General Election 2019: Heywood and Middleton turns Tory for first time in 36 years
The Conservatives have ended 36 years of Labour rule in Heywood and Middleton after winning by 663 votes in tonight’s general election.
The Conservatives have ended 36 years of Labour rule in Heywood and Middleton after winning by 663 votes in tonight’s general election.
The Conservatives are heading for a landslide majority in the general election, with Boris Johnson defeating Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party to their worst result in the modern era.
The General Election 2019 exit poll results are in and a predicted landslide 86 seat majority victory for Boris Johnson has shocked many on social media tonight.
The official exit poll released after voting closed forecasts a large Conservative majority of around 90 MPs.
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Central are the first constituency to declare at the 2019 General Election.
The Conservatives are predicted to be the largest party according to the exit polls, with Boris Johnson’s party looking at a majority of 86 and a total of 368 seats if the poll is correct, the worst performance by a Labour party in modern times.
An exit poll conducted by MM in Manchester Withington suggests a reduction in Labour’s majority in the constituency in favour of the Tories and Liberal Democrats.
As the final opinion polls are released, all the debates complete and with less than an hour until the polls open, the 2019 general election campaign is at an end.
Denton and Reddish has traditionally been staunchly Labour, with Andrew Gwynne steering the ship since 2005. He has also served in the Shadow Cabinet under various guises: most recently, as Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. MM’s Anna Staufenberg caught up with him just ahead of the most important General Election in years…
James Frith is hoping to be re-elected as Labour MP for Bury North this general election yet the constituency remains a marginal seat, with Labour and Conservative both ranking at 43% in voting intention estimates.
With this general election campaign focusing on many things like Brexit, misleading information, the future of the NHS and even blocks of ice, but sadly omitting much talk of the UK’s role in international intervention, MM spoke to David Wearing, a leading researcher and writer on foreign policy and the Middle East.
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