Sandwell General Election results: Victorious Tom Watson launches scathing attack on Theresa May
Labour holds West Bromwich East, West Bromwich West and Warley.
It was another successful election for Labour in Sandwell, with the party holding on to each of the borough's three constituencies.
Votes were counted at Tipton Sports Academy.
Deputy Labour leader Tom Watson kept his seat in West Bromwich West, although his majority was reduced slightly to 7,713, while John Spellar also held on to Warley.
Scroll down for the full results and reaction from each constituency.
West Bromwich East result - Labour hold
Tom Watson, Labour - 22,664
Emma Crane, Conservative - 14,951
Karen Trench, Liberal Democrat - 625
John Macefield, Green - 533
Colin Rankine, Independent - 325
Spoilt papers - 138
Turnout - 61.45%
Votes cast - 39,236 out of 63,846
Tom Watson continued Labour's stranglehold on West Bromwich East, reclaiming his seat with a slightly reduced majority of 7,713.
Conservative candidates have finished second to Labour every time the seat has been contested, and that trend continued this year with Emma Crane finishing behind the deputy Labour leader.
Almost two-thirds of the constituency came out to vote, with the turnout 61.45 per cent. A total of 39,227 votes were cast.
Mr Watson was first elected in West Bromwich East at the 2001 General Election and has spent the bulk of the last seven weeks campaigning in the constituency, where he was standing for the fifth time.
In his victory speech at Tipton Sports Academy, Mr Watson launched a scathing attack on 'damaged' Theresa May, accusing her of fighting the most negative and divisive election campaign in British history.
West Bromwich West result - Labour hold
Adrian Bailey, Labour - 18,789
Andrew Hardie, Conservative - 14,329
Star Anderton, UKIP - 2,320
Flo Clucas, Liberal Democrat - 333
Robert Buckman, Green - 323
Spoilt papers - 90
Turnout - 63.3%
Votes cast - 36,168 out of electorate of 65,967
Adrian Bailey held onto his West Bromwich West seat for Labour as the UKIP vote collapsed.
All eyes had been on how UKIP would perform after securing a whopping 21.2 per cent of the vote in 2015, knocking the Tories into second place.
But this time around the party won 2,320 votes, a big drop from the near 9,000 it racked up in 2015.
The fall in UKIP support meant more votes for the Conservatives who ate into Mr Bailey's majority.
However, it was still comfortable enough for Mr Bailey, who has held the seat since 2000, with his 18,789 votes giving him a majority of around 4,500.
He admitted he had feared his seat could be at risk at the start of the campaign when Labour were lagging behind in the polls and would have been happy to win by one vote at that time.
Following the result, he said: "I'm absolutely astonished I've managed to increase my vote by 1,000 in the circumstances. The Tories obviously targeted the collapsing UKIP vote very successfully.
"We worked incredibly hard with the traditional support and made the message about policy. People supported us on what was relevant to their daily lives.
"More people talked about policies and were positive about them."
Mr Bailey also used his victory speech to criticise Theresa May who he said had run the worst campaign he had seen in his 55-year political life.
He thanked his competitors for the manner they had fought the campaign and revealed his wife had to cancel a holiday for the snap election.
He said: "Sometimes it can be fraught but it was a very well-mannered and decent campaign.
"My wife had to forgo a holiday in the sun but still saw fit to forgive me. She was on the streets knocking doors with the rest of them."
Asked about the prospect of a hung parliament, he said: "I believe we should not join any form of coalition with other parties but seek to hold the Conservatives to account and force them to trim their policies to suit ours.
"If they go for changes that are opposed by ourselves and other parties it is perfectly legitimate to have a motion of no confidence and vote to have a General Election."
Warley result - Labour hold
John Spellar, Labour - 27,004
Anthony Mangnall, Conservative - 10,521
Darryl Magher, UKIP - 1,349
Bryan Manley-Green, Liberal Democrats - 777
Mark Redding, Green Party - 555
Spoilt papers - 116
Turnout - 63.3%
Votes cast - 40,321 out of an electorate of 63,739
John Spellar tightened his grip on the rock solid seat of Warley on a comfortable night for the long-serving MP.
The former Labour minister has been elected by the people of Warley for the past 25 years – and he was duly returned to Parliament once again, increasing his already huge majority in one of the safest Labour seats around.
Mr Spellar received just over 27,000 votes to take a commanding majority of 16,500.
The nearest challenger was the Conservatives' Anthony Mangnall, while it was a disappointing night for UKIP who received only 1,349 votes in an area where two-thirds voted for Brexit.
The candidates weren't kept waiting to hear their date too long as the result was declared at around 1.45am, among the earliest in the country.
There were cheers from the massed ranks of Labour councillors and supporters as Mr Spellar was declared the winner by a comfortable margin.
Giving his victory speech, Mr Spellar said: "I want to thank the people of Warley for returning me to this great job."
The MP also thanked his rivals for the manner in which they had conducted the campaign.
Labour's Mr Spellar also took the opportunity to mock the Prime Minister as results coming in from across the country suggesting she could be in for a humiliating night.
He said: "One thing we have learned from history is the Tory Party is ruthless on failed leaders."
Defeated Conservative candidate Mr Mangnall said he was pleased with his showing giving the magnitude of his task in a safe Labour seat.
He said: "I increased our vote by 3,000 and it shows there is still a voice for the Conservative Party in Warley.
"I am very pleased. It's about injecting fresh blood into the region and trying to come up with ideas. A lot of people haven't seen a lot of change after 20 years of a Labour Member of Parliament."
