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Boris Johnson on course to win majority

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Published: 03:52, 13 December 2019   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Boris Johnson on course to win majority

Boris Johnson is set to win a majority of 86 with Labour losing 71 seats, the general election exit poll suggests.

The Conservatives have taken a string of former Labour strongholds, with the party forecast to win the general election with a comfortable majority.

Leader Jeremy Corbyn said it was a "very disappointing night for the Labour Party" - and he would not lead it into the next election.

But he said he would stay on while a period of "reflection" takes place.

The BBC is now forecasting the Tories will get a majority of 64, less than the 86 originally predicted.

Labour have lost seats in the North, Midlands and Wales in areas which backed Brexit in the 2016 referendum.

They are set to win 61 fewer seats than in 2017, it is suggested.

Some constituencies, such as Darlington, Sedgefield and Workington, in the north of England, will have a Conservative MP for the first time in decades - or in the case of Bishop Auckland and Blyth Valley - for the first time since the seat was created.

But Labour took Putney, in south-west London, from the Tories.

The Scottish National Party have made their first gains of the night, taking Rutherglen and Hamilton West from Labour and Angus from the Conservatives.

The exit poll taken at 144 polling stations, with 22,790 interviews, has been adjusted to take actual results into account.

It now suggests the Tories will get 357 MPs - 39 more than at the 2017 election - once all the results have been counted.

Labour would get 201, the SNP 55, the Lib Dems 13, Plaid Cymru four, the Greens one, Brexit Party none.

With more than 175 results declared, the average increase in the Conservative vote was 2%, one point above what was expected by the exit poll.

Labour's vote was down on average by 9%, in line with the exit poll prediction.

In Scotland, there has been a 9% increase in the Scottish National Party vote - less than the predicted 13% but the SNP is still on course to get 55 seats.

Conservative Home Secretary Priti Patel said the government will move quickly to "get Brexit done" before Christmas by introducing legislation in Parliament, if it is returned to power.

Source: BBC

 

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