General Election 2015

Full coverage of General Election 2015 results night, followed by results of city and borough elections and Copeland mayor vote

AT A GLANCE

RESULT: SUE HAYMAN, LABOUR, WINS IN WORKINGTON
RESULT: RORY STEWART, CONSERVATIVE, RETAINS PENRITH AND THE BORDER
RESULT: JAMIE REED RETAINS COPELAND FOR LABOUR
RESULT: JOHN STEVENSON WINS CARLISLE FOR CONSERVATIVES
RESULT: Tim Farron wins Westmorland and Lonsdale for Lib Dems

3rd & 7 37yd

Copeland results don't seem far away now #elecs2015

by Whitehaven News via twitter 5/8/2015 4:04:39 AM
Election count under way in Penrith #elecs2015 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CEdJ0YXWAAAFpvd.jpg

by Photos via twitter 5/8/2015 4:06:57 AM
Waiting for the results #elecs2015 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CEdJ1REW8AAuRdP.jpg

by timesandstar via twitter 5/8/2015 4:07:04 AM
Ukip and Labour compare results from the Penrith count #elecs2015 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CEdKFbDWgAAnsV3.jpg

by Photos via twitter 5/8/2015 4:08:05 AM
RESULT: Jamie Reed has been re-elected to the Copeland seat

by nicole.regan 5/8/2015 4:09:05 AM
Jamie Reed's majority thought to be around 2,000 #elecs2015

by Whitehaven News via twitter 5/8/2015 4:09:09 AM
WORKINGTON RESULT: Labour's Sue Hayman wins the Workington seat

by nicole.regan 5/8/2015 4:13:07 AM
The SNP has taken the Dumfries and Galloway seat, bringing to an end 18 years in Parliament for Annan-based Labour politician Russell Brown.

by Chris, News & Star 5/8/2015 4:14:21 AM
Daylight outside. Still counting inside #penrith leisure centre @newsandstar #elecs2015

by Kelly Pattison via twitter 5/8/2015 4:14:33 AM
Sue Hayman becomes #Cumbria 's first female MP. She takes over from retiring Labour minister Tony Cunningham #elecs2015

by EmilyJParsons via twitter 5/8/2015 4:14:52 AM
And with that, I'm off to bed. I'll be back on Twitter from about 8am. Will it surprise everyone and be a Conservative majority? #elecs2015

by EmilyJParsons via twitter 5/8/2015 4:16:16 AM
A piece of history for Sue Hayman in Workington. She's Cumbria's first female MP after holding the seat for Labour following Sir Tony Cunningham's retirement.

by Chris, News & Star 5/8/2015 4:16:35 AM
J Reed (Lab) 16,750; S Haraldsen (C) 14,186; M Pye (Ukip) 6,148; D Gallagher (Lib Dem) 1,368; A Todd (Green) 1,179 #elecs2015

by Whitehaven News via twitter 5/8/2015 4:16:54 AM
by SamParkerITV via twitter 5/8/2015 4:18:03 AM
WORKINGTON RESULTS
Sue Hayman Labour 16,282. Roy Ivinson, Ind, 190. Mark Jenkinson, UKIP 7,538. Rozila Kana, Conservative 11,596. Jill Perry, Green Party, 1,149. Phill Roberts, Liberal Democrats, 1,708.

by nicole.regan 5/8/2015 4:19:00 AM
Sue Hayman said: "I'd like to thank the returning officer for running this evening and all the staff who have worked really hard this evening and at the polls during the day.
"I'd like to thank my fantastic campaign team who have worked really hard and especially my agent Celia Tibble.
"This has been a long campaign and a long evening. I'll work really hard for
the constituents who put me here and I thank everyone for their votes.
"I'm proud to be elected the first woman member of parliament for Cumbria."

by nicole.regan 5/8/2015 4:19:12 AM
The turn out for Workington was 66.14 per cent. In 2010, it was 65.9 per cent,

by nicole.regan 5/8/2015 4:23:01 AM
Labour leader Ed Miliband holds his seat in Doncaster North

by Chris, News & Star 5/8/2015 4:23:13 AM
Congratulations to @SueHayman1 - Labour's new MP for Workington and Cumbria's first woman MP.

by LabourNorth via twitter 5/8/2015 4:23:52 AM
Miliband: "This has been a disappointing night for the Labour Party. We've not made the gains we wanted in England and Wales. In Scotland we've seen a surge of nationalism that's overwhelmed our party."
Carlisle had been one of the gains targeted by the party.

by Chris, News & Star 5/8/2015 4:26:10 AM
Counting appears to be coming to an end in #penrith . Hopefully a result will come soon. @newsandstar #elecs2015

by Kelly Pattison via twitter 5/8/2015 4:30:44 AM
Looking like we could be close to a declaration. Returning officer calls agents together #Penrith #elecs2015 @newsandstar

by Kelly Pattison via twitter 5/8/2015 4:42:30 AM
David Cameron's retained his seat in Witney, Oxfordshire.

by Chris, News & Star 5/8/2015 4:44:05 AM
Rory retains #Penrith @newsandstar #elecs2015

by Kelly Pattison via twitter 5/8/2015 4:45:16 AM
RESULT: Rory Stewart, Conservative, has held Penrith and The Border

by Ian, News & Star 5/8/2015 4:45:29 AM
Rory Stewart secures a second term in Penrith and the Border

by Chris, News & Star 5/8/2015 4:45:38 AM
This is the Whitehaven News signing off for tonight - join us from 10am for the mayoral, borough and parish election results #elecs2015

by Whitehaven News via twitter 5/8/2015 4:47:12 AM
Result #Penrith @newsandstar #elecs2015 Stewart 26,202; Ukip's 5,353; lab 6,308; ldem 3,745; green 2,313

by Kelly Pattison via twitter 5/8/2015 4:49:08 AM
Sue Hayman, of the Labour Party, after she won the Workington seat

by nicole.regan 5/8/2015 4:50:22 AM
Prime Minister David Cameron is on his way to London where he is expected to return to Downing Street. #GE2015

by Press Association via twitter 5/8/2015 5:21:07 AM
Result in Barrow expected at about 6.45am.

by Chris, News & Star 5/8/2015 5:24:03 AM
We dust ourselves off and we go again. There are fights to be fought, votes to be won, communities to build. Progress never came easy.

by Jamie Reed via twitter 5/8/2015 5:26:46 AM
Once the excitement of the local General Election counts has died down, we go again....
Later today we'll bring you the results of the local election counts from across Cumbria and the result of the mayoral election in Copeland

by Ian, News & Star 5/8/2015 5:35:27 AM
Average swing after 559 constituency results out of 650 in the General Election:
C to Lab 0.44%
LD to C 7.68%
LD to Lab 8.12%

by Ian, News & Star 5/8/2015 6:33:20 AM
Labour has suffered its worst-ever general election result in Scotland after winning just one seat north of the border. The party was all but wiped out as the SNP surged to victory across the country. With only one MP returned – Ian Murray in Edinburgh South – Labour’s showing is worse than in 1906, its first election when it won two seats.

by Ian, News & Star 5/8/2015 6:38:02 AM
A few weeks ago I told colleagues there would be a majority government. Everybody laughed. Who's laughing now! #psychic #elecs2015

by duncanbick via twitter 5/8/2015 6:40:37 AM
Here's latest - 545 declared. 105 to go #GE2015 pic.twitter.com/USdsHYanS1
— Nick Sutton (@suttonnick) May 8, 2015

by Ian, News & Star 5/8/2015 6:45:34 AM
by TheSimpleStoner via twitter 5/8/2015 6:51:00 AM
A call to Direct Action. A war between the haves and have nots lies ahead. The compassionate will not be beaten #GeneralElection #elecs2015

by Liz_Miles via twitter 5/8/2015 7:05:49 AM
#Cumbria 's political map looking slightly more representative today. Congrats to Sue Hayman, county's first female MP. #elecs2015

by Dave_Helliwell via twitter 5/8/2015 7:12:37 AM
The pollsters need to hire the person who did the 'exit poll'... And fast.

by johnmyersteam via twitter 5/8/2015 7:16:26 AM
It has been claimed that Ed Balls has lost his seat - but they are still recounting at the moment.

by nicole.regan 5/8/2015 7:16:38 AM
Guess most MPs take re-election as validation of hard work and efforts of last 5 years, particularly when majority increases. #elecs2015

by Dave_Helliwell via twitter 5/8/2015 7:18:39 AM
Conservatives have won in Ed Balls' constituency by 400-odd votes.

by nicole.regan 5/8/2015 7:19:04 AM
Now that we're well into the morning after the night before, what do you think about the General Election results in Cumbria?

by Chris, News & Star 5/8/2015 7:19:14 AM