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The first exit poll after UK polling booths closed shows a landslide for Labour, ending the Tories' long reign.
The BBC exit poll predicts Labour will win 410 seats to the Conservatives' 131 under Britain's First Past the Post system.
Voters in the UK have been casting their ballots in a national election to choose the 650 MPs who will sit in Parliament for the next five years.
Polls opened at 7am (Thursday 6pm NZ time) and closed at 10pm on Thursday night (9am this morning NZ time).
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