That's a wrap for our rolling coverage of the 2024 General Election.

You can keep up to date with any further political developments and reaction on our website.

And there'll be further coverage on BBC Radio Ulster and on BBC Newsline later.

But, for now, from all the live page team, goodbye.

Additional reporting by Amy Stewart, Jake Wood, Hannah Gay, Hayley Halpin, Rebekah Wilson, Jess Lawrence, Ashleigh Swan, Mike McBride and Faye Kidd.

It was a long and tiring night for the counters, politicians and media as the election drama unfolded in Northern Ireland.

Here's a look at an eventful 20 hours as the results emerged in the 2024 General Election.

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As elections go this one has brought about one of the most dramatic storylines in decades.

When Ian Paisley entered the count centre in Magherafelt his silence spoke volume as word spread that North Antrim, a seat belonging to the Paisley family since 1970, had fallen to the DUP's arch unionist opponent Jim Allister of the TUV.

Mr Allister said it was a reality check for the DUP and it certainly was a plot twist nobody saw coming.

Joining him on the green benches is the first Ulster Unionist MP in seven years as Robin Swann snatched victory from the DUP in South Antrim.

And the loss of another DUP stronghold to Alliance will also bring hurt - Sorcha Eastwood is now the MP for Lagan Valley.

But it was a case of win one, lose one, for Alliance as independent unionist Alex Easton outpolled the party's deputy leader Stephen Farry.

Sinn Féin struck lucky too, it's now overtaken the DUP as the largest party at Westminster.

The SDLP kept both its seats from the last mandate.

It was just before 08:00 when the last seat was declared in East Londonderry where, despite a full recount, Gregory Campbell hung on for the DUP by just 179 votes - another shock.

With the counts packed up for another few years, that leaves plenty of time to unpick some truly remarkable results.

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Eighteen constituencies, hundreds of thousands of votes and 10 hours of counting - welcome to the 2024 general election in Northern Ireland.

From Sinn Féin celebrations to DUP commiserations, the storylines that have emerged since the polls closed will reverberate through Northern Ireland politics for some time to come.

Here's a run down of everything you need to know from a night of drama.

Tim Cairns suggests that after a number of years, people want change.

“We’re seeing with the Tories across the water, 14 years in power, people want change,” he says. “There's a sense in that in a local level as well.”

The former Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) special adviser says: "It may have been a bad election for the DUP, overall, and I think Gavin [Robinson] holding on in East Belfast … probably just about keeps the DUP buoyed.

“However, I think for unionism as a whole it’s not been a terrible election.”

BMA NI's Dr Alan Stout says health should be the "number one priority in Westminster" for Northern Ireland's MPs.

Dr Stout says the health system in Northern Ireland is under "significant pressure" due to "years of political instability, underfunding, declining workforce numbers and the worst waiting lists in the UK".

He added that "workforce morale has never been lower" and called on MPs to secure multi-year funding "to reverse the impact of years of underinvestment in the health service".

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Former taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Leo Varadkar says the UK election result was a "phenomenal" one for Sir Keir Starmer.

However, he says it shows "real evidence" that voters are more volatile and that politics is increasingly fragmented.

Speaking to RTÉ News, Mr Varadkar says Sir Keir's vote in his own constituency was half what it was five or 10 years ago. He says the drop in the Conservative vote has allowed Labour and the Liberal Democrats to gain a huge numbers of seats.

"Where does it leave us in 2029? I don't know. The Reform Party... has suddenly won four million votes in an election and that's not to be ignored," he says.

"Two million people voted Green, and most voted Green in places where they couldn't even possibly win but they still did, so there's real fragmentation there," Mr Varadkar says.

He says that people "will say this result means that the Labour Party is going to be in government in Britain for 10 or 15 years".

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said the party is "determined to build a constructive relationship with the new Labour government."

Ms McDonald says she looks forward to working positively with the new prime minister on "many shared priorities for Ireland and Britain" during what she describes as an "historical time of renewal".

She adds that the new government has a "huge opportunity" to reset relations with the Irish government and the Northern Ireland Executive.

The NASUWT teachers’ union says the new government must “make a break from the austerity policies of the last 14 years”.

The trade union's general secretary, Dr Patrick Roach, says public spending across the UK has seen “cuts which have devastated public services in Northern Ireland and depressed wages in real terms” since 2010.

He added the situation in Northern Ireland is "exacerbated by increased levels in relative need" and called on the new government to "deliver a new deal for education, public services and communities in Northern Ireland, including schools”.

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Sinn Féin is now not just the largest NI party at Westminster; it’s the fifth largest party across the UK.

It’s not by virtue of winning any more seats – they’ve stayed steady on seven – but because the DUP lost their spot.

After the last general election in 2019, the DUP had eight seats. But now they have five, and fall under “other” on the BBC’s election banner.

Reform UK didn’t get the 13 seats predicted by the exit poll; with just four seats, they’re in the “others” bucket too.

It means viewers in GB will see more of the Sinn Féin name than they might have seen before.

Google searches for “SF” spiked at 5 this morning, external, driven mostly by English googlers.

You can read more in our colleague Brendan Hughes’s summary of the night.

Former Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) special adviser Tim Cairns says there was "palpable shock" in the Titanic count centre last night when Ian Paisley lost his North Antrim seat.

Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) leader Jim Allister won the seat, which has been held by the Paisley family for 54 years, by 450 votes.

Mr Cairns told BBC News NI’s Talkback programme that Mr Allister's victory was "beyond shocking", but added there had been a "rumbling undercurrent" that he could win.

Former taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Bertie Ahern says he hopes the change in government will lead to an increase in meetings between the prime minister and taoiseach.

Mr Ahern told RTÉ’s Today with Claire Byrne programme, external he believes the "whole relationship has been lost in the last seven or eight years”.

Adding that he would “love to see a meeting of the inter-governmental council and then regular meetings between the British prime minister with the Taoiseach”.

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The British Irish Intergovernmental Conference (BIIGC) met in April for the first time since power-sharing at Stormont returned earlier this year.

"There's also an opportunity now to step up activity on north-south issues because that has been fairly damaged as well for the last few years. There was no meetings when the institutions weren't there,” Mr Ahern added.

The Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NI Chamber) says a “reset is required”, adding it is ready to work with the new MPs and the incoming government.

"Our members report that rising costs, skills shortages and infrastructure gaps are contributing to a challenging trading environment, so a reset is required,” NI Chamber chief executive, Suzanne Wylie, says.

“It is imperative that the new UK government plays its part in those policy, funding and legislative interventions which will enable growth here.

She says the government needs to “get to work quickly, working closely with business to understand Northern Ireland's unique challenges and strengths so they can help the region double down on its many areas of success”.

The single biggest shockwave of this election has been the fall of the 'house of Paisley'.

For 54 years, North Antrim has been their family dynasty and synonymous with the Democratic Unionist Party.

Its founder Rev Ian Paisley held the seat from 1970 and was succeeded in 2010 by his son, Ian Paisley.

But now the seat is in the hands of his arch rival, Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) leader Jim Allister.

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The results of the general election “gives hope that political stability can lead to economic stability and recovery”, Tina McKenzie, policy chair of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) says.

"There's a golden chance in the first 100 days of this new administration to plant the seeds of small business growth, and there are a range of policies FSB hopes the new government will bring forward,” Ms McKenzie says.

She says these include measures to ease the cost of doing business and support investment and expansion.

"The upcoming King's Speech should include a Small Business Bill to enshrine in legislation much-needed changes to better support small firms and the self-employed,” Ms McKenzie says.

"Supporting and growing small businesses is good for jobs, good for communities in all parts of the country, and good for the whole economy.”

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With all 18 constituencies in Northern Ireland now declared, voters know who their MP will be for at least the next few years.

In seven seats, constituents have a new MP, in some cases for the first time in many years.

So who are the new additions to Northern Ireland's parliamentary line-up?

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By a landslide this UK general election has been Labour's moment, but Northern Ireland has had its own political earthquakes.

Sinn Féin was the runaway success, completing a historic hat-trick for Irish nationalism.

For the first time it is now Northern Ireland's largest party at Westminster, at Stormont and at local government level.

The party retained its seven seats and upped its vote share compared to the last general election in 2019.

But Sinn Féin has always held a policy of abstentionism when it comes to the House of Commons and will not sit in the chamber.

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