Labour wins UK general election as Keir Starmer says: ‘We did it! Change begins now’ – latest live news
Some 242 women MPs have been elected so far, passing the previous record of 220 at the election in 2019.
The number of female MPs has risen at each of the past six elections.
Share James Cleverly retains seat, criticises those who present 'simple and thin solutions to challenging and complex problems'James Cleverly has retained his seat in for the Conservatives . The home secretary appeared to take a swipe at Reform in his acceptance speech, criticising those who present "simple and thin solutions to challenging and complex problems". He said:This has been a very difficult night for my party and losing the position of government of this country is painful. But it is the nature of our democracy that it happens, and when it happens, it is incumbent upon all parties, but particularly the party leaving government, to listen carefully to what the voters are telling us.
I am not going to rush to any quick judgments. I think the right thing to do is be thoughtful and take a short period of time to really assess what the voters are telling us. But it is clear that when you see the vote share of the traditional main parties of government that many voters are disillusioned with all of us, and we should take that on board.
I think it is also right that we have humility, to recognise that there is nothing honourable in presenting simple and thin solutions to challenging and complex problems. And the world is a difficult and dangerous place and we have to respond to that.
Share Rishi Sunak has taken off from Teesside airport to fly to London, where he will go to tender his resignation to the king. The BBC has footage of his flight taking off. Share Liberal Democrat Charlie Maynard has won , beating the Conservatives in the seat which used to belong to former prime minister and current foreign secretary David Cameron. Share Siân Berry wins Brighton Pavilion for Greens The Green party has won its fourth seat, after Siân Berry, a former co-leader of the party, won Brighton Pavilion. This is the seat previously held by Caroline Lucas, the Greens' first MP. Share Taoiseach Simon Harris has sent congratulations to Keir Starmer on his general election victory. The Fine Gael leader posted to social media to say:Congratulations Keir Starmer on a comprehensive victory in the UK election. I look forward to working with you as close neighbours and friends. The relationship between Ireland and the UK is deep and consequential. I look forward to it going from strength to strength.
Share Updated at 01.23 EDT Transport secretary Mark Harper loses Forest of Dean to Labour Mark Harper, the transport secretary, has lost his Forest of Dean seat to Labour . At the last election he was ahead of Labour here by 60% to 29%. Share First minister of Wales, Vaughan Gething, has posted to social media to say that "a new chapter" was beginning for Wales, with "two Labour governments working together". He wrote:After fourteen long years, today we begin a new chapter for Wales. Your Welsh Labour Government will have a true partner in Keir Starmer as we build the fairer, greener future Wales deserves. Two Labour governments working together for a stronger Wales in a fairer Britain. Change begins here.
Share Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross loses to SNPDouglas Ross, the Scottish Conservative leader, has failed to win his seat. He has been beatedn by the SNP's Seamus Logan in Aberdeenshire North and Moray East. Ross has a seat in the Scottish parliament and had been expected to quit Westminster at this election. But at the last minute he put himself forward as the candidate for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East after the previous candidate, David Duguid, was banned from standing by the party on health grounds. Many Scottish Tories were angered by this, and in response Ross said he would stand down as party leader after the election. Share The Conservative Party candidate Robbie Moore has held on to Keighley and Ilkley in West Yorkshire iwth 40.26%. Labour are a close second, with 36.74%. Turnout was 62.09%. Here is a breakdown of the results, via PA:Robbie Moore (C) 18,589 (40.26%, -7.84%) John Grogan (Lab) 16,964 (36.74%, -7.14%) Andrew Judson (Reform) 4,782 (10.36%) John Wood (Green) 2,447 (5.30%) Vaz Shabir (Ind) 2,036 (4.41%) Chris Adams (LD) 970 (2.10%, -2.79%) Dominic Atlas (Yorkshire) 389 (0.84%, -0.43%)
Share Jamie Grierson The co-leader of the Green Party, and newly elected MP for Bristol Central, Carla Denyer has told the Guardian her party's message of hope has propelled it towards a record-breaking vote share for the party in this election. Denyer easily beat the Labour candidate and shadow frontbencher, Thangam Debbonaire, in the newly drawn constituency by more than 10,000 votes. Denyer's fellow co-leader Adrian Ramsay also won in Waveney Valley in Suffolk, while Ellie Chowns won for the party in Herefordshire North. They are hopeful of taking their fourth target seat of Brighton Pavilion, where Sian Berry is standing. Denyer said: "We're probably on track for a record breaking vote share in this election. I think it's because the Green Party has been the only party being honest about the state of public services in this country, the level of investment that's needed, not shy about talking about how we would raise it, and proud of the fact that we want a more inclusive society. "We want a country that is welcoming and takes a humane approach to migration. I think that resonates with so many people in this country." Denyer said the Reform Party, which was heading to the same number of parliamentary seats as the Greens, offered fear while her party offered hope. "The Green Party offers the opposite to what the Reform Party has been offering voters," she said. "Our policies and our politics is around offering positive solutions, offering change and offering hope. And that's clearly gone down well with the electorate." Share Lib Dems win Henley and Thame The Liberal Democrats candidate Freddie Van Mierlo has won Henley and Thame, Boris Johnson's old seat: Internal Lib Dem polling seen by the Guardian in late June suggested there would be a close race in Henley and Thame – which includes much of Johnson's former seat. The party believed it could win by a margin of just 500 votes. But today the Lib Dems won with a majority of 6,000. Share Updated at 24.54 EDT Former international trade secretary Liam Fox loses Somerset North to LabourLiam Fox, the former defence secretary and international trade secretary, has lost his Somerset North seat to Labour . Here are the full results for Somerset North, according to PA media:Sadik Al-Hassan (Lab) 19,138 (35.59%) Sir Liam Fox (C) 18,499 (34.41%) Ash Cartman (LD) 7,121 (13.24%) Alexander Kokkinoftas (Reform) 5,602 (10.42%) Oscar Livesey-Lodwick (Green) 3,273 (6.09%) Suneil Basu (WPB) 133 (0.25%) Lab maj 639 (1.19%) Notional 14.82% swing C to Lab 8.50% boundary change Electorate 70,504; Turnout 53,766 (76.26%) 2019 notional: C maj 16,184 (28.46%) - Turnout 56,864 (76.88%) C 30,411 (53.48%); Lab 14,227 (25.02%); LD 9,425 (16.57%); Green 2,801 (4.93%)
Share Updated at 01.10 EDT With 545 constituency results declared, Labour has won 372 seats with a 35.6% share of the vote, PA Media says. PA reports.The Conservatives have 90 seats and a 22.8% vote share.
The Liberal Democrats have triumphed in 50 constituencies with 11.2% of the overall vote, while Reform UK have 14.5% of the vote, translating to success in four seats.
The SNP has five seats, Plaid Cymru is on four, Sinn Féin has six and the DUP has four.
The Green party has 6.8% of the votes and two seats.
, the leftwing group committed to pluralism, has said tonight's election results show the first past the post voting system is not fit for purpose. Compass spokesperson Neal Lawson said:What we are seeing is a European multi-party politics emerging in the traitjacket of a two-party system.
There are clearly complex forces at work: Labour is set to win a huge majority but two shadow cabinet ministers have already lost their seats. Jeremy Corbyn has pulled off an unlikely victory and the scale of the win in Bristol Central just underlines the volatility of an increasingly complex electorate.
But our first past the post electoral system is incapable of accommodating such a nuanced reality and is clearly buckling under the pressure of the underlying multi-party reality.
Lawson also said the early results pointed to a Gallagher index score (a measure of disproportionality) of around 23, which he said suggested "this election could be the most disproportionate we have ever seen". Share
