The campaign had begun with Labour on course for its worst result since 1935 and ended with it increasing its share of the vote by 9.6 per cent, the biggest uptick during a campaign since 1945. Corbyn secured a higher vote share than at any time since Tony Blair’s second landslide in 2001. Crucially, Labour was now second in more than fifty seats with majorities of less than 6 per cent, which left the Tories looking over their shoulders and keen to avoid another election.
