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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Britain turns red How each constituency is predicted to vote
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Nine seats out of 650 have declared so far at 1:25am with all of them going to Labour. Later, results will come in much quicker. Liz Truss - Britain's shortest serving PM - is expected to lose her South West Norfolk seat.
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Reform UK deputy leader Dr David Bull speaks to Sky News as results pour in... "We're only four years old"
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Swindon South result an ominous sign for Tories Professor Sir John Curtice BBC polling expert In the first Conservative-held seat to be declared tonight, we expected the Conservatives to lose 25 points, Labour to gain four and Reform gain 17. In fact, the Conservatives lost 25 points, Labour...
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    That doesn't surprise me. Boston, on the east coast of England, is full of immigrants and the locals there are fed up of it.
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    My mum has just texted me to tell me that she voted Reform (in Bolton South and Walkden) and that "the Tories are finished."
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Reform beat the Tories yet again to finish second behind Labour in Washington and Gateshead South. Meanwhile, Jeremy Hunt is predicted to become the first Chancellor or the Exchequer in history to lose his seat. Defence Secretary Grant Shapps is also expected to lose his, reminiscent of...
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    A third declaration - and again it's interesting. Labour's Lewis Atkinson - a former NHS manager - has won with 16,852 votes. However, it was another strong second place finish for Reform, with a swing of 7.7% from Labour to Reform. Interesting in Scotland, too - the ruling party there, the...
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Labour have held Blyth and Ashington - also in England's North East. However, it was another strong performance from Reform, who finished second, with a 7.9% swing from Labour to Reform. There are also reports that Farage may have won in Clacton.
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    First result in: Labour have held Houghton and Sunderland South with Bridget Phillipson getting 18,837 votes. She's the first MP elected to the new Parliament. Reform UK's Sam Woods-Brass finishes a strong second with 11,668 votes. That was a swing of over 3% from Labour to Reform. Just...
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Reform UK deputy leader Dr David Bull has told Sky News: "This would be an incredible result for us. This is the beginning of a revolt. Imagine what we can do in five years' time."
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Tories set for lowest vote share in party’s history Professor Sir John Curtice BBC polling expert The Conservative share of the vote and seat tally, according to the exit poll, could be the lowest in the party’s history. Its seat tally might be affected by the party’s vote falling more heavily...
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    All quiet outside Sunak's house in Richmond The BBC'S Victoria Derbyshire is outside Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's house in his constituency of Richmond, Yorkshire She says it's been very quiet there and Sunak is inside, no doubt absorbing the news of the exit poll. "If it's accurate, he'll be...
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Blyth and Sunderland in the north east of England are competing to be the first to announce their results. Sunderland has been the first in recent elections.
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Exit poll - Massive Labour landslide Labour to win 410 seats (out of 650), a majority of 170 It would be the biggest gain in seats since 1945 Tories to be decimated to just 131 seats, their lowest since 1832 Tories may suffer the biggest collapse of any party in history Reform UK predicted...
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Ten minutes to go until the polling stations close at 10pm and BBC One, BBC News 24, ITV1, Channel 4 and Sky News release the highly accurate exit poll. It's going to be a dramatic night in British politics.
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty arrive at their local polling station to vote. I bet they didn't vote Labour.
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Reform UK leader Nigel Farage looks set to become an MP for the first time after years of being an MEP. He is running in the Essex seaside constituency of Clacton. Yesterday young people in the town spoke of their support for Reform UK. It is the Reform youth who will sweep Farage to power in...
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    BBC Question Time audience member tried to embarrass Reform UK leader Farage during the election campaign but it failed miserably...