Labour takes five of the seven seats across Northamptonshire after hard-fought battles.
BBC News, NorthamptonshireLabour's domination of election night continued in Northamptonshire, with the party taking five of the county's seven constituency seats.This was a seat that previously had a Tory majority of 17,363, and now has a Labour one of 3,820 - a swing of 20%.
The Conservatives retained the two blue seats held by Dame Andrea Leadsom and Chris Heaton-Harris, both of whom decided not to stand again.In the first Northamptonshire declaration of the night, Labour took the seat ofThe sitting Conservative MP, Andrew Lewer scored 12,819 and the Reform UK party came third with 8,210.
Mr Lewer said the split of the vote between Conservative and Reform UK would have to be part of the discussions for the future of the centre-right in British politics. The former Immigration Minister Tom Pursglove lost his Conservative seat to former union leader Lee Barron, who collected 21,020 votes for Labour to win inThe other town seat,The previous Conservative MP there, Michael Ellis, decided not to defend his 5,507 majority.
She collected 17,754 votes in the general election, holding on to the seat ahead of the Conservative's David Goss on 12,248.Labour's Rosie Wrighting has unseated Philip Hollobone, who has been Kettering's Conservative MP since 2005seat he first won in 2005, with Rosie Wrighting executing another Labour gain.
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