Reporter Tony Durkin is live at the Fylde General Election count

Transcript

00:00Hello, I'm Tony Durkin and welcome to the file counter here in Lytham.

00:05Still very early stages, but there are seven candidates standing in the constituency for this general election.

00:12That's Anne Aitken, Independent. Tom Calvert, Labour.

00:16Mark Jewell, Liberal Democrat.

00:19Cheryl Morrison for the Alliance for Democracy and Freedom.

00:22Andrew Snowden for the Conservatives.

00:24Brendan Wilkinson for the Green Party.

00:27And Brooke Winbury for Reform UK.

00:30And the big question is, can the Conservative stranglehold on Fylde,

00:36which has applied for as long as anyone can remember, be broken tonight?

00:41Massive swing towards Labour, of course, nationally.

00:44But the big question is, will that apply to Fylde as well?

00:50The ballot boxes are still coming in.

00:53Authentication underway.

00:56And the prediction is that it could be three or maybe a little later in the morning before the result is known.

01:04But last time, that Conservative dominance in the constituency,

01:11which has applied for so long, really came to the fore

01:14with Mark Mentes, the Conservative candidate, having a majority of more than 16,000.

01:23But Mr Mentes has moved on.

01:26He resigned from the party and then said he wouldn't be standing again after being involved in a scandal earlier this year.

01:34So all to play for, in a way, really.

01:37And let's just see if the national mood is reflected here in Fylde.