan Whitehead.

The new Labour MP for Southampton Test has said it is a 'huge honour' to follow in the footsteps of Alan Whitehead.

Satvir Kaur said winning was an "incredible feeling".

"As someone born and bred Southampton that’s always lived here, I am a local girl from our inner city and the people of Southampton have made me who I am and tonight they made me their member of parliament and I am completely humbled.

"It is the greatest honour of my life. My priority will be to make sure that Southampton gets its fair share because for too long we have not, we have been overlooked.

"My job is to fight for Southampton people, champion our great city. We have huge potential and I will fight every single day and work extremely hard to make sure that we reach that potential and deliver that change that people voted for today."

Speaking about following Alan Whitehead, who stood down after 27 years in the job, she said: "It’s a huge honour, Alan Whitehead has represented Southampton for 27 years. He has done so with the upmost integrity and dedication and it’s an honour to be given that mantle and people putting their trust in me and I will work extremely hard to ensure that I serve our great city as well as he has."

Satvir Kaur, the new MP for Southampton Test (Image: NQ)

Southampton Test - vote falls for both main parties

With Alan Whitehead standing down at this election, Satvir Kaur stood in his place and held the seat.

However, both she and Conservative Ben Burcombe-Filer lost votes compared with 2019.

The big winnners? Again, Reform have done well, and are in third place, but the Greens have also done well in Test, just shy of 10% of the vote.

Hamble Valley - results closer than expected

The new constituency of Hamble Valley has been won by Paul Holmes - but it was closer than a lot of people thought.

Covering the areas of Hamble, Netley, Hedge End, Sarisbury, Titchfield, Whiteley and Botley, the former Eastleigh MP recorded a majority of just under 5,000.

As Hamble Valley is a new seat, we don't have results from 2019 to compare it to.

But notional results were compiled by professors Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher of the University of Plymouth, which shows how Hamble Valley would have voted in 2019 had it been contested with those boundaries.

Comparing with tonight's result, we can see that there has been another big drop in support for the Conservatives.

Fareham result shows massive drop in support for Braverman

Here is the result from Fareham & Waterlooville - which has seen a massive drop in support for potential Tory leadership contender Suella Braverman.

The former home secretary recorded a majority of just over 6,000 - but that was down 20,000 on five years ago.

Compared with 2019, the Conservative vote here dropped by more than a quarter.

Picking up the pieces was mainly Reform, but also some of those votes going to Labour.

Liz Truss loses her seat

Some big national news coming in just now.

Former PM Liz Truss has lost her seat in South West Norfolk.

She was beaten by Labour's Terry Jermy by 600 votes.

Southampton Itchen - a closer look

Let's stay with Southampton Itchen for now and take a closer look at the results.

Labour now have a decent majority of 6,105 - swinging it from a Conservative majority of 4,498 five years ago.

Darren Paffey won 41.3% of the vote, to Sidney Yankson's 25.3%.

In terms of change since 2019, you can see from the graph below that there's been a massive swing away from the Conservatives, losing 25 per cent of the vote.

Labour only marginally improved on their vote from five years ago, with most of the increase going to Reform and Green.

Behind Labour and the Conservatives, Reform came third (18%), Green fourth (7.3%), Lib Dems fifth (7%), Declan Clune sixth (0.7%).

Darren Paffey: Election result is incredibly exciting and daunting

Let's get some reaction now from Labour's new Southampton Itchen MP, Darren Paffey.

Speaking to the Echo's Tim Edgley, Mr Paffey said: "It’s incredibly exciting. It’s incredibly daunting.

"Being a member of parliament is something that only 650 people in the country get to do so I feel really privileged.

Darren Paffey was electecd MP for Southampton Itchen (Image: NQ)

"But this is not about glamour, this is not about privilege, this is about work that needs doing for our city and for the country so I am just absolutely committed to Labour’s plans, Labour’s missions.

"Throughout the country tonight we are seeing hundreds of new Labour MPs being elected in order to deliver those missions and achieve change for the country so the opportunity to play my part in that is a massive privilege.

"One of my priorities is around cleaning up the River Itchen. We see that far too much sewage is going into that and it’s making it really unpleasant when it should be one of the most beautiful parts of the city."

There have been some historic losses today.

One is Aldershot in North Hampshire, where Alex Baker has been elected with a 5,700 majority.

It has been Conservative since 1918.

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Sir Keir Starmer will become the next Prime Minister - his Labour party is on course to win more than 400 seats.

The Conservatives have lost seats around Hampshire.

The Tories lost Southampton Itchen to former deputy leader of the city council, Darren Paffey, and Eastleigh to the Liberal Democrat’s Liz Jarvis.

The Conservatives have also lost the seats of Basingstoke, Portsmouth North and Aldershot, to Labour, and North East Hampshire and Winchester, to the Liberal Democrats.

We've got a full guide for those just joining our coverage now - have a read by clicking here.

Suella Braverman has said "I'm sorry" as she returned a much-reduced majority in Fareham and Waterlooville.

Ms Braverman, the former home secretary, had a majority of more than 26,000 in 2019. Now, her majority is just over 6,000.

Read what she had to say by clicking here.

Here are the results in Hampshire:

• Aldershot: LAB gain from CON
• Basingstoke: LAB gain from CON
• East Hampshire: CON hold
• Eastleigh: LDM gain from CON
• Fareham & Waterlooville: CON hold
• Gosport: CON hold
• Hamble Valley: CON win
• Havant: CON hold
• New Forest East: CON hold
• New Forest West: CON hold
• North East Hampshire: LDM gain from CON
• North West Hampshire: CON hold
• Portsmouth North: LAB gain from CON
• Portsmouth South: LAB hold
• Romsey & Southampton North: CON hold
• Southampton Itchen: LAB gain from CON
• Southampton Test: LAB hold
• Winchester: LDM gain from CON

Five years ago, the Conservatives held 16 of the 18 seats in Hampshire. Now, they hold nine, with Labour holding six and the Lib Dems 3.

With 545 constituency results declared, Labour has won 372 seats with a 35.6% share of the vote.

The Conservatives have 90 seats and a 22.8% vote share.

The Liberal Democrats have triumphed in 50 constituencies with 11.2% of the overall vote, while Reform UK have 14.5% of the vote, translating to success in four seats.

The SNP has five seats, Plaid Cymru is on four, Sinn Fein has six and the DUP has four.

The Green Party has 6.8% of the votes and two seats.

We've just repositioned to Echo HQ after being told staff at the Guildhall wanted to go home after a long night - and who can blame them.

There's still plenty going on and plenty to wrap up, so stay tuned and we'll bring you through it.

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As of 5.40am on Friday morning, Labour have officially secured a majority and will form the next government. Keir Starmer is set to become the new Prime Minister.

Here are the seats counts currently:

• LAB - 377 (+183)
• CON - 92 (-204)
• LDM - 53 (+46)
• SNP - 7 (-37)
• SF - 7 (+/- 0)
• IND - 5 (+5)
• RFM - 4 (+4)
• PC - 4 (+2)
• DUP - 4 (-1)
• GRN - 2 (+2)
• SDLP - 2 (+/- 0)
• ALL - 1 (+/- 0)

New Southampton Itchen MP Darren Paffey is speaking to our reporter Tim now.

He says one of his main priorities is to clean up the River Itchen.

Labour have gained Southampton Itchen from the Conservatives.

New MP Darren Paffey is sitting down with @DailyEcho_Tim and @JDLewisMedia#GE24 pic.twitter.com/bcWj6A9ggh

— Ryan Evans (@RyanE_journo) July 5, 2024

Rishi Sunak congratulates Keir Starmer on winning election

Rishi Sunak said that he has called Keir Starmer to congratulate him on winning the election, shortly after he held his own seat in Richmond.

"Labour has won this election," he said in a fairly short speech.

Victorious Labour MPs Satvir Kaur and Darren Paffey have both arrived in the media room and are chatting to the press.

We'll bring you what she has to say shortly.

LABOUR GAIN Satvir Kaur and Darren Paffey have been elected in Southampton Test and Itchen #GeneralElection2024 pic.twitter.com/Uoriuqm0r6

— Timothy Edgley (@DailyEcho_Tim) July 5, 2024

BREAKING: Satvir Kaur has been elected Labour MP for Southampton Test

And that's followed up with double joy for Labour as Darren Paffey is elected as MP for Southampton Itchen.

Reaction and more details to follow

We've been given a 10 minute warning for the election result

We also have results coming in for Romsey & Southampton North, where Caroline Nokes has retained her seat, and New Forest East, where Sir Julian Lewis has also retained his seat.

Now Southampton Itchen candidates are being called over.

Candidates in Southampton Test are being called over to see the returning officer - results are imminent.

Another big national story, Nigel Farage has become an MP at the eighth time of asking.

He wins in Clacton, with a majority of more than 8,000.

Looking nationally for now, and Jeremy Corbyn has held his seat, but this time as an Independent after being suspended from the Labour party.

He has a majority of more than 7,000.

There's a rather subdued feel in the room right now - the final ballots are being counted, while most on the Itchen side of the room are sitting and waiting, they look to be complete.

There's a few left to be counted on the Test side.

Results are expected soon in Southampton - ahead of the projected 5am time.

Over in Eastleigh, this shows how the vote changed on five years ago.

A massive drop off in Tory votes, and a big gain for Reform. But it's the Lib Dems that picked up the seat.

Conservative candidate for Southampton Test, Ben Burcombe-Filer has now arrived at the election count in Southampton. Sidney Yankson, who is standing in Southampton Itchen, arrived earlier on in the night. #GeneralElection2024 pic.twitter.com/fMFja3Phni

— Timothy Edgley (@DailyEcho_Tim) July 5, 2024

Sir Keir Starmer has held his seat, in Holborn and St Pancras

Latest seats:

• LAB 76 (+29)
• CON 6 (-32)
• LDM 5 (+4)
• RFM 1 (+1)

Labour candidates Satvir Kaur and Darren Paffey are now at the count.

Most of the candidates are now here.

Satvir Kaur (Image: NQ)

Darren Paffey (Image: NQ)

It's just gone 2.30am, so let's bring you up to speed with where we are across the country.

• The Liberal Democrats have won Eastleigh, taking the seat from the Conservatives.
• The exit poll suggests a massive Labour landslide, with Keir Starmer's party forecast to take 410 seats.
• So far, Labour have won 39 seats, up 14 from five years ago.
• The Conservatives have won two, down 17.
• The Lib Dems have 2 and Reform have 1.

In Ashfield, Lee Anderson has won the seat, becoming the first Reform UK candidate to win an election

Full votes:

• Liz Jarvis (LDM) - 15,970
• Sam Joynson (CON) - 14,424
• Daniel Shearer (LAB) - 7,005
• Clare Fawcett (RFM) - 6,151
• Ben Parry (GRN) - 2,403
• Russ Kitching (IND) - 467

Labour candidates, Darren Paffey and Satvir Kaur have now arrived at the count in Southampton. #GeneralElection2024 pic.twitter.com/te0kpO1VvL

— Timothy Edgley (@DailyEcho_Tim) July 5, 2024

BREAKING: Liberal Democrats have GAINED Eastleigh from the Conservatives

Labour candidates arrive

Labour candidate Satvir Kaur and Darren Paffey have arrived at the count.

If the exit poll is to be believed, they are likely to be Southampton's next MPs in a few hours time.

News from Fareham - Suella Braverman has arrived at the election count

(Image: NQ)

Verification is complete for both Southampton Test and Itchen counts.

In Southampton Test, turnout was 54.9% - down from 64.2% five years ago.

In Itchen, turnout was 55.9% - down from 65.6%.