The negotiators of the tory party, but they think and have seen and a very good evening. For the fourth time in the space believe that the labour party is a of five years, the future of the United Kingdom is uncertain, remain party. The fact of the matter is that they are not going to and this time, with politics in deadlock and brexit unresolved, tolerate that. They believe that in the stakes are higher than ever. Now, in a few moments, 2016, when they had their vote in polling stations across the United Kingdom will close, the voting will be over, the Eu Referendum, they believe that and we will be able to reveal the result of our exit poll, they should have been listened to, that is our first hint of the possible result. And they think that the labour party have totally reneged on the result will Boris Johnson be back in number 10 . Of that. Thats what this is about. WillJeremy Corbyn beat him to it . Or will the outcome be less this was a brexit election. This is than clear when it comes tojeremy vines winning line . A rerun of 2016. When your well, here we are again. Two years ago in our virtual colleagues, some of them, are downing street, i showed calling for mr corbyn to step down almost immediately, what would you you the conservatives falling short, say to them . Well, what i would say and labour improving but not by nearly enough. Is, to everyone, letsjust say to them . Well, what i would say is, to everyone, lets just wait and and the result was two years see what the results actually are by of chaos in parliament. The question tonight is whether any 12pm tomorrow afternoon. That will party can get 326 seats or more say what the situation is. What can and send their leader through that door with a majority. I say, huw, the Party Leaders voted say what the situation is. What can isay, huw, in say what the situation is. What can i say, huw, in 2017 the labour party earlier today, wrapped up against the elements in the first leader wasjeremy i say, huw, in 2017 the Labour Party Leader was Jeremy Corbyn. I say, huw, in 2017 the Labour Party Leader wasJeremy Corbyn. We had a radical manifesto. 2019, the labour december election since 1923, less than a fortnight before christmas. Party had a radical manifesto and Jeremy Corbyn was the leader of the they know that these ballot boxes hold the key to their futures labour party as well. The big and my colleague Naga Munchetty is watching the hard fought race difference is that in 2019 we to declare the nights first result. Promised a second referendum, and well, all eyes are on the north east people are suggesting quite rightly, today to see who will declare first. Why should there be a second last time it was newcastle referendum when they had a but we have found out that their neighbours in blyth valley have been referendum when they had a referendum in 2016 . And i think practising in secret. Are you ready . Thats the issue. Its notjeremy yes they think they can get the counting corbyn, its brexit, and ignoring done in under 44 minutes. Democracy. Well, its the policy. We will see if they pull it off. Youve just described the policy there that the party was putting high above the newsroom, forward , there that the party was putting forward, which was a second our Specialist Team will be referendum. Having negotiated a new gathering the results as they come in and our election supremo, deal, that was mr corbyns position. Professor sirjohn curtice, so clearly you are very critical of ready to analyse those results the strategy that he adopted. And to update the early predictions. So clearly you are very critical of the strategy that he adoptedm there are 650 mps to be elected every one of those outcomes is. Either way, huw, are vital to the final result. The strategy that he adoptedm is. Eitherway, huw, iam critical of it, and i think you very much and my colleague Reeta Chakrabarti is at the big screen aware that i have been explaining to with more details. Collea g u es aware that i have been explaining to colleagues of mine for more than 18 this has been such a hard election to predict, months, nearly two years, that we with the shadow of brexit hovering over the usual tribal loyalties. Shouldnt have went down that path. But we are about to find out but we are a democratic party, and what the real numbers are and im its notJeremy Corbyns decision. Here at the giant touch screen which has been loaded with data this was a decision that was agreed from thousands of people as they leave polling stations across the country. By conference in 2019. We had an in a few moments time, almighty debate at conference on the i should be able to predict which seats are changing hands. Eu, on different issues, and we came and just outside the studio, in the cold night air, away from that conference, there was my colleague Sophie Raworth with a vast map of the United Kingdom and the changing 13,000 people at the conference, Political Landscape. Lots of delegates discuss this, and yes, this is the uk we formulated our policy within the but not as you know it. Party. We are democratic, and jeremy we have made each constituency exactly the same size so, corbyn accepted the position that one hexagon for one mp, was made at the conference, and and it gives you a much better idea of where the real balance thats the decision that we took of power lies. Into the election. Thank you very this map is laid out in the colours of the 2017 general election. Much for talking to us, and it is shortly, we will start pulling them good have you to join us. It is all up and then relaying them as the results come in to find out 1 55am in the morning. Thank you to the party chair, ian labrie, just what has changed. Narrowly holding onto his seat. His and back here in our studio, majority was greatly reduced. We our inquisitor in chief, andrew neil, will be talking have had a result in from putney in to many of the winners and losers, finding out why the election turned out as it did and where we go from here. South west london. Lets see. Throughout the night, as the results come in, i will be speaking to an array have had a result in from putney in southwest london. Lets see. I, jane cooper, being the returning of politicians and pundits in this studio and across the country, officerfor jane cooper, being the returning asking them what went right, officer for the putney constituency, what went wrong and what happens next. Held in december 2019, do hereby give notice that the number of votes with me all night is the bbcs political editor, laura kuenssberg. She is waiting to give her immediate recorded for each candidate at the election is as follows. Fleur verdict on the exit poll. Anderson, labour party, 22,780. We are seconds away from the result of the exit poll, our first prediction of the potential outcome of this election. More than 20,000 people were asked how they voted today at 144 polling stations across the uk, thank you. Fergal mcentee, green on behalf of the bbc, itv and sky. And as big ben reaches ten oclock, were standing by with the exit poll figures. Party, 1133. Will sweet, the conservative Party Candidate, here they are. Our exit poll is suggesting that there will be a 18,006. Sue wixley, liberal conservative majority, when all the votes are counted after this election of december 2019. The conservatives, on 368 seats, and democrats, 8548. The total number of labour way down on 191. On those figures, we are looking at a conservative majority of 86, if the votes actually tally up with this prediction. And that would be the ballot papers rejected as follows. Biggest conservative majority since Margaret Thatchers third victory voting for more candidates than backin entitled to, 21. There is the Margaret Thatchers third victory back in 1987. Lets look at that labourfigure of 191 for back in 1987. Lets look at that labour figure of 191 for me corbyn result in from putney, justine back in 1987. Lets look at that labourfigure of 191 for me corbyn that would be the worst labour greening standing down as mp, she result in modern times and certainly was with us earlier, and she is the worse than the figure obtained by michael foot back in 1983, a low conservative former mp, former education secretary. Her successor, point for labour. Will sweet, has been defeated, and labour has gained putney, so this is a rare Success Story for labour this evening. And this of course will these are the figures for all the parties with the conservatives on open up the whole debate about 368, a rise of 50 seats in this remain and leave areas, because putney, of course, in an area which was strongly remain back in 2016. Election, as suggested by the exit poll. Labour on 191, suffering as 45 to labour, 36 to the tories. Labour by 4 in putney and the many as 71 losses, that is the conservatives down by 8 . The lib suggestion. The snp on 55 making dems up by 5 , that reflecting again some 20 gains. The lib dems on 13, the result there in 2016, probably. The swing, lets have a look at it. Up some 20 gains. The lib dems on 13, upjust one it isa some 20 gains. The lib dems on 13, up just one seat and plaid cymru the swing, lets have a look at it. It is a swing from conservative to labour. We havent seen that, with three, losing one seat, the happily. Labour. We havent seen that, greens on one, no change, the brexit happily, much. It is 6. 4 . I also party at not winning any seats and wa nt to happily, much. It is 6. 4 . I also want to tell you about angus, the others, most of those in because that resulted in, and this Northern Ireland, making up 19. It is again from the snp. A majority of is an exit poll, we will see how accurate it is, of course, when the results start coming in and we might even get some results within some 45 3795 and a turnout of 68 , 49 of minutes or so. But it is a dramatic the vote to the snp, 40 to the poll and certainly suggests Boris Johnson is on course for a very tories, the snp up 11 percentage solid majority of at least 80 seats, points, the tories down five and possibly 86 put it lets get the 7. 796 points, the tories down five and 7. 7 swing to the snp from the reaction from laura kuenssberg. We conservatives. Just with both of have all just lived those results, a reminder that this reaction from laura kuenssberg. We have alljust lived through some of the most Turbulent Times any of us is not going to be plain sailing for can remember in terms of our the conservatives, both in terms of politics and if these numbers are london, the conservatives might have broadly correct, borisjohnson, just a very tricky night in london, and a year ago was on the backbenches, might have redrawn the map. With some of those remain tending seats in the south east, they might lose these figures he would have clear in quitea in the south east, they might lose backing on the benches behind them in quite a few places, and depending on how much the snp tightened their to ta ke backing on the benches behind them grip, scottish conservatives may be to take us out of the European Union next month, a momentousjuncture for really cut back from that 13 they our country, but it would also mean managed to achieve in 2017. And in another five years of conservative both of those ways, borisjohnson rule with a solid majority behind may well end up with a thumping him, tipping the conservatives in majority, but he might be taking the governing the country for more over a very than a decade. And also seeing majority, but he might be taking over a very divided map, with labour go to scotla nd over a very divided map, with scotland almost all yellow for the than a decade. And also seeing labourgo toa than a decade. And also seeing labour go to a fourth defeat at a general election in a row but this snp, london and perhaps some of our time, if the numbers are even other big cities, in birmingham, in roughly correct, a serious and manchester, in a liveable, very much historic loss. The snp appear to still coloured red. Governing with a have increased their tight hold in real patchwork like that, it may scotla nd have increased their tight hold in scotland but the other parties do not appear to have made much of a well not be straightforward. Not straightforward at all. Laura, breakthrough. But remember, it is thanks. Lets look at some of the early and this is a sample, polling other results that have come in and numbers and we are at the beginning some of the significant ones. Reeta of drawing the picture of who will have the power to make the decisions can bring us right up to date. that do and will change all of our have some really interesting seats to show you, peterbrough in lives. Its a pretty startling set cambridgeshire is a conservative of figures, it is fair to say. At any point in the campaign did you game for the labour party. The sense that the conservatives were on history of the seat has changed hands a few times in the last 20 course for this kind of majority if yea rs, hands a few times in the last 20 years, but tonight paul bristow has this is correct . I think from all of the parties, the overriding sense taken this seat from labours lisa all the way through was that this forbes. She had the seed with a tiny has been an almost impossible election to read. Rather than majority of just over 600 forbes. She had the seed with a tiny majority ofjust over 600 votes. Fixating on particular numbers, they paul bristow becomes the seats fourth mp in three years. This is have all looked at a range. Senior how he did it, with a vote share of conservatives i have talked to today has said they have would hope at 4796 how he did it, with a vote share of 47 as compared to labours 41 . I least to scrape the majority but just want to show you how that has aware it might not be in the bag but changed from last time around. A lwa ys aware it might not be in the bag but always with the possibility that really interesting, the conservative they might make the kinds of inroads share of the vote has gone unchanged, but it is labours drop in leave areas and they could, they by seven Percentage Points that has hoped, create a set of dominoes allowed the conservatives to take where seats might fall in these this seat. One other seat that i kinds of numbers. I think on early wa nt to this seat. One other seat that i suggestions what this shows is that want to show you that has also changed hands tonight and that is although a lot of issues have been wrexham in north wales. This had discussed and matter to our viewers tonight, this has broadly been a been labourfor decades, brexit election. Where the tories have managed to create a hard leave wrexham in north wales. This had been labour for decades, labour since 1935. Well, it has tonight vote and keep it together and the gone conservative, and sarah remain vote has a split across. Atherton is the first female conservative mp in wales ever. She vote and keep it together and the remain vote has a split acrosslj remain vote has a split across. |j suppose the headline apart from the has done it with 45 share of the conservative majority suggested is that right now were looking at the Political Landscape changing vote as compared to labours 39 . Radically. Absolutely, this would be and again, i want to show you the a redrawing of the map with labour way in which the vote share has away down. That is labour behind where they were in the early 80s and changed since 2017, and it is the everybody in the labour party and many of our audience know how long same story is in peterbrough. The conservatives up a little bit, but it took them to build back from that they have been given the seat by the kind of level of support. Also look drop in the labour vote share. Labour down by 10 , and that has at the snp tightening their grip on allowed sarah atherton, as i said, scotland. This may well be, and we to become the first female will say it a lot in the next few conservative mp in wales. Hours, this is an early taste but it may well be that borisjohnson, who discreetly you well, i never thought had been written off so many times, in all this time id see wrexham of such a controversial and divisive figure, we heard that around the country in the last few weeks, might all places turning conservative but have been able to change the thats what this night is about, boundaries in british politics, if parts of wales and across the uk, these results bear out. We have apart from scotland, are looking at several hours to talk about this, gaining some areas which have been thank you for those initial thoughts. Law is with us throughout solidly labour for decades and the night. Lets look at central decades. We have resulted from london outside because this is old Northern Ireland which id like to go to broadcasting house, next to new broadcasting house, next to new broadcasting house, next to new broadcasting house and all night we predicting the figures onto it so those passing can see it and we can show it across the screens across the uk and worldwide. That you have it, the exit poll suggesting labour possibly down to 191 seats, the snp on 55 and we are looking at the lib dems on 13 which would be a very disappointing result if that is true forjo swinson, the party leader. Plaid cymru on three, the suggestion is they will lose one of their seats. And right at the top, the headline figure with the conservatives, according to the poll, forecast to get 368 seats which is a gain of 50 seats on the 2017 performance under theresa may. That would be a dramatic success for borisjohnson that would be a dramatic success for Boris Johnson and this that would be a dramatic success for borisjohnson and this is indeed, if true, a heavy blow forJeremy Corbyn. A Strong Performance if it is right for the snp in scotland as a was saying, and there will be some licking of wins at the lib dems headquarters. Plaid cymru in wales down to three, we think, but we will wait to see what is going on. It seems like a good moment, now we have these figures, and lets wait for some