WITHIN the last two minutes Sunderland Central count officials have declared victory for Labour – making it three in a row for the party. Sitting MP Julie Elliott took 56 per cent of the vote to hold the seat – not a surprise result in itself, but another note adding […]
Day: 8 June 2017
Double-top for Corbyn as North East fires his first salvo … in ‘reverse’ order
AS expected, what may be a night of incredible political victory for Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn began with victories in the North East just five minutes ago. But it didn’t follow the predicted script, as Newcastle Central declared the first result in the whole of the country, to see Chi Omwurah holding the […]
Atmosphere ‘electric’ as Sunderland minutes from declaring
LIVE from the Sunderland count at Silksworth Leisure Centre, our reporter Jake Smith has just sent us this… “The atmosphere here at Silksworth is electric. All 27 counting teams are rattling through the votes.There are hundreds of people on the floor! All the candidates are now gathering close to […]
Conservatives/Labour react cautiously to exit poll suggesting no overall Tory majority
CONSERVATIVE and Labour figures have reacted cautiously to the exit poll predicting Theresa May could have lost her overall majority. Tory Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon told the BBC: “This is a projection, it’s not a result. “These exit polls have been wrong in the past.” Labour’s shadow chancellor John […]
Exit poll: Sunderland could fire the starting gun on spectacular Corbyn turnaround
SUNDERLAND could be the starting gun to signal the start of one of the most spectacular political breakthroughs in recent history. Written off as a non-contender by much of the UK media to date, the polls were continuing to dismiss Jeremy Corbyn as recently as lunchtime. But within minutes of voting closing […]
North East General Election 2017 LIVE #HubGE2017
Live Blog General Election 2017 LIVE
The weird and the wonderful around the polls
There’ve been some weird – and often wonderful – sights spotted around the country during today’s voting. Here are just a few:
So, a hung parliament – what’s that mean?
The Palace of Westminster: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire #HUBGE2017 First of all, what is a hung parliament? It’s the situation which exists if, once the dust clears, no party is able to command a working majority in the House of Commons. A “working majority” means a single party controlling at […]
Take a seat … your guide to the constituencies
#HUBGE2017 The voting’s almost done around the constituencies – so here’s a round-up of the key seats in and around Sunderland, their MPs and a couple of fascinating facts for each seat. Sunderland Central Constituency created in 2010 Sitting MP: Julie Elliott, Labour, re-elected in 2015. Sunderland Central is regarded […]
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SRNews and Spark Sunderland have the North East covered with our election Snapchat channel – SnapElectionNE Add the channel via our username or by holding your Snapchat camera over the above image and tapping the ghost! We will have round the clock radio coverage, as well as reporters at counts, […]