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The Labour candidate won the seat with a majority of 4,375 over the Conservative candidate David Nuttall, who has held the seat since 2010.

MM will be keeping you up-to-date with everything happening across Greater Manchester and the whole country throughout the night.

As well as helping to mastermind what turned out to be a great night for Labour as campaign chief, closer to home Gwynne won his own seat with a massive 14.077 vote majority an increase of 3,566 on his 2015 general election result.

Angela Rayner, Labour’s shadow education secretary, has defended her crown in Ashton-under-Lyne and says she will continue to fight with every breath in her lungs against cuts to local services.

Stockport, Hazel Grove and Cheadle all held steady, as around the nation results were sending shockwaves across the country.

With a strong turnout in Stretford and Urmston and in Sale and Altrincham West, Labour’s Kate Green and the Conservatives’ Graham Brady both won strong victories in their respective constituencies.

Labour won all five of their contests in central Manchester, in what proved to be a predictable outcome in an election night that was otherwise full of surprises.

Bury is red after a successful night for the Labour Party saw them hold Bury South and gain Bury North.

You can follow our live blog here while read below for a lighter look at both the General Election 2017 polling day and results day – who will come out on top?

Andy Burnham is a distant memory in Leigh tonight as Labour consolidate control of Wigan Borough with an emphatic victory that resulted in all women MPs elected to the Wigan, Makerfield and Leigh seats for the first time in history.

Tony Lloyd held Labour’s seat in Rochdale whilst incumbent MP and ex-Labour candidate Simon Danczuk only managed to secure 883 votes.