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The leader of Britain's pro-EU Liberal Democrats, Jo Swinson, says early election results and exit polls, which indicate a big win for the ruling Conservative party, will bring "dread and dismay". Swinson, who campaigned on a pledge to revoke Brexit if elected, was beaten into second place by the Scottish National Party (SNP) in her East Dunbartonshire seat in western Scotland. SOUNDBITE
Jo Swinson is elected as leader of the British Liberal Democrats. SOUNDBITE
Leader of the Liberal Democrats Jo Swinson arrives to cast her vote in the UK's general election in Glasgow. IMAGES
Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Vince Cable, heads to the polls to elect the UK's future representatives in the European Parliament, an election the country did not expect to hold nearly three years after the Brexit referendum.
British Labour leader Keir Starmer tells his supporters that "change begins now" after his party wins a general election that has ended 14 years of Conservative rule. "We did it. You campaigned for it, you fought for it, you voted for it, and now it has arrived," he says in London. SOUNDBITE