Within the final six nationwide elections, just one exit ballot has received the result unsuitable – in 2015 when the ballot predicted a hung parliament when in reality the Conservatives received a majority. Official outcomes will observe over the subsequent few hours.
Sunak surprised Westminster and lots of in his personal get together by calling the election sooner than he wanted to in Could with the Conservatives trailing Labour by some 20 factors in opinion polls.
He had hoped that the hole would cut as had historically been the case in British elections, however the deficit has didn’t budge in a reasonably disastrous marketing campaign.
It began badly with him getting drenched by rain exterior Downing Avenue as he introduced the vote, earlier than aides and Conservative candidates grew to become caught up in a playing scandal over suspicious bets positioned on the date of the election.
Sunak’s early departure from D-Day commemorative occasions in France to do a TV interview angered veterans, and even these inside his personal get together stated it raised questions on his political acumen.