Labour take Clwyd East as part of election landslide

 

* Labour's Becky Gittins will be the MP for Clwyd East, which includes Llangollen.

General election news from the BBC ...

Labour wins the UK general election - Keir Starmer will be the new prime minister

·        "Change begins now," Starmer says, as Labour is forecast to win a landslide with 410 seats, and the Conservatives on 144

·        Rishi Sunak says Britain has delivered a "sobering verdict"

·        High-profile Conservatives have lost their seats, including Defence Secretary Grant Shapps, Jacob Rees-Mogg and Penny Mordaunt

·        Reform UK leader Nigel Farage becomes an MP for the first time, and the party's Richard Tice and Lee Anderson also win

·        Ex-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn wins Islington North as an independent, and Labour's Jon Ashworth loses to an independent

·        Green Party's Carla Denyer wins Bristol Central from Labour, while Scottish First Minister John Swinney says it's been a "very, very difficult and damaging" night for the SNP

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Results for local seat of Clwyd East (from BBC)

Counting complete

Change compared with 2019

1. Labour,Becky Gittins

   • Votes 18,484
   • Share 38.7%
   • Share change +0.8

2. Conservative,James Davies

   • Votes 13,862
   • Share 29.0%
   • Share change -18.9

3. Reform UK,Kirsty Walmsley

   • Votes 7,626
   • Share 15.9%
   • Share change +11.8

4. Plaid Cymru,Paul Penlington

   • Votes 3,733
   • Share 7.8%
   • Share change +3.1

5. Liberal Democrat,Alec Dauncey

   • Votes 1,859
   • Share 3.9%
   • Share change -1.4

6. Green,Lee Lavery

   • Votes 1,659
   • Share 3.5%
   • Share change +3.5

7. Independent,Rob Roberts

   • Votes 599
   • Share 1.3%
   • Share change +1.3