Highs and lows: UK general election night 2024 – in pictures
The Guardian’s picture editors bring you the best images from a dramatic election night where Keir Starmer’s Labour party won a landslide majority
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The Labour leader, Keir Starmer, his wife, Victoria, and the former Labour leader Neil Kinnock, at a Tate Modern celebration in London
Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian
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Starmer, leader of Britain’s Labour party, speaks at a reception to celebrate the party’s win
Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian
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Rishi Sunak speaks after winning the count for the Richmond and Northallerton constituency, conceding defeat to Labour
Photograph: Temilade Adelaja/WPA/Getty Images
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The defeated Jacob Rees-Mogg speaks after losing the North East Somerset and Hanham seat
Photograph: Adrian Sherratt/The Guardian
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Senior Conservative politician Penny Mordaunt loses her seat to Labour candidate Amanda Martin
Photograph: Ben Stevens/REX/Shutterstock
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Labour candidate Dan Norris arrives at the University of Bath for the North East Somerset and Hanham count
Photograph: Adrian Sherratt/The Guardian
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Sunak arrives at the Richmond and Northallerton count
Photograph: Anthony Devlin/Getty Images
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Liberal Democrat candidate Wera Hobhouse embraces a supporter after holding on to in Bath constituency
Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA
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Keir Starmer makes a speech after he is declared the winner at the count of the Holborn and St Pancras constituency
Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian
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Gillian Keegan, the education secretary, gives a parting speech after Jessica Brown-Fuller of the Liberal Democrats won the vote and will be the new MP for Chichester
Photograph: Ollie Thompson/Solent News & Photo Agency/Solent News
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Sir Ed Davey gives a speech after the result of Kingston and Surbiton’s vote in Chessington. The exit poll for the 2024 general election predicts the Lib Dems will win 61 seats
Photograph: Alex McBride/Getty Images
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The Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar, celebrates with members of the Labour party, as the counting of votes continues in Glasgow
Photograph: Lesley Martin/Reuters
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Kemi Badenoch leaves following her win at the North West Essex election count
Photograph: James McCauley/Rex/Shutterstock
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Grant Shapps speaks after losing his seat at the Welwyn and Hatfield count
Photograph: James Shaw/Rex/Shutterstock
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Jeremy Hunt at the count in the Godalming and Ash constituency in Haslemere
Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian
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Supporters of Jeremy Corbyn react as the result is declared in Islington
Photograph: Guy Smallman/Getty Images
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Keir Starmer and his wife, Victoria, arrive at the headquarters of Camden council for the count of the Holborn and St Pancras constituency
Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian
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Nigel Farage arrives for the count at Clacton
Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian
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Labour’s Lewis Atkinson celebrates with his supporters after winning the Sunderland Central constituency at Silkworth Community Pool Tennis & Wellness Centre
Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA
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Former home secretary Suella Braverman speaks to the media at Fareham Leisure Centre in Fareham, Hampshire
Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA
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The shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, arrives at the count in Leeds as she held her seat
Photograph: Lee Mclean/SWNS
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Angela Rayner being interviewed by the BBC in the rain about the exit polls from her garden in Ashton-under-Lyne
Photograph: Jill Mead/The Guardian
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Sunderland was first in with results as is traditional, declaring Bridget Phillipson the winner for the seat of Houghton and Sunderland South
Photograph: Raoul Dixon/NNP/North News & Pictures Ltd northnews.co.uk
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Staff count ballot papers for Glasgow
Photograph: Lesley Martin/Reuters
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The election count in Clacton, where Nigel Farage won the seat
Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian
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Ballot papers are tipped out on to a table by counting staff at the counting centre at Emirates Arena in Glasgow
Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
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A ‘Stop the Tories’ election afterparty in London
Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters
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Ballot boxes arrive at Silkworth Community Pool Tennis & Wellness Centre in Sunderland
Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images
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An exit poll predicting that the Labour party would win 410 seats
Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images
