Election results: Lib Dem Danny Alexander loses to SNP

Danny Alexander, as Lib Dem chief secretary to the Treasury, has been the highest-ranking politician in Scotland to lose his seat in this election.

He lost the seat of Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey, to the SNP's Drew Hendry, by more than 10,000 votes.

''I will always be proud of the difference I and my party have made to the country in the last five years,'' he said after the result was announced.