Paul Martin
BBC Wales political correspondent

Aside from its six losses in Wales, Labour did not improve its share of the vote in any of the 28 seats it won here in 2017.

The problems the party now faces are in some ways summed up by its performance in Cardiff North.

It won in that affluent, Remain-voting constituency comfortably, Anna McMorrin losing just 0.65% of her 2017 vote.

In previous years Cardiff North has been a bellwether seat, and that kind of win in a Labour-Conservative marginal would have suggested Labour was on course for government.

But that’s no longer the case because of the support Labour has haemorraged in its more traditional heartland areas.

As well as the Wrexham, Delyn, Clwyd South, Vale of Clwyd, Bridgend and Ynys Mon defeats, seats the party held on to tell a story too.

Its share of the vote went down 16% in Torfaen, 14% in Aberavon, 14% in Islwyn, 14% in Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, 13% in Ogmore, 13% in Neath and 12% in Newport East.

That still meant comfortable majorities in some cases.

But is this a temporary downturn or are those seats on their way to becoming vulnerable for the election-winning powerhouse of Welsh Labour?

Married couple Rachel and Gavin Howells, who live in the Newport West constituency, voted differently in the referendum but are both happy with the Conservative majority.

Rachel said: "I voted to remain, but I accept the result. I’m more confident in Boris Johnson delivering a better Brexit deal than any of the other leaders”.

Gavin said: “I think the manifesto for the Conservatives was better for us. The M4 relief road was a massive factor into my voting - I do a horrific amount of mileage, and that would have helped.

"I voted Brexit - we [the people] all voted Brexit and their intention is to deliver."

After pulling an all-nighter, one of BBC Wales' pundits Prof Laura McAllister of Cardiff University is finally calling it a night.

Thanks for all your analysis, Laura!

Darren Williams from Cardiff, a member of Labour's ruling national executive committee, considers what went wrong for the party.

"I think it's a combination of the Tories' success in turning the election into a referendum on Brexit and hammering home their own simplistic slogan on that, while Labour's more nuanced position clearly had less resonance and was downright unpopular in many of our heartlands.

"And the relentless character assassination of Jeremy Corbyn undertaken by the Tories and their media cheerleaders over the last two and a half years, aided by a handful of highly-placed opponents within Labour itself."

In Newport, Paddy Kitson said the contest was all down to “personalities”. He said: “I think it was totally expected to be honest. It always gets back to personalities.

"It’s not about how strong a personality Boris Johnson is, it’s about how poor a personality Corbyn is.

"I don’t think Labour have got a natural leader. I think Corbyn should continue for the time being, but he’s not going to help the Labour party in any way shape or form.

"To be honest, I voted Plaid Cymru."

Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price says the "green dam stood strong" as the party's four MPs maintained their seats.

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Turnout was down 2% in Wales compared to the 2017 general election

The Green Party had 1% of the vote in Wales, up 0.7% on 2017's general election but not enough to secure a seat.

Caroline Lucas remains the only Green MP in the UK, holding onto her seat in Brighton Pavilion.

The party's leader in Wales Anthony Slaughter said the Green voice has never been more important.

Andrew Williams (in the light blue top), an architect from Porthcawl, is another long-time Labour voter who switched to help the Tories take Bridgend.

“I voted Conservative for the first time in many years," he said.

"I’ve been a staunch Labour supporter but I’ve changed my mind. I don’t think Corbyn can be trusted.

"But Brexit is definitely a factor. I think we’re just all fed up of the faffing about.

"I’m just happy it’ll now move forward because he [Boris Johnson] has a majority.“

Ioan Emanuel from Bridgend (in the red jumper) agreed, saying: “I think it’s a good thing, Brexit was an issue.

"People are so fed up with the whole situation - the massive win that he’s secured has got to move things forward.”

Brexit Party MEP James Wells failed to win a seat in Islwyn.

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Labour's Stephen Kinnock was re-elected MP for Aberavon, but blamed Jeremy Corbyn for the party's "disastrous" result.

The Conservatives have taken seats six seats from Labour, which still led with a 40.9% share of the vote.

Working at the Ridgeway Cafe in Newport, Harriet Panting (grey jumper), 25, said: “Maybe I don’t know enough but none of them speak for me.

"I don’t feel any of the parties represent me. There’s no clear answer, I was brought up Conservative, my family are Conservative, but my partner is Labour."

Claudia Alonzo-Lewis, 32, said she was “gutted”.

“I just think we needed a bigger change - massive change in Newport, and it’s not happened.

"I don’t feel like we knew much about it. I’m quite gutted actually this morning with a Boris majority”.

Labour successfully defended the two Newport seats, but with much reduced majorities.

Cardiff University academic Prof Richard Wyn Jones is not ready to say that the Conservative gains will hasten the end of Labour domination in Wales.

Speaking on BBC Wales' Election 2019 TV special, he said: “Is this the year when the 100-year domination of Welsh electoral politics come to an end? Is this the election? And it’s not been that election.

"It’s a fantastic result for the Welsh Conservatives - they’re going to be absolutely delighted, but they haven’t actually changed the historical pattern that goes back 100 years, further than that, where the Conservatives under-perform in Wales relative to England."

Electrician Jason Elward from Bridgend gave his reaction to the constituency turning blue while picking up his cafe breakfast.

The lifelong Labour voter put his cross in the Tory box on Thursday.

“It was down to Brexit," he said.

"People voted out, so that’s what needs to happen.

"I’ve always voted Labour but they don’t want to do what the people want. I like Boris Johnson too. All my friends think the same - it’s all down to the Brexit.”

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Former Welsh Labour First Minister Carwyn Jones said: “There will now need to be a fundamental rethink, not just of the future direction of the Labour Party but also the way that the centre-left operates in Wales.

He told the Leaders' Lounge Live on BBC Radio Wales: “We saw it in ’83 where you had the vote of the centre-right united around one party particularly and then the rest of the vote fragmented.

“I think there are lessons there for us all as well, in terms of how we deal with how we possibly work together in the future.”