Mr Johnson's Conservative Party is tipped to win the election with 368 seats, giving it a clear majority, while Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party is forecast to pick up 191 seats.
Boris Johnson's Conservative Party is forecast to win the UK election with an outright majority, according to a BBC/ITV/Sky exit poll released after the close of voting.A BBC/ITV/Sky exit poll has the Tories on track to win 368 seats, while Labour is forecast to lose dozens of MPs
Boris Johnson will now have a clear majority in the House of Commons as he attempts to ram his Brexit agenda throughThe exit poll has the Tories on track to win 368 seats, giving them a clear majority in the House of Commons as Mr Johnson attempts to ram his Brexit agenda through.The Scottish National Party is expected to win by a landslide in Scotland, taking 55 seats out of 59, while the Liberal Democrats are predicted to return 13 MPs to Westminster.
Mr Johnson went to the polls promising to take Britain out of the European Union by the end of January, while Labour had promised another referendum on Brexit.
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