So, let’s recap.
The United Kingdom has woken up to a new political era this morning.
After 14 years of Conservative leadership, Keir Starmer is the new prime minister, and his Labour party have won in a dramatic fashion.
As was expected in the lead-up, the Conservatives have fallen to one of their worst ever results.
There’s still a couple seats to be called, but so far Labour has 412 seats, well above the 326 needed for a majority.
The Conservatives are sitting on 121, and have lost 250 MPs, including many high-profile ones.
Former UK prime minister Liz Truss lost her seat, while former cabinet minister Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg also suffered defeat.
While Labour won a huge amount of MPs, it didn’t see a huge jump in its share of the overall vote.
One of the big winners was Reform UK, a party standing on an anti-immigration policy.
Led by populist leader Nigel Farrage’s win in Clacton, Reform only claimed four seats but came second in many more.
Reform secured more than 14 per cent of the vote, and will raise plenty of concerns for the Conservatives moving forward.
The Liberal Democrats had a great night, and will have 71 seats in the new parliament, adding 63.
On the other hand, it was a terrible night for the Scottish National Party, losing 38 seats to sit with just nine.
The Greens won four seats, three more than in 2019.