Election results – live: Boris Johnson says NHS will be priority as he reaches out to Remainers following historic win
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Your support makes all the difference.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.
Labour holds Wansbeck
Ian Lavery, the Labour Party chairman, has held onto his seat in Wansbeck. Rumours earlier had suggested it would be too close to call and a recount would be needed.
It is very close. Lavery now has a majority of 814. Labour has only 42.3% of the vote, down 15 points on the last election, with the swing going roughly equally to the Conservatives and Brexit.
Conservatives win Workington from Labour
As expected, the Tories have taken Workington, a Cumbrian seat that has been held by Labour since 1918, with a majority of more than 4,000.
The constituency had become something of a bellwether for this election: the so-called "Workington Man" – white, Brexit-voting, working class and northern – was said to be the key demographic for the Conservatives to win over if they were going to take the northern seats they need.
SNP gain Rutherglen & Hamilton West from Labour
The SNP have their first seat of the night. They have won the seat with a 5.1% swing from Labour to the SNP, and now have a majority of 5,230.
Conservatives hold Kettering
With an increased share of the vote, the Tories take Kettering. They get a swing of 2.4.
Conservatives win Darlington from Labour
Another of the north eastern seats falls. This key Tory seat – so key that Boris Johnson took a plane there from Doncaster, a one hour journey by train – has been won.
New MP Peter Gibson wins with a majority of 3,294.
It has been Tory before.
Labour hold Jarrow
Yet another seat in the north east. This time around it stays Labour, and MP Kate Osborne has a majority of 7,120.
Conservatives hold Fylde
The Lancastrian seat is kept by the Conservatives, who win with an increased share of the vote. They are up 2.1 points – and Labour has dropped dramatically, down 8.1 points.
Labour 'reasonably confident' of gaining Putney
The South West London seat is one of Labour's key aims. The seat used to be held by Justine Greening, who had the Tory whip removed in September.
Stoke-on-Trent Labour candidate describes night as 'catastrophe'
Labour candidate for Stoke-on-Trent Central Gareth Snell described the night as "disastrous".
"The exit poll is a catastrophe for the Labour Party," he said, predicting that he was going to be one of those Labour MPs who will lose their seats in the party's poor showing at the polls.
"This is one of the worst results the Labour Party could ever have imagined," he told the BBC.
"It's all well and good saying we've made some gains here or we've managed to keep the Lib Dems at bay there, the fact is in Stoke on Trent we're going to have another five years of Tory government, probably with three Conservative MPs.
"And the damage and the untold horrors they will unleash in Stoke on Trent I believe lies firmly at the door of those running the national party's campaign and the decisions they have made about where to target and the sort of Brexit response they should have."
Asked if he thought it was time for Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell to go, he said "yes".
The Speaker holds Chorley
The new speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, has held onto his seat.
That's not surprising, given the other big parties stand down to allow him to win his seat. But what is surprising is that the independent – who renamed himself "Mark Brexit-Smith" – won 23.7% of the vote.
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