General Election 2024 live: Labour wins historic landslide with Starmer set to be next PM

We take a look at the wins/losses in London after Labour won 59 out of 75 seats in the capital.

Sir Keir Starmer made his first speech as Prime Minister outside 10 Downing Street today (July 5).

Addressing the public after the Labour Party’s 2024 general election win, Mr Starmer said: “You have given us a clear mandate, and we will use it to deliver change, to restore service and respect to politics, end the era of noisy performance, tread more lightly on your lives and unite our country. Four nations standing together again, facing down, as we have so often in our past, the challenges of an insecure world.”

Watch the full speech here

With 600 constituency results declared, Labour has won 395 seats with a 34.6% share of the vote.

At a victory rally in central London, Sir Keir said the country could now "get its future back".

He told jubilant activists "we did it", adding: "Change begins now."

The Conservatives have 103 seats and a 23.2% vote share.

The Liberal Democrats have 63 constituencies with 11.8% of the overall vote, while Reform UK has 14.4% of the vote, translating to success in four seats.

The SNP has seven seats, Plaid Cymru is on four, Sinn Fein has seven and the DUP four.

The Green Party has 6.9% of the votes and four seats.

Emily Thornbury has held Islington South and Finsbury with 22,946 votes.

The veteran Labour MP said her party had "climbed a mountain" to win this election.

Jeremy Corbyn has won Islington North with 24,120 votes beating his Labour opponent Praful Nargund who gained 16,873 votes.

The former Labour leader dedicated his victory as an independent candidate to his constituents who he has served since 1983.

“I owe my life and my learning and my abilities entirely to the people of Islington North. This victory is dedicated entirely to them,” he said.

We’re at the Islington Tennis Centre where counting is underway for is underway for Islington North and Islington South and Finsbury constituencies are underway. Results are expected to be declared at 3am.

Jeremy Corbyn has just arrived. The former Labour leader who has served as an MP for Islington North since 1983 is running as an Independent candidate for Islington North.

Labour is set to win a general election landslide with a majority of 170, according to an exit poll for the BBC, ITV and Sky.

The polls shows Labour gaining 410 seats making Sir Keir Starmer the next Prime Minister.

The Tories are predicted to have made massive losses with 130 seats.

The Liberal Democrats are projected to come third with 61 MPs.

The Scottish National Party will see its number of MPs fall to 10 and Reform UK is forecast to get 13 MPs.

The Green Party is expected to double its seats to two while others are forecast to get 19 seats.

Its 10pm which mean polls have officially closed.

An exit poll will be broadcast by the BBC, Sky and ITV as soon as polls close, which will give us an estimation of who has won the election.

Online footage shows huge queues outside a polling station in Ilford North.

Independent candidate Leanne Mohammed posted a video on X showing a long line of voters queueing just 45 minutes before polls close.

Rishi Sunak has handed peerages to former prime minister Theresa May, former chairman of the 1922 Committee Sir Graham Brady and his chief of staff in the dissolution honours list.

Former deputy speaker Dame Eleanor Laing and ex-MP Craig Mackinlay, who has battled sepsis which cost him his hands and feet, have also been given peerages.

Former Cop26 president and Cabinet minister Sir Alok Sharma has also been made a peer.

Among Sir Keir Starmer’s nominations for peerages are Dame Margaret Beckett, Harriet Harman, Margaret Hodge and Kevan Jones.

Liberal Democrat Assembly member Caroline Pidgeon has also been appointed to the House of Lords.

You can see the full list of peerages here.

Across London's constituencies, voters can cast their ballot until 10pm. For the first time in a general election voters will be required to bring photo ID with them.

Once the polls close the votes will be counted overnight. We’ve listed the expected declaration times for each London seat for those planning to stay up tonight. The estimated times have been compiled by the PA news agency.

See the full list here.

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The weather is expected to remain dry in London throughout the day as voters head to the polls.

Temperatures will reach a maximum of 22C although it will be unseasonably windy, with strong gusty winds widely across the region.

A dry but windy evening is expected with plenty of late sunshine, the wind slowly easing. Clouding over later in the night, with patchy light rain expected for most by dawn on Friday.

Police escort an animal rights activist dressed as a bear from Keir Starmer’s local polling station in north London.

An average of all polls completed during the seven days to July 3 puts Labour on 39% the party’s lowest rating since the campaign began, 18 points ahead of the Conservatives on 21%, followed by Reform on 16%, the Lib Dems on 11% and the Greens on 6%.

The Tories are up slightly on the figures for the previous week while Labour are down, with the averages for the seven days to June 26 being Labour 41%, Conservatives 20%, Reform 16%, Lib Dems 11% and Greens 6%.

Jeremy Corbyn who is running as an independent candidate for Islington North posted a photo of himself on X earlier after casting his vote.

Mr Corbyn has won the seat for Labour at every general election since 1983, but is no longer a member of the party. The picture of him with thumbs up is captioned: “Just voted for the independent candidate in Islington North. I heard he’s alright.”

Earlier, he made an appeal for voters to help his campaign, saying: “We have built this campaign from nothing. We don’t have party machinery. We don’t have big donors. We have something more powerful: people.”

As is tradition on voting day people have enjoyed sharing photos of their dogs at polling stations with the hashtag #dogsatpollingtstaions trending.

Here are a pack of pooches outside a polling station in Dulwich Village.

Polling stations are open between 7am and 10pm. You can vote as long as you are in the queue before 10pm.

You can only vote at your local polling station, which might not be the same as in previous elections.

You can also find your local polling station online.