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- Labour have stormed to victory across the Scottish Central Belt and the wider UK, and Keir Starmer is set to be confirmed as the next prime minister.
- The SNP have slumped to single figures, winning just seven seats so far.
- The Tories are having a dreadful night, with top figures including Grant Shapps, Penny Mordaunt, and Jacob Rees-Mogg losing their seats.
- Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross also faced a humiliating loss to the SNP in Aberdeenshire North and Moray East.
- Among Labour victories, there are some losses for the party. Jeremy Corbyn held on as an independent, shadow culture secretary Thangam Debbonaire lost her seat to the Greens, and pro-Palestine independents won in other areas, with one unseating Labour frontbencher Jonathan Ashworth in a shock upset.
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