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Who’s up and who’s down?

Some key facts and figures to sum up just how bad it’s been for the Tories.

The Manchester Mayor perfectly summed up his thoughts about the result live on air

Labour’s Sarah Sackman took Finchley and Golders Green from the Conservatives, defeating Tory rival Alex Deane who polled 17,276, while Sackman secured 21,857 votes

Braverman’s speech ‘the absolute bottom’ in what seemed to be a party leadership bid

As of 7am on Friday, 11 cabinet ministers had lost their seats

Independents made shock gains from Labour in Birmingham, Dewsbury, Blackburn and Leicester South

Labour candidate Terry Jermy won the seat by 630 votes

The Greens received a record number of votes

The Lib Dems are now the third largest party in the House of Commons once again

The UK is set to have a Labour government