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'.

[13 December 2019 01:20 · Andrew Griffin]

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.

[13 December 2019 01:24 · Andrew Griffin]

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.

[13 December 2019 01:27 · Andrew Griffin]

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.

[13 December 2019 01:28 · Andrew Griffin]

Conservatives hold Kettering

With an increased share of the vote, the Tories take Kettering. They get a swing of 2.4.

[13 December 2019 01:29 · Andrew Griffin]

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.

[13 December 2019 01:32 · Andrew Griffin]

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.

[13 December 2019 01:33 · Andrew Griffin]

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.

[13 December 2019 01:35 · Andrew Griffin]

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.

[13 December 2019 01:36 · Andrew Griffin]

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".

[13 December 2019 01:41 · Andrew Griffin]

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.