Labour has held on to the seat of Denton and Reddish for another election, one of few spots in the Red Wall that has stayed intact in an election of decimation for Labour.

After a turbulent night for the Labour party nationally, there was celebration locally for MP Kate Green as she retained her seat in Stretford and Urmston.

In the weeks running up to this very wet and windy General Election, Bolton North-East was listed as one of the too-close-to-call seats that might swing the result nationally.

Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner was re-elected in Ashton-under-Lyne, but saw her majority decrease by 12.3% to 48.1%.

Labour’s Tony Lloyd held onto his seat in Rochdale in a rare positive result for the Labour party in their traditional northern heartlands.

Labour held on to Oldham West & Royton despite a disastrous night nationwide for the party.

Before the ‘tsunami’ exit poll predicting a Conservative landslide hit the headlines, it was thought that the win for Bolton West could have gone either way.

Debbie Abrahams held on to her Oldham East and Saddleworth seat, despite falling behind on the earlier Exit Polls.

Jeremy Corbyn will remain as leader of the Labour Party, but will not lead Labour in the next general election.

Conservatives disrupted the red heartland by 1,965 votes in Leigh, as elected Tory MP James Grundy attacked Jeremy Corbyn and Labour’s pro-Brexit stance for the party’s historic loss.

Labour candidate Mike Kane retained Wythenshawe and Sale East once again with an outstanding majority of 10,396.