Richard Holden: The Red Wall. My part in its downfall. How I won North West Durham – Labour since its creation.

We need to build long-term trust to hold seats like this one. We can win again – but we must deliver.

Paul Mercer: The Conservatives are the Party of large men bedecked with scary tattoos

In Loughborough, we could see how Labour had lost its “core vote”. They may be unwilling to return to the fold.

Chris Penney: “Oh, you’re one of those are you?” My lessons from canvassing for the Tories

I wonder if this election will go down in history as the one where, at long last, such attitudes towards Conservatives were dispelled?

The Politics of And. Securing the Majority. 5) Building on this successful campaign at CCHQ

There will be a mass of new Conservative MPs who have no or little presence on the ground to support them.

Lee Rowley: North East Derbyshire was a forerunner of this election victory. Here’s what we did to win again.

For my colleagues who’ve smashed through the Red Wall – pick those bricks up and build anew.

Neil O’Brien: Policies for a new Britain – in which the central point for new Tory MPs is the moors on the edge of Sheffield

Can have a bold enough economic policy that people in these newly gained seats can see the difference in five years’ time?

James Cleverly: I want to thank you and all our Party members for your hard work in this election campaign

For now, enjoy your Christmas break. You have earned it and should be proud of what we have achieved.

Winners and losers of the General Election

Bad news for Hugh Grant and Stormzy. But Lord Sugar and Annunziata Rees-Mogg were able to rejoice.

Lord Ashcroft: How Britain voted and why. My 2019 post-vote poll

Men chose the Conservatives over Labour by a 19-point margin (48 per cent to 29 per cent), while women did so by just six points.

WATCH: “We will never take your support for granted” – Johnson’s victory speech in full

“We did it – we pulled it off, didn’t we? We broke the gridlock, we ended the deadlock, we smashed the road block…the biggest Conservative majority since the 1980s.”

Five videos that show how much the Conservatives’ online campaign has improved

Rumours that CCHQ was saving cash to go big on digital advertising in the last week of the campaign appear to be true.

Gareth Lyon: The opposition is trying to shift the focus from their local mismanagement to national decision-making

After having knocked on doors in six very different constituencies, across the South East, certain themes stand out. Social Care is one of them.

James Cleverly: We need one last push, with your help, to deliver Brexit, stop Corbyn – and win

In 2017, 51 MPs were returned with majorities of less than a thousand. That’s 51 results potentially determined by an extra hour on the doorstep,

Chris Whiteside: A hung parliament with Labour and the SNP able to form a government is still a very real danger

With so many disillusioned with politicians of all parties the role of self-defeating expectations comes into play.

Iain Dale: Gulp – here’s my prediction for the election result

I’ve been nervous after last time – but here goes. Plus: Farage is having a dreadful campaign. And why election night TV will never be the same again.