UK’s next prime minister Sir Keir Starmer says ‘change begins now’
The Labour leader said the ‘sunlight of hope’ could be felt again after 14 years of Conservative rule.
The Labour leader said the ‘sunlight of hope’ could be felt again after 14 years of Conservative rule.
Among the Cabinet ministers to lose seats were Defence Secretary Grant Shapps, Justice Secretary Alex Chalk and Education Secretary Gillian Keegan.
The constituency was held by former DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson for 27 years.
Labour's Alex Ballinger has won the contest to be the first MP of the newly formed Halesowen constituency.
The Labour leader said ‘we did it’ at a victory party as results pointed to a Labour landslide, adding ‘change begins now’.
Mr Mercer came from a military family and graduated from Sandhurst in 2002.
The Prime Minister said it had been a ‘sobering’ night for the Tories as Labour was on course for a landslide.
Labour have won the contest to be MP in the re-established Wolverhampton West MP.
A number of Rishi Sunak’s Cabinet and high-profile Tories have suffered defeat.
Labour's Sureena Brackenridge has taken Wolverhampton North East back from the Conservatives.
The storm left a trail of destruction across the eastern Caribbean and at least nine people dead.
Pat McFadden has retained Wolverhampton South East for Labour.
Michael Fabricant has been ousted as Lichfield MP after holding the seat for 27 years.
Wendy Morton has held Aldridge-Brownhills for the Conservatives.
The newly reformed West Bromwich constituency is red after Labour's won in this year's general election.
The Smethwick name is back in Parliament for the first time since 1974, and is represented by Labour after Gurinder Singh Josan's win was confirmed on Friday morning.
Labour have reclaimed one of their Red Wall seats as Antonia Bance became the first MP in the newly formed Tipton and Wednesbury constituency.
Labour's Josh Newbury said he is "looking forward to getting stuck in" to his new role as Cannock Chase MP after beating the Conservatives to a seat they have held since 2010.
A West Midlands political heavyweight had two reasons to celebrate on Thursday night as his party swept into power and he became set for a peerage.
On a night where Labour secured a landslide victory, comparisons were drawn with the Battle of Waterloo.
For Sir Keir Starmer, the results in the West Midlands are better than anything he could have hoped for.
The number of adult pairs returning to Long Nanny in Northumberland is not as low as feared this year, National Trust rangers say.
Staff from ethnic minorities felt that discrimination had become ‘normalised’, according to a Care Quality Commission report.
The US actress made a statement acknowledging that she wasn’t the first to share the news.
The tour was dedicated to Sarah Harding, who was diagnosed with cancer and died in September 2021 aged 39.