Andy Sparrow is reporting on his live blog that the Lib Dems have conceded defeat in Oldham East and Saddleworth. We won’t have a full result for a couple of hours yet. But all the signs are that Labour’s majority will be substantial, well over the 1,000 mark that Lib Dems were talking about earlier in the week.
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