Andrew Marr
Presenter, The Andrew Marr Show

It's absolutely clear that Jeremy Corbyn's position as leader is safe for as long as he wants it to be.

He faced sustained criticism over his leadership before the election from fellow Labour MPs, but it's clear now he's run a great campaign.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan arrived at the count in Wandsworth with Tooting candidate Dr Rosena Allin-Khan.

When asked what he thought about the exit poll, he ignored the question.

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Labour former election coordinator Douglas Alexander says the Conservatives are being badly punished south of the border, and the SNP north of the border.

Both are parties of government and have been rejected, says Mr Alexander, who lost his Paisley and Renfrewshire South seat to the SNP in 2015.

"There's no doubt that Jeremy Corbyn has campaigned with spirit and a sense of authenticity that was wholly lacking from the Conservative campaign," he says.

• Exit poll suggests the standing of the parties will be Conservatives 314, Labour 266, SNP 34, Lib Dems 14, Plaid Cymru 3, UKIP 0, Greens 1, Others 18.
• The exit poll suggests the Conservatives will be the largest party in the Commons but would be short of an overall majority.

• Politics expert Professor John Curtice says two things can be drawn from the exit poll - one that the PM has failed in her bid to win a large majority to give her more "wiggle room" over Brexit, two that Labour is probably not going to end up with the most seats.
• But he says the 2015 exit poll projected 316 seats for the Tories when they actually won 331 - so it was still possible for the Tories to win an overall majority, although it may not be much larger than it was before the election.

• There is speculation that the SNP's Alex Salmond, Tory Home Secretary Amber Rudd and Conservative minister Ben Gummer may be in danger of losing their seats.

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Prof John Curtice says Darlington was meant to be the seat that "told us Theresa May was heading for a landslide, and instead Labour has held it".

More broadly, it looks as though Conservative vote has advanced most in places that voted Leave in the EU referendum, which tend to be places with a high UKIP vote, while Labour has advanced in areas where there was a low UKIP vote.

BBC reporter Jordan Clark is at the Christchurch constituency count at Two Riversmeet Leisure Centre.

The area is a Tory stronghold.

This year's candidates are:

• Labour - Patrick Canavan
• Conservative - Christopher Chope
• Liberal Democrat - Michael Cox
• Green Party - Chris Rigby

Chris Johnston
Business reporter, BBC News

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The rollercoaster ride for sterling continues, with the pound falling again to be 1.8% lower at $1.2719.

Sean Callow, senior currency analyst at Westpac, predicts that a hung parliament would strip the currency of its gains since the election was called to leave it trading at about $1.25.

"But given the patchy history of exit polls, this time we will have to wait for the seat by seat results, setting the pound up for a volatile day," he adds.

Economics editor Kamal Ahmed adds:

Professor John Curtice
Polling expert

In Middlesbrough, a 5% swing to the Labour Party was expected by the exit poll, but in practice there is a 1 point swing to the Conservatives.

The exit poll has underestimated the Conservative performance in much of the North East of England. But what is far less clear is that it has done so across England as a whole.

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Darlington was a crucial seat for the Conservatives if they were to secure "a chunky majority", BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg says, but Labour has held on.

The vote swing in Darlington is from Labour to the Conservatives was 0.2%.

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BBC Oxford's Sophie Law is at the count in David Cameron's former Witney constituency in Oxfordshire, and has spotted a "fist bump" between two Lib Dems watching votes being counted.

Witney used to be considered one of the country's safest seats, but after the Tory leader stepped down his replacement Robert Courts was elected with a much reduced majority.

Sophie said: "The feeling has been that the Lib Dems are in a strong place at the moment and this could be the year they do it."

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