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| Election results 2017: Labour hails 'positive politics' | Election results 2017: Labour hails 'positive politics' |
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| Labour is projected to win more seats in the House of Commons, an exit poll has predicted. | Labour is projected to win more seats in the House of Commons, an exit poll has predicted. |
| A BBC/ITV/Sky exit poll predicted 266 seats for Labour, up 34 seats compared with the 2015-2017 Parliament. | A BBC/ITV/Sky exit poll predicted 266 seats for Labour, up 34 seats compared with the 2015-2017 Parliament. |
| The Conservatives were projected to win 314, which would leave them short of a majority. | The Conservatives were projected to win 314, which would leave them short of a majority. |
| Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said if the final result matched the exit poll, it would show "positive politics has actually succeeded". | Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said if the final result matched the exit poll, it would show "positive politics has actually succeeded". |
| The NOP/Ipsos MORI poll for BBC/ITV/Sky forecast the Lib Dems on 14, UKIP with no seats and the SNP 34. | The NOP/Ipsos MORI poll for BBC/ITV/Sky forecast the Lib Dems on 14, UKIP with no seats and the SNP 34. |
| It comes at the end of a campaign that has seen leader Jeremy Corbyn address thousands at a series of campaign rallies. | It comes at the end of a campaign that has seen leader Jeremy Corbyn address thousands at a series of campaign rallies. |
| But local candidates reported voters voicing doubts about his leadership on the doorstep. | But local candidates reported voters voicing doubts about his leadership on the doorstep. |
| Speaking to the BBC, shadow chancellor John McDonnell said: "We have to have some scepticism about all polls." | Speaking to the BBC, shadow chancellor John McDonnell said: "We have to have some scepticism about all polls." |
| But he added: "We tried to have an extremely positive campaign. We modelled it around Jeremy's character." | But he added: "We tried to have an extremely positive campaign. We modelled it around Jeremy's character." |
| In the 2015 general election, Labour won 229 seats under former leader Ed Miliband, down from the 258 seats secured in 2010. | In the 2015 general election, Labour won 229 seats under former leader Ed Miliband, down from the 258 seats secured in 2010. |
| It went into the 2017 election with 232 seats. | It went into the 2017 election with 232 seats. |
| When Prime Minister Theresa May announced the election in April, her Conservative Party had a big double-digit lead in many polls and hoped for a landslide victory. However, the campaign saw the Tories' poll lead narrowing. | When Prime Minister Theresa May announced the election in April, her Conservative Party had a big double-digit lead in many polls and hoped for a landslide victory. However, the campaign saw the Tories' poll lead narrowing. |
| Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry told Sky News that exit polls "have been right for the last 20 years or so, 30 years, so I think we're on the verge of a great result". | Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry told Sky News that exit polls "have been right for the last 20 years or so, 30 years, so I think we're on the verge of a great result". |
| Echoing Theresa May's election slogan, she added: "We put forward a popular manifesto with a leader of the party who has withstood the most extraordinary personal attacks, and has actually shown if anybody was strong and stable it was him." | Echoing Theresa May's election slogan, she added: "We put forward a popular manifesto with a leader of the party who has withstood the most extraordinary personal attacks, and has actually shown if anybody was strong and stable it was him." |
| The BBC's Nick Robinson said few in Jeremy Corbyn's team thought the party would win outright - but a result matching the poll would give "enormous power to Jeremy Corbyn, in Parliament and within his party". |