Not resigning yet. The responsible thing is not to walk away from the whole thing, and i wont do that. I will stay here until there has been somebody elected to succeed me, and then i will step down at that point. Cheering. In scotland, a triumphant night for the Scottish National party. They took almost all of the seats available, prompting new questions about the future of the union. Given what i fear a tory government now has in store for scotland, that right to choose our own future has never been more important or more urgent. One of the snps casualties wasjo swinson, who lost her seat on a bad night for her party and stepped down as leader of the lib dems. Well be hearing from voters in some of the seats that produced the conservative victory, asking what they make of the new political landscape. The times are changing. The labour party in its day was great, but things have changed now. Hopefully, brexit can finally get done. Onwards and upwards, i say. Stay with us for the story of the night, the changing political map, the future of the Brexit Process and all the days election news. Coming up on the bbc news channel. Stay with us. We will have continuing coverage of the general Election Results and, of course, a first look at tomorrow mornings papers. Good evening from downing street, where borisjohnson is back in residence tonight, this time as Prime Minister of a majority conservative government, after a notable victory in yesterdays election, where his party made sweeping gains in england and wales. The Prime Minister said he hoped the result would bring closure to the Brexit Debate and start a process of healing. The conservatives have emerged with a majority of 80 seats in the commons, the partys biggest since 1987. But it was a very different story for labour it was their worst performance since the 1930s. Jeremy corbyn says he will not lead labour into another election but he hasnt yet announced his plans to step down. The liberal democrats also had a bruising night their leader, jo swinson, lost her seat to the Scottish National party. Indeed, across scotland, the snp made sweeping gains, winning 48 of the 59 seats available. The electoral map of the uk was redrawn overnight. With all seats declared, this is the state of the parties. This is a map showing the geographical spread of parties at the last election in 2017. And this is how the map looks now after 47 conservative gains, 59 labour losses, 13 snp gains and one loss for the lib dems. Well be reporting from across the uk, hearing from voters who helped transform the political picture and asking what the future might hold. First, our political editor, laura kuenssberg, reports on the conservative victory. Her report contains flash photography. Cheering. The power of surprise. The power of victory. Well, we did it. We did it. We pulled it off, didnt we . The power of a Prime Minister with authority firmly in his hands. With this mandate and this majority, we will at last be able to do what . All get brexit done you paid attention. Jubilation here they can keep the promise to leave the eu next month. The will we, wont we fundamental tussle of brexit almost at an end. This election means that getting brexit done is now the irrefutable, irresistible, unarguable decision of the british people. But it didnt happen just because of traditional tories but because of labour voters going over. The majority he craved, the start of the change. We have won votes and the trust of people who have never voted conservative before. Those people want change. We cannot, must not, must not let them down. And in delivering change, we must change too. Lets get brexit done. But first, my friends, lets get breakfast done. Thank you all thank you all very much for coming. Thank you all very much. Chanting boris, Boris Borisjohnson has pulled off what is a genuinely historic victory, notjust because it is the biggest conservative majority since the 80s, but because for the first time, as hes reminded his party, people who had never supported considered voting for a conservative have turned to them. I am a northerner, so i think you have to appeal to the whole country. It gives you the mandate, which i think is what has been given tonight. The best day, the best week, and like a christmas present. At about 5am, we were like, omg, is it going to happen . It was amazing when it did. He has won the right to call this home for five years now. Are you going to resign, mr corbyn . We love you, Jeremy Corbyn forJeremy Corbyn, the end of his ambition to move the few short miles to westminster from his north london home. Do you think you misread the mood . Labour were swamped in this election. He is off by the spring, if not before. I did everything i could. Of course, i take responsibility for putting the manifesto forward. The manifesto was universally supported throughout our party and movement. As i said in my own result last night, we dont give up on the eternal hopes of a more decent society. Our exit poll is suggesting that there will be a conservative majority. From the start, it was obvious what might be coming. One of the very first results, blyth valley in northumberland, labour since 1950, turned tory. The new mp almost overwhelmed by the scale of that change. And i would like to thank boris. And through the night, labours roots appeared to shrivel, whether in yorkshire, the midlands. Im just sorry we have let people down. Or the north east seat after seat flipped red to blue. Jeremy corbyns hopes came crashing down. In a fateful moment, just as he took to the stage in islington, sedgefield, the seat of tony blair, held by labour for all time, broke for borisjohnson too. The foundations of labour victories past crumbling before our eyes, the Party Falling more heavily where people had voted leave. Have you lost your seat, ms swinson . The lib dems had a crushing night too. Just a few weeks ago, jo swinson claimed she could be Prime Minister. In the middle of the night, though, she even lost her own place in parliament. She closed the day neither an mp nor a party leader. All of us who share an alternative vision for society have a responsibility to learn from this result and find new answers. They lost at the hands of the tories and the snp too, who cleaned up. Look at the first minister, unable to hide her glee as news ofjo swinsons defeat came through. Scotland yellow, england now largely blue. The union uneasy another demand for a vote on independence on the way. I acknowledge that not everyone who voted snp yesterday is ready to support independence. Whether or not scotland becomes an independent country must be a matter for the people who live here. The map moved in Northern Ireland too. The dup leader at westminster, nigel dodds, lost his seat, and for the first time more nationalists than unionists were chosen by voters, pulling at the unions thread. The brexit party scooped up votes but didnt cross the bar for any seats of their own. I do feel i got to create what happened last night, to some extent. We are going to leave the European Union now at the end of january. Politics is a tough business. Nor did any of those who switched allegiances in the last few torrid years. All these falling pieces created one clear picture one man securely in charge, even though his journey gave discomfort to many voters. But, with this victory, borisjohnson has secured at least a major chapter in the kind of history books he likes to write. He wont be a footnote now. His first task to finish what they started, but with an appeal to the 48 and the 52. To those who did not vote for us or for me, and who wanted and perhaps still want to remain in the eu, i want you to know that we in this one nation conservative government will never ignore your good and positive feelings of warmth and sympathy towards the other nations of europe. Then an unlikely claim, perhaps a post election promise of peace and goodwill. This country deserves a break from wrangling, a breakfrom politics, and a permanent break from talking about brexit. Thank you all very much, and happy christmas. Thank you. Yet this politician has been unafraid to provoke. Unafraid to gamble. He now swears he will govern for us all. With five years and a convincing majority, he has time to succeed or to stumble. For today, though, he who dared did win. And laura is with me. Lets talk short term, first of all, 110w lets talk short term, first of all, now he has this big majority. What is he likely to do . The first thing, as he promised in the campaign, take us as he promised in the campaign, take us out of the union next month. That is absolutely a priority, that was made clear in the campaign, and it was the reason borisjohnson was chosen by the tories in the first place, and it is what he campaigned for in the referendum in 2016 and, ever since, even though there was a majority to get out of the European Union at that point, the will we, wont we question is what has held a glue onto british politics, but the majority at this election has cleared that way unless something happens in the next six weeks that is very odd stop we will be out of the eu by january is very odd stop we will be out of the eu byjanuary the is very odd stop we will be out of the eu by january the 31st. Is very odd stop we will be out of the eu byjanuary the 31st. There will be plenty of arguing about long term issues, but that major decision for the country will come to pass at that point. The onto the immediate short term, he piled on a lot of domestic promises and pledges today beyond the brexit issue. He will have to deliver now that he has made those pledges and has this majority. Clearly, and for the Prime Minister speaking here in downing street earlier, absolutely and, as in the referendum, that controversial promise made then, he made it plain that number one promise on the list after leaving the eu is to sort out the very many issues in the health service. Clearly, he wants to try and run a government with wide appeal across the country, that rings true and makes sense to that political map that we saw emerge overnight, but it isa that we saw emerge overnight, but it is a tall order. The electoral map is a tall order. The electoral map is always moving and shifting. Last night suggested it has suddenly changed and suddenly thrown up a different sort of equation, a different sort of equation, a different kind of conservative party made from former labour voters in working towns around the country, together with traditional tory shires, but we will only know may be infor shires, but we will only know may be in forfive shires, but we will only know may be in for five years time, shires, but we will only know may be in forfive years time, in shires, but we will only know may be in for five years time, in the next general election, whether Boris Johnson has really been able to make that stick, to make that equation actually makes sense to the country at large. This is a very significant victory for Boris Johnson, no question but, given the controversy of these times, there is no doubt they will also be millions of people who do not feel represented by what has happened today, and one thing i believe is that we will see tensions arise as the question of the union, because this result painted most of england blue and most of scotland yellow and, over time, that could put lots of pressure on this place. Thank you, laura. Laura kuenssberg, oui thank you, laura. Laura kuenssberg, our political editor. So, labour suffered its worst election defeat since 1935. Not only that, it lost seats in its traditional heartlands former labour strongholds in the midlands, wales and the north of england that had never returned conservative mps before. Our political correspondent, alex forsyth, reports from stoke on Trent Central, which voted to leave the eu in 2016 and has now gone blue for the first time in its history. Stoke on trents industrial past is still printed on the skyline. With roots in coal, steel and, famously, ceramics, this was a labour stronghold for decades. Not any more. Stoke on Trent Central now has a conservative mp, the first since the seats creation in 1950. Jo gideon, a businesswoman and until now a councillor in kent, thinks she knows why she won here. Its a city that feels its been neglected and ignored for a long time, and so, in a sense, the fact that they voted 70 for brexit and it didnt happen was just another example of how nobody is listening to them. And so it was a call to be listened to, really. More people here voted to leave than any other city in the uk. The tories tapped into brexit frustration in labours heartlands. John is a former miner. Ive always voted labour, all my life. Until this time. Who did you vote for . Conservatives. Why is that . To get something done on this brexit business. So, you switched from labour to conservatives . Yes. I dont like Jeremy Corbyn, for one. He was trying to put the country back years. Some in labour claim their policy offer was crowded out by brexit, which was the tories relentless focus. The conservatives deliberately put brexit front and centre of their campaign, hoping it would transcend Traditional Party loyalties, and so targeting areas that voted to leave in the midlands and the north, and thats where they gained support. While labour wrestles with the reasons behind this result, the former mp here called it a catastrophe, last night laying blame on the partys leaders. In stoke on trent, were going to have another five years of tory government, probably with three conservative mps, and the damage and the untold horrors they will unleash in stoke on trent, i believe, lays firmly at the door of those running the National Partys campaign, and the decisions that they have made about where to target and the sort of brexit response they should have made. In this city, some loyal to labour are surprised at the extent of their losses. Ill never be a tory voter. I was born in 1985, my mum was a single mother, we were at the tail end of the thatcher decade and we were really struggling. And to see such a working class and hard working and friendly city like stoke on trent be turned is just so sad to see. The countrys political map does look very different today, with some whove never voted tory now making that choice. Ive got to go with boris, im afraid. So, yeah, times are changing. They most certainly are. Alex forsyth, bbc news, stoke on trent. Well, Jeremy Corbyn insisted he was proud of his partys manifesto and defended his record as party leader. Mr corbyn, who was elected labour leader back in 2015, announced he would stand down after what he called a period of reflection, although some of his mps have called on him to resign immediately. Our deputy political editor, john pienaar, looks now at labours future and a warning that there are some flashing images in his report. Here comes the leader. And there goes the leader. After last night, the media was keen to catchJeremy Corbyns thoughts in defeat one cameraman, who took a nasty tumble, especially. Are you going to say sorry . What about all the mps whove lost their seats . A lot keener, anyway, than he was to talk to them. It was a car crash, labours election, and this trip didnt go too well either. Now mr corbyns not rushing the next leaders election. What i hope is there will be a period where we can have a good discussion within the party, and i think thats healthy and thats to be very welcome. And i hope those that were inspired by my manifesto will actuallyjoin the party and take part in that discussion. And its up to them to set a programme for when an election will take place. It will be in the early part of next year. Jeremy corbyn didnt put it like this, but he failed badly, and now he and his team are looking for someone theyd like to carry on what theyve always described as the socialist struggle. Theres no clear sign who that person might be, so they want time to plan and prepare for the succession. Labours hurt wont heal quickly, remainers and leavers blaming each other or the leader for pleasing no one, centrists raged at devoted corbyn followers for turning off traditional supporters. Corbyn was a disaster on the doorstep. Everyone knew that he couldnt lead the working class out of a paper bag. Nowjohns developed this momentum group, this party within a party. I want him out of the party. I want momentum gone. Go back to your student politics. Momentum has captured the energy and enthusiasm of the hundreds of thousands of people whove joined the labour party in support of precisely these policies. Speech interrupted. The partys splitting, ahead of a new year leadership contest those who embraced politics the corbyn way, and blame brexit for defeat, and those who say labour and its leader got it wrong. So many people said to me on the doorstep, phil, if you had a different leader, id vote for you, youd walk it, there wouldnt be a problem, youd probably form the next government. So, they thought that, and the one thing that was holding them back from voting labour was the current leadership of the labour party. Unfortunately, our labour heartlands, working class heartlands in the north and the midlands that voted leave, they undoubtedly felt that labour had let them down. So, who could join the race to lead labour . Theres rebecca long bailey, but does she want the job . Angela rayners been mentioned, perhaps as deputy leader, though. Kier starmera a Centre Ground pro european, which could put some off. Emily thornberry is a strong performer and looks ambitious. Then lisa nandy, young, left leaning, looks like another contender. And jess phillips, outspoken, combative, maybe the wild card of the contest. Jeremy corbyns heading for a quieter life to his admirers, an heroic loser. To critics, the man who consigned labour to a fourth term out of office. They will all be fighting over labours future before Jeremy Corbyns even out of sight. John pienaar, bbc news. Well, as the Scottish National party swept to victory across scotland taking 48 out of 59 seats the future of the union is again in sharp focus, with Nicola Sturgeon asserting that borisjohnson has no right to stand in the way of another referendum on scottish independence. Our scotland editor, sarah smith, looks at what the snps victory means for scotland and for the united kingdom. Posing with some schoolkids this morning, Nicola Sturgeon has one clear demand that their political future be decided by scottish voters. She believes that winning 80 of the seats in scotland means she must now be allowed to hold another independence referendum, but legally, she needs borisjohnson to agree. So, to the Prime Minister, let me be very clear. This is not simply a demand that i or the snp are making, it is the right of the people of scotland and you, as the leader of a defeated party in scotland, have no right to stand in the way. The prospect of another independence referendum is not imminent. Borisjohnson will refuse permission. But that will put his government on a constitutional collision course with the party that dominates scotland. And that risks further increasing support for scottish independence. The conservative campaign focused almost entirely on rejecting another referendum, but its the tories who were rejected in over half of their scottish seats. The people who gave us that vote, who voted for us last night, did so on the basis that we would stand up for scotlands place in the united kingdom. And im simply not prepared to betray the votes of those people for us last night. The lib dem leader, jo swinson, was defeated by the snp landslide. But scottish labour suffered the greatest humiliation. They were even beaten by a candidate whod been suspended from the snp. And have only one surviving scottish mp. Im sick of standing at lecterns during general election campaigns and saying, its been a difficult night for the labour party. This party must listen, and this party must respond, or this party will die. The entire city of glasgow is now represented by the snp and ready for another referendum. I definitely think we should be allowed to have an independence referendum, and i think that steps should be taken, if possible, to force them to make this happen, to let this happen. Ijust think that. Englands going one way, scotlands going another, so we should be able to decide for ourselves. If the wills there and they get the go ahead from westminster, it will happen again, and well have to make that choice again. And ill be voting no again. Chanting Boris Johnson has to go hundreds of demonstrators marched through Glasgow City Centre tonight, protesting against the tory government they say scotland did not vote for. As this country moves in a different political direction, it will inevitably test the endurance of the whole united kingdom. Borisjohnson has spoken on the phone with Nicola Sturgeon tonight and we are told that he made clear his resolute opposition to another independence referendum. But she told him she doesnt believe it is credible for him to try and deny scotla nd credible for him to try and deny scotland its right to choose its own future. Sarah, many thanks again. Sarah smith, our scotland editor, with the latest on the analysis there from scotland. It was a terrible night for the liberal democrats, who now have just 11 members of palriament. Jo swinson was elected leader just injuly this year, but last night lost her own seat in dunbartonshire east. Our chief political correspondent, vicki young, assesses the future of the liberal democrats as an electoral force. Applause her leadership over, it didnt even last five months. Jo swinsons decision to push for this election backfired. Some blame herfor hardening the partys anti brexit message and for claiming she could be Prime Minister, which few took seriously. Im proud that liberal democrats have been the unapologetic voice of remain in this election, giving people the chance to choose to stop brexit. Obviously, it hasnt worked and i, like you, am devastated about that, but i dont regret trying. And she spoke about the personal criticism thats come her way. Being myself, whether people attacked my vision or my voice, my ideas or my earrings, one of the realities of smashing glass ceilings is that a lot of broken glass comes down on your head. Once again, Party Workers left distraught, after a dismal general election performance. Many blame a shift in policy in september, when the lib dems said theyd cancel brexit if they won the election. It was distinctive, but undemocratic, according to some. I think weve, in a way, become more extreme, and we came across as a party with an extreme position on brexit, and we gave people a positive reason to vote against us, including many traditional supporters. For most lib dem candidates today, there were messages of commiseration, not congratulation. Thanks so much. Thank you. In wimbledon, paul kohler narrowly lost out. He thinks its time for labour and the lib dems to work together. We need to learn some lessons. We have to give credit to our opponents, but learn the lesson. They combined. The brexit party and the conservatives formed an alliance, thats why we lost. Progressive liberals didnt. We formed an alliance with the greens, but progressive liberals in the labour party werent on board. There were some huge increases in the lib dem vote almost four million backed them this time but in many places, it wasnt enough. Wimbledon was a typical liberal democrat target seat, held by the conservatives, an area that voted heavily to remain in the eu. The party ran an energetic local campaign, but so did labour. The remain vote was split and the conservative re elected, with a majority ofjust over 600. This election was a huge opportunity for the lib dems, but their dreams of stopping brexit have fallen by the wayside. Vicki young, bbc news, wimbledon. Well, by targeting labour constituencies which voted to leave in the 2016 eu referendum, the conservatives advanced into areas that had previously been out of range. And that was the prime factor in achieving a substantial commons majority, which should now see the Brexit Process speeding up. Our correspondentjon kay has been to visit three of those former labour seats, and he starts hisjourney in blyth valley in the north east of england one of the first seats to declare last night, turning blue for the first time in its history, symbolising all the change of this election. Ian levy, the conservative party candidate, 17,000. Cheering would you believe it . Blyth valley, in northumberland, woke up with a conservative mp for the first time ever. So, how are you feeling this morning . Good. Walking her dog by the north sea, we meet alison labour born and bred but, this time, tory. And i know a lot of people are saying, oh, well, i was brought up labour and my dad voted labour and my mam. Those days are long gone. The labour party then, in its day, was great, but things have changed now. But what has changed . Whats different this time . I think its all around brexit, yeah. People have voted to leave, but Jeremy Corbyn wanted to hold another referendum. Until last night, blyth was a brick in labours red wall, a block of supposedly safe seats, stretching for miles across the country. But not any more. We head under the tyne, to sedgefield. This was tony blairs house when he was the local mp. In the days of new labour, he had a majority of 20,000 here. Now, all change. This constituency went conservative. Never . yeah. I dont believe it. We meet care worker andrea, at the end of her night shift. She stuck with labour, and thought others would in this old mining community. How big a shift is this, that sedgefield is now conservative . Its unbelievable. Itsjust totally, 100 , mad. Its the biggest change ive everseen in my life. Are you going to change the colour of your car . No. He laughs but derek has changed the way he votes. A retired pit worker, hes been labourfor 70 years. How did you feel voting conservative for the first time . I didnt feel anything. I thought it was the right thing to do. And thats why i did it. And do you now consider yourself to be a conservative . No. No, i dont. I voted againstJeremy Corbyn. Thats what i voted against. It was a vote against labour, not necessarily for conservatives . No. We heard that a lot today. As we headed west, through newly blue bishop auckland, former labour voters saying they just hadnt trusted Jeremy Corbyn on brexit, security, or the economy. The parties needed to woo. The conservatives won here as well. So, what now . How much do you trust borisjohnson to deliver what you voted for . Boris, boris himself, i dont know, er, but the party in general, id like to think there is some truth. Trusts a big thing in politics, isnt it . Because theres many an amount of them that tell a lot of lies, but fingers crossed. From the north sea to the irish sea, labours red wall reduced to rubble. Jon kay, bbc news. The conservatives did lose votes in the south of england and scotland, but these were balanced by all the gains in the rest of england and wales. Labour, meanwhile, lost vote share in every nation and region across britain. My colleague Reeta Chakrabarti has been looking at the some of the key results in more detail. I want to show you the final score board, the state of the uk parties. And, as you can see, the conservatives having a very good night, gaining 47 seats. Labour losing 59 seats. A bad night for them. And the snp also putting in a strong performance, gaining 13 seats. I want to show you, though, how the vote share changed, compared to the 2017 election, and whats so interesting here is the conservatives actually only put on one point in terms of vote share. The labour vote share dropped sharply by eight points. And its the difference between the two thats allowed the conservatives to surge forward and gain all those seats. I want to show you some more detail about conservative gains from labour, and here are some really old traditional labour strongholds that have just tumbled to the conservatives. Seats like sedgefield, tony blairs old seat, a seat where he once had a 25,000 majority, thats now gone conservative. Great grimsby, labour since the war, now conservative. And bassetlaw, in nottinghamshire, now a conservative seat. Let me show you what happened to the labour vote, down by 25 points. Labour vote completely collapsing in bassetlaw, and that represents a swing from labour to conservative of 18 . Thats the biggest swing of the night that we saw. I want to show you one more thing, which is the different way in which the country voted, depending on whether people were in strongly leave seats or strongly remain seats. As you can see, the conservatives doing well in those leave seats. Labours vote dropping sharply. But both the main parties losing share of the vote in the strongly remain seats. But again, its the difference between the two performances thats important here. The conservatives performed less badly than labour and, therefore, were able to pick up seats. Well, you can find much more detail on all of this including your own results in your own constituency all on the bbc news website. In Northern Ireland, theres been political change too. Nationalist mps, whose political goal is a united ireland, outnumber unionist mps for the first time. The big result of the night was the defeat of nigel dodds, the democratic unionist leader at westminster. But both the dup and sinn fein saw their vote significantly reduced, after three years of failure to restore power sharing at the Northern Ireland assembly. Emma vardys report on the result in Northern Ireland contains some flash photography. Applause a major player leaving the stage. Nigel dodds, so influential for the dup at westminster and in the campaign to leave the eu leverage over the Brexit Process at an end, for the party and for him. I am absolutely very disappointed not just for north belfast but, actually, for Northern Ireland that theyre losing such a great advocate in nigel dodds. Cheering john finucanes win highly significant for republicans, the son of a solicitor, murdered by loyalists during the troubles. This is a watershed moment for Northern Ireland. North belfast now with a nationalist mp for the first time, ousting a veteran politician, in a night of bitter blows for the democratic unionists. I do want to acknowledge the fact that everybody who voted for me tonight arent necessarily sinn fein supporters, they do have issues with some of our policies. They stretched themselves on this, but they did so because of the nature of the threat that brexit is. It is a threat that transcended party politics. And in a place marked by division, a remarkable win for the Centre Ground the Cross Community Alliance Party taking only its second ever westminster seat. And a return to westminster for the sdlp moderate nationalists, who want to see a united ireland, attracting voters in londonderry away from the more uncompromising sinn fein, who dont take their seats in parliament. You want someone to go to westminster to fight your case, to stand up to borisjohnson, to protect us from brexit, but you also want us to get back to work in stormont. But none of the Northern Ireland parties back borisjohnsons brexit deal, and big differences must be overcome for a devolved government to return to stormont. Well, after three years of paralysis here, since power sharing collapsed, voters have signalled their frustration. Votes for the dup and sinn fein were down across the board, and already tonight the irish Prime Minister, taoiseach leo varadkar, has spoken to Boris Johnson promising to help get this place back on its feet again, so fresh impetus, new talks due to start next week, but it still will not be easy. Emma vardy with the latest at stormont in Northern Ireland. Labours heartlands in wales were not safe from the conservative sweep, where they gained six seats. The tories took seats including wrexham, which had been labour since 1935, and they took the rural seat of brecon and radnorshire from the lib dems. Our correspondent Hywel Griffith starts his report in wrexham, north east wales. Only £2 a bunch welcome to a town of first time tories. Wrexham has never returned a conservative mp before. For most of a century, it stuck with labour, through thick and thin. Austerity bit hard here, but its turned its back on the party and gone from red to blue. For liam, it was all about delivering brexit. Get it done. We should be an independent country. We should be moving forward, looking at different things. Onwards and upwards, i say others lacked faith in labours leader. For pam, he was the reason she voted tory. I really just didnt want Jeremy Corbyn to be our Prime Minister. I dont think there was a great deal to choose from, but ijust didnt want him in as the Prime Minister. Youd rather Boris Johnson . Well, kind of, yeah wrexham is at the western edge of the so called red wall labour seats targeted by the tories. Irene lewis was, until a few months ago, vice chair of the local labour party but, this time, she lent her vote to borisjohnson, and shed consider doing it again. If the policies of the conservatives are more in line with my thinking, then ill vote for them. It may not be a one off . It may not be a one off, no. This wasnt a tory takeover, labour remains the Largest Party in wales, but its been humbled. Losing votes on brexit, not connecting through its leader and, vitally, failing to persuade voters here on its record, after 20 years of running Public Services in wales. There was little festive cheer for the other parties either. Lib dems lost their only welsh seat. Plaid cymru held theirfour. But it will be the conservatives who feel that christmas has come early. Hywel griffith, bbc news, wrexham. So, now that the conservatives have a very solid majority of 80 seats in the commons, what does that mean for the Brexit Process . Before christmas, parliament will almost certainly pass Boris Johnsons Withdrawal Agreement bill, the law that provides the framework for leaving the eu on january 31st next year. The uk will then be in whats known as a transition, or implementation period. Trade talks to decide our long term relationship with the eu would then begin, but if theres no agreement reached, the uk could still leave the eu without a deal at the end of december 2020. Our economics editor, faisal islam, is here. How does this change the Brexit Process , how does this change the Brexit Process, this result . What is clear is that legally we will leave the eu at the end of january. The chancellor can meet at 50p commemoratives coin without fear of it being melted down saw the market reaction, with stirling going up, various stocks going up pretty high, reflecting a bit of the uncertainty ofa reflecting a bit of the uncertainty of a Labour Government and forced nationalisations, but going away, but also all the uncertainty over the timetable. What happens after january is more uncertain. There is a fundamental decision for the Prime Minister to make about just a fundamental decision for the Prime Minister to make aboutjust how close the uk will remain economically to europe after brexit, and that is the fundamental thing. When he visited these red wall seats we have talked
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