All quiet outside Sunak’s house in Richmondpublished at 22:39
Sunak and his wife, Akshata Murty, headed to their polling station earlier today
The BBC’S Victoria Derbyshire is outside Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s house in his constituency of Richmond, Yorkshire.
She says it’s been very quiet there and Sunak is inside, no doubt absorbing the news of the exit poll. “If it’s accurate, he’ll be contemplating the defeat, the brutal battering he has led his party to,” she tells the BBC’s election programme.
We’re expecting a result from Sunak’s constituency at about 04:00 BST.
The prime minister took to X a short while ago to say: “To the hundreds of Conservative candidates, thousands of volunteers and millions of voters: Thank you for your hard work, thank you for your support, and thank you for your vote.”
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