Voting has closed throughout the nation for the UK Normal Election and now the method of vote counting and outcomes bulletins begins.
We’re on the ICC for the Birmingham depend and can deliver you outcomes as we get them, together with opinion, interviews, galleries and video updates.
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03:30
“They’re saying it’s the most important swing in UK political historical past,” says Birmingham Ladywood unbiased candidate Akhmed Yakoob, who’s assured he’s going to develop into the following MP for the constituency, changing Labour’s Shabana Mahmood.
The hotly contested seat may go both method, following robust campaigns from each candidates, which included a key give attention to the conflict on Gaza.
Though assured of a win, Yakoob is set to tackle Labour within the 2026 native council elections whatever the outcomes tonight, saying he received’t stand himself however will stand candidates.
03:00
Shakeel Afsar: ‘I’ll undoubtedly be standing to be MP sooner or later’
Conscious of the chance of a Labour win in Birmingham Corridor Inexperienced and Moseley, unbiased candidate Shakeel Afsar tells us he shall be persevering with his political trajectory by standing in future native council and nationwide basic elections.
02:45
Impartial candidate Mohammed Hafeez accepts the pro-Gaza vote was cut up between three unbiased candidates in Birmingham Corridor Inexperienced and Moseley, possible guaranteeing a Labour win, however nonetheless feels standing within the constituency has had a optimistic affect.
02:05
‘All bets are off! We’re set to beat Labour in Hodge Hill’
“We’re set to run Labour inside a thousand votes of clinching the seat, we may even win”, says Employees Celebration GB candidate and George Galloway aide James Giles, who’s standing within the Birmingham Hodge Hill constituency in opposition to Labour’s Liam Byrne.
01:10
Impartial Normal Election candidate for Birmingham Selly Oak, Professor Kamel Hawwash – former chair of Palestine Solidarity Marketing campaign – says a Labour ‘tremendous majority’ as predicted by the exit ballot is “unhealthy” and “undemocratic” as it might give Labour the “license to do no matter they need”.
He additionally mentioned the anticipated victories for Reform and Nigel Farage recommend the nation is shifting to the appropriate, which he describes as “worrying” and “based mostly on divisiveness”.
12:55
Along with the Normal Election 2024, counts are additionally underway on the ICC for 2 Council by-elections; held in Kings Norton North and Northfield, each wards in Birmingham.
23.30
Vote counting is underway with poll packing containers persevering with to come back in on the ICC in Birmingham. Elections candidates and their groups are observing the depend, keeping track of vote shares as a way to collect an estimation of ultimate outcomes forward of their official bulletins later within the evening.
23:10
Poll packing containers have lastly arrived on the ICC after an eagerly anticipated wait. The packing containers at the moment are being loaded into Corridor 3 and the counting of poll papers begins.
22:05
Exit ballot knowledge predicts Labour has received by a landslide within the basic election, bringing 14 years of Conservative rule to an finish.
The ballot suggests Keir Starmer’s get together is ready to safe victory with an estimated 410 seats – equating to an total majority of 170 – in response to the ballot by Ipsos UK, collectively carried out for Sky Information, the BBC and ITV Information.
The Labour outcomes dwarf the Conservatives, who’re projected to win round 131 seats, in comparison with the 365 they achieved in 2019 beneath Boris Johnson’s management.
The ballot additionally means that whereas Labour have possible secured a landslide victory, they might fall wanting beating the 179-seat majority received by Tony Blair in 1997, with a landslide even on a smaller share of the vote than that secured by Jeremy Corbyn in 2017.
22:00
Polls have closed. Sealed postal votes have been introduced into the ICC in Birmingham, the place people right here to depend votes are taking their seats, awaiting the arrival of poll packing containers.
Press and media are principally all arrange, however no signal of election candidates and their groups as but.
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