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He asked the crowd: "What kind of [Brexit] deal have we got?"
"Oven ready!" chanted his supporters in the constituency once held by former Labour prime minister Tony Blair.
"We have 100 per cent support [for the deal from Conservative lawmakers]," Johnson said. "We can definitely get it in before Christmas."
Passage of the deal, which allows Britain to withdraw from the European Union on January 31, is expected to be a formality after the Conservatives won a big majority in the election.
Johnson called the election in a bid to break a parliamentary impasse over Brexit.
On Saturday, he promised to build "a one-nation Conservative government, a people's government" that will increase funding for health services, policing and infrastructure.
Thursday's election has "changed the future of our country," Johnson said.
The Conservatives won 365 seats in the 650-seat parliament, from 43.6 per cent of votes under Britain's constituency-based, winner-takes-all electoral system.
Labour lost 59 seats to end the election with 203 lawmakers. The anti-Brexit Liberal Democrats also lost ground despite recruiting several high-profile pro-EU lawmakers from the Conservatives and Labour.
Left-wing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson both said they plan to step down.
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"Oven ready!" chanted his supporters in the constituency once held by former Labour prime minister Tony Blair.
"We have 100 per cent support [for the deal from Conservative lawmakers]," Johnson said. "We can definitely get it in before Christmas."
Passage of the deal, which allows Britain to withdraw from the European Union on January 31, is expected to be a formality after the Conservatives won a big majority in the election.
Johnson called the election in a bid to break a parliamentary impasse over Brexit.
On Saturday, he promised to build "a one-nation Conservative government, a people's government" that will increase funding for health services, policing and infrastructure.
Thursday's election has "changed the future of our country," Johnson said.
The Conservatives won 365 seats in the 650-seat parliament, from 43.6 per cent of votes under Britain's constituency-based, winner-takes-all electoral system.
Labour lost 59 seats to end the election with 203 lawmakers. The anti-Brexit Liberal Democrats also lost ground despite recruiting several high-profile pro-EU lawmakers from the Conservatives and Labour.
Left-wing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson both said they plan to step down.
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