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 05:07 · Andrew Griffin]

Tories hold Finchley and Golders Green, with Luciana Berger failing to be elected

The ex-Labour MP – who was one of the foremost breakaway members who joined Change UK – has failed to win the seat as a Liberal Democrat.

If she had won, she would surely have been among the frontrunners to replace Jo Swinson as leader.

[13 December 2019 05:08 · Andrew Griffin]

Dennis Skinner loses seat

Veteran Labour MP Dennis Skinner has lost his seat. After a swing of 11.4 from Labour to Conservative, Bolsover has a new MP.

[13 December 2019 05:14 · Andrew Griffin]

Record number of woman MPs elected

A record number of women MPs have been elected to the House of Commons. The previous record of 208, set at the 2017 general election, has just been passed.

[13 December 2019 05:23 · Andrew Griffin]

Labour wins very slim majority in Sheffield Hallam

The seat – which has had a very odd history over recent years, which have included Nick Clegg's shock defeat to Labour's Jared O'Mara, who then proceeded to run into a variety of issues of his own – was very much in contention this time around. But Labour's Olivia Blake has held onto it for the party, with a majority of just 712 on a turnout of 78.2%.

[13 December 2019 05:23 · Andrew Griffin]

Conservatives win Kensington from Labour

[13 December 2019 05:27 · Andrew Griffin]

David Gauke loses seat

David Gauke, the Conservative stalwart who resigned after Boris Johnson became Tory leader, has lost his seat after standing as an independent. 

[13 December 2019 05:37 · Andrew Griffin]

​Theresa Villiers holds onto Chipping Barnet

The Tories still have Chipping Barnet – but only just. Theresa Villiers won 44.7% of the vote for her party, and the Lib Dems got 42.6%.

[13 December 2019 05:44 · Andrew Griffin]

Conservatives win Buckingham

The speaker's seat has been taken by the Tories again. They have a huge majority – of 20,411.

[13 December 2019 05:47 · Andrew Griffin]

Tories remove Dennis Skinner from Bolsover seat

[13 December 2019 05:53 · Andrew Griffin]

Boris Johnson speaks to staff at Conservative HQ

In a recording obtained by website Buzzfeed, a jubilant Mr Johnson told aides at Conservative HQ in Westminster: "We must understand now what an earthquake we have created. The way in which we have changed the political map of this country.

"We have to grapple with the consequences of that, we have to change our own party, we have to rise to the level of events, we must... we must answer the challenge that the British people have given us."