Beeb's calling 410 seats for Labour, 131 for the Tories, and single or low-double digits for the no-hopers.
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Hey! We too have two Greens, one sober and one not at any given time (the same one is sober 99% of the time, & the other one is the leader of the party).
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 contemplating the defeat, the brutal battering he has led his party to," she tells the BBC's election programme.
We're expecting a result from Sunak's constituency at about 04:00 BST.
The prime minister took to X a short while ago to say: "To the hundreds of Conservative candidates, thousands of volunteers and millions of voters: Thank you for your hard work, thank you for your support, and thank you for your vote."
Starmer thanks voters for putting 'trust in our changed party'
Reaction to the exit poll - which predicts a Labour landslide - continues to come in.
Keir Starmer has now expressed his gratitude to everyone who worked and voted for his party.
In a post on X, he says: "To everyone who has campaigned for Labour in this election, to everyone who voted for us and put their trust in our changed Labour Party - thank you."
Rachel Reeves is first female chancellor and Angela Rayner made deputy PM
Prime Minister Keir Starmer is appointing his top team, with Yvette Cooper as home secretary and David Lammy as foreign secretary.www.bbc.co.uk
Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay are the two Green leaders.
Denyer is the first openly bisexual person to lead a British political party. During the election campaign, a YouGov poll found that 53% of Green Party supporters did not recognise a photo of Denyer.
Rachel Reeves set to become first female Chancellor of the Exchequer as 14 years of Tory rule end
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves tells the BBC that "people are crying out for change" and "have voted for that in huge numbers".
She's cautious about the exit poll, but says if the night unfolds as it suggests then "this is going to be an almost unprecedented landslide majority for the Labour Party - that would give us the mandate to make the changes that our country needs".
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves tells the BBC that "people are crying out for change" and "have voted for that in huge numbers".
She's cautious about the exit poll, but says if the night unfolds as it suggests then "this is going to be an almost unprecedented landslide majority for the Labour Party - that would give us the mandate to make the changes that our country needs".
Rachel Reeves is first female chancellor and Angela Rayner made deputy PM
Prime Minister Keir Starmer is appointing his top team, with Yvette Cooper as home secretary and David Lammy as foreign secretary.
www.bbc.co.uk
Co-Leaders of the Green Party there too? The other Co-Leader of our Canadian Green Party isn’t one of the two Greens in Parliament, and I’ve no idea what his name is, or if he identifies as a he, etc…samezies!!
Yeah. Most people don't give a shit about the Greenies. In this country the only two seats they are set two win will likely be Brighton Pavilion and maybe a Bristol constituency.
PM-elect Keir Starmer is all smiles as he arrives to a round of applause at his constituency count - Holborn and St Pancras - in North London.
The former Head of the Crown Prosecution Service is clearly delighted with the way things are going.
The former Head of the Crown Prosecution Service is clearly delighted with the way things are going.
Same. They’re there for comic relief. On a map of Canada, they’re in ridings 27 & 45.
I live in Canada & I only knew where one of them was…& if you dig out your magnifying monocular device, you probably still might not find either one.
Map of official results for the 2021 federal election | Elections Canada's Civic Education
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George Galloway stormed out
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PM-elect Keir Starmer retains Holborn and St Pancras, with 18,884 votes. However, his vote is down 17% from 2019.
He's making his victory speech.
"Change begins in this community", says the man who will become PM tomorrow. "This is your democracy."
He's making his victory speech.
"Change begins in this community", says the man who will become PM tomorrow. "This is your democracy."
