Shadow chief whip Nick Brown has been re-elected as the MP for Newcastle Upon Tyne East, with a decreased majority.

The Labour candidate beat Conservative Robin Gwynn by 15,463 votes, 3,798 votes less than the majority at the 2017 election.

Wendy Taylor of the Liberal Democrats came third and the Green Party's Nick Hartley came fourth.

Voter turnout was up by 0.8 percentage points since the last general election.

More than 43,000 people, 68% of those eligible to vote, went to polling stations across the area on Thursday, in the first December general election since 1923.

All four candidates keep their deposits, after receiving more than 5% of the votes.

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