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

In Workington, Tony Cunningham (Lab) had a majority of 4,575 in 2010.
This is the only seat in Cumbria where a new MP is a definite. Tony has stood down.
He won the seat in 2010 with 45.5% of the vote. The Conservatives got 33.9%, the Lib Dems 13.5% and the BNP were fourth with 3.8%. Sir Tony - he was knighted in 2012 for public and political service - served as MP for 14 years (from 2001).
Aside from one three year period, when following a by-election Conservative Richard Page was elected as the MP, Workington has been a Labour seat since 1918.

by Ian, News & Star 5/7/2015 11:28:42 PM
Quick quiz: The lowest ever UK election turnout was just 15% in 2012? But what were we voting for?

by Ian, News & Star 5/7/2015 11:29:39 PM
I interviewed Sir Tony yesterday - read it in the Times & Star today - and he stepped down to focus on his family life.

by nicole.regan 5/7/2015 11:30:20 PM
Independent candidate Roy Ivinson has arrived at the Workington count. #elecs2015 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CEcKopgW8AAznkS.jpg

by timesandstar via twitter 5/7/2015 11:30:49 PM
#elecs2015 Counting down at The Sands in #carlisle http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CEb5wyxWYAASVXq.jpg

by Sue Crawford via twitter 5/7/2015 11:30:49 PM
Reports from north of the border say the SNP are confident of taking both the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale and Dumfries and Galloway seats. DCT was held by Scotland's only Tory MP, David Mundell, last term. D&G was held by Annan-based Labour politician Russell Brown. Any SNP victory in southern Scotland - where independence was rejected in September's referendum and where they're recently not finished in the top two - would symbolise the surge in support for the nationalists.

by Chris, News & Star 5/7/2015 11:31:51 PM
Police Commisioners were voted for in 2012

by Voting Geek 5/7/2015 11:33:34 PM
That's the one Voting Geek! Well done! Sadly no prize...

by Ian, News & Star 5/7/2015 11:34:11 PM
Jill Perry, of the Green Party, says she's been happy with her campaign and said people had been kind. It's the first time she's stood in Workington and she's hoping she'll do better than when she stood in Copeland in the last General Election, when she got 0.9 per cent of the vote. She's hopeful she's double that this time.

by nicole.regan 5/7/2015 11:35:15 PM
Crowds start to build in Penrith #elecs2015 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CEcMIDFWgAAlGvW.jpg

by Photos via twitter 5/7/2015 11:37:24 PM
Roy Ivinson is a farmer from Silloth who was a surprise candidate to many and was only revealed when nominations closed a few weeks ago.
He's realistic about his chances tonight: "I didn't stand to win, I stood for an environmental reason. I hope I'll get 100 votes. I'm not expecting to get my deposit back, I think that'll be a bit of a stretch."

by nicole.regan 5/7/2015 11:37:30 PM
#elecs2015 "Labour party squeezed by two nationalisms," says veteran politician Peter Mandelson

by Sue Crawford via twitter 5/7/2015 11:37:40 PM
Neil Hughes, Lib Dem candidate in Penrith and The Border, at the count tonight

by Ian, News & Star 5/7/2015 11:37:44 PM
Swindon North: Con hold. First Tory seat of the night. 3-1 to Labour.

by Chris, News & Star 5/7/2015 11:39:59 PM
Speaking to several people and there's a feeling UKIP are getting a lot of votes #elecs2015

by Whitehaven News via twitter 5/7/2015 11:41:12 PM
Getting tense at Workington

by nicole.regan 5/7/2015 11:42:15 PM
Labour candidate Sue Hayman looking relaxed in Workington

by nicole.regan 5/7/2015 11:43:03 PM
The ever-colourful Boris Johnson has stepped into the spotlight for the night, declaring: ``Obviously, it's a very, very clear victory for the Conservatives and a very bad night for Labour." Whether things play out that way will obviously become clear over the next few hours.

by Chris, News & Star 5/7/2015 11:43:33 PM
SNP deputy leader Stewart Hosie said he did not want to "tempt fate" by predicting how many seats his party would win "this late in the day".
Asked about the prospect of another independence referendum if the SNP does as well as predicted, he said: “There can only be a referendum when there has been a qualitative change in circumstances.
“We need to see a Westminster response. Will they finally keep the promise, the vow, the pledge they made to the Scottish people last year?”

by Ian, News & Star 5/7/2015 11:44:56 PM
Fiona Mills, Ukip candidate in Carlisle, says: "I think we are going to exceed expectations." #elecs2015

by Nick Griffiths via twitter 5/7/2015 11:45:16 PM
Average swing after four constituency results out of 650 in the
General Election:
C to Lab 1.95%
LD to C 5.97%
LD to Lab 7.91%

by Chris, News & Star 5/7/2015 11:45:32 PM
After four constituency results out of 650 in the General Election
the turnout is:
169,750 (58.45%, +0.58%)

by Chris, News & Star 5/7/2015 11:46:10 PM
John Stanyer for Ukip at the Penrith result show #elecs2015 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CEcOXZPW8AEHRi7.jpg

by Photos via twitter 5/7/2015 11:47:09 PM
Fiona Mills adds that from feedback on social media and people in the streets "support is high in Carlisle" for Ukip. #elecs2015

by Nick Griffiths via twitter 5/7/2015 11:48:10 PM
Cumberland News reporter Kelly Pattison chats to Rory Stewart #elecs2015 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CEcOxgGWAAAxYp5.jpg

by Photos via twitter 5/7/2015 11:48:58 PM
Knitting, waiting and texting - the Lib Dems at Workington

by nicole.regan 5/7/2015 11:51:13 PM
Word is that the declaration announcement at Barrow will be a good bit later than 4am. Delay with voting slips from Broughton, apparently.

by Ian, News & Star 5/7/2015 11:51:28 PM
All signs point to a very close Labour/Tory race here #elecs2015

by Whitehaven News via twitter 5/7/2015 11:52:17 PM
Verification almost done in Westmorland & Lonsdale. @timfarron expected to arrive soon, mood seems good among lib dem supporters #GE2015

by Megan Paterson via twitter 5/7/2015 11:52:26 PM
Labour's Lee Rushworth chats with Shoshana Stewart, wife of Rory #elecs2015 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CEcP0kaXIAIkRcF.jpg

by Photos via twitter 5/7/2015 11:53:33 PM
In Workington, it is estimated that verification will take at least another hour, but counting may start before that's finished completely.

by nicole.regan 5/7/2015 11:53:57 PM
Tory candidate Stephen Haraldsen says his team has delivered leaflets to 5,000 homes today in a bid to win last-minute support #elecs2015

by Whitehaven News via twitter 5/7/2015 11:54:35 PM
There goes our plan for the quiet periods of the count. #elecs2015 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CEcQZ7QWMAEm6XF.jpg

by timesandstar via twitter 5/7/2015 11:56:02 PM
RESULT: Putney - Conservative hold

by Ian, News & Star 5/7/2015 11:56:38 PM
Sarah's been offered a sandwich by the Labour Party. She took it and declared it wasn't favouritism as a) the polls have closed and b) no one else has sandwiches.

by nicole.regan 5/7/2015 11:57:56 PM
My technical problemsb have been sorted out at the @SandsCentre so we're up and running #elecs2015

by jonnyirving1990 via twitter 5/8/2015 12:00:34 AM
In more leaflet news - UKIP in Workington has delivered 120,000 leaflets.

by nicole.regan 5/8/2015 12:01:38 AM
One in the morning Carlisle #elecs2015 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CEcRwMYWoAAiXef.jpg

by Photos via twitter 5/8/2015 12:01:57 AM
UKIP candidate Michael Pye says people across Copeland are "very different" and "the voting shows that" #elecs2015

by Whitehaven News via twitter 5/8/2015 12:03:25 AM
Liberal Democrats delivered 40,000 leaflets during their Workington campaign.

by nicole.regan 5/8/2015 12:04:16 AM
My technical problems appear to have been sorted @SandsCentre (for now) so we're up and running #elecs2015

by jonnyirving1990 via twitter 5/8/2015 12:05:07 AM
The count goes on.....Carlisle #elecs2015 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CEcSgRuWYAERYOY.jpg

by Photos via twitter 5/8/2015 12:05:13 AM
Workington count

by nicole.regan 5/8/2015 12:07:24 AM
Sarah is on a mission in Workington - she's found out that the Green Party delivered a leaflet to every house in the constituency via the Post Office and hand delivered between 9,000 and 10,000 leaflets.

by nicole.regan 5/8/2015 12:09:30 AM
#elecs2015 Lib Dems slump into fourth place at Newcastle upon Tyne East. Second to Labour in 2010.

by Sue Crawford via twitter 5/8/2015 12:10:28 AM