General Election 2019: As it happened in London

Summary

Conservatives win overall majority
Lib Dems take Richmond Park from Conservatives
Labour gains Putney
Tories gain Kensington and Carshalton & Wallington
Let the healing begin, urges Johnson
Election result is a catastrophe, says Sadiq Khan
London defectors all lose seats

Live Reporting

Claire Timms

Labour holds Elthampublished at 03:23 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
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Lib Dems hold Kingston & Surbitonpublished at 03:22 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
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Labour holds Hayes & Harlingtonpublished at 03:22 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
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Conservatives hold Romfordpublished at 03:21 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
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Conservatives hold Brentwood & Ongarpublished at 03:20 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
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Cities Of London & Westminster: Conservative holdpublished at 03:19 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
Nickie Aiken has been elected MP for Cities Of London & Westminster, meaning that the Conservative Party holds the seat with an increased majority.
The new MP beat Liberal Democrat Chuka Umunna by 3,953 votes. This was more than Mark Field’s 3,148 vote majority in the 2017 general election. Former Streatham MP Chuka Umunna left the Labour party in Feb 2019 and with other MPs founded The Independent Group, which is now called The Independent Group for Change. In June 2019 he left TIG to join the Liberal Democrats.
Gordon Nardell of the Labour Party came third and the Green Party's Zack Polanski came fourth.
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Voter turnout was up by 4.3 percentage points since the last general election.
Nearly 43,000 people, roughly two-thirds of those eligible to vote, went to polling stations across the area on Thursday, in the first December general election since 1923.
Three of the six candidates, Zack Polanski (Green), Jill McLachlan (Christian Peoples Alliance) and Dirk van Heck (Liberal Party) lost their £500 deposits after failing to win 5% of the vote.
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Conservatives lose Richmondpublished at 03:15 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
Zac Goldsmith has lost his seat in Richmond Park for the second time in three years.
The former London Mayoral candidate won the seat in the 2017 election by just 45 votes - a 0.1% majority.
He’d been out of parliament for six months following a by-election sparked by his decision to leave the Conservative Party in protest at the government's backing of a third Heathrow runway.
Sarah Olney, who beat Mr Goldsmith in the 2016 by-election, won with 34,559.
Mr Goldsmith, who is currently a minister at the Department for Environmental, Food and Rural Affairs got 26,793 votes.
Labour holds Westminster Northpublished at 03:13 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
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Labour holds Hammersmithpublished at 03:12 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
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Conservatives hold Cities of London and Westminsterpublished at 03:10 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
The Conservatives have held on to Cities of London and Westminster .
The constituency, which covers the houses of parliament, had been represented by former foreign minister Mark Field for 18 years until he announced he would retire at this election.
The seat became a tight three-horse race.
Westminster City council leader Nickie Aiken, has won the seat with a majority of 3,953.
She beat Chuka Umunna, the former Labour Minister into second place. Former City lawyer Mr Umunna quit Labour in February and formed an Independent Group and before moving to the Lib Dems and quitting his previous constituency of Streatham.
Labour's Gordon Nardell, camde in third. Mr Nardell is a former Labour councillor in Southwark and a barrister advised the party on its approach to dealing with anti-semitism complaints.
Labour holds Islington South & Finsburypublished at 03:08 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
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Conservatives hold Chelsea & Fulhampublished at 03:07 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
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Labour holds Tootingpublished at 03:06 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
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Labour holds Mitcham & Mordenpublished at 03:05 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
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Conservatives hold Hornchurch & Upminsterpublished at 03:05 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
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Conservatives hold Cities of London & Westminsterpublished at 03:03 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
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Labour holds Edmontonpublished at 03:02 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
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'Corbyn should resign immediately'published at 03:02 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
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'Corbyn should resign immediately'
"Jeremy Corbyn should stand down immediately," Labour's Mitcham and Morden MP has said.
Siobhain McDonagh, who has represented the seat since 1997, was re-elected with a majority of 16,482.
Labour hold Batterseapublished at 02:59 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
Labour have held on to Battersea, with an increased majority.
The seat was thought to be at risk, after it was one of the big stories of the 2017 election when former of treasury minister Jane Ellison lost her 8,000 vote majority in a shock defeat.
Labour's Marsha De Cordove won then by 2,416, but has seen her majority increase to 5,668.
Conservative Party candidate Kim Caddy, cabinet member for housing at Wandsworth Council, received 21,622 votes.
Ms De Cordove said: "I am proud beyond words to be re-elected as the MP for Battersea.
"I will fight every day in the next Parliament for a fairer and more equal Britain, in the face of whatever challenges may come."
Has Chuka Umunna lost in Streatham?published at 02:57 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
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