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| What you need to know about the election results | What you need to know about the election results |
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| Theresa May under pressure to go after poll gamble goes awry … Corbyn’s Labour makes gains … Lib Dems make double figures … and SNP squeezed | |
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| Fri 9 Jun 2017 07.07 BST | |
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| Welcome to the morning after, as we try to make sense of a night that consisted mostly of “what the…?”, “who the what now?” and schadenfreude. For the absolute latest updates, head over to the live blog. | Welcome to the morning after, as we try to make sense of a night that consisted mostly of “what the…?”, “who the what now?” and schadenfreude. For the absolute latest updates, head over to the live blog. |
| A quick note before we dive in: unlike many news organisations, the Guardian hasn’t put up a paywall – we want to keep our journalism as open as we can. The Guardian’s independent, investigative journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce. Here’s how you can support it. | A quick note before we dive in: unlike many news organisations, the Guardian hasn’t put up a paywall – we want to keep our journalism as open as we can. The Guardian’s independent, investigative journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce. Here’s how you can support it. |
| What’s happening? | What’s happening? |
| It’s a hung parliament. The opinion polls didn’t know it – apart from that YouGov one from which everyone reeled back, blinking – but the exit poll did. And for many, that news at the dot of 10pm meant plans for sleep were as doomed as Theresa May’s easy landslide. | It’s a hung parliament. The opinion polls didn’t know it – apart from that YouGov one from which everyone reeled back, blinking – but the exit poll did. And for many, that news at the dot of 10pm meant plans for sleep were as doomed as Theresa May’s easy landslide. |
| The exit poll reckoned the Conservatives would wind up with 314 seats, Labour on 266, the Scottish National party on 34 and the Liberal Democrats on 14. | The exit poll reckoned the Conservatives would wind up with 314 seats, Labour on 266, the Scottish National party on 34 and the Liberal Democrats on 14. |
| At time of pressing send, it looks like this: | At time of pressing send, it looks like this: |
| Conservatives 312 (down 13) | Conservatives 312 (down 13) |
| Labour 260 (+31) | Labour 260 (+31) |
| SNP 35 (-19) | SNP 35 (-19) |
| Lib Dem 12 (+4) | Lib Dem 12 (+4) |
| Turnout was around 69% – the highest since 1997. | Turnout was around 69% – the highest since 1997. |
| For May, who demanded an election she’d previously insisted she didn’t want, in order to win a mandate for a Brexit she’d originally opposed, now finds herself in a position she did not anticipate when – with polls giving her a 20-odd-point lead over Jeremy Corbyn – she went to the country. | For May, who demanded an election she’d previously insisted she didn’t want, in order to win a mandate for a Brexit she’d originally opposed, now finds herself in a position she did not anticipate when – with polls giving her a 20-odd-point lead over Jeremy Corbyn – she went to the country. |
| “Strong and stable” had been the chorus. May tried it out in her victory speech – Maidenhead was the closest she got to a majority – insisting stability was her top priority: | “Strong and stable” had been the chorus. May tried it out in her victory speech – Maidenhead was the closest she got to a majority – insisting stability was her top priority: |
| It will be incumbent on us to ensure that we have that period of stability, and that is what we will do. | It will be incumbent on us to ensure that we have that period of stability, and that is what we will do. |
| Corbyn’s priority was rather different. He thought May ought to start packing, even if it might not be the Labour leader moving into No 10: | Corbyn’s priority was rather different. He thought May ought to start packing, even if it might not be the Labour leader moving into No 10: |
| She wanted a mandate. Well, the mandate she’s got is lost Conservative seats, lost votes, lost support and lost confidence. I would have thought that is enough for her to go. | She wanted a mandate. Well, the mandate she’s got is lost Conservative seats, lost votes, lost support and lost confidence. I would have thought that is enough for her to go. |
| Some big names have already gone. Former Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg survived the 2015 election after a stint as deputy prime minister in the coalition, but tumbled this time, with Sheffield Hallam going to Labour’s Jared O’Mara. | Some big names have already gone. Former Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg survived the 2015 election after a stint as deputy prime minister in the coalition, but tumbled this time, with Sheffield Hallam going to Labour’s Jared O’Mara. |
| Home secretary Amber Rudd teetered in Hastings & Rye, but eventually saw off the Labour challenge. | Home secretary Amber Rudd teetered in Hastings & Rye, but eventually saw off the Labour challenge. |
| The SNP crowned a tough night with the ousting of two of its biggest personalities: former leader Alex Salmond in Gordon and Westminster leader Angus Robertson in Moray falling to the Conservatives. Who now have 13 MPs. In Scotland. | The SNP crowned a tough night with the ousting of two of its biggest personalities: former leader Alex Salmond in Gordon and Westminster leader Angus Robertson in Moray falling to the Conservatives. Who now have 13 MPs. In Scotland. |
| Scottish Labour (who now have seven seats, taking Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, Chryston, Coatbridge and Bellshill, and Rutherglen and Hamilton West) and the Scottish Lib Dems (on four, including Jo Swinson, who swiped back East Dunbartonshire) shovelled on the pain for SNP, which, having won 56 of 59 seats in 2015, could have expected little else. | Scottish Labour (who now have seven seats, taking Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, Chryston, Coatbridge and Bellshill, and Rutherglen and Hamilton West) and the Scottish Lib Dems (on four, including Jo Swinson, who swiped back East Dunbartonshire) shovelled on the pain for SNP, which, having won 56 of 59 seats in 2015, could have expected little else. |
| Nicola Sturgeon’s party goes on, mind you: with 35 seats, it’s still easily the largest in Scotland. But expect lots of speculation about what this means for indyref2. Scotland’s first minister suggested we all sleep on it: | Nicola Sturgeon’s party goes on, mind you: with 35 seats, it’s still easily the largest in Scotland. But expect lots of speculation about what this means for indyref2. Scotland’s first minister suggested we all sleep on it: |
| I’m not going to take any rash decisions. Clearly I will reflect on the result of the election. I will take time to do that. | I’m not going to take any rash decisions. Clearly I will reflect on the result of the election. I will take time to do that. |
| It was a two-party party in Northern Ireland, with the SDLP and UUP wiped off the Westminster map. Sinn Fein won’t be on that map either, with Gerry Adams confirming they wouldn’t take their seats even to bolster a Labour minority administration, but won three more seats to bring home seven. The DUP’s 10 could be the election’s defining moment. | It was a two-party party in Northern Ireland, with the SDLP and UUP wiped off the Westminster map. Sinn Fein won’t be on that map either, with Gerry Adams confirming they wouldn’t take their seats even to bolster a Labour minority administration, but won three more seats to bring home seven. The DUP’s 10 could be the election’s defining moment. |
| In Wales, that rumoured early Tory perking-up failed to lift: the party ended up with eight seats, losing Gower, Cardiff North and Vale of Clwyd to Labour, taking them to 28. Plaid Cymru picked up one seat, and will head back to Westminster with four. The Lib Dems leave with nothing. As do Ukip, but then it came with nothing, too. | In Wales, that rumoured early Tory perking-up failed to lift: the party ended up with eight seats, losing Gower, Cardiff North and Vale of Clwyd to Labour, taking them to 28. Plaid Cymru picked up one seat, and will head back to Westminster with four. The Lib Dems leave with nothing. As do Ukip, but then it came with nothing, too. |
| What happens next? | What happens next? |
| Is no majority better than a bad majority? The answer might determine whether May decides to stick it out as PM or become the shortest 10 Downing Street dweller since Andrew Bonar-Law in 1922-23. | Is no majority better than a bad majority? The answer might determine whether May decides to stick it out as PM or become the shortest 10 Downing Street dweller since Andrew Bonar-Law in 1922-23. |
| We expect to hear from May this morning. Strictly speaking, of course, she has won, but in a massively losing manner. So expect a resignation or a resigned “disappointed, but getting on with the job” speech. | We expect to hear from May this morning. Strictly speaking, of course, she has won, but in a massively losing manner. So expect a resignation or a resigned “disappointed, but getting on with the job” speech. |
| Someone will need to form a government, of course. That may be May. It’s likely to be a Conservative. It’s not likely to be today. The Democratic Unionist party, with 10 seats, will be the obvious people for the Tories to cosy up to – not least because every other party heading to Westminster has pre-emptively turned them down. | Someone will need to form a government, of course. That may be May. It’s likely to be a Conservative. It’s not likely to be today. The Democratic Unionist party, with 10 seats, will be the obvious people for the Tories to cosy up to – not least because every other party heading to Westminster has pre-emptively turned them down. |
| Corbyn is on his way to Labour HQ to thank staff and … wait and see like the rest of us. | Corbyn is on his way to Labour HQ to thank staff and … wait and see like the rest of us. |
| And in 11 days’ time, of course, are those Brexit talks that May was so worried about: | And in 11 days’ time, of course, are those Brexit talks that May was so worried about: |
| If I lose just six seats I will lose this election and Jeremy Corbyn will be sitting down to negotiate with Europe: https://t.co/OwbfDseOJh | If I lose just six seats I will lose this election and Jeremy Corbyn will be sitting down to negotiate with Europe: https://t.co/OwbfDseOJh |
| Read these | Read these |
| Track all the results in full. | Track all the results in full. |
| Winners, losers and survivors on election night. | Winners, losers and survivors on election night. |
| A night of electric shock that left Theresa May dazed. | A night of electric shock that left Theresa May dazed. |
| Corbyn defies doubters as Labour gains seats. | Corbyn defies doubters as Labour gains seats. |
| SNP suffers shock losses as Tories oust Salmond and Robertson. | SNP suffers shock losses as Tories oust Salmond and Robertson. |
| Lib Dems’ night of mixed fortunes as Clegg loses seat but Cable returns. | Lib Dems’ night of mixed fortunes as Clegg loses seat but Cable returns. |
| ‘Cor blimey!’ General election UK front pages – in pictures. | ‘Cor blimey!’ General election UK front pages – in pictures. |
| How do you feel about the result of the 2017 general election? | How do you feel about the result of the 2017 general election? |
| Find all our general election coverage here. | Find all our general election coverage here. |
| Close shave of the day | Close shave of the day |
| Surely the squeakiest of majorities: the SNP’s Stephen Gethins beat Lib Dem Elizabeth Riches by two votes: 13,743 to 13,741 in Fife North East. | Surely the squeakiest of majorities: the SNP’s Stephen Gethins beat Lib Dem Elizabeth Riches by two votes: 13,743 to 13,741 in Fife North East. |
| The day in a tweet | The day in a tweet |
| Politician becomes country's leader unelected but then loses very soon after in her election. It's hilarious. pic.twitter.com/2yzVtu9IyJ | Politician becomes country's leader unelected but then loses very soon after in her election. It's hilarious. pic.twitter.com/2yzVtu9IyJ |
| And another thing | And another thing |
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