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Election Analysis in The Maps and Charts (BBC News, 3 min read) Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives have a majority of 80 seats. A series of interactive maps and charts displaying the regions and categories of gains of losses made by each party. Notably, Labour lost more votes in remain areas than the Conservatives. Labor have had their worst return of seats in any general election since 1935; losing votes in every region in the UK.
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