Sir Ed Davey has held his constituency of Kingston and Surbiton, winning the biggest ever Liberal Democrat majority in the process.
Sir Ed boosted his majority to 17,235, gaining 25,870 votes overall. The Conservatives were second with 8,635 votes.The Lib Dem leaders' win in the south-west London suburbs was his party's second of the night, after Tom Gordon won Harrogate and Knaresborough with 23,976 votes..Mr Gordon beat the Conservatives into second place in his North Yorkshire constituency, with a new majority of over 8,000.
Read more: Follow live as Britain decides on the election night blogRead more: Conservative former Justice Secretary Robert Buckland loses seat, in Labour's first gain from Tories The Lib Dems were predicted to win 61 seats overall by the exit poll, released at 10pm when polls closed. That is a significant improvement on their performance in 2019, when they won just 11 seats.
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