Election results – live: Boris Johnson says NHS will be priority as he reaches out to Remainers following historic win

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General election 2019: Boris Johnson arrives at Downing Street

Boris Johnson has said he will make the NHS an "overwhelming priority" during his renewed tenure in No. 10 following a political “earthquake” which which saw Labour support give way top a comfortable Tory majority.

However he has not extended the same olive branch to voters north of the border - telling Nicola Sturgeon he would not lend any support to a second independence referendum.

Meanwhile Jeremy Corbyn has refused to take responsibility for the worst Labour showing since 1935 - blaming Brexit for the party’s devastating defeat.

Key Points

• Johnson vows to get Brexit done 'no ifs, no buts'
• Labour figures call on Corbyn to quit immediately
• ...but Corbyn says he won't leave until 'early part of next year'
• Swinson loses seat, leading Sturgeon to celebrate wildly
• 'End of Corbynism,' claims David Cameron
• PM promises 'permanent break from talking about Brexit' in Downing Street speech
• ...while adding the 'overwhelming priority of the British people' is a 'focus... on the NHS'.

[12 December 2019 23:30 · Andrew Griffin]

​Sunderland won by Labour in second result of the night

Houghton and Sunderland South, the second to declare, has gone to Labour's Bridget Phillipson.

She holds the seat for Labour with a majority of 3,115. That is a much smaller majority than last time, when it was more than 12,000.

[12 December 2019 23:34 · Andrew Griffin]

Conservatives gain Blyth Valley from Labour

Ian Levy is the new MP in Blyth Valley in the north east. He wins the seat after a 10 point swing from Conservative to Labour.

Labour had an 8,000 majority in 2017. The Conservatives have won the seat with a majority of 700.

Blyth Valley has never had a Conservative MP before.

This does appear to be suggesting that the results from the exit poll are lining up with real voting.

[12 December 2019 23:36 · Andrew Griffin]

Ballot boxes arrive in Boris Johnson's constituency​

[12 December 2019 23:38 · Andrew Griffin]

Tory Brexiteer Zac Goldsmith set to lose seat, exit poll forecasts

[12 December 2019 23:39 · Andrew Griffin]

Workington Conservative candidate 'full of smiles'

The Independent's Colin Drury, on the ground to find out whether the predicted "Workington Man" phenomenon has actually transpired, has found a beaming Conservative candidate:

Here in Workington, Conservative candidate Mark Jenkinson is walking around the room full of smiles. “There would no greater honour than to be elected,” he tells The Independent.

Labour’s Sue Hayman, on the other hand, is still nowhere to be seen.

Make of that what you will.

[12 December 2019 23:41 · Andrew Griffin]

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[12 December 2019 23:45 · Andrew Griffin]

Sinn Fein urges parties to try and restore power-sharing at Stormont after election

Sinn Fein has urged parties in Northern Ireland to re-engage in talks to restore power-sharing at Stormont in the wake of the election.

Ahead of an anticipated round of negotiations on Monday, party vice president Michelle O'Neill said: "Whatever the results, Sinn Fein will be in the talks on Monday morning to work to secure a genuine power-sharing Executive which is credible and sustainable to deliver good government and properly resourced public services to all.

"Sinn Fein will continue to represent people where it matters and stand up against Brexit."

[12 December 2019 23:50 · Andrew Griffin]

Boris Johnson is likely to be the last prime minister of a united kingdom, writes John Rentoul in his first take on the exit poll.

[12 December 2019 23:51 · Andrew Griffin]

Laura Pidcock under threat

Laura Pidcock, one of the various Labour politicians rumoured to succeed Jeremy Corbyn, looks at risk of losing her seat. Whispers are suggesting that her North West Durham seat is very much under threat.

According to the exit poll, her seat has a 52 per cent chance of turning Tory.

[12 December 2019 23:58 · Andrew Griffin]

Dramatic Blyth Valley result in line with exit poll, voting guru says

Polling guru Sir John Curtice has said it was predicted in the exit poll that Blyth Valley would turn Conservative.

Speaking on the BBC, Sir John said: "The exit poll forecast that the Conservatives would narrowly win Blyth Valley with a 15-point drop in the Labour vote, and we had a 15-point drop in the Labour vote and the Tories narrowly won Blyth Valley."

He added that the 18-point drop for Labour in Sunderland South was "also anticipated".

Sir John added: "Do not be surprised, particularly when we get further south and we get to much more pro-Remain constituencies that we do not see spectacular advances by the Conservatives.

"But in the north of England, in Leave areas, in working class seats, the Labour Party does seem to be in serious trouble."

Sir John added that it looks as though the broad picture provided by the exit poll "may be right", but issued a caution that there are fewer sampling points in Scotland, and that the SNP figure for Scotland is "the bit about this poll about which we are, frankly, least confident".