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BBCNEWS Election 2017 June 9, 2017

Borisjohnson remains foreign secretary, amber rudd home secretary, and Philip Hammond stays as chancellor. It was a great turnout for labour, who won 40 of the popular vote, and Jeremy Corbyn insisted he could lead a minority government. We are ready to do everything we can to put our programme into operation. There isnt a parliamentary majority for anybody at the present time. The party that has lost in this election is the conservative party. And on the losing side were the Liberal Democrats, the snp, who lost a third of their seats, and ukip, whose leader paul nuttall resigned. The election was called to strengthen the Prime Ministers hand over brexit so where does this leave the negotiations now . Well bring you more on that and all the latest from Downing Street on this most unexpected of election results. To ta ke to take you straight over to kensington. The final seed has been declared and it looks like a labour victory. Thank you to my incredible family who supported me all the way. Thanks, of course, for stealing some tory votes and letting me through. Clearly, this election was not all about brexit, not around the country and not in this constituency. The people of kensington have spoken and they have voted for someone they trust and who will give them a voice. They know i care and will speak out for them as i have for the last 11 years. I will challenge the council tojoin us last 11 years. I will challenge the council to join us in last 11 years. I will challenge the council tojoin us in the 21st century, i will continue to work with the gla to make our air cleaner, reduce traffic, make our streets safer and address our appalling housing crisis. I will ta ke appalling housing crisis. I will take kensingtons issues and problems to parliament to improve the appalling and unforgivable inequalities here in kensington. This constituency is a microcosm of everything that is wrong in this country everything that is wrong in this cou ntry after everything that is wrong in this country after seven years of incompetent and uncaring coalition and tory go government. I will do everything in my power to make one kensington an example of the finest qualities of common humanity, Mutual Respect for everyone and Social Justice to create a thoughtful, kind, cooperative and Tolerant Society where we can all prosper and thrive. A Victory Speech there is at the final seed to be declared in this thread is a beating General Election. They had had three recou nts election. They had had three recounts and it was between labour and the conservatives. They finally came toa and the conservatives. They finally came to a result with emma winning with 20 votes. They were counting through the night last night, they stopped doing that at six in the morning because everybody was knackered, they came back later in the day and they finally at nine oclock got the result. Our bbc london Political Editor is there, just 20 votes in it. What a significant victory for the labour party. Absolutely. This will be so prized and it will be felt, the highest levels of the labour party. Jeremy corbyn and those around him will be delighted. This was a seat where we see it as a posh and wealthy seat, it is a seed which has got areas and pockets of poverty and inequality. It was around those areas of inequality and opportunity that the labour candidate, a counsellor here for more than a decade had campaigned but more than anything else, she had focused on brexit because on this metropolitan area, with a Larger Population and larger europhile population, was the existing mp, Victoria Borwick. Victoria borwick was a former deputy mayor to borisjohnson Victoria Borwick was a former deputy mayor to Boris Johnson and Victoria Borwick was a former deputy mayor to borisjohnson and a counsellor here. It is another one of perhaps the most surprising demonstrations of how londoners have taken against notjust the decision to call this election, but to call an election and make it about brexit. From battersea to barnet, there have been huge swings to labour and they have one for seats from the conservatives and the conservatives lost to further seats to the Liberal Democrats. It is fascinating, isnt it . I was at the Wandsworth Council last night. The remains voted go to the Liberal Democrats, that was a show of force. Both remain votes, 75 voting remain, went to labour. Was that on the cards . Where you seeing that potentially in the run up to this election . I think that is simply a demonstration of tactical demonstrations. Who is the best recipient of our pro remain sentiment. Battersea, they knew it would be a real challenge. She slipped under the radar, it has to be said. Here she was as a tory mp ina be said. Here she was as a tory mp in a seat with the highest remain vote. 78, 70 6 in the referendum, she knew it was going to be trouble. For the reasons you give, she like other conservatives were telling us and they were telling people on the doorstep and hearing people back on the doorstep that we need to move on. That was a decision that has been made. Lets focus on the negotiations and the deal we need to strike in the future. It is clear that londoners have said in huge numbers, no you dont get away with that that easily. It is not that that that easily. It is not that that has happened injust that that easily. It is not that that has happened in just one or two seats, it has happened uniformly and you can take a seat like chipping on it, she didnt lose, but she had a 7000 majority going into yesterday, she won by about 326. It has been uniform across london. As you say, it did not go to the Liberal Democrats, they didnt make that decision. The otherfactor democrats, they didnt make that decision. The other factor related to that was ukip. I dont think and i think you have seenjeremy vines analysis of london says, i dont think many or as many previous ukip voters had gone to the conservatives in london as they have elsewhere. Somehow, it is being said that people were using the conservatives asa people were using the conservatives as a gateway, or it ukip as a gateway to the conservatives. That is an interesting thing, that hasnt happened. More analysis needs to be done. Indeed. The political scientists will be scratching their heads for the next weeks and months. Good to see you, tim. Just to remind you, Victoria Borwick of the conservatives, she was the incumbent, lost the seat byjust 20 votes to anna dent coad of labour. What a night it has been. Labour picked up an extra 29 seats. In the end, the conservatives had a vote share of 42. 4 with labour at a0 . 40 is normally the kind of figured that wins elections, that is how high the turnout was last night. Ukip supporters, we have been discussing, that has collapsed. They lost 10 of their vote and the snp lost 10 of their vote and the snp lost 21. Our first report is from our Political Editor, Laura Kuenssberg on the results, this report does contain flash photography. Is this strong and stable, Prime Minister . She who dares doesnt always win. The most votes, the most seats, but under this stinging glare, no iron gates nor Police Protection can shield theresa may from the accusation she looks a political loser. The trappings of power, the visit to the palace, help from Northern Irish mps mean she can gather enough support to stay on. But having believed herself to be on the brink of a sizeable majority, going backwards seems like defeat. I have just been to see her majesty the queen and i will now form a government. A government that can provide certainty and to lead britain forward at this critical time for our country. This government will guide the country through the crucial brexit talks that begin in just ten days. Not a single mention of the result. What the country needs more than ever is certainty and having secured the largest number of votes and the greatest number of seats in the General Election, it is clear that only the conservative and Unionist Party has the legitimacy and ability to provide that certainty by commanding a majority in the house of commons. This will allow us to come together as a country and channel our energies towards a successful brexit deal that works for everyone in this country, securing a new partnership with the eu which guarantees our long term prosperity. Thats what people voted for last june. Thats what we will deliver. Now, lets get to work. So theresa may walks back into number ten still Prime Minister but damaged, diminished, a smallerfigure. Thank you very much Jeremy Corbyn is not the victor. Labour lost as badly as they did in 2010. But he looks it. Behind by more than 60 seats, but so much further on than anyone had expected. Many young voters dreams, the tories nightmare. Incredible result for the labour party because people voted for hope. Young people and old people all came together yesterday. Very high turnout, huge increase in the labour vote and they did it because they want to see things done differently and they want hope in their lives. Coffee for tory staffers this morning instead of celebratory champagne. The loss of so many seats burst their balloons. Are you stepping down, mrs may . Traditional Election Rules showed few clues to theresa mays retreat. Boris, does your party need a new leader . Should it be you . By morning, words in the wind of ministers who might think of their own manoeuvres. Because what was surprise at the start. And what were saying is the conservatives are the Largest Party. Note that they dont have an overall majority at this stage. Gradually, seat after seat, was glorious shock for labour. Loss after loss for the conservatives. No obvious pattern or geography to start with. But a Hung Parliament. Well keep the red flag flying here. With no overall winner becoming clear. We cannot see any way at all that the conservatives can get to the 326 mark and we think its pretty clear that there is going to be a Hung Parliament. Was he grabbing a victory of sorts . Well, over the sceptics in his party. Politics isnt going back into the box where it was before. What had seemed her unassailable lead at the startjust melted away. Personal as well as political loss written all over her face. As we ran this campaign, we set out to consider the issues that are the key priorities for the british people. The tories care about winning. It wasnt long for the first call for her to go. Shes a very talented woman and she doesnt shy from difficult decisions, but she now has to obviously consider her position. But no others publiclyjoined. Discipline perhaps . Or some cheerfrom tories big wins in scotland, a separate campaign fought with 13 seats won, levels of support not seen for years. The tories and Labour In Scotland dragged the snp down from their high point. The bubble pricked even for alex salmond. Other parties took heavy fire. The lib dems adding seats but losing their biggest household name, perhaps loved and loathed. Nuttall, paul andrew, ukip. And in reverse, another ukip leader took his leave. No party though can govern alone. Meet the ten strong democratic Unionist Party, Northern Irish mps who will prop theresa may up. The Prime Minister has spoken with me this morning and we will enter discussions with the conservatives to explore how it may be possible to bring stability to our nation. Others, though, calling for her to go. We will work with others if it is at all possible to keep the tories out of government. She put her party before her country, she has been found out. She should be ashamed. Its an Act The Westminster Circus did not expect. I think labour mps have been shocked by how well weve done. And lot of them will recognise jeremys here and will take us into the next election and they will start to work with him. I think weve witnessed a political earthquake and i am going to be the first or second or third person to say that jeremy has had a character explosion. You must accept, though, that a Hung Parliament makes the government less stable, less strong. I accept this isnt the result we wanted. Its not a great result. Im not here sugar coating this view. Im telling you that of the options once the people have decided at the ballot box, this is the clear one that gives the country certainty. But only late this afternoon did the Prime Minister acknowledge that anything had gone wrong. I had wanted to achieve a larger majority, but that was not the result that we secured and im sorry for all those candidates and hard working Party Workers who werent successful. She won more votes, more seats, she keeps this address, but her gamble failed. The electorate can damn with faint praise. We have all the results finally fully General Election, 2017. They were, the conservatives, 318, labour 262, the snp lost 21, Liberal Democrats up to 12, the dup on ten, other parties on 13. That 318 below the required figure for a majority. They now have two former government, a minority government, with one of the others and that is likely to be the others and that is likely to be the dup. My colleague ros atkins has been at Downing Street all day. Ros, whats been happening . It has been very busy all day, clive. A day of drama and as we saw in the report earlier that the Prime Minister stepped out onto a spot just behind be here and she said she was creating this new government in order to provide the country with certainty. Lets talk with ben wright about that particular word. He isjoining me here in Downing Street. You can think of any other word apart from certainty to describe it. This is to be looked up from the board and seen as very dull, british politics. That is completely broken down in the last few years. This is further evidence of that. Another Hung Parliament in seven years, eight referendum that has torn the country and pass. This feels pretty hollow from theresa may. Her statement here was fascinating, there was no acknowledgement of her effectively losing this election with the majority that she was going into it with has disappeared. Now she will have two form almost a day by day alliance with the Northern Ireland party the dup just to get Government Business done. It will be precarious and it will be unstable and it will beam meaning that a lot of things she wanted to get done something not possible. There will be no way to get the numbers in the commons to get the numbers in the commons to get it through. As the sun was coming up here in london and Downing Street started being flooded with lovely morning light, there was lots of speculation that perhaps the primers do with step out and resign. She has taken a gamble, it has backfired, she promised stability. We have not got that at the moment. Why hasnt she resigned . How has she been able to sustain her position within the tory party . She felt a clear sense of duty to stay where she was and to provide stability, rather than to let this spiral into some sort of chaos. She may want that. Crucially, she would have taken soundings from the tory mps and hercabinet and taken soundings from the tory mps and her cabinet and that will be the message that she will have got. I was Texting Tory Mps At First Light saying that this was a complete, that they largely blamed theresa may, but who else can lead us . Bass track complete disaster. I dont think there was any appetite to add to the disaster and mess of this. Brexit negotiations are in the diary to begin in ten days time. That is the truth. Theresa may triggered the article 50 process to months ago. It cant be stopped or extended unless the hold of the eu agreed to it. The view within government is that this isa view within government is that this is a political catastrophe for theresa may, no question, but the best thing is that she stays put and tries to steady the ship and begin that Brexit Process. I must say, there is a high expectation that she may not be here for many more months. Thank you. A date for all of oui months. Thank you. A date for all of ourdiaries,june months. Thank you. A date for all of our diaries, june the 19th. That is when the brexit negotiations are due to start, monday week. If they do, the work needs to be speeding because the European Union has made it very clear that whatever uncertainty or stability we have in oui uncertainty or stability we have in our domestic politics, that will have no impact at all on the final deadline that has been set in 2019. The clock is ticking, two years to go. Many thanks. Lets talk to Nicola Blackwood who lost her previous seat. Oxford and West Abington<

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