:00:00. > :00:19.Good morning and welcome to a BBC Look North election
:00:20. > :00:24.Labour wins the city's seat from the Conservatives
:00:25. > :00:28.as Karl McCartney loses in a bad night for the Tories.
:00:29. > :00:33.Absolutely thrilled and overjoyed. Really pleased to be representing
:00:34. > :00:36.the city I was born in and representing my party.
:00:37. > :00:39.The UKIP leader is shown the door in Boston as the conservative Matt
:00:40. > :00:41.We get early reaction to the night's results
:00:42. > :00:49.I'm very pleased because I went out to vote Labour. Got it, because
:00:50. > :00:54.Theresa May in my eyes is a strong leader.
:00:55. > :01:03.And after a comfortable win in East Yorkshire,
:01:04. > :01:11.Sir Greg Knight promises more of this.
:01:12. > :01:19.We are live in Lincoln today for this special programme with a
:01:20. > :01:23.dramatic election night because the Conservatives have lost the linking
:01:24. > :01:27.constituency to Labour. Karl McCartney, who has been an MP in
:01:28. > :01:32.this city for the last seven years, is out the job this morning. The new
:01:33. > :01:38.MP is Karen Lee and we will speak to her live in a moment. Elsewhere in
:01:39. > :01:44.Lincolnshire, other scenes -- seats changed hands but there were plenty
:01:45. > :01:45.of other dramatic moments, including Paul Nuttall's failure to win
:01:46. > :01:47.Skegness. This was the moment Labour
:01:48. > :01:50.supporters realised they'd snatched Tory Karl McCartney had represented
:01:51. > :01:57.the city for the past seven years, But he had nothing to say to local
:01:58. > :02:07.journalists as he left. He'll now make way for
:02:08. > :02:09.a Karen Lee - a local councillor and nurse
:02:10. > :02:11.at Lincoln County hospital. I've been so, so appalled at some
:02:12. > :02:14.of the things I see in Lincoln, things like food banks
:02:15. > :02:16.and the poverty in Lincoln, and I just think we've had a glimpse
:02:17. > :02:20.of hope and the Labour Party have been doing well tonight
:02:21. > :02:23.and we've won Lincoln, so hopefully I can take Lincoln
:02:24. > :02:25.forward in a much more positive way. There were also Labour
:02:26. > :02:27.celebrations in Grimsby, where Melanie Onn was re-elected
:02:28. > :02:29.in a constituency that was heavily I didn't look at the bookies,
:02:30. > :02:33.to be perfectly honest. I knew it would be a tough
:02:34. > :02:37.campaign and we would have to work incredibly hard,
:02:38. > :02:40.so that's what we've done and we've had so many volunteers help us
:02:41. > :02:42.and make sure we kept Grimsby Labour, so I'm
:02:43. > :02:46.absolutely delighted. Relief too for Nic Dakin
:02:47. > :02:49.who retained Scunthorpe for Labour - another seat earmarked
:02:50. > :02:52.by the Tories. However, in Boston and Skegness,
:02:53. > :02:55.Conservative Matt Warman saw a big increase in his majority as UKIP's
:02:56. > :02:59.leader Paul Nuttall, who stood as the party's candidate,
:03:00. > :03:02.was pushed into third place. Mr Nuttall left the count
:03:03. > :03:06.and refused to give interviews. But Conservative Martin Vickers,
:03:07. > :03:08.who was re-elected in Cleethorpes, admitted the party had made mistakes
:03:09. > :03:13.during the campaign. Perhaps we allowed our opponents
:03:14. > :03:18.to set too much of the agenda, We didn't talk positively about
:03:19. > :03:23.what we've achieved in the economy. Labour won all three seats
:03:24. > :03:26.in Hull with big majorities and voters elected another
:03:27. > :03:30.new face to parliament. Emma Hardy a former teacher who will
:03:31. > :03:43.represent Hull West and Hessle. And we are joined live in Lincoln
:03:44. > :03:52.this morning by Karen Lee MP. How does that sound? It sounds amazing.
:03:53. > :04:03.Good morning. Why are you surprised to win? Not surprised. But it was
:04:04. > :04:08.very pleasing to win. We know that you are a nurse. Is that something
:04:09. > :04:12.you're going continue with? It is something I will have to speak to
:04:13. > :04:18.the trust about. I would like to maintain my registration if I can,
:04:19. > :04:23.doing some bank shifts. A lot of people say that MPs are not in touch
:04:24. > :04:31.with the real world, but he would like to continue your day job if you
:04:32. > :04:36.can? If I can, yes. You talked in your campaign about losing your
:04:37. > :04:42.daughter to cancer. Was that hard, bringing in something so personal?
:04:43. > :04:49.Yes, it was incredibly hard. I wanted people to know that life can
:04:50. > :04:53.appear -- be more difficult than it appears on the outside and to speak
:04:54. > :04:58.to people about that personally. When you get to Westminster, you
:04:59. > :05:02.will be sitting on those green benches and a lot of people have
:05:03. > :05:10.said your leaders should step down. What will you be saying? I think he
:05:11. > :05:15.had absolutely proved himself and I am not one of those people who said
:05:16. > :05:19.that. I have always supported him, I think we are a joined a party and we
:05:20. > :05:26.should go forward together. Had he seen up his critics? Yes, I think he
:05:27. > :05:31.has. Our campaign centred on politics that we were getting
:05:32. > :05:37.messages that were good back about Jeremy. If you could achieve just
:05:38. > :05:43.one thing as an MP for Lincoln, what would you want it to be? Without a
:05:44. > :05:47.doubt, a medical school for Lincoln said that we could train doctors
:05:48. > :05:55.here and retain them here. That is your main priority? It is one
:05:56. > :05:59.priority and an important one. Thank you. Let's get some more of the
:06:00. > :06:06.election results now in detail and Joe is in the studio.
:06:07. > :06:11.Let's have a look at the map of our area and how people voted.
:06:12. > :06:12.There are 17 parliamentary constituencies here.
:06:13. > :06:14.You can see the red concentration in the centre.
:06:15. > :06:16.All three seats in Hull stayed Labour, with
:06:17. > :06:19.Emma Hardy being elected as Alan Johnson's replacement
:06:20. > :06:26.On the south bank, Grimsby and Scunthorpe remain Labour.
:06:27. > :06:30.Melanie Onn and Nic Dakin were both re-elected.
:06:31. > :06:34.Brigg and Goole and Cleethorpes both returned Conservative MPs again,
:06:35. > :06:39.with Andrew Percy and Martin Vickers both winning again.
:06:40. > :06:42.Then as we move further out into Lincolnshire, it's a sea
:06:43. > :06:44.of blue, apart from, as we've been hearing, a splash
:06:45. > :06:47.or red in Lincoln where Karen Lee beat Karl McCartney.
:06:48. > :06:50.In East Yorkshire, Graham Stuart and Sir Greg Knight are re-elected
:06:51. > :06:56.And in Haltemprice and Howden, the Brexit Secretary David
:06:57. > :07:01.There are lots more details on how the election
:07:02. > :07:04.went in each constiuency on the BBC website.
:07:05. > :07:17.So, here in Lincoln, celebrations for Labour supporters
:07:18. > :07:19.but the national picture looks uncertain as we get to grips
:07:20. > :07:25.Our reporter Crispin Rolfe was up bright and early to talk
:07:26. > :07:27.to traders and shoppers at the Freeman Street
:07:28. > :07:39.Here is what they had to say about this dramatic election.
:07:40. > :07:43.It was supposed to be a night for the blues. Instead, a rude awakening
:07:44. > :07:54.and a red Dawn than many had predicted. At Grimsby's count, no
:07:55. > :08:00.change, but as businesses and people at Freeman Street market woke up to
:08:01. > :08:05.the result, what do they make of it? Hung parliament, got it. Theresa
:08:06. > :08:09.May, in my eyes, is a strong leader. We need somebody strong for Brexit
:08:10. > :08:18.and for terrorism and for this country. Anybody else don't cut the
:08:19. > :08:24.cake for me. I think there were bad mistakes made by the Tories. Cuts to
:08:25. > :08:29.sum up the benefits, especially disability. That wouldn't have gone
:08:30. > :08:35.down well. I think that could have been one of the major factors. I was
:08:36. > :08:40.quite surprised, actually. I thought the Conservatives would have done a
:08:41. > :08:44.bit better than they have done. I'm surprised that a lot more people
:08:45. > :08:50.voted for Corbyn. I can't, I don't know why. I'm very pleased because I
:08:51. > :08:53.went out to vote Labour because I think the Labour Party wants the
:08:54. > :08:59.best for ordinary people and the vast majority of people in this
:09:00. > :09:06.country. In Grimsby, like other parts of our area except Lincoln,
:09:07. > :09:09.little has changed locally, but nationally, yesterday's collection
:09:10. > :09:14.has created more questions than answers, with people and businesses
:09:15. > :09:15.across the comeback -- across the Humber wondering what happened to
:09:16. > :09:23.strong and stable leadership. Dr Andrew Defty is a politics expert
:09:24. > :09:32.from the University of Lincoln. Andrew, good morning. Come on, you
:09:33. > :09:40.are a political expert. Did you see this result coming? Am, no. But lots
:09:41. > :09:46.of people didn't, though I think it was less surprising than in 2015 and
:09:47. > :09:51.reflect the narrowing of the polls as we moved towards the election
:09:52. > :10:01.date. Are you surprised that Labour seemed to buck the trend? Yes, we
:10:02. > :10:03.have two appreciate that this election was called specifically
:10:04. > :10:08.because Labour were doing so tremendously badly in the polls,
:10:09. > :10:12.almost an historic low, say in that sense, calling an election at this
:10:13. > :10:17.time was understandable, but I think it's been a salutary reminder of the
:10:18. > :10:21.importance of election campaigns are not taking voters for granted. Let's
:10:22. > :10:26.look at things locally. Here in Lincoln we have seen a Labour gain
:10:27. > :10:33.from the Conservatives. Why did they managed to gain Lincoln when they
:10:34. > :10:37.saw Conservatives increasing their majority in other parts of
:10:38. > :10:42.Lincolnshire. I think we have to remember that Lincoln is a marginal
:10:43. > :10:45.seat and a very marginal seat unlike all the other constituencies in
:10:46. > :10:49.Lincolnshire. I think the Conservatives forgot just how much
:10:50. > :10:53.at risk this seat was for them. I think also it reflect something that
:10:54. > :10:56.has been going on nationally which is we have seen a swing from
:10:57. > :11:01.Conservatives to Labour in university towns and it also looks
:11:02. > :11:06.like we have seen a high turnout among young people and we know the
:11:07. > :11:10.18 to 24 demographic are much more likely to support Corbyn and labour
:11:11. > :11:13.than they are to support the Conservatives. Why did the wheels
:11:14. > :11:17.come off the Conservative campaign so badly? Theresa May was 20 points
:11:18. > :11:22.ahead in the polls. What went wrong for her? I think the Conservatives
:11:23. > :11:26.were complacent. I think there was complacency in calling an election
:11:27. > :11:30.and assuming that they didn't really need to campaign. They were so far
:11:31. > :11:36.ahead, they just had to sit tight and everything would be all right in
:11:37. > :11:38.the end. When the polls began to narrow, Theresa May in particular
:11:39. > :11:44.but the Conservative Party more generally, didn't really campaign
:11:45. > :11:52.very well. She didn't change would she was doing. Didn't take pen --
:11:53. > :11:57.take place in the TV debate, Jeremy Corbyn agreed that he would, whereas
:11:58. > :12:00.Theresa May adopted a bunker mentality, hunkered down and hoped
:12:01. > :12:05.everything would be OK. Please stay with us. We would like more of your
:12:06. > :12:08.opinions seen, but we are just going to look at another Lincolnshire
:12:09. > :12:11.constituency now. The leader of UKIP, Paul Nuttall
:12:12. > :12:13.suffered a heavy defeat in the Brexit capital
:12:14. > :12:15.of the country, Boston and Skegness. Matt Warman has been comfortably
:12:16. > :12:18.re-elected as the conservative MP. Phillip Norton's report contains
:12:19. > :12:26.some flash photography. This was dubbed the Brexit capital
:12:27. > :12:30.of Britain. As such, Ukip had their leader stand here, thinking it would
:12:31. > :12:34.be an easy seat. This morning, in the early hours, they were proved it
:12:35. > :12:39.was anything but. Paul Nuttall Bivens they have long either. He
:12:40. > :12:44.turned up a few minutes before the declaration, where he found out he'd
:12:45. > :12:47.finished in third place behind the Conservatives and Labour, Ukip
:12:48. > :12:54.losing more than 10,000 Babesiosis the last election. And I do here by
:12:55. > :13:05.declare that Robert Walden is duly elected. I think what this means for
:13:06. > :13:07.Boston is five more years of conservatism that delivers on the
:13:08. > :13:15.promises we talked about in the campaign. As for Ukip, Paul Nuttall
:13:16. > :13:18.arrived in a media scrum, he left out the back door, saying nothing to
:13:19. > :13:23.the media before getting in a car and being driven away amid questions
:13:24. > :13:27.over Ukip's feature. In fact, the only person who has said anything
:13:28. > :13:33.from Ukip here tonight was his press officer. Of course he will give a
:13:34. > :13:36.full statement and a full update, because obviously given how this
:13:37. > :13:42.election has panned out, he will give a full press conference. So
:13:43. > :13:45.what you are saying is Paul Nuttall will not speak at all tonight? He
:13:46. > :13:53.will make a full statement tomorrow morning. So a press conference will
:13:54. > :13:57.be held by Ukip and Paul Nuttall at 10:30am here this morning and the
:13:58. > :14:08.Conservatives hold Boston and Skegness with an increased majority.
:14:09. > :14:09.Despite being targeted by the Conservatives, Nic Dakin held
:14:10. > :14:16.Andrew Percy has also been re-elected in Brigg
:14:17. > :14:27.There were two counts declared here in Scunthorpe, the best for the
:14:28. > :14:34.Scunthorpe seat itself, one by Nic Dakin. He held onto his seat for the
:14:35. > :14:37.Labour Party and one of the biggest issues for Scunthorpe certainly is
:14:38. > :14:41.the steel industry. The steelworks are back in profit and Nic Dakin
:14:42. > :14:46.believes his support for the steel industry was instrumental in history
:14:47. > :14:49.election. I was front and foremost championing the steel industry, not
:14:50. > :14:53.only in Scunthorpe but nationally as well and I think people did see
:14:54. > :14:57.that, whereas the Conservative government and Conservative council
:14:58. > :15:02.were asleep at the wheel. People like myself, the trade unions, the
:15:03. > :15:10.steelmakers were not. The second announcement made was for the seat
:15:11. > :15:14.of Brigg and Goole, held by the Minister for the Northern
:15:15. > :15:18.powerhouse, and he increased his majority. I asked him whether he was
:15:19. > :15:25.-- Theresa May was right to call this negotiation -- this election? I
:15:26. > :15:30.have supported Theresa May since day one and I think it's sad that the
:15:31. > :15:36.results have been as they have been. The idea that somebody like Jeremy
:15:37. > :15:39.Corbyn could be negotiating Brexit Boros is just dangerous. No change
:15:40. > :15:44.here in Scunthorpe or Brigg and Goole. Both the MPs have held their
:15:45. > :15:48.seats and both have an increased majority.
:15:49. > :15:57.We are joined live now by just rasping, a first-time voter. How old
:15:58. > :16:03.are you? 18. What was it like going into that polling booth for the
:16:04. > :16:07.first time? Most of us feel it's a long time ago, but did you build a
:16:08. > :16:11.responsibility on your shoulders? Yes, it's the fact your vote can be
:16:12. > :16:14.the one that makes the difference. It's exciting to say you have the
:16:15. > :16:22.power in your hands to make a difference. What issues decided the
:16:23. > :16:26.way you voted? Tuition fees were a main thing and I know that's a big
:16:27. > :16:29.thing for lots of other people my age because we are all going to
:16:30. > :16:34.university in September and we don't want to back-up tens of thousands of
:16:35. > :16:40.debt. I am guessing that you supported Labour from that? Yes, I
:16:41. > :16:43.did. Is it fair that people he didn't get the benefit of a
:16:44. > :16:51.university education should pay for your fees? Something you perhaps
:16:52. > :16:54.haven't thought about, but that was a Labour Party policy. Turnout
:16:55. > :17:01.amongst young voters in this election was high, probably in
:17:02. > :17:04.places like Lincoln made difference between Labour winning or losing.
:17:05. > :17:09.Why were so many young people motivated to go out and vote this
:17:10. > :17:13.time? I think young people were appealed to buy labour and Jeremy
:17:14. > :17:18.Corbyn. He's got his whole fan base within the party so many people have
:17:19. > :17:22.joined the party mainly for him and it's just energised everyone. The
:17:23. > :17:27.amount of young people my age I have seen out on the streets campaigning
:17:28. > :17:34.for Nick, for Terence. It's a lot of young people. The situation now, we
:17:35. > :17:38.have a hung parliament. Labour did much better than people expected but
:17:39. > :17:42.they aren't going to be part of any government, it doesn't look like, at
:17:43. > :17:48.the moment. How does that affect you and the issue she voted on? Well,
:17:49. > :17:52.one of my main things was to do with tuition fees, so obviously if Labour
:17:53. > :17:58.aren't going to get any say, that's not going to be the case, so that's,
:17:59. > :18:01.I don't really know. The way things are going, we could have another
:18:02. > :18:06.election before too long so you could be voting against the four U R
:18:07. > :18:19.19, Jess. Thank you for your thoughts today. David Davis was
:18:20. > :18:23.comfortably re-elected in his Haltemprice and Howden constituency
:18:24. > :18:26.last night. The question a lot of people are asking is if he still has
:18:27. > :18:31.faith in Theresa May after an election that didn't quite go the
:18:32. > :18:35.Tories way. He said, eventually, at this stage, he still has faith. It
:18:36. > :18:39.looks like we will be the biggest party by a significant margin at the
:18:40. > :18:44.normal procedure is for the leader of the biggest party, the Prime
:18:45. > :18:48.Minister, to seek to form a new government. If she can do that, we
:18:49. > :18:52.carry on and present Queen 's speech. If not, it falls to the
:18:53. > :18:57.leader of the next biggest party at the end of this process. That's how
:18:58. > :19:04.works. That was David Davis speaking earlier. In Hull, all three of the
:19:05. > :19:08.city's MPs were Labour, not a surprise that. I apologise for the
:19:09. > :19:14.ban reversing into us. This is a busy part of Lincoln at this time of
:19:15. > :19:18.day. Three Labour MPs in Hull. Emma Hardy becomes the new MP for Hull
:19:19. > :19:23.West and Hessle, replacing Alan Johnson in that constituency. Diana
:19:24. > :19:30.Johnson was re-elected in Hull North and cold: -- Karl Turner will be
:19:31. > :19:35.heading back to Westminster in Hull East after he won with a increased
:19:36. > :19:41.majority. All three feet in Hull stayed red,
:19:42. > :19:43.no real surprise considering how well Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party
:19:44. > :19:49.has done tonight. He's not always been the most popular leader with
:19:50. > :19:53.the MPs here. In fact, Karl Turner resigned from his cabinet a year
:19:54. > :20:03.ago, so I asked him tonight, did he regret that resignation? Look,
:20:04. > :20:08.people resign -- resigned from Jeremy Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet and
:20:09. > :20:11.things are very different now. The man's just probably ensure that
:20:12. > :20:14.Theresa May has lost the election. For goodness' sake, let me
:20:15. > :20:18.congratulate the leader of the Labour Party in securing that. Would
:20:19. > :20:23.you congratulate him by saying well done, you other guy for me now? I
:20:24. > :20:27.would congratulate Jeremy Corbyn for putting together a brilliant
:20:28. > :20:33.manifesto that is about hope over fear. Diana Johnson was re-elected
:20:34. > :20:36.with an increased majority as well. She's also never been Jeremy
:20:37. > :20:41.Corbyn's biggest fan, so after tonight, did she consider his
:20:42. > :20:44.position to be secure? I think we are getting ahead of ourselves here.
:20:45. > :20:50.We need to look at the position we are in the morning. The third seed
:20:51. > :21:05.to stay Redworth Hull West and Hessle. She beat off real
:21:06. > :21:10.competition from Michelle Dupree, the ex-apprentice contestant. I am
:21:11. > :21:18.bitten by the bug and I will be back. We are joined live today by
:21:19. > :21:21.Emma Hardy, the new Labour MP for Hull West and Hessle.
:21:22. > :21:27.Congratulations on your election. What is your first job as an MP?
:21:28. > :21:32.What is at the top of your entry? I think there are two things. One is
:21:33. > :21:37.to secure more funding for Hull City Council because the cuts to their
:21:38. > :21:42.services have been appalling. It is very crucial that we sort that out
:21:43. > :21:44.there. The other thing is more funding for education, to improve
:21:45. > :21:52.education here in Hull West and Hessle. Two thirds of people in Hull
:21:53. > :21:54.backed Brexit. When you go to Westminster, will you support the
:21:55. > :22:00.Brexit process or is it something you will try to scupper? Oh, no, not
:22:01. > :22:04.at all. I have said throughout my campaign that this issue was
:22:05. > :22:10.settled. This election was not a rerun of the referendum. No, I would
:22:11. > :22:16.not stand in the way at all but I would be pushing for the best deal
:22:17. > :22:19.for this area. Just finally, Emma, I know you were a primary school
:22:20. > :22:23.teacher. Will your disciplinarian skills help you in keeping order in
:22:24. > :22:27.the House of Commons? Someone else said this to me as well, that
:22:28. > :22:30.exactly what we need in the House of Commons is more teachers to tell
:22:31. > :22:35.some of them off, so perhaps that will come in handy. Emma Hardy,
:22:36. > :22:40.thank you very much for joining us today. And we are backsliding
:22:41. > :22:45.Lincoln with Doctor Andrew dug deep from the University of Lincoln. What
:22:46. > :22:47.happens now, Andrew? We have a hung parliament would no one party with
:22:48. > :22:54.an overall majority. What will happen for the rest of the day? We
:22:55. > :22:57.don't know and it will be interesting to see if Theresa May is
:22:58. > :23:02.still Prime Minister by the end of the day. We could have a formal
:23:03. > :23:09.coalition of the kind we had in 2010, we could have a more informal
:23:10. > :23:16.arrangement, in which two parties don't go into coalition together but
:23:17. > :23:21.one agrees to support the other, probably PDU PRB conservatives, or
:23:22. > :23:33.we could have someone governing as a minority government. Now, we will
:23:34. > :23:36.leave you with something that was a highlight of the election campaign
:23:37. > :23:40.for some. A video that everyone was talking about.
:23:41. > :23:41.One of our MP's has found internet fame...
:23:42. > :23:50...because of this campaign video, featuring this tune.
:23:51. > :23:51.# Make sure this time you get it right
:23:52. > :23:54.# Vote for Greg Knight. #
:23:55. > :23:57.Nearly 500,000 people around the world watched the video.
:23:58. > :24:06.And it provoked quite a reaction. And some people even
:24:07. > :24:13.Including one of the song playing again and again for 10 hours.
:24:14. > :24:15.And there are also a few unofficial remixes -
:24:16. > :24:19.including this one - called Greg Knight's Party Banger.
:24:20. > :24:27.He's part of a band of politicians - called MP4.
:24:28. > :24:30.And he played the drums on the finished song.
:24:31. > :24:32.He's been re-elected to his East Yorkshire seat.
:24:33. > :24:33.And he's promising to make more videos.
:24:34. > :24:36.So there may be plenty more where this came from.
:24:37. > :24:46.# Make sure this time you get it right.
:24:47. > :24:59.That was Sarah Walton with that viral campaign video of Sir Greg
:25:00. > :25:02.Knight. We will be back with BBC look now for our lunchtime
:25:03. > :25:03.negotiations, I think duty calls and she will stay. Viewers are joining
:25:04. > :25:22.us from around the UK. We better say goodbye, Gus, thanks
:25:23. > :25:27.very much. The former Cabinet Secretary is leaving us. If you are
:25:28. > :25:30.just joined us at the BBC election centre, if for some reason you
:25:31. > :25:34.missed this morning's necessary or have been heavily asleep overnight.
:25:35. > :25:38.Let me tell you Theresa May is still Prime Minister this morning but
:25:39. > :25:43.doesn't have a majority in this new parliament. It is to be a hung
:25:44. > :25:49.parliament. The prospect at the moment seems to be that MrsMay will
:25:50. > :25:52.stay in power with the help of the DUP, that's not confirmed by the
:25:53. > :25:58.way, that's just the way that the figures are stacking up. It's been a
:25:59. > :26:01.remarkable night for Labour making a few gains. Of course the
:26:02. > :26:06.Conservatives suffering losses that they never thought they would
:26:07. > :26:10.suffer. We are nowhere near the solid impressive majority that so
:26:11. > :26:14.many commentators and indeed some of of the polls had been suggesting for
:26:15. > :26:17.the Conservatives up until that exit poll came last night.