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 02:04 · Andrew Griffin]

Labour hold Barnsley East

One of the northern heartlands stays Labour. But it's with a hue swing away from Labour, which has dropped 21.9 points nd seen a huge surge to the Brexit Party.

(We're at the point of the night where it becomes not all that useful to follow every result, so we're switching to the interesting ones)

[13 December 2019 02:07 · Andrew Griffin]

Labour hold Wigan

Lisa Nandy keeps her seat. Which could prove important in more ways that one: she's one of the many MPs touted as a potential new leader.

[13 December 2019 02:10 · Andrew Griffin]

Conservatives take Clwyd South

Another Tory gain. New MP Simon Baynes wins with a 1,239 majority.

[13 December 2019 02:14 · Andrew Griffin]

Labour hold Barnsley Central

Another much-touted possible leader keeps their seat: this time around Dan Jarvis. The Brexit Party makes massive gains, but Labour does keep one of its northern seats.

[13 December 2019 02:19 · Andrew Griffin]

Rees-Mogg arrives at count

Rees-Mogg has been largely absent from the campaign, after making outrageous comments about Grenfell victims. But he is now back.

The controversial Conservative MP has arrived at the University of Bath, where counting is under way for the Bath and North East Somerset constituencies. Mr Rees-Mogg posed for pictures with his wife Helena and son Peter, 12. Liberal Democrat and Conservative sources say he will hold his seat of North East Somerset.

[13 December 2019 02:22 · Andrew Griffin]

Corbyn arrives at count

Jeremy Corbyn has arrived at the count in Islington. It is hard to read his reaction as he arrives to be greeted by activists, amid swirling questions about the future of his leadership.

[13 December 2019 02:26 · Andrew Griffin]

Mood 'extraordinarily sombre' at Corbyn count

The mood is bad at the Islington count where Corbyn has arrived to hear the results, according to the BBC's Nick Robinson, who is at the count. He says that it is simply a matter of time before he goes.

[13 December 2019 02:30 · Andrew Griffin]

Conservatives gain Stockton South

Another seat in the north east taken by the Conservatives. New MP Matt Vickers has a majority of 5,260.

[13 December 2019 02:32 · Andrew Griffin]

Conservatives hold Chingford

Ian Duncan Smith has kept his tightly contested seat.

Labour's Faiza Shaheen was around 1,200 votes behind. (The Lib Dems got 2,744 votes, and it's that split in the remain vote that kept him in power.)

[13 December 2019 02:34 · Andrew Griffin]

Conservatives gain Blackpool South

Another very northern seat falls from Labour to the Tories. Scott Benton is its new MP with a majority of 3,690.