Britain is this morning waking up to a Labour government with Sir Keir Starmer's party claiming seats across the North East.
The Labour Party has won 26 of the 28 seats up for grabs in our region with the Tories facing an electoral disaster.
In many constituencies across the region, voters will be waking up to a new local MP.
Find your constituency below to see who has been elected MP.
Houghton and Sunderland South
LAB: Bridget Phillipson 18,847
REF: Sam Woods-Brass 11,668
CON: Chris Burnicle 5,514
LIB DEM: Paul Edgeworth 2,290
GRN: Richard Bradley 1,723
Majority: 7,179
Turnout: 51%
Blyth and Ashington
LAB: Ian Lavery 20,030
REF: Mark Peart 10,857
CON: Maureen Levy 6,121
LIB DEM: Stephen Psallidas 1,433
GRN: Steve Leyland 1,960
Majority: 9,173
Turnout: 53%
Sunderland Central
LAB: Lewis Atkinson 16,852
REF: Chris Eynon 10,779
CON: Greg Peacock 5,731
LIB DEM: Niall Hodson 3,602
GRN: Rachel Featherstone 2,993
Majority: 6,073
Turnout: 52%
Washington and Gateshead South
LAB: Sharon Hodgson 17,682
REF: Paul Donaghy 10,769
CON: Shaun Parsons 4,654
GRN: Michal Chantkowski 1,687
LIB DEM: Ciaran Morrissey 1,602
IND: Sharon McLafferty 627
Majority: 6,073
Turnout: 52%
Newcastle Central and West
LAB: Chi Onwurah 18,875
REF: Ashton Muncaster 7,815
CON: Frances Lasok 4,228
IND: Yvonne Ridley 3,627
GRN: John Pearson 3,228
LIB DEM: Ali Avaei 1,946
IND: Habib Rahman 1,636
Majority: 11,060
Turnout: 54%
Cramlington and Killingworth
LAB: Emma Foody 22,274
REF: Gordon Fletcher 9,454
CON: Ian Levy 8,592
GRN: Ian Jones 2,144
LIB DEM: Thom Campion 1,898
IND: Scott Lee 573
IND: Dawn Furness 322
SDP: Matthew Wilkinson 137
Majority: 12,820
Turnout: 60%
Darlington
LAB: Lola McEvoy 16,621
CON: Peter Gibson14,323
REF: Michael Walker 6,852
GREEN: Matthew Snedker 2,847
LIB DEM: 1,735
Majority: 2,298
Turnout: 60%
Hartlepool
LAB: Jonathan Brash 16,414
REF: Amanda Napper 8,716
CON: Jill Mortimer 7,767
IND: Sam Lee 895
GREEN: Jeremy Spyby-Steanson 834
LIB DEM: Peter Maughan 572
WPoB: Tommy Dudley 248
HER: Vivienne Neville 65
Majority: 7,698
Turnout: 49.8%
Middlesbrough and East Thornaby
LAB: Andy McDonald 16,238
REF: Patrick Seargeant 7,046
CON: Kiran Fothergill 6,174
WPoB: Mehmoona Ameen 2,007
GREEN: Matthew Harris 1,522
LIB DEM: Mo Wagas 1,037
Majority: 9,192
Turnout: 45%
Redcar and Cleveland
LAB: Anna Turley 15,663
REF: John Davies 7,216
CON: Jacob Young 12,340
GREEN: Ruth Hatton 1,270
LIB DEM: Chris Jones 1,542
SDP: Gary Conlin 169
Majority: 3,323
Turnout: 54%
Harrogate and Knaresborough
LIB DEM: Tom Gordon 23,976
CON: Andrew Jones 15,738
REF: John Swales 5,679
LAB: Conrad Whitcroft 4,153
GREEN: Shan Oakes 1,762
IND: Paul Haslam, 620
IND: Stephen Metcalfe 136
Majority: 3,323
Turnout: 54%
Bishop Auckland
LIB DEM: Helen Cross 1,373
CON: Jane MacBean 10,364
REF: Rhys Burris 9,466
LAB: Sam Rushworth 17,036
GREEN: Sarah Hannan 1,857
TRA: Rachel Maughan, 331
Majority: 6,672
Turnout: 54%
Easington
LAB: Graeme Morris 16,774
REF: Lynne Murphy 10,232
CON: Joanne Howey 3,753
GREEN: Stephen Ashfield 1,173
LIB DEM: Tony Ferguson 881
NEP: Mary Cartwright 158
Majority: 6,542
Turnout: 54%
City of Durham
LAB: Mary Kelly Foy 19,131
REF: Mark Belch 7,374
LIB DEM: Mark Wilkes 5,920
CON: Luke Holmes 5,221
GREEN: Jonathan Elmer 2,803
SDP: Sarah Welbourne 178
Majority: 11,757
Turnout: 57.79%
Blaydon and Consett
LAB: Liz Twist 21,160
REF: David Ayre 10,007
CON: Angela Sterling 6,052
GREEN: Richard Simpson 2,589
LIB DEM: Vicky Anderson 2,273
SDP: Paul Topping 135
Majority: 11,153
Turnout: 54%
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
LAB: Alan Strickland 18,394
REF: John Grant 9,555
CON: Paul Howell 8,195
GREEN: Jack Hughes 1,707
LIB DEM: Anne-Marie Curry 1,491
TRANS: Brian Agar 135
WPoB: Minhajul Suhon 246
Majority: 8,839
Turnout: 54%
Gateshead Central and Whickham
LAB: Mark Ferguson 18,245
LIB DEM: Ron Beadle 4,987
CON: Nick Oliver 4,628
REF: Damian Heslop 3,601
GRN: Rachel Cabral 3,217
TU: Normal Hall 369
SUN: Graham Steele 170
Majority: 11,153
Turnout: 58%
Hexham
LAB: Joe Morris 22,988
CON: Guy Opperman 20,275
GREEN: Nick Morphet 2,467
LIB DEM: Nick Cott 2,376
IND: Chris Whaley 1,211
SDP: William Clouston 1,211
Majority: 2,713
Turnout: 54%
North Durham
LAB: Luke Akehurst 16,562
REF: Andrew Husband 10,689
CON: George Carter 6,492
LIB DEM: Craig Martin: 4,208
GREEN: Sunny Moon-Schott 2,366
WPoB: Chris Bradburn 928
SDP: Tom Chittenden 320
Majority: 5,873
Turnout: 54%
Jarrow and Gateshead East
LAB: Kate Osborne, 18,856
REF: Lynda Alexander 9,892
CON: Jack Alexander Gebhard 3,354
GRN: Nic Cook 2,384
LIB DEM: Jamie Rickelton 1,740
ADF: Mark Anthony Conway 502
Majority: 7,939
Turnout: 54%
Stockton North
LAB: Chris McDonald 17,128
REF: John McDermottroe 9,189
CON: Niall Innes 8,028
GREEN: Sam Bradford 1,923
LD: Jo Barton 1,133
Majority: 8,964
Turnout: 52%
South Shields
LAB: Emma Lewell-Buck 15,122
REF: Stephen Holt 8,469
GREEN: David Francis: 5,433
CON: Craig Robinson 4,128
IND: Ahmed Khan 2,270
LIB DEM: Jonathan Aibi 1,402
Majority: 6,653
Turnout: 54%
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
LAB: Mary Glindon 21,200
REF: Janice Richardson 8,383
GRN: Matt Williams 5,257
CON: Rosie Hanlon 3,522
LIB DEM: Mark Ridyard 2,965
WP: Muhammad Ghori 430
POW: Liz Panton 283
COMM: Emma-Jane Phillips 186
SDP: Robert Malyn 95
Turnout: 55.7%
Majority: 12,817
Newcastle upon Tyne North
LAB: Catherine McKinnell 24,440
CON: Guy Renner-Thompson 6,678
LIB DEM: Aidan King 5,936
REF: Deborah Lorraine 5,933
GRN: Sarah Peters 5,035
IND: King Teare 310
SDP: Martin Evison 285
Turnout: 65.4%
Majority: 17,762
Tynemouth
LAB: Alan Campbell 24,491
CON: Lewis Bartoli 9,036
REF: Rosie Elliot 7,392
GREEN: Chloe-Louise Reilly 3,592
LIB DEM: John Appleby 2,709
POW: Kelly Jane Oliver Dougall 286
IND: Christopher Greener 273
IND: Mustaque Rahman 531
HER: Adam Thewlis 108
Majority: 15,455
Turnout: 66%
Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland
LAB Luke Myer 16,468
CON Simon Clarke 16,254
LIB DEM Jemma Joy 2,032
SDP Rod Liddle 1,835
GREEN Rowan McLaughlin 1,446
Turnout: 54.83per cent
Majority: 214
Stockton West
CON - Matt Vickers: 20,372
LAB - Joe Dancey: 18,233
REF - Steve Matthews: 6,833
GRN - Anna-Maria Toms: 1,477
LD - Nigel Boddy: 1,203
IND - Mohammed Zaroof: 263
IND - Vivek Chhabra: 106
IND - Niko Omilana: 106
IFDD - Monty Brack: 45
Majority: 2,139
Turnout: 54%
Northallerton and Richmond
CON: Rishi Sunak 23,059
LAB: Tom Wilson 10,874
REF: Lee Taylor 7,142
LIB DEM: Daniel Callaghan 4,322
GREEN: Kevin Foster 2,058
North Northumberland
LAB: David Smith 17,855
CON: Anne-Marie Trevelyan 12,788
REF: Katherine Hales 7,688
LIB DEM: Natalie Younes 5,169
GREEN: Jan Rosen 1,743
IND: Michael Joyce 288
SDP: Andrew Martin 92
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