Jeremy Corbyn will not lead Labour into another election campaign as he faced mounting calls to step aside immediately.

The Labour leader last night called for a “process of reflection” following the crushing defeat, which is now expected to be the worst since Michael Foot led the party to disaster in 1983.

But in a move that is likely to provoke fury among Labour MPs, Mr Corbyn indicated that he could cling on during that period until the party was ready to “move on”.

It came as Tony Blair’s former seat of Sedgefield fell to the Conservatives shortly after 2am, whilst Ed Miliband, the former Labour leader, managed to cling on in Doncaster North after losing 22 percent of his vote from 2017.

West Bromwich East, a former safe seat held by Labour’s deputy leader Tom Watson, was also lost following a major swing to the Conservatives.