General Election 2017: LIVE reaction
- Labour gains Stockton South from the Conservatives
- Conservatives win Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland from Labour
- Newcastle Central beat Sunderland to declare first
UKIP candidate camera-shy after Hartlepool defeat
Labour held on to its North East heartland, retaining seats right across the region. Both Labour and the Conservatives increased their share of the vote at the expense of UKIP, which even saw its vote decline heavily in Hartlepool - its key target seat in the North East.
WATCH: UKIP's Philip Broughton avoids questions from our reporter:
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Berwick MP: 'We'll have another election by 2019'
When questioned on ITV News Tyne Tees about when the next election might be, the MP for Berwick Upon Tweed said "not before 2019".
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GE2017: How your constituency voted
A total of 37 seats were up for grabs on Thursday. Here is a run-down of how they stand now
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GE2017: Ian Lavery hails 'positive and bold' campaign
Wansbeck MP Ian Lavery was the national co-ordinator for Jeremy Corbyn's election campaign, which saw the party make gains