Summary
Tony blair was heading for an historic third term in Downing Street last night on a majority heavily cut by stay-at-home protests and a stable Tory vote.A joint BBC/ITV exit poll last night suggested Labour's majority would be down from 161 to 66 - leaving the party with 356 seats in parliament.
The Conservatives were predicted to be up 45 seats to 209 seats - which could be enough to keep Tory leader Michael Howard in his job.See the full content of this document
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Slashed Majority-but Historic Win for Labour, Says Exit Poll
Crucially the swing against Labour was higher in seats where the party was locked in a two-way tussle with the Tories while the Conservative vote held firm in seats where the Lib-Dems were the main rivals.
Despite an increased share of the vote the Liberal Democrats were likely t...See the full content of this document
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