General Election 2017: Where the North East stands now

The North East political map could be a game of 'spot the difference' following the 2017 General Election.

Only two constituencies changed hands when voters took to the polls on Thursday, 8 June.

Labour lost its 20-year grip on Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland to the Conservatives. While, the Labour party managed take to Stockton South from the Conservatives in a straight swap.

It was a disappointing campaign for the Conservatives in the North East, who had their eyes firmly fixed on both marginal constituencies.

Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland is now the seat of Tory Simon Clarke. He beat Labour's Tracy Harvey to the job by just over a thousand votes.

It had been a secure Labour seat since 1997, until Tom Blenkinsop said he would not stand is Theresa May's snap election.

Stockton South is now the seat of Labour's Paul Williams, a local GP who secured the marginal seat from former Conservative Minister James Wharton by just 888 votes.

Stockton South is regarded as one of those seats that a party has to win, if it is to form a government.