:00:00. > :00:20.Their share of the vote was down, reflecting the
:00:21. > :00:25.Hello, and a very good morning from BBC London. In the next half an
:00:26. > :00:27.hour, we will bring you the detailed picture of what has happened in and
:00:28. > :00:31.around the capital. Labour have done around the capital. Labour have done
:00:32. > :00:36.much better than they expected. The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan,
:00:37. > :00:42.described it as an astonishing night in British politics. They took three
:00:43. > :00:46.seats from the Conservatives, including Croydon Central from Gavin
:00:47. > :00:52.Barlow, the Tory housing minister. The Tories have lost seats to both
:00:53. > :00:56.Labour and the Lib Dems. Their only game was Richmond Park, Zac
:00:57. > :01:01.Goldsmith winning by just 45. A loss for the Lib Dems lie, but the return
:01:02. > :01:05.of some familiar party faces in south-west London, with Vince Cable
:01:06. > :01:11.Twickenham and Ed Davey in Surbiton and Kingston. We're waiting for one
:01:12. > :01:14.more result, in Kensington, due to be counting. Karl Mercer has the
:01:15. > :01:22.round-up, and as you would expect, there is flash photography in his
:01:23. > :01:25.report. It was a night to be wearing red in the capital. The smiles on
:01:26. > :01:33.their faces told the story of a remarkable set of results. Here in
:01:34. > :01:41.Battersea, Labour took the seat of a former Treasury Minister, Jane
:01:42. > :01:45.Ellison. Yell at hello! Wets she overturned an 8000 majority, a seat
:01:46. > :01:52.that voted heavily to remain in the EU. There is a significant challenge
:01:53. > :01:55.for us to understand how we reconcile the views of London with
:01:56. > :02:00.regard to Brexit. It is a matter of record that I campaigned last year
:02:01. > :02:05.very hard for the remain campaign, and Battersea was the highest remain
:02:06. > :02:08.result of any Tory held seat, so I knew this would be a challenging
:02:09. > :02:25.election. she wasn't the only minister to go. Gavin Barwell failed
:02:26. > :02:28.to defend the majority of just 165. As a party, we need to look at these
:02:29. > :02:31.results and look at why we have not done so well here in London. The
:02:32. > :02:37.Conservatives lost Enfield to Labour. Labour were pretty happy
:02:38. > :02:50.about it. People were really angry about Brexit. They wanted something
:02:51. > :02:55.done about it and they wanted to be represented by someone who wasn't in
:02:56. > :02:59.favour of Brexit. London results seemed to be suggesting that the
:03:00. > :03:10.issue of Europe and the concerns about what they have Brexit would
:03:11. > :03:20.mean are a factor. This reaction in Ealing, not uncommon across the
:03:21. > :03:23.capital for Labour. Now is a time for calm, cool heads and for people
:03:24. > :03:28.to sit back and think of where we go from here. A little bit of
:03:29. > :03:33.celebration here in Ealing North! There is even a chance that Labour
:03:34. > :03:37.could win the true blue seat of Kensington, already having had two
:03:38. > :03:42.recounts, a third to take place later. It is nearly 8am and we have
:03:43. > :03:46.been up all night. We are now told at the end that for some mysterious
:03:47. > :03:50.reason there is a discrepancy in the numbers. I can't draw any
:03:51. > :03:54.conclusions. It looks like blinding incompetence. I can't say. Somewhere
:03:55. > :03:59.along the line, this has got seriously messed up. The Lib Dems
:04:00. > :04:07.also had success, Vince Cable and Ed Davey winning, winning three seats
:04:08. > :04:16.overall. There will not be a coalition. The Tories were returned
:04:17. > :04:22.in Richmond by just 45 boats for Zac Goldsmith. I thank the voters for
:04:23. > :04:30.putting their trust in me again. I hope they know that I will never let
:04:31. > :04:35.them down. It is an incalculable honour. It was Labour's night in the
:04:36. > :04:39.capital. We also know it has been a long
:04:40. > :04:43.night, and in Kensington, the only constituency in London left to
:04:44. > :04:47.declare, are told that following several recounts they are too tired
:04:48. > :04:54.to continue counting. Our political editor, Tim Donovan, is there. A
:04:55. > :05:00.tiring night all round? You heard the frustration in the voice of the
:05:01. > :05:04.Labour candidate in the peace there, because Labour are on the barge,
:05:05. > :05:12.they think of taking a seat which they haven't held since 1974. There
:05:13. > :05:16.was one recount, and we were told the original margin was around 50
:05:17. > :05:21.votes in Labour's favour. There was a recount that came down to 38 and
:05:22. > :05:25.there was a second recount. The people here were not told what that
:05:26. > :05:31.margin was said to be, but the returning officer here decided, we
:05:32. > :05:35.think, through a combination of possibly the room where they are
:05:36. > :05:39.counting being used for something else today, and the fact that
:05:40. > :05:43.counting staff appeared to be getting tired and there were
:05:44. > :05:46.discrepancies in the numbers, they have decided to put it off, but they
:05:47. > :05:50.haven't said exactly when it will resume. It won't be until tomorrow
:05:51. > :05:54.at the earliest, but you can tell there is a fair amount of
:05:55. > :05:58.frustration, particularly among the Labour contingent. If it goes
:05:59. > :06:03.Labour's way, it will cap a very important and good night for them,
:06:04. > :06:08.but a pretty dreadful one for the Conservatives. And quite clearly, on
:06:09. > :06:16.this issue Brexit, one person who did survive the tide against the
:06:17. > :06:19.Conservatives was Theresa Villiers, a Brexit supporter, who hung on in
:06:20. > :06:25.Chipping Barnet. A majority of several thousand came down to not
:06:26. > :06:31.much more than 350. I asked if she had any regrets. We obviously need
:06:32. > :06:35.to reflect on the results overnight and listen to what people have said
:06:36. > :06:41.to us. I think it will take some time to digest what those results
:06:42. > :06:48.mean, but of course, it is right to listen to London. But we did have a
:06:49. > :06:54.referendum on a national basis, and I think to reopen that and replay it
:06:55. > :06:58.would be very difficult. I continue to believe that we can make a real
:06:59. > :07:07.success Brexit, both of London and the rest of the country. What does
:07:08. > :07:12.it mean for Theresa May? I'm sure it's... Her position is very secure
:07:13. > :07:20.what I think that she is very much best leader. It has been a difficult
:07:21. > :07:22.night, no doubt about that, but we face I think difficult political
:07:23. > :07:31.challenges ahead, and she is much the best person to take forward the
:07:32. > :07:40.Government and Brexit negotiations. So you are staying should -- saying
:07:41. > :07:44.she should stay? Yes, I believe in Theresa May and I think we are well
:07:45. > :07:56.led by her, and that it's important that she stays on. No overall
:07:57. > :08:00.majority. Who knows what lies ahead? Wadded Londoners make up the
:08:01. > :08:08.prospect of a hung parliament and what people are saying? -- what are
:08:09. > :08:15.Londoners making of the prospect of a hung parliament? Relieved that the
:08:16. > :08:20.Tories didn't get in, but that's about it, really. I'm not surprised.
:08:21. > :08:25.People don't like being taken back to the polls time after time. I'm
:08:26. > :08:28.really pleased. Much as anything in politics, it will probably have a
:08:29. > :08:33.huge effect without us having much say. We'll have to figure it out
:08:34. > :08:38.over the coming days, like Brexit. It is the best of both worlds. We
:08:39. > :08:44.had a hung parliament back in 2010, so surely the best of two parties
:08:45. > :08:50.will work better for the country. It is a shame we have got to that state
:08:51. > :08:57.when we have got such an important issue with Brexit coming along.
:08:58. > :09:02.People thought the 2015 result was good for Labour. They held 45 seats
:09:03. > :09:08.out of the 73 in the capital, but let's look back six weeks, seven
:09:09. > :09:12.weeks ago, people were talking about the possibility of them losing 8-10
:09:13. > :09:18.seats, these marginals, it was going to be so close. That hasn't
:09:19. > :09:28.happened, and in seats like Ealing Central and Brentford in Hampstead,
:09:29. > :09:34.they have really piled on. But the anti-Brexit sentiment has roared
:09:35. > :09:38.overnight. From Kensington, thank you, Tim. We
:09:39. > :09:44.can now get reaction from the Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell, who is
:09:45. > :09:50.in Westminster for us this morning. Good morning to you. As we heard
:09:51. > :09:52.there, a good night for Labour in London, and increased majorities in
:09:53. > :10:00.places. Given the results elsewhere in the country, would you have
:10:01. > :10:06.expected even more? I was naturally disappointed that we haven't got a
:10:07. > :10:10.majority Labour Government elected, but for five weeks ago, we were over
:10:11. > :10:15.20 points behind in the polls, and people were talking about the Labour
:10:16. > :10:20.Party being wiped out, taking us back to levels of MPs that we had in
:10:21. > :10:23.the 1930s, so the campaign has been a tremendous success, and as we've
:10:24. > :10:26.seen in London, extremely successful as a result of the work that's been
:10:27. > :10:32.done on the ground by our party members and supporters. We have
:10:33. > :10:39.consolidated our position. The Conservative Party now seems to be
:10:40. > :10:46.falling apart. The Prime Minister, a number of MPs are saying her
:10:47. > :10:50.position is untenable. I think the Labour Party now is the only party
:10:51. > :10:54.that can offer stable Government, so we are offering ourselves as a
:10:55. > :10:58.minority Government to enable us now to start the Brexit negotiations and
:10:59. > :11:02.also start to transform and rebuild our society. Why do you think it has
:11:03. > :11:07.worked particularly well here in London? Is it that anti-Brexit
:11:08. > :11:11.feeling, or are you just very grateful for the efforts of the
:11:12. > :11:17.Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, that he has played in all of this? Sadiq has
:11:18. > :11:21.played a great role, and he always has, and he is a great asset. The
:11:22. > :11:25.issue around Brexit was that Londoners, and I think the rest of
:11:26. > :11:30.the country, have rejected this concept of a hard Brexit. They have
:11:31. > :11:35.certainly rejected the threats made by Philip Hammond and Theresa May
:11:36. > :11:40.about turning us into a tax haven of continental Europe. That has been a
:11:41. > :11:47.factor, but I also think that, I am a London MP, and on the streets,
:11:48. > :11:51.what people were talking about were bread-and-butter issues, the fact
:11:52. > :11:55.that school budgets were being cut, teachers and classroom assistants
:11:56. > :11:59.were being laid off, talking about the health service, and also talking
:12:00. > :12:05.about home care and social care. So, all of those issues combined,
:12:06. > :12:07.Theresa May called this election unnecessarily for party advantage
:12:08. > :12:14.rather than in the interest of the country. Then she said, it is all
:12:15. > :12:17.about Brexit, so people said, yes, it is important, but there are so
:12:18. > :12:24.many other issues they wanted to talk about as well. I think the
:12:25. > :12:27.Prime Minister has committed a catastrophic error, and I think
:12:28. > :12:32.people have completely lost confidence, both amongst the general
:12:33. > :12:35.public and in her own party. Briefly, Labour boss Mike Stephen
:12:36. > :12:41.Pound has called for calm, cool heads will stop how will you
:12:42. > :12:49.approach this now was Mike exactly as Steve has said, it is about --
:12:50. > :12:54.how will you approach this now? Exactly as Steve has said. We will
:12:55. > :12:57.put forward our budget, based upon the costings of our manifesto, and
:12:58. > :13:02.in that way, we will offer ourselves to form a Government. Not only will
:13:03. > :13:07.that have majority support in the country, I also think we will get
:13:08. > :13:11.majority support in parliament on the individual policies, across
:13:12. > :13:15.parties. Thank you for your time this morning. Let's turn now to look
:13:16. > :13:19.at the results just outside of the capital. The Conservatives held on
:13:20. > :13:26.in the Home Counties, but in some places with much reduced majorities.
:13:27. > :13:32.Catherine Carpenter has the story. That is the sound of relief. After a
:13:33. > :13:35.tense night in Thurrock, the Conservatives' Jackie Doyle Price
:13:36. > :13:40.held on. If things were closed in 2015, they will even tighter this
:13:41. > :13:45.time, and she knows it. No one expected me to win the first time,
:13:46. > :13:50.no one certainly expected me to win a second time, and I didn't expect
:13:51. > :13:53.to win tonight at the time. Much of that uncertainty in Essex was down
:13:54. > :13:59.to where former Ukip voters would go. From a strong showing to make
:14:00. > :14:02.years ago, the party lost its deposit in Harlow and battled on and
:14:03. > :14:05.Billericay this time. Both the Conservatives and Labour seem to
:14:06. > :14:10.have benefited. While the ring of blue in the counties and around
:14:11. > :14:15.London seems intact, in places like Watford, majorities were slashed.
:14:16. > :14:21.Richard Harrington's comfortable win in 2015 has plummeted to a majority
:14:22. > :14:30.of just over 2000. I am delighted to be elected again tonight. It is a
:14:31. > :14:33.privilege for me. Labour made gains in Runnymede too. Philip Hammond
:14:34. > :14:40.still hung on with a comfortable chair of the vote. Jeremy Hunt saw
:14:41. > :14:47.off a challenge from National Health Action. I think the people of South
:14:48. > :14:51.West Surrey have rejected that type of campaign, with the way they
:14:52. > :14:56.voted, and I am very humbled that they did so. To the west of the
:14:57. > :15:04.capital, two islands of bread in a sea of blue. Labour's Colby in
:15:05. > :15:11.Slough making history. -- two islands of red. I am the first
:15:12. > :15:27.member of the Seeker religion is wearing a turban -- Sikh religion to
:15:28. > :15:30.be elected wearing a turban. I would like to pay tribute to Jeremy
:15:31. > :15:41.Corbyn. APPLAUSE
:15:42. > :15:45.He has shown real leadership. His visit lifted and inspired this
:15:46. > :15:50.campaign and set a new tone for politics in this town. There weren't
:15:51. > :15:54.many upsets in the constituencies outside the capital, but there were
:15:55. > :16:01.battles and were nerves. After all, these are strange times. Catherine
:16:02. > :16:04.Carpenter, BBC London News. With me now, a man who knows pretty
:16:05. > :16:09.much everything there is to know about modern politics, Professor
:16:10. > :16:13.Tony Travers from the London School of economics. We have seen a few
:16:14. > :16:18.elections in our time, what is your reading this one? It is a result
:16:19. > :16:22.that is surprising by any standards. We don't have the vote share yet,
:16:23. > :16:27.but the vote share for Labour might be 50%. Labour has gained seats in
:16:28. > :16:33.the capital against all expectations. I think what we have
:16:34. > :16:39.seen here is in part a sort of Remainers revenge, there is a bit of
:16:40. > :16:43.that in the south-east. Beyond that, Labour has caught the public
:16:44. > :16:47.imagination in only a way that -- in a way that only a few posters were
:16:48. > :16:50.out and it has led to this remarkable victory in London,
:16:51. > :16:54.keeping the Tories to a hung parliament across the country. Do
:16:55. > :16:58.you put that down to anything at the moment - the youth vote, the Corbyn
:16:59. > :17:03.factor? There is a bigger turnout amongst the young, which will have
:17:04. > :17:06.helped Labour particularly, because London is a young city. There is
:17:07. > :17:11.clearly a Brexit overlay in the middle of this, and the Remain vote
:17:12. > :17:15.in London has clearly come out. The Kensington result in particular is
:17:16. > :17:19.remarkable. So we have a number of things at play in this election
:17:20. > :17:26.which have helped Jeremy Corbyn. The other thing is that however Jeremy
:17:27. > :17:31.Corbyn's starting point was rather back, his campaign and the Labour
:17:32. > :17:38.many facets -- the Labour manifesto were positive. He was seen as being
:17:39. > :17:41.authentic, whereas Theresa May started from a strong position but
:17:42. > :17:49.it all fell away. This is Labour's best result in London since 2001. It
:17:50. > :17:52.must be. In terms of seats, sure. You mention Brexit, because we did
:17:53. > :17:58.get some reaction from people in the city this morning. Let's listen. It
:17:59. > :18:02.is not very good. Do you think it will affect business? Yes, big-time.
:18:03. > :18:07.Especially in the city and the financial markets. The pound has
:18:08. > :18:10.already suffered because of this, so it may well have impact in the
:18:11. > :18:16.market, but there are bigger things to consider than just the markets on
:18:17. > :18:20.what goes on inside the square mile. It is a mess, clearly. I think
:18:21. > :18:24.Theresa May is a rather arrogant and stupid person. If she was going to
:18:25. > :18:31.have this election, she should have had it during Article 50. Do you
:18:32. > :18:36.think it will affect business? Yes. We wanted a winner and we didn't get
:18:37. > :18:38.that. A backlash there. We know that the one thing the city and
:18:39. > :18:43.businesses don't like is uncertainty, and that is what we've
:18:44. > :18:48.got now. We have, and it is uncertainty at scale. The pound fell
:18:49. > :18:53.sharply during the night. Looking ahead, we are now in a position
:18:54. > :18:57.where business has to think about Brexit, Brexit being negotiated by a
:18:58. > :19:01.Government without a majority. Theresa May herself said she wanted
:19:02. > :19:04.a big majority to empower herself to be able to negotiate a good deal.
:19:05. > :19:10.Now, the exact opposite has happened. We have a Government
:19:11. > :19:16.without the majority depending on the Democratic Unionists to do this
:19:17. > :19:19.negotiation. It is a real mess and weakens the Government position. It
:19:20. > :19:22.means an extended period of uncertainty. Some people think,
:19:23. > :19:27.well, we'll get a softer Brexit deal, and that is possible, but the
:19:28. > :19:31.negotiation itself is going to be a nightmare now for the Conservatives
:19:32. > :19:34.leader, assuming it's Theresa May, or whoever has to handle it. The
:19:35. > :19:38.chances are that there is going to be another general election sooner
:19:39. > :19:44.rather than later. The Tories have been quiet this morning. No news of
:19:45. > :19:54.Morris. No news Boris! That is the other thing, there is undoubtedly
:19:55. > :19:59.going to be a question over whether there would-be Tory leadership race
:20:00. > :20:02.within the next year or so. It would be surprising if Boris Johnson,
:20:03. > :20:07.being an ambitious politician, didn't think it was worth another
:20:08. > :20:12.crack at top post. I think Catherine said it in her package - strange
:20:13. > :20:18.times. Strange times! Thank you. We may be looking at a
:20:19. > :20:21.hung parliament, but the Lib Dems, with three seats in London, ruled
:20:22. > :20:25.out a coalition with Labour or the Tories. How are they feeling,
:20:26. > :20:30.especially with the return of two big names? Here's Mark Ashdown.
:20:31. > :20:38.All smiles for the next generation of Lib Dems. In London, they feel
:20:39. > :20:45.like the party is back on track. In the 2015 wipe-out, it was last man
:20:46. > :20:51.standing, with a slim majority, 7000 Ukip votes up for grabs, and a
:20:52. > :21:00.Brexit area at odds with his views, he said it: It is a great victory
:21:01. > :21:04.for the Lib Dems, against all odds! Somehow, again, the great survivor
:21:05. > :21:08.made the figures add up. We fought a very strong campaign on the issues I
:21:09. > :21:12.think people here are worried about, and it is the future of our
:21:13. > :21:17.hospitals, St Helier Hospital, of our schools, some of which are
:21:18. > :21:25.suffering severe funding cuts. For big hitters, what a difference to
:21:26. > :21:34.two years ago. You've worked that out, have you? It is a bad night. Ed
:21:35. > :21:39.Davey, all hugs and smiles, as his supporters raised a glass of two at
:21:40. > :21:45.a local sailing club. Last time, you lost - big turnaround? A huge
:21:46. > :21:50.turnaround. Politics is very fluid in Britain at the moment. We have an
:21:51. > :21:53.unsure result in this election, and we've got some of the most
:21:54. > :21:58.significant negotiations this country's ever had with Brexit, and
:21:59. > :22:04.I want to make a contribution to those to try to make sure we get the
:22:05. > :22:08.best deal for Britain. Vince Cable, too, back in his Twickenham seat
:22:09. > :22:15.with a thumping majority of 9000. But with key targets slipping away,
:22:16. > :22:23.and Zac Goldsmith taking Richmond Park, there was only a one seat
:22:24. > :22:27.swing. The Lib Dems have said there will be no new coalition with
:22:28. > :22:32.anyone. After the last election, it felt like the Lib Dems needed a life
:22:33. > :22:35.raft for their solitary MP here. Now, the mood is calm, positive, and
:22:36. > :22:42.they are going to need a slightly bigger boat.
:22:43. > :22:45.Professor Tony Travis is still with me. We will look ahead to the day in
:22:46. > :22:51.a moment, but just reflecting on the results here in London, the biggest
:22:52. > :22:57.surprise or shop for you? The fact we are waiting for a Kensington
:22:58. > :23:00.recount, and it may go one till tomorrow. Kensington was a safe
:23:01. > :23:04.Conservative seat, which tells you something. It is now absolutely on
:23:05. > :23:11.the margin. We have seen elsewhere the ramping up of loads of Labour
:23:12. > :23:17.MPs. In East Ham, nearly 50,000 votes for the Labour MP. Huge
:23:18. > :23:20.majorities in London. Some Labour seats that were marginal are now
:23:21. > :23:25.safe, and many Tory seats are now marginal. How much of that is due to
:23:26. > :23:29.the Ukip factor in the fact that they did not stand candidates in a
:23:30. > :23:33.lot of London seats? The Ukip votes seems to have split much more evenly
:23:34. > :23:38.between Labour and the Conservatives than was once thought. There weren't
:23:39. > :23:44.that many Ukip voters in some parts of the city, the East, for instance,
:23:45. > :23:56.and parts of Hillingdon and Saturn. Across the city as a whole, what is
:23:57. > :24:00.really remarkable is that -- Sutton. What is really remarkable is that
:24:01. > :24:04.Labour is now this place with a huge labour vote. It is like New York for
:24:05. > :24:09.Hillary Clinton. Just a few tips of blue on the edge, and that is an
:24:10. > :24:13.amazing change. Looking ahead to today, what will happen? How long do
:24:14. > :24:17.you think before we get a clearer picture of what is going to happen
:24:18. > :24:21.and what the Government will look like? It will be interesting to see
:24:22. > :24:25.if within central London Theresa May appears outside Downing Street. It
:24:26. > :24:29.has been very quiet. At some point, Theresa May will have to say
:24:30. > :24:33.something about her intention. She has to do a deal with the Democratic
:24:34. > :24:37.Unionists, I assume, and at that point, we will get a sense of the
:24:38. > :24:42.way this is all going for the future of the country and for London. If
:24:43. > :24:46.you look at today, there is going to be the beginning of a process that
:24:47. > :24:50.will take days and days for the Government to sort out. There has to
:24:51. > :24:55.be a queen's speech, and Labour is sounding as if it wants to try and
:24:56. > :24:59.form a Government instead. Lots to think about and to happen today.
:25:00. > :25:02.Thank you, Tony. That is all from us for now. More on the results and
:25:03. > :25:17.she will stay. Viewers are joining us from around the UK.
:25:18. > :25:24.We better say goodbye, Gus, thanks very much. The former Cabinet
:25:25. > :25:27.Secretary is leaving us. If you are just joined us at the BBC election
:25:28. > :25:31.centre, if for some reason you missed this morning's necessary or
:25:32. > :25:35.have been heavily asleep overnight. Let me tell you Theresa May is still
:25:36. > :25:39.Prime Minister this morning but doesn't have a majority in this new
:25:40. > :25:46.parliament. It is to be a hung parliament. The prospect at the
:25:47. > :25:50.moment seems to be that MrsMay will stay in power with the help of the
:25:51. > :25:55.DUP, that's not confirmed by the way, that's just the way that the
:25:56. > :25:57.figures are stacking up. It's been a remarkable night for