Summary
Voting has been taking place throughout the day across the UK in the 2024 general election
Labour has won a landslide victory in the UK general election, according to the exit poll
In Berkshire, Matt Rodda was the first winner, taking Reading Central.
Tan Dhesi has been re-elected in Slough
Conservative James Sunderland has lost his seat in Bracknell
Wokingham is a Lib Dem gain
Labour's Yuan Yang has won Earley and Woodley
Newbury is another gain for the Lib Dems
Theresa May's old seat of Maidenhead turns to Liberal Democrats
Live Reporting
Dan Kerins, Nathan Briant & Daisy Stephens
Thanks for joining uspublished at 09:23 5 July
09:23 5 July
With all results across the county now declared, the BBC live page for the election results for Berkshire has now ended.
Please follow all the latest general election results here.
State of play in Berkshirepublished at 09:22 5 July
09:22 5 July
In Reading, Labour's Matt Rodda retained his Reading Central seat, whilst the new constituency of Reading West and Mid Berkshire was won by Labour's Olivia Bailey.
In Windsor and Maidenhead, Windsor was held by the Conservatives, with Jack Rankin the new MP there. Maidenhead went to the Liberal Democrats' Joshua Reynolds.
Labour's Tan Dhesi held on to Slough.
Meanwhile, Bracknell went red for the first time as Peter Swallow secured a majority, whilst the new seat of Earley and Woodley went to Labour's Yuan Yang.
The Liberal Democrats' Lee Dillon and Clive Jones took Newbury and Wokingham respectively.
Lib Dems gain Maidenhead - Theresa May's old seatpublished at 06:45 5 July
06:45 5 July
The Liberal Democrats have gained the seat of Maidenhead from the Conservatives.
That seat was previously held by former PM Theresa May - who announced she was standing down as an MP at this election.
The Lib Dem's Joshua Reynolds takes the seat, ahead of the Conservative candidate, Tania Mathias, in second.
Lib Dems gain Maidenheadpublished at 06:42 5 July
06:42 5 JulyBreaking
The Lib Dems have gained the seat that was previously held by former prime minister Theresa May.
Joshua Reynolds is Maidenhead's new MP. He won 21,895 votes.
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Jo Smith was third for Labour, with 5,766 votes.
It was announced on Thursday night that Mrs May will join the House of Lords.
Conservatives hold Windsorpublished at 06:33 5 July
06:33 5 JulyBreaking
The Conservatives have held Windsor and Jack Rankin is its new MP.
He won 16,483 votes. Labour's Pavitar Mann was second, with 10,026 votes, and the Lib Dems' Julian Tisi was third with 9,539 votes.
Its former Tory MP, Adam Afriyie, stood down ahead of Thursday's general election.
Labour gain Reading West and Mid Berkshirepublished at 06:26 5 July
06:26 5 July
Labour’s Olivia Bailey has taken Reading West and MidBerkshire, beating the Conservatives’ Ross Mackinnon by 1,361 votes.
It's a new constituency and has been created from parts of the Reading West, Newbury and Wokingham seats.
Conservative candidate on 'tough night'published at 06:13 5 July
06:13 5 July
Conservative candidate for Windsor, Jack Rankin, said it hasbeen “a tough night” for the party, adding “it’s our fault”.
“The Conservative Party has lost the trust of millions ofpeople nationally and we’ve got no one to blame other than ourselves,” he said.
“It’s fair to say we have lost this election rather thanLabour has won it.”
He said the party has “drifted from its core values” andsuffered as a result of “errors” including the D-Day incident.
Lib Dems gain Newburypublished at 06:10 5 July
06:10 5 JulyBreaking
Liberal Democrat Lee Dillon has won the Newbury seat,replacing Conservative Laura Farris, who has been in the seat since 2019.
Mr Dillon was previously the leader of West Berkshire Council but resigned to campaign to win the seat.
'You need to really reflect on what's gone wrong'published at 06:06 5 July
06:06 5 July
Conservative candidate and former MP for Newbury LauraFarris says it has been a “disappointing night” for the party.
“When you take a heavy defeat you need to obviously really,really carefully reflect on what’s gone wrong,” she tells BBC Radio Berkshire.
She says she thinks some of the infighting in the party inrecent years “made it look like politics was not in the service of the public”,which made things difficult, particularly for new MPs.
She adds it is “important there’s a change of governmentfrom time to time” in pluralistic societies.
Economy a priority for new MPpublished at 05:30 5 July
05:30 5 July
The new Labour MP for Earley and Woodley, Yuan Yang, saysshe is "tremendously happy" with the result.
As a former Financial Times journalist and economist, shetold BBC Radio Berkshire that Labour's - and her - top priority is tackling thecost of living and "getting the economy back on track".
Labour gain Earley and Woodleypublished at 04:51 5 July
04:51 5 JulyBreaking
Labour's Yuan Yang, a former Financial Times journalist, has won Earley and Woodley with 18209 votes, beating the Conservatives' Pauline Jorgensen with 17361 votes.
The Liberal Democrats, Greens and SDP were third, fourth and fifth respectively.
'Neck and neck' in Earley and Woodleypublished at 04:32 5 July
04:32 5 July
Patrick O'Hagan
Political reporter, BerkshireIt’s almost neck-and-neck between Labour’s Yuan Yangand the Conservative’s Pauline Jorgensen in Earley and Woodley.
There are around about seven, maybe eight hundred votesbetween them.
Pauline Jorgensen says that’s enough to have some batches recounted.
But there are a full 800 votes between these two candidatesso all the bets are that Labour are going to take this off the Tories.
Conservative candidate arrives at Maidenhead countpublished at 04:17 5 July
04:17 5 July
The BBC's Katie Tyler says: "Conservative candidate for Maidenhead, Tania Mathias, has arrived at Braywick Leisure Centre as counting continues.
"She looks extremely calm, but didn't want to comment on how the evening is progressing until after the declaration is made."
The seat was previously held by former prime minister Theresa May from 1997.
Former council leader is Wokingham's new MPpublished at 04:03 5 July
04:03 5 July
Clive Jones won Wokingham with 25,743 votes, beating the Conservatives' Lucy Demery into second place. She won 17,398 votes.
Reform's Colin Wright came third with 5,274 votes. Labour's Monica Hamidi and the Greens' Merv Boniface were fourth and fifth respectively.
Turnout was 72.2%.
Lib Dems gain Wokinghampublished at 03:48 5 July
03:48 5 July
Liberal Democrat Clive Jones is Wokingham's new MP.
It has been held by the Conservatives for decades.
Previously Tory MP John Redwood held it from 1987 until his retirement earlier this year.
Liberal Democrats gain Wokingham from the Conservativespublished at 03:47 5 July
03:47 5 July
Labour hold Sloughpublished at 03:29 5 July
03:29 5 JulyBreaking
Labour's Tan Dhesi has been re-elected as the MP for Slough.
He has held the seat since 2017.
Labour gain in Bracknellpublished at 03:17 5 July
03:17 5 JulyBreaking
Labour's Peter Swallow has won the seat, beating the Conservatives' James Sunderland, who won the seat in 2019.
University lecturer Dr Swallow beat the Tories' James Sunderland by just under 800 votes.
But Reform won 7,445 votes, with Mr Sunderland winning 13,999.
Dr Swallow won 14,783 votes for Labour.
Labour gains Bracknell from the Conservativespublished at 03:15 5 July
03:15 5 July
Turnout down in Sloughpublished at 02:47 5 July
02:47 5 July
The BBC's Neranjana Elapatha at the Slough count says turnout in the constituency was 53.4% on Thursday.
That's lower than at 2019's general election, when it was 59%.
