The constituencies which tell the story of the night

Nuneaton
David Cameron reportedly said that it was when the Nuneaton result came in in the 2015 election that he began to believe the exit polls were right.

The constituency has returned an MP for the winning side in the previous five elections. A relatively early declaration at Nuneaton showed both the Conservative and Labour candidates increased their share of the vote, but it was the incumbent Marcus Jones who held the seat for the Conservatives.

Wolverhampton South West
A key target seat for the Conservatives, with Labour MP Rob Marris choosing not to defend his wafer-thin majority of 801. However Eleanor Smith was able to increase Labour’s majority over the second-placed Conservatives to 2,185.

The UKIP share of the vote plummeted from 10.7% to 2.4%.

Sheffield Hallam
It was a tough night for the Liberal Democrats, who failed to rebound from their disastrous 2015 election. The party’s difficulties were highlighted by the defenestration of former leader, and former deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg.

Jared O’Mara will be the first Labour MP in the 132-year history of the constituency.

Boston & Skegness
The focus here was not on the two main parties, but on how the UKIP leader Paul Nuttall would perform in the constituency which had the biggest Leave vote in the EU referendum.

But Nuttall secured just 7.7% of the vote, and received nearly 24,000 fewer than the victor, Conservative candidate Matt Warman.

Moray
The SNP leader in Westminster, Angus Robertson, lost in Moray, in north-east Scotland after 16 years as MP.

Douglas Ross has become the first Conservative MP in the constituency in 30 years, reflecting his party’s progress in Scotland. It also reflected the difficulties the SNP faced in maintaining its hugely-dominant position that it secured in 2015.