While you were asleep, here's what happened in the general election

Labour has won a landslide victory at the general election.

Sir Keir Starmer will become the Prime Minister after winning a majority of more than 100 seats. The Conservatives have faced a crushing defeat across the country with senior party figures including Liz Truss, Jacob Rees Mogg and Penny Mourdant losing their seats.

The Tories have been wiped out in Greater Manchester after losing in Altrincham and Sale West for the first time in nearly 100 years. Labour have won almost every seat in the city-region - including George Galloway's in Rochdale - with the Lib Dems winning two.

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Reform UK came second, pushing the Conservatives into third in huge swathes of the country - including many seats in Greater Manchester. As it stands, the party has won four seats in Parliament including in Clacton where Nigel Farage has been elected MP.

The Conservatives have hardly any MPs left in the North West after losing the Tory stronghold of Macclesfield by more than 9,000 votes. It comes less than five years after Boris Johnson led the Tories to victory, turning many of Labour's northern heartlands blue.

Rishi Sunak held onto seat in North Yorkshire, but speaking after the results were declared in his constituency, he conceded that Labour had won the general election. At an event in London, Sir Keir said that the UK was experiencing the 'sunlight of hope'.

Here is everything that happened overnight at the general election.

Polling stations across the UK closed.

An exit poll is published predicting a Labour landslide with the party on course for 410 seats and the number of Conservative MPs reduced to a record low of 131.

It also forecast the Liberal Democrats on