In pictures and video: Labour takes Wolverhampton seat from Tories

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• Wolverhampton South West

• Wolverhampton South East

• Wolverhampton North East

Labour took all three seats in Wolverhampton which was a rare success story on a bleak night for the party.

Reporter Rob Golledge was tweeting live from the count:

Wolverhampton South West

Labour's Rob Marris is back as an MP after defeating Conservative Paul Uppal.

Rob Marris (Lab) - 17,374

Paul Uppal (Con)* - 16,573

Dave Everett (UKIP) - 4,310

Andrea Cantrill (Green) - 1,058

Neale Upstone (Lib Dem) - 845

Brian Booth (Independent) - 49

Result: Labour gain Majority: 801

Turnout: 66.6%

2010

Con 16,344

Lab 15,653

Lib Dem 6,430

UKIP 1,487

Equal Parenting Alliance 246

Rob Marris won back Wolverhampton South West from the Tories after losing to Paul Uppal in 2010.

This time he triumphed by 801 votes.

Mr Marris said: "It looks like it has been a bad night for Labour nationally. I haven't even thought about the leadership and am yet to take in the whole national pictures. But first and fore-mostly I am thrilled we have three Labour Wolverhampton MPs and we will work not just to get new investment into the city but for Wulfrunians to invest here too.

"I think people in Wolverhampton South West wanted an end to the cuts and the financial squeeze which hits people in Wolverhampton worse than anywhere else.

"They also wanted an MP who lives in the constituency."

The Wolverhampton South West seat was one of the big victories of the Conservative party in 2010 when Mr Uppal took the seat from Labour and Mr Marris.

With the vote on a knife-edge, both candidates were visibly anxious, saying it was too close to call, though in the end, Labour's Rob Marris beat the Conservative's Paul Uppal by less than 1,000 votes.

Mr Marris said: "It has been a long and hard fought campaign and I am thankful to my team which I think has been the best in the country.

"It has been a good night for Labour in the West Midlands and here in Wolverhampton. I am looking forward to representing the people of Wolverhampton South West again after five years out."

Second placed Mr Uppal said: "It was very close again, and you win some and you lose some. I was proud to bring a Conservative voice to Wolverhampton and to bring a free school to the city. It is good to see the Conservative Party do well nationally and It is a shame not to be a part of that.

"I will now take some time out and spend it with my family."

There was loud cheers when the result was announced on what had been a sombre night.

The counting hall cleared quickly with little sign of celebration from the victorious Labour MPs who were coming to terms with the national picture of a Labour defeat.

Mr Marris, will regain his job after five years outside of Westminster, said the campaign had been long and hard-fought, and early polls had indicated a large Tory lead in the polls made for a tense mood at Aldersley Leisure Village.

Mr Uppal had made history with his win in 2010 by becoming the first minority ethnic Conservative to represent the seat, proving something of a watershed moment giving the history of Mr Powell and the infamous so-called 'Rivers of Blood' speech of 1968.

The area proved one of the big battlegrounds of the 2015 election campaign.

It saw a rare joint visit by Prime Minister David Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne to Banks's Brewery on the day 103 business leaders signed a letter praising the Conservatives.

The former education secretary turned Conservative chief whip, Michael Gove, went out door knocking in Tettenhall with Mr Uppal as well.

And Mr Osborne came back to visit the Bilash restaurant, donning chef whites to get stuck in in the kitchen.

It was unlikely to have made any difference to the results though. Not a single member of the public knew he was there until long after he had gone.

Labour sent their heavy-hitters to Wolverhampton South West as well. Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham visited twice. The shadow chancellor, Ed Balls, came into the E&S office with Mr Marris.

With the fight so close the UKIP, Liberal Democrat and Green candidates, as well as independent Brian Booth, all added to the uncertainty and each played their part. UKIP even opened a campaign headquarters in the city centre.

But it was ultimately a two-horse race, a re-match between the Conservative and the Labour candidate he unseated five years ago.

Wolverhampton South East

Pat McFadden was expected to win Wolverhampton South East - a Labour bedrock ever since the constituency was created 41 years ago.

Ian Griffiths (Lib Dem) - 798

Barry Hodgson (UKIP) - 7,061

Geeta Kauldhar (Green) - 605

Pat McFadden (Lab)* - 18,539

Suria Photay (Con) - 7,761

Result: Majority: 10,778

Turnout: 55.6%

2010

Lab 16,505

Con 9,912

Lib Dem 5,207

UKIP 2,675

Independent 338

Labour's Pat McFadden won a majority of 6,593 in 2010, and today won a majority of more than 10,000.

Pat McFadden also increased his majority for Labour with 18,539. UKIP, who came third, were just 700 votes behind the Tories.

Mr McFadden said: "This election has been a battle and it has been fought on tax, spending, deficits and public services.

We have seen that in the broader picture there are big questions to answer in the aftermath.

"Will we stay together as a United Kingdom or defect to different forms of nationalism.

"Will we retreat to inward looking or will Britain remain as an outward open, globally confident country.

"I will looking after my constituents interests and giving them a voice in Westminster."

The candidates stayed away until the early hours of today, leaving their teams to sweat it out in the counting hall.

But Wolverhampton has seen a strong rise in support UKIP with the party hoping to see a big rise in its vote in line with the rest of the country.

The Eurosceptics won one seat on the city council in the Springvale ward. Candidate Barry Hodgson will have been hoping to make an impact on the Parliamentary election too

Labour's Pat McFadden went into the General Election having been recently appointed to the prominent post of shadow Europe minister.

It was his job to make the case for Britain to not only remain in the European Union but to do away with any talk of holding an in-out referendum, unless there was a transfer of powers to Brussels.

The Conservatives have not had an easy ride in Wolverhampton South East ever since the decline of the steel industry.

It was the lifeblood of towns like Bilston.

Jobs dominated the election campaign and the agenda even before politicians donned their rosettes.

The constituency has been one of the worst hit for youth unemployment.

Mr McFadden had run a work experience scheme to get young people some hands on, practical skills with city businesses.

Another key issue was the long-running saga over Tesco and its plans to revamp the Royal Hospital.

For more than a decade work was stalled because the supermarket was at war with its rival Sainsbury's over land on Raglan Street, over the border in Wolverhampton South West.

Conservation work started but the supermarket planned for the hospital site never went ahead - and nor did the hundreds of jobs promised - as Tesco set about recovering from its profits scandal.

There have been talks about City of Wolverhampton College using the site or a possible new housing estate.

There is also finally progress being made on Bilston Urban Village, with 500 homes coming near the Bert Williams Leisure Centre.

Suria Photay was standing for the Conservatives, Geeta Kauldhar for the Greens and Ian Griffiths for the Lib Dems.

Wolverhampton North East

There was a confident mood among Labour supporters as Emma Reynolds looked on course to retain Wolverhampton North East, a feat she achieved.

Becky Cooper (Green) - 701

Star Etheridge (UKIP) - 6,524

Darren Henry (Con) - 10,174

Ian Jenkins (Lib Dem) - 935

Emma Reynolds (Lab)* - 15,669

Result: Majority: 5,495

Turnout: 55.7%

2010

Lab 14,448

Con 11,964

Lib Dem 4,711

BNP 2,296

UKIP 1,138

Socialist Labour 337

Labour's majority took a battering in Wolverhampton North East in 2010 but it was not enough to make it one of the key marginal seats.

With a narrow 2,484 majority, it was not beyond reach of the Tories but an anticipated increasing UKIP vote was expected to thwart any attempt by the Conservatives to seize power.

Miss Reynolds has risen swiftly through the ranks since being elected, becoming at one stage the shadow Europe minister and most recently shadow housing minister with a seat at the shadow cabinet table.

In the end Ms Reynolds was re-elected with a majority of almost 5,500.

She said: "I am delighted to win, it has been a positive campaign and I am thankful to all my volunteers. It is a privilege to serve Wolverhampton - the town where I grew up. I will continue to work for my constituents."

Commenting on the bleak national picture she said: "Let's wait and see what the final picture is."

Her brief became one of the key election issues as Labour promised to ensure 200,000 homes a year would be built.

But it did not stop members of her team looking incredibly nervous as the votes started to be counted.

There was still no sign of her at the count at 1am.

Miss Reynolds' Conservative opponent, Darren Henry, used to work for Wolverhampton-based Carillion and could be seen out in the constituency helping out and pitching in with community clean up days.

He said: "From the early polls we have seen that there is an uplift in our vote.

"In Wolverhampton North East it is dominated by Labour and has been for 30 years.

"We have seen the economy improve and I this is an area that needs jobs and investment more than a lot of places.

"I don't think people have been happy with the last 30 years and I think we could see it be really close."

UKIP's candidate Star Etheridge is her party's national disability spokesman.

Her husband Bill, a UKIP MEP, was also standing in Dudley North.

She said: "This has been an enjoyable campaign and it has been nothing but positivity on the doorstep.

"People have wanted to talk about housing and a shortage of jobs.

"Where Europe has come up is with the NHS. A lot of people have been saying that withdrawal from the European Union could see more money put into the NHS.

"It has been a really friendly campaign and I don't see the others as rivals.

"There looks like there has been a high turnout which is great for democracy."

Teacher Becky Cooper was representing the Greens while kitchen splashback supplier and foster carer Ian Jenkins was standing for the Liberal Democrats.

In the final weeks of the campaign the party also pulled out a pledge to scrap stamp duty for first time buyers of properties under £300,000 for three years and to cap rent increases.

Earlier this year Miss Reynolds got to introduce Labour's big hitters, including Ed Miliband and Ed Balls, when they visited the Jaguar Land Rover engine plant at the i54 business park.

She declared the best day of her political career was when Jaguar Land Rover announced it was coming to Wolverhampton in 2011 - although the Conservatives like to point out it's actually in South Staffordshire.

But the work has brought about major work around the Vine Island in Fordhouses and attracted further investment to the city.

Wolverhampton Business Park was previously host to a regional fire control centre set up by the former deputy prime minister John Prescott then abandoned due to soaring costs. It now houses an IT company in a sign of things taking a turn for the better.