Sir Keir Starmer will be the UK’s next prime minister after Rishi Sunak admitted defeat in the face of a Labour landslide.

Several high-profile Conservatives lost their seats, including former UK prime minister Liz Truss, prominent Brexiteer Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg and former defence secretary Grant Shapps.

Sunak said voters had delivered a “sobering verdict” on his party after 14 years in power.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said people around the country had declared they were “ready for change”.

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• The DUP has suffered a bruising set of election results in the North with the party suffering a seismic shock when Ian Paisley lost his seat, while Sinn Féin is the largest party in a Westminster election for the first time after holding all of its seven seats.
• The Alliance Party’s Sorcha Eastwood also had a historic result as she triumphed in the unionist stronghold of Lagan Valley – the seat formerly held by DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson.
• The Paisley family has held the North Antrim seat for more than 50 years, but that legacy has come to an end with the victory of TUV leader Jim Allister in the unionist heartland.
• Rishi Sunak shouldered the burden for a “sobering verdict” at the UK general election, as competing Tory factions began their battle over the diminished party’s future.