This morning's election results have been grim reading for Warwickshire Conservatives who have seen losses across the county.

Heading into Thursday (July 4) the Tories held all but one of the six local seats, with Matt Western in Warwick and Leamington the Labour outlier.

But now the Conservatives are the minority in Warwickshire, with only Sir Jeremy Wright holding his seat in Kenilworth and Southam.

His majority has been cut to around 6,500 votes, meanwhile Mr Western's has swelled to 12,000.

Results in the north of the county were the first to be declared locally, with North Warwickshire Borough Councillor Jodie Gosling taking Nuneaton for Labour with a majority of 3,479.

Neighbouring North Warwickshire was won by Labour's Rachel Taylor who now has a 2,000 vote lead. Reform's Paul Hopkins came a close second here behind outgoing MP Craig Tracey.

In Rugby John Slinger won for Labour with 19,533 votes, with Yousef Dahmash second for the Conservatives with 15,105. Kenilworth town and district councillor Richard Dickson took 3,252 votes in fourth place.

In Stratford-on-Avon Manuela Perteghella took a resounding 8,000 vote majority with Conservative Chris Clarkson taking second place. Nadhim Zahawi had been the Tory MP before the election, but did not seek re-election. 

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Ms Perteghella is the first Liberal MP in Stratford since 1906 when they defeated the Conservative Party.

Meanwhile in nearby Coventry, Labour took all three seats.

MPs Taiwo Owatemi and Zarah Sultana were re-elected in Coventry North West and South and Mary Creagh will become the new MP for Coventry East. It is a stark difference to the results of the contest five years ago.

Taiwo Owatemi has been re-elected in Coventry North West (image via Ellie Brown)

Back then, Ms Owatemi and Ms Sultana's seats were among the most marginal in the UK. The pair got a similar amount of votes today but their Tory challengers saw their number of votes plummet to thousands less than they had before.

Both MPs now have majorities of over 10,000, while Ms Creagh has one of 11,000.

Full list of local results

North Warwickshire - Rachel Taylor (Labour gain)

• Rachel Taylor (Labour) - 14,727
• Craig Tracey (Conservative) - 12,529
• Paul Hopkins (Reform) - 10,701
• Alison Wilson (Green) - 1,755
• Guy Burchett (Lib Dem) - 1,228

Rugby - John Slinger (Labour gain)

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• John Slinger (Labour) - 19,533
• Yousef Dahmash (Conservative) - 15,105
• Devenne Taylor (Reform) - 8,225
• Richard Dickson (Lib Dem) - 3,252
• Becca Stevenson (Green) - 2,556
• Mark Townsend (Ind) - 215
• Anand Swayamprakasam - 118

Warwick and Leamington - Matt Western (Labour hold)

• Matt Western (Labour) - 23,975
• James Uffindell (Conservative) - 11,563
• Nigel Clarke (Reform UK) - 5,154
• Hema YellaPragada (Green) - 4,471
• Louis Adam (Liberal Democrats) - 3,881
• Laurie Steele (UKIP) - 154

Kenilworth and Southam - Sir Jeremy Wright (Conservative hold)

• Sir Jeremy Wright (Conservative) - 19,395
• Cat Price (Labour) - 12,821
• Jenny Wilkinson (Liberal Democrats) - 10,464
• Jacqui Harris (Reform UK) - 6,920
• Alix Dearing (Green) - 3,125
• Nick Blunderbuss Green (The Official Monster Raving Loony Party) - 442
• Paul De'ath (UKIP) - 153

Nuneaton - Jodie Gosling (Labour gain)

Stratford-on-Avon - Manuela Perteghella (Lib Dem Gain)

• Manuela Pereghella (Lib Dem) - 23,450
• Chris Clarkson (Conservative) - 16,328
• James Crocker (Reform) - 7,753
• Seyi Agboola (Labour) - 3,753
• Doug Rouxel (Green) - 1,197
• Kevin Taylor (Ind) - 292
• Neil O'Neil (NONPOL) - 166

Coventry North West - Taiwo Owatemi (Labour hold)

Coventry South - Zarah Sultana (Labour hold)

Coventry East Labour - Mary Creagh (Labour win)