Sarwar ‘confident’ of Scottish majority as former minister returns
Labour have defeated the SNP in a number of seats in Scotland in the early results.
Labour have defeated the SNP in a number of seats in Scotland in the early results.
Jeremy Corbyn has surged to victory in Islington North, beating his former party at the ballot box.
On a night that has the exit poll predicting a landslide Labour victory, comparisons have been drawn with the Battle of Waterloo.
Leader Sir Ed Davey said he was ‘humbled by the millions of people who backed the Liberal Democrats’.
With more than 100 constituency results declared, Labour has won a 41.3% share of the vote.
Former SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon said it was ‘not a good night’ for the SNP.
Greg Hands, the London minister, is set to lose in Chelsea and Fulham
Mr Shapps had been politically ambitious from a young age and rose high in the Tory ranks.
The actress appeared as a guest on Channel 4’s live coverage of the General Election.
Labour’s Lillian Jones won the Kilmarnock and Loudon seat from the SNP.
This comes as Rishi Sunak’s Welsh Secretary David TC Davies said he is also expecting to lose his seat.
An exit poll has suggested Rishi Sunak’s term as prime minister will end in a historic defeat.
The exit poll forecast a more than five-fold increase in the party’s share of Commons seats compared to 2019.
The incident occurred during a night shift at the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neo-natal unit in February 2016.
A party source told the PA news agency the SNP faced losing its three seats in Edinburgh.
Douglas Ross is standing in the Aberdeenshire North and Moray East constituency.
Four cases of suspected “personation” were reported to Glasgow City Council.
Sir Robert Buckland warned it would be a ‘disastrous mistake’ for the Conservative Party to move rightwards after the election.
Tim Collins conceded just after midnight as boxes in the North Down constituency were still being opened.
Labour is on course for a resounding victory, ending 14 years of Conservative rule, an exit poll has indicated.
He held the Fermanagh South Tyrone Westminster seat for the UUP from 2015 until 2017, and now sits in Stormont.
The Tories are forecast to drop to 131 seats across the UK but could make gains in Scotland, Murdo Fraser said.
The Reform UK leader posted a clip to X captioned: ‘The revolt against the establishment is under way.’
The SNP is forecast to fall to just 10 seats.