Labour shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson has won the Houghton and Sunderland South constituency, in the first result of the night.

Rishi Sunak’s party is set to be routed across the UK, according to the exit poll, the final test of public opinion before results are announced.

The Electoral Commission warned there had been “unacceptable abuse and intimidation of candidates,” as well as acknowledging “there is room to improve the experience for some” during voting after the ...

The commission said it will be conducting research of the public in the coming weeks, including those that applied to vote by post.

The Ukrainian army has retreated from an area on the outskirts of Chasiv Yar, a strategically important town in the eastern Donetsk region which was reduced to rubble under a months-long Russian ...

Sir Keir Starmer is on course to be the UK’s next prime minister as an exit poll indicated a landslide Labour victory. Exit poll predicts Labour majority with 410 seats The Conservatives are set for ...

The exit poll suggests the party could drop to as few as 10 seats following a near-decade of electoral dominance in Scotland at Westminster.

The Liberal Democrats are set to increase their presence in Parliament more than five-fold, compared with the General Election result in 2019. Exit poll forecasters have said Sir Ed Davey’s party is ...

Sir Keir Starmer is on course to be the UK’s next prime minister as an exit poll indicated a landslide Labour victory. As polls closed, Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said: “The Liberal ...

Mary Mantom was accompanied by her goats Jean-Paul Goatier and David Hasselhoof to the polling station in Stourbridge.

Sir Keir Starmer will be the next Prime Minister according to the exit poll, which predicts Labour will win a Westminster majority ...

Alfie Hewett credited his mental toughness to overcoming Martin de la Puente and punching his singles final ticket at the LTA’s Lexus British ...