General Election 2024 seats to watch overnight from party leaders to key battlegrounds

Catherine Addison-Swan

4 July 2024 at 5:22 am·3-min read

Results could change in this general election after constituency boundaries were redrawn last year — -Credit: (Image: Peter Byrne/PA Wire)

Millions across the UK are heading to the polls today, Thursday July 4, to cast their vote in the General Election, which will determine which party runs the country as well as the fate of 650 MPs.

After the polls close at 10pm, results of the General Election are expected to start being announced from as early as 11.30pm - the North East has been the first region to declare in the most recent General Elections, and this year looks likely to be no different with results possible in Newcastle, Northumberland, Sunderland and North Tyneside before midnight. But if you are staying up tonight to watch history unfold, there are some key constituencies across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to keep an eye on.

Below is a list compiled by the PA news agency on the big seats to watch out for when the polls close, including those of each party leader and key members of the most recent Government, alongside the time results are expected to be announced. You can find a full list of declaration times for every UK seat, including all North East constituencies, here.

England and Wales

Richmond and Northallerton: Rishi Sunak, Prime Minister and Conservative leader. Expected 4am
Holborn and St Pancras: Keir Starmer, Labour leader. Expected 4.15am
Kingston and Surbiton: Ed Davey, Liberal Democrats leader. Expected 3.15am
Clacton: Nigel Farage, Reform leader. Expected 4am
Bristol Central: Carla Denyer, Green Party leader. Expected 3.15am
Sunderland: Expected to be first to declare. Expected 11.45pm
Portsmouth North: Penny Mordaunt, Conservative Leader of the House of Commons. Expected 3.30am
Godalming and Ash: Jeremy Hunt, Conservative Chancellor. Expected 3.30am
Somerset North East and Hanham: Jacob Rees-Mogg, Conservative and former Business Secretary. Expected 4.30am
Welwyn Hatfield: Grant Shapps, Conservative Defence Secretary. Expected 3.30am
Islington North: Jeremy Corbyn, former Labour leader. Expected 3am
Norfolk South West: Liz Truss, former Conservative Prime Minister. Expected 5.30am
Ashfield: Lee Anderson, Reform and former Conservative MP. Expected 4.30am
Monmouthshire: David TC Davies, Conservative Secretary of State for Wales. Expected 4.30am
Fareham and Waterlooville: Suella Braverman, Conservative and former Home Secretary. Expected 3am
Tatton: Esther McVey, Conservative Minister without Portfolio. Expected 3.30am
Chingford and Woodford Green: Iain Duncan Smith, former Conservative leader, and Faizah Shaheen, former Labour candidate now standing as an Independent. Expected 3am
Brighton Pavilion: Sian Berry, former Green Party leader. Expected 4.30am
Rochdale: George Galloway, Workers Party of Britain leader. Expected 2.30am
Ashton-under-Lyne: Angela Rayner, deputy Labour leader. Expected 5.30am

Scotland

Perth: John Swinney, First Minister of Scotland and Scottish National Party leader, supporting candidate. Expected 2.30am
Glasgow: The city has dropped from seven seats in the previous Parliament to six due to boundary changes. Anas Sarwar, Scottish Labour Party leader, supporting candidate. Expected between 3am and 4am.
Aberdeen South: Stephen Flynn, Scottish National Party leader in House of Commons. Expected 3am
Aberdeenshire North: Douglas Ross, Scottish Conservative Party leader. Expected 4.45am

Northern Ireland

Belfast East and Belfast South: Expected to be a close battle between interim DUP leader Gavin Robinson and Alliance's Naomi Long. Expected 3am
Belfast North and North Down: Unionist seat for over 100 years before Alliance deputy leader Stephen Farry won in 2019. Expected 3am
Foyle and Mid Ulster: Colum Eastwood, Social Democratic and Labour Party leader. Expected 4am
North Antrim and South Antrim: Robin Swann, Unionist and former Minister of Health. Expected 3.30am

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