Bishop Auckland: Helen Goodman easily survives the all-woman shortlist controversy to hold Derek Foster's former seat for Labour, but the Lib Dems' Chris Foote-Wood pushes the Con-servatives into third place

Blaydon: Dave Anderson elected Labour MP for the first time after a smaller than expected swing to Lib Dems

Darlington: Alan Milburn increases his majority by 875 as the Lib Dems gain at the expense of the Tories

Durham, City of: A swing of 12.51 per cent from Labour to Lib Dem - the biggest in the region - but Labour denies Lib Dems the chance to win their number one target seat in the North-East. Labour majority is slashed to 3,274

Durham North: Labour's Kevan Jones easily holds as Lib Dems push Tories into third place

Easington: In one of Labour's safest seats in the country, John Cummings easily wins, but the Lib Dems triumph over the Tories in the battle for third

Gateshead East and Washington West: Comfortable win for new Labour MP Sharon Hodgson

Houghton and Washington East: Veteran Labour MP Fraser Kemp easily re-elected as Lib Dems push Tories into third

Harrogate and Knares-borough: Lib Dem Education spokesman Phil Willis increases majority by 1,647

Hartlepool: Labour's Iain Wright triples his majority only seven months after winning a close by-election from Lib Dems' Jody Dunn

Jarrow: Stephen Hepburn holds comfortably for Labour

Middlesbrough: Sir Stuart Bell's majority drops by 4,000 as the LibDems rise into second place for the first time since the 1950s. Turnout, at 48.75 per cent, is the lowest in the region

Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland: Ashok Kumar's majority drops slightly to exactly 8,000

Newcastle Central: Labour's Jim Cousins holds, but Lib Dems slash his majority from 11,605 to 3,982

Newcastle East and Wallsend: Former Labour minister Nick Brown's majority halved by Lib Dems

Newcastle North: Lab-our majority halved by another big swing to Lib Dems

Richmond: The safest Conservative seat in the country as William Hague increases his majority by almost 1,500

Ryedale: John Greenway doubles his majority for the Tories as Lib Dems struggle to hold on to second place. Labour, in third, increases its vote by 41 per cent on 2001

Scarborough, Whitby: The region's only turn-over. Ex- Conservative MEP Robert Goodwill overturns a Labour majority of 3,585 and wins the seat by 1,245 votes to oust Lawrie Quinn

Sedgefield: Tony Blair increases his majority by 744 as his numerous opponents split the vote. He records the only swing in the region - 0.25 per cent - from Conservative to Labour. Reg Keys is fourth behind the Conservatives and Lib Dems

Skipton and Ripon: The last seat to declare sees Conservative David Curry easily hold although Ukip has its best showing in the region with 2,274 votes

Stockton North: Lab-our MP Frank Cook is untroubled as he begins his 22nd year representing the constituency

Stockton South: Lab-our's Dari Taylor wins 6,139 majority although Bad Girls star James Gaddas makes ground for the Conservatives

South Shields: David Miliband holds for Labour with slight swing to Lib Dems

Sunderland North: Veteran Bill Etherington's Labour majority cut to less than 10,000 as Independent Neil Herron breaks the 2,000-vote barrier

Sunderland South: Chris Mullin declared Lab-our MP 42 minutes after polls close. British National Party polls more than 1,100 votes

Tyne Bridge: Labour hold

Tynemouth: Labour holds on to seat the Conservatives had hopes of reclaiming

Tyneside North: Former Trade Secretary Stephen Byers comfortably holds for Labour

Vale of York: Middleton-in-Teesdale-born Anne McIntosh increases her Conservative majority by 1,195

York, City of: Hugh Bayley holds on easily for Labour, although Greens poll 2,11