UK Election 2024 live updates: Election night timeline
Thursday 10pm
Voting is now closed.
BBC, Sky and ITV publish Ipsos exit polls.
11pm
Constituencies in the North East of England are racing to complete their counting.
Blythe and Ashington results at 11:30 p.m.
Houghton and Sunderland South results as of 11.45pm
Midnight
The Conservatives could suffer their first defeats in Basildon and Billericay.
In Broxbourne, Labour is expected to take the seat from the Conservatives for the first time.
Labor could potentially retake republican seats, starting with Cramlington and Killingworth.
Friday 1am
In regrouped Rutherglen, the SNP is likely to win over Labour.
Labour won seats in Leigh, Atherton and Swindon North from the Conservatives.
The Liberal Democrats are likely to win Harrogate and Knarlesborough.
2 am
The Conservatives will retain North West Essex, Castle Point and Havant.
Labour is aiming to win Middlesbrough South, East Cleveland, Glenrothes, Mid Fife, West Dunbartonshire, Paisley and South Renfrewshire.
2:30AM
Speaker Lindsay Hoyle’s Chorley constituency is announced.
Labour wants to retake Heywood, Middleton North, Burnley and Bolsover.
The Liberal Democrats are targeting Stratford-upon-Avon in north-east Hampshire.
Key seat: Rochdale.
3AM
Results announced for 100 or more seats.
Labour is aiming to win back red wall seats such as Bolton North East, Dudley, Great Grimsby, Cleethorpes, Tipton, Wednesbury and West Bromwich.
Jeremy Corbyn wins Islington North constituency.
Conservative ministers in Cheltenham and the Forest of Dean are at risk.
3:15AM
The Green Party is targeting Bristol Central.
Labour and the Liberal Democrats are aiming for Stroud, Witney, Carferdin and Scunthorpe.
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey’s seat is due to be announced.
3:30AM
Labour is targeting ‘red wall’ seats such as Gedling, Hyndburn, Rother Valley and Wolverhampton North East.
Blue Wall Seats: Esher and Walton, Harrow East.
Dover and Deal results.
3:45AM
Labour wants to win Redditch and the Ribble Valley.
The Liberal Democrats are targeting Wimbledon, Carshalton and Warrington.
4AM
More than 120 constituencies have been declared.
The Conservatives are likely to suffer losses in Richmond, Northallerton, Braintree and Central Devon.
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is heading for Clacton, Boston and Skegness.
Labour is targeting Newton Aycliffe, Spennymoor, Penistone, Stocksbridge, Birmingham Northfield, Bishop Auckland and Birmingham Ladywood.
4:15AM
Starmer is predicted to win at Holborn and St Pancras stations.
Uxbridge and South Ruislip are likely to be won by Labour.
4:30AM
Labour could win 326 seats.
Conservative losses: North East Somerset, Hanham, Worthing West, Monmouthshire, Kensington and Bayswater, Milton Keynes North, Surrey Heath, Tunbridge Wells.
A successful small party at the Brighton Pavilion.
5AM
Potential casualties include ministers in Banbury, Ely and East Cambridgeshire.
Labour is targeting Arley and Woodley, Filton and Bradley Stoke, Truro and Falmouth, North Somerset, Hitchin, Doncaster East, Isle of Axholme, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Ossett, Denby Dale and Stoke-on-Trent.
The Liberal Democrats are targeting Lewes, Newbury, Winchester and Maidenhead.
5:30AM
Liz Truss is expected to retain South West Norfolk.
Labour is targeting Chipping Barnet and Hendon.
The Liberal Democrats are targeting Didcot and Wantage.
Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner’s seat has been confirmed.
6AM
The latest results are coming in little by little.
The Liberal Democrats have taken control of Chesham and Amersham and are targeting Wokingham, Henley and Thame.
Labour is targeting Croydon South and Wycombe.
6:30AM
The final declaration includes Ilford North.
If Labour wins, the focus will be on the transition of power.
Sunak will resign and Starmer will be asked to form a new government.
