Labour’s landslide victory – podcast

After 14 years in opposition, Labour has won a landslide victory putting it back in government with a thumping majority. Helen Pidd watches the results unfold in the Guardian newsroom in London and hears from editor-in-chief Katharine Viner as the exit poll dropped setting the tone for the night.

The new chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves describes her joy at entering government and the depth of the task ahead. Meanwhile, former Conservative minister David Gauke describes his sadness at a catastrophic night for the Tories – the worst result in the party’s history.

In Clacton, the Guardian’s Ben Quinn describes the scenes in Clacton where Nigel Farage has entered parliament at the 8th attempt. John Harris watches as swathes of seats in the north of England, lost by Labour in recent elections returns to them. For the Tories, big names with leadership ambitions lost their seats including Penny Mordaunt, Grant Shapps and Robert Buckland.

At the end of a dramatic night, Kiran Stacey looks back at the stories buried beneath the headlines and ahead to the comings days for the new prime minister.