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 01:43 · Andrew Griffin]

Labour hold Caerphilly and Ealing North

The party has kept a seat in Wales and in London – key battlegrounds, even if these seats aren't necessarily.

[13 December 2019 01:44 · Andrew Griffin]

Labour hold Gateshead, Makerfield and Leicester South

[13 December 2019 01:45 · Andrew Griffin]

Conservatives hold Rayleigh & Wickford and Bracknell

We're starting to get a run of seats now, as counts finish. Two more holds for the Tories, following those three holds for Labour.

[13 December 2019 01:47 · Andrew Griffin]

Labour hold Knowsley

MP George Howarth keeps the seat for Labour – with a massive majority of 39,942. But that's still a reduction on 2017.

[13 December 2019 01:49 · Andrew Griffin]

Conservatives gain Peterborough and Vale of Clwyd

Two big gains for the Tories here. Peterborough was one of the major constituencies won by Labour in 2017.

[13 December 2019 01:51 · Andrew Griffin]

Conservatives gain Wrexham

The Tories have taken Wrexham. The Labour vote has dropped by 10 points – that's a big recurring theme of the night – with their votes being roughly equally shared between the Conservatives, Plaid Cymru, Brexit and the Lib Dems.

[13 December 2019 01:53 · Andrew Griffin]

Labour gain Putney

The first of the Labour gains for the night comes in the London seat. Here could be where the promised gains in the cities – which could make up for the losses elsewhere in the country, a little bit – might come back.

[13 December 2019 01:54 · Andrew Griffin]

Results begin to flood in

A lot of expected seats are coming in as expected now. The SNP get Angus; Labour hold Wigan and Rochdale; the Tories hold Harrogate & Knaresborough.

But Putney is the big upset of the last few minutes.

[13 December 2019 01:59 · Andrew Griffin]

Alliance takes Down North

The first of the Northern Irish seats has been declared. Alliance takes Down North from the local independent, given them their second ever MP.

[13 December 2019 02:00 · Andrew Griffin]

Conservatives gain Leigh

Another northern seats goes to the Tories. This one used to be Andy Burnham's seat. But the Conservatives win it back with an increase of 10 points (that number again).