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As it stands the BBC’s exit poll places the party on an 86 seat majority, boasting commanding gains of 50 seats. Mr Johnson is no doubt ecstatic at the result and he’s given his first response to those results on Twitter. He posted: “Thank you to everyone across our great country who voted, who volunteered, who stood as candidates.
The Prime Minister looks set to enjoy the largest Conservative majority since the times of Margaret Thatcher.
This places Mr Johnson in the perfect position to enact his campaign promise “to get Brexit done”.
If, as forecast, the Tories have now broken the deadlock in Parliament.
Boris Johnson is set for a huge majority (Image: GETTY)
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The forecasted result is a majorly disappointing one for the Labour Party who have seen a loss of 50 seats with many blaming a neglect of traditional Labour heartlands who support Brexit.
The Labour Party now is projected to only hold 191 seats.
The SNP is set to do well increasing their hold of Scotland with a new seat share of 55.
The increase in their influence should now give Nicola Sturgeon a much greater weight in calling for a second independence referendum.
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This would be Labour's worst performance in years (Image: GETTY)
In one of the earliest seats announced the Conservative Party took Blyth Valley from the Labour Party for the first time ever as the 2019 general election results begin to pour in.
The third result of the general election has delivered a significant blow to Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party as the Tories steal Blyth Valley, a former mining community in the north of England.
The result has been branded a huge moment and a predictor of what's to come as Labour are on course for a colossal electoral defeat.
The seat was won by a slim majority of 712 votes and was predicted to be Labour's 85th most vulnerable seat.
The results are a significant blow to Labour (Image: GETTY)
The Tories have taken Blythe Valley from Labour (Image: GETTY)
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BBC anchorman Huw Edwards said: “That is one of the biggest moments of the night. This is the Conservative Party taking the former mining community of Blythe Valley from Labour. That is a very significant pointer.”
With a predicted loss of so many Labour strongholds in the North many within the party are now predicting Conservative dominance for another generation.
Stoke-on-Trent Central Labour MP Gareth Snell said: "I'm going to lose badly and this is the start of 20 years of Tory rule". He won the seat last time with a majority of, 3897.
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Faced with such a poor result a question mark now hangs over Jeremy Corbyn’s continued leadership.
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell ruled out taking over the position saying he will not serve "either as a temporary or a permanent" leader of the Labour Party if Jeremy Corbyn were to stand down.
Speaking on Sky News, he said: "The poll itself, I think it looks as though it's Brexit dominated, a lot of this I think was Brexit fatigue, people just wanted it over and done with and it put Labour in a very difficult position."
John McDonnell ruled out a leadership bid (Image: GETTY)
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Mr McDonnell added: "But also, it is about installing what is generally seen as the most right-wing extreme cabinet that we've seen in our history, and it means therefore, if they have a large majority like this, they will have, therefore, the opportunity to introduce some quite reactionary policies.
"If the electorate have decided this way, that's democracy, you have to respect it. But I don't think it will bring the country together, I think it will be divided still."