The SNP’s Joanna Cherry QC was re-elected for Edinburgh South West while Kenny MacAskill, the party’s former Justice Secretary, took East Lothian.

Ms Cherry held her seat with 24,830 votes, a share of 47.6 per cent, an increase of 12 per cent on the last election.

Mr MacAskill took East Lothian from Labour with 21,156 votes, a share of 36.2 per cent.

Scotland Secretary and lawyer David Mundell held his Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale seat, with 22,611 votes, 46 per cent of the total.

John Lamont, a former solicitor at Freshfields in London and Brodies in Edinburgh, held Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk for the Conservatives, with 25,747 votes, a share of 48.4 per cent.

Former MEP Alyn Smith, who qualified with Clifford Chance, won Stirling for the SNP, defeating the Conservatives. Mr Smith won with 26,895 votes, a majority of 51.1 per cent.

Former Pinsent Masons lawyer and Conservative Paul Masterton lost Renfrewshire East, receiving 19,451 votes, or 35.1 per cent of the total. The SNP’s Kirsten Oswald prevailed with 24,877 votes, a share of 44.9 per cent. 

Lawyer and Dundee University graduate John Finucane wrested Belfast North from the DUP, with 23,078 votes: a share of 47.1 per cent.

In England, former Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC was ousted from his Beaconsfield seat by Joy Morrissey, who won with 15,712 votes for the Conservatives. Mr Grieve had held the seat for 22 years for the Tories but stood as an independent after his opposition to a no-deal Brexit saw him expelled from the party.

Labour defector Chuka Umunna, a former solicitor, lost in his attempt to take the Cities of London & Westminster constituency for the Liberal Democrats. Mr Umunna took 30.7 per of the vote, losing to Nickie Aiken, who won with 17,049 votes for the Conservatives.

Sir Keir Starmer QC, the former Director of Public Prosecutions, held his seat of St Pancras and Holborn for Labour, with 64.5 per cent of the vote, or 36,641 votes.

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, a former Linklaters solicitor, held Esher and Walton in Surrey, despite a Lib Dem surge. Mr Raab won with 31,132 votes, 49.4 per cent of the total votes. Lib Dem Monica Harding took second place with 28,389 votes.

Barrister Anna Soubry, who stood for the Independent Group for Change after leaving the Conservatives, lost her seat of Broxtowe to Tory Darren Henry. Ms Soubry gained just 4,668 votes, a share of 8.4 per cent.