United Kingdom Prime Minister, and his Conservatives party win the December 12, election with a big majority that swept aside Labour in its traditional base.
The prime minister said it would give him a mandate to “get Brexit done” and take the UK out of the EU next month.
Jeremy Corbyn said Labour had a “very disappointing night” and he would not fight a future election.
Labour, which has lost seats across the North, Midlands and Wales in places which backed Brexit in 2016, is facing its worst defeat since 1935.
Johnson has addressed cheering party workers at Conservative headquarters, telling them there has been a political earthquake, with the Tories winning a “stonking” mandate, from Kensington to Clwyd South.
Speaking earlier at his count in Uxbridge, west London, where he was elected with a slightly higher majority, Johnson said: “It does look as though this One Nation Conservative government has been given a powerful new mandate to get Brexit done.”
He added: “Above all I want to thank the people of this country for turning out to vote in a December election that we didn’t want to call but which I think has turned out to be a historic election that gives us now, in this new government, the chance to respect the democratic will of the British people to change this country for the better and to unleash the potential of the entire people of this country.”
Johnson became prime minister in July without a general election, after the Conservative Party elected him as leader to replace Theresa May.
Speaking at his election count in Islington North, where he was re-elected with a reduced majority, Corbyn said Labour had put forward a “manifesto of hope” but “Brexit has so polarised debate it has overridden so much of normal political debate”.
Labour’s vote is down around 8% on the 2017 general election, with the Tories up by just over 1% and the smaller parties having a better night.
A Tory majority at Westminster means one constitutional quarrel – Brexit – might be over, but another – on Scottish independence – will be back with a vengeance.
