Election 2024
Results: parties by seats
326 seats for a majority
0 seats to go
  • Labour: 412 seats, 211 seats gained
  • Conservative: 121 seats, 251 seats lost
  • Liberal Democrat: 72 seats, 64 seats gained
  • Scottish National Party: 9 seats, 39 seats lost
  • Sinn Fein: 7 seats, No change
  • Others: 29 seats, 15 seats gained
Change since 2019

Summary

  • After 56 declarations, Labour has won 37 seats; the SNP nine; Liberal Democrats five; and Conservatives five

  • It was a triumphant night for Labour which took dozens of seats off the SNP, including all six in Glasgow

  • Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross lost his bid to return to Westminster, describing it a "historically bad night" for the Conservatives

  • First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney described the result for his party as "very, very difficult and damaging".

  • SNP casualties included Kirsten Oswald, Tommy Sheppard, Alison Thewliss and high-profile MP Joanna Cherry

  • Labour's Ian Murray, who comfortably held his Edinburgh South seat, has been appointed as the new Scottish Secretary

  • One final seat - Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire - has yet to be called and will go to a re-count on Saturday. The Lib Dems are expected to win after SNP candidate Drew Hendry conceded defeat

  1. Could a chunk of Scottish seats now be within Labour's grasp?published at 02:44 British Summer Time 5 July

    David Wallace Lockhart
    BBC Scotland political correspondent

    Scottish Labour are very happy with the size of the majority they just achieved in Kilmarnock and Loudoun.

    They think that puts a big chunk of Scottish seats within their grasp if replicated elsewhere.

  2. Labour gain Kilmarnock and Loudoun from SNPpublished at 02:38 British Summer Time 5 July
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    The first Scottish seat has declared with a win for Labour in Kilmarnock and Loudoun. Lillian Jones won 19,055 votes, with the SNP second on 13,936.

    Full results here

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  3. First result being called in Kilmarnockpublished at 02:37 British Summer Time 5 July

    We're just about to get our first Scottish declaration in Kilmarnock.

  4. Swinney arrives at countpublished at 02:32 British Summer Time 5 July

    First Minister John Swinney is now at the count in Perth alongside Pete Wishart.

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  5. How constituency boundary changes will impact tonight's resultspublished at 02:31 British Summer Time 5 July

    Angus Cochrane
    BBC Scotland News

    A major difference at this year’s election is the number of constituencies in Scotland has been reduced from 59 to 57, with the Moray and Glasgow Central seats swallowed up by neighbouring areas under boundary changes.

    The changes, based on recommendations by an independent commission in each part of the UK to reflect population changes, will affect all but 10 of Scotland’s constituencies, external, to varying degrees.

    It means it will not be possible to do a direct comparison between this year’s results and the previous election in 2019. Instead, to measure gains and losses, "notional" results will be used.

    These are calculated using localised voting data to estimate what the result would have been in 2019 had the current consistency boundaries been in place.

    For the uninitiated, this could make for some confusing reading when the results come in.

    Take Rutherglen and Hamilton West, which was won by Labour from the SNP at a by-election last year.

    Under the boundary changes, it has lost about 10,000 constituents and is now called Rutherglen.

    Due to the changes, it will officially be listed as an SNP defence, meaning if Labour win the seat it would be registered as a “gain”.

    Defections are also discounted. That means the two seats Alba held will officially be SNP defences, as is Lisa Cameron's former East Kilbride seat, despite her defection to the Tories.

    It may be technical, but it’s an important change to get your head around at this election.

  6. Reform 'doing similar numbers' to Tories in Hamiltonpublished at 02:26 British Summer Time 5 July

    Laura Goodwin
    BBC Scotland News in Hamilton

    Conservative candidate Richard Nelson says it looks like Reform are doing similar numbers to them in the Hamilton and Clyde Valley Constituency.

    But it is not yet clear if the Reform Candidate Lisa Judge is here this morning.

    Conservative activists say they have never seen her campaigning locally and that she did not appear at a local hustings.

    The described her as a paper candidate, albeit one who could potentially be polling on par with their own party.

  7. Lib Dems confident in North East Fifepublished at 02:23 British Summer Time 5 July

    Lynsey Bews
    BBC Scotland political correspondent

    Labour may be steaming ahead in seats across Scotland, but the Liberal Democrats reckon they've done enough in North East Fife, where their candidate is the Scottish deputy leader Wendy Chamberlain.

  8. Longest serving SNP MP 'reasonably confident'published at 02:22 British Summer Time 5 July

    Louise Cowie
    BBC Scotland news in Perth

    The SNP's Pete Wishart just arrived at the count in Perth.

    He said he is feeling “pretty comfortable” about his count and “reasonably confident”.

    But said it had been a “tough night for the party”.

    There’s no putting a gloss on it, he said, it’s been “grim” and “bad news”.

    He said the SNP will need to refocus and renew the trust of the Scottish public and will also need to review how they fought the campaign.

    Wishart, who was first elected in 2001, is the party's longest serving current MP, and the second longest of serving of all-time.

  9. 'Neck and Neck' in Dumfries and Gallowaypublished at 02:16 British Summer Time 5 July

    Jenni Davidson
    BBC Scotland senior politics reporter in Dumfries

    It’s still early days here in Dumfries. The final ballot boxes have not long arrived and are still being verified.

    The results for the two seats being counted here, Dumfries and Galloway and Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, are not expected until after 4am.

    And so far the atmosphere been quite subdued.

    The sense from the SNP is that the Dumfries and Galloway seat could be very close.

    “Neck and neck” was the word that was used.

    That’s not particularly surprising, given that the seat is one of the most marginal in the country.

    It’s been Conservative since 2017, but a swing of only 1.5% from the Conservatives to the SNP is all that’s needed for it to change hands.

    And both the SNP and Labour have held the seat before.

    Labour think they have increased their vote share, but they are coming from a long way behind, and are not necessarily expecting to take the seat.

    But there’s still a way to go yet before we get any confirmed results.

  10. Reform overtaking the Conservatives in Glasgowpublished at 02:13 British Summer Time 5 July

    Catriona Renton
    BBC Scotland reporter

    Chatter at Glasgow's Emirates Arena this evening seems to suggest Reform UK will overtake the Scottish Conservatives in most, if not all, of Glasgow's six constituencies.

    Conservative candidate Naveed Ashgar says the Reform candidate for the Glasgow North constituency lives in Leicester and has not been anywhere near the constituency in the lead up to the election.

    For now, it seems to be a straight fight between Labour and SNP in Glasgow. Labour seem confident they have secured five of six seats in the city, with question marks remaining over the Glasgow South West constituency.

    Turnout has been announced for all Glasgow's constituencies and it is generally quite low.

    Glasgow North East has tumbled eight percentage points to 47.06%, Glasgow East is 51.59%, Glasgow West 58.07%, Glasgow South 60.56%, Glasgow North 51.65% and Glasgow South West 58.07%.

    The relatively low turnout is reflected in the mood of SNP supporters who seem downbeat and concerned about where their support in the city has gone.

  11. 'Looking good' for former Better Together chiefpublished at 02:10 British Summer Time 5 July

    David Wallace Lockhart
    BBC Scotland political correspondent

    I’m hearing that Labour are looking good in East Renfrewshire, a seat where they are coming from third place.

    That would mean Blair McDougall would be getting to Westminster. That name may be familiar - he ran the Better Together team to keep Scotland in the UK during the independence referendum in 2014.

    Managing to come from third place to take this seat would certainly suggest Labour are experiencing a central belt surge in Scotland.

  12. Voters 'excited' about Lib Dems again - candidatepublished at 02:07 British Summer Time 5 July

    Katy Scott
    BBC Scotland news in Glasgow

    The Scottish Liberal Democrats are feeling positive about the night ahead.

    Daniel O’Malley, who is standing in Glasgow North, says the UK party’s potential gains could help “break down the Tory blue wall”.

    He believes voters are “getting excited” about the Liberal Democrats again.

    While the party could stand to lose seats in Scotland, according to the exit poll, it is expected to make gains across the UK.

  13. Voters fallen out of love with SNP - Blackfordpublished at 02:06 British Summer Time 5 July

    The SNP's Ian Blackford tells Kirsty Wark his party have to "carefully reflect" after this election.

    "To some extent people have fallen out of love with us and we must ask why," he says.

    "We recognise that we’ve got to do the day job, we’ve got to deliver for the people in Scotland."

    Blackford says the party knew they had challenge getting the SNP base to turn out and vote.

  14. 'I'm going to lose... we're all going to lose'published at 02:05 British Summer Time 5 July

    Georgia Roberts
    BBC Scotland political correspondent in Motherwell

    An SNP candidate has just told me: “I’m going to lose. We’re all going to lose.”

    Many of the SNP crowd here are effectively conceding all four North Lanarkshire seats despite the fact we’re still a while away from the first result.

    Whilst Cumbernauld may be the closest, they’re still expecting that to be a loss too.

    Motherwell, I’m told, “won’t even be close”.

  15. Aberdeenshire seats closely foughtpublished at 02:04 British Summer Time 5 July

    Andrew Kerr
    BBC Scotland political correspondent

    The turnout for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine has been announced at the Aberdeen count.

    It’s 67% - which is not bad considering some of the seats we have seen.

    It’s clear this is a closely fought seat and it looks like the energy minister Andrew Bowie has safely held on despite the SNP challenge.

    Things aren’t looking so rosy for his party boss Douglas Ross a little further north in Aberdeenshire North and Moray East.

  16. The night so far...the key pointspublished at 02:01 British Summer Time 5 July

    If you're just joining us here's the story so far:

    • The exit poll predicts that Labour will win a landslide victory in the UK general election
    • Because the sample size in Scotland is smaller, a clearer picture of the result will not materialise until after the first results have been declared
    • The exit poll predicts the SNP will fall to 10 seats in Scotland down from 48 in 2019
    • Former SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has said she believes the results of the exit poll "will turn out to be broadly right"
    • Scotland's Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes said the SNP are facing a "very difficult night
    • Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said his party would deliver change and "put Scotland at the heart of government"
    • Ruth Davidson, the former Scottish Tory leader, said: “There is no dressing it up, this is a massacre”

    The results are about to start coming in thick and fast. Stick with us and we'll bring you all the results with analysis from around Scotland.

  17. SNP vote down in Aberdeenshire but Flynn could hold onpublished at 01:59 British Summer Time 5 July

    Andrew Kerr
    BBC Scotland political correspondent in Aberdeen

    The latest from the Aberdeen South count seems to be that the SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn will hold on - but there are claims his vote has significantly fallen.

    Labour said the SNP vote had crashed in both Aberdeen North and South.

    The Aberdeen South vote was said to be a three-way split at one point.

    That means Kirsty Blackman of the SNP should also hold on to Aberdeen North.

    Out in the shire, there was talk that the Tory vote had turned out with that same backdrop of falling nationalist support.

    However, the latest intelligence is that “it’s not looking good” for the out-going Conservative leader Douglas Ross in Aberdeenshire North and Moray East.

  18. 'Time for a whisky and a bath'published at 01:55 British Summer Time 5 July

    Kevin Keane
    BBC Scotland News in Dundee

    The SNP’s candidate in Dundee Central says he went for a whisky and a bath after seeing the exit poll at 10pm.

    Chris Law holds the party’s largest notional majority in the city that said yes to independence in 2014.

    But he’s not chipper when it comes to predicting the outcome of his constituency.

    He says it’s “close” but thinks Dundee Central will buck the trend.

  19. 'It's a historically bad night' - Rosspublished at 01:43 British Summer Time 5 July

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    'Historically bad night' for Tories says Douglas Ross

    Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross says it's very close at the count for the Aberdeenshire North and Moray East seat.

    "It's extremely tight. I've been saying that for the last four weeks." he says.

    Ross says it will be extremely close in a number of seats between the SNP and the Scottish Conservatives.

    "It's a historically bad night," he says. "There's no shying away from that at all."

  20. Turnout is low in Dundeepublished at 01:38 British Summer Time 5 July

    Kevin Keane
    In Dundee

    Turnout is low in Dundee Central at 52.5%.

    Labour has said a low turnout is good for them because it’s likely to mean SNP voters will have stayed at home.

    The parties here are still saying it’s very close in the city that voted strongest for independence in 2014.

    Counting of the ballots is expected to begin in the next few minutes.