With almost all votes now in, Labour has won more than 400 seats.

That figure rivals the avalanche achieved in 1997 when Tony Blair swept to power for Labour.

Speaking in the early hours of the morning, beaming prime minister-elect Sir Keir Starmer said: "Change begins now"

Ejections: Numerous senior Tories have lost their seats - among them Liz Truss, who was prime minister less than two years ago. Jeremy Hunt, the outgoing chancellor, hung on - but has now left Downing Street. The SNP has taken a hammering in Scotland, described by one ex-MP as "cataclysmic"

Recriminations: The Conservative blame-game has begun as the party looks ahead to a stint on the opposition benches. Former leader Iain Duncan Smith, who narrowly held his seat, said his party had "lost touch" with voters, while Robert Buckland, the former justice secretary, blamed in-fighting

Gaza: Independent candidates running on pro-Palestinian platforms have slightly dented the massive Labour majority, including its former long-term MP and leader Jeremy Corbyn, who triumphed in Islington North. And, in one of the surprise results of the evening, shadow paymaster general Jonathan Ashworth lost his Leicester South seat to Shockat Adam, who said the main parties' approach to Gaza was an issue

Swings: The Lib Dems have achieved a huge improvement on 2019, winning more than 70 seats - a result that they proclaim as being their best for a century. But the SNP have been trounced after years of dominance in Scotland, winning just eight seats compared with 48 last time

Breakthroughs: At the eighth time of asking, Nigel Farage has bagged a Westminster seat as Reform UK bagged four seats - a figure that's been matched by the Greens