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It's been a night of upheaval in the political landscape as the balance of power at Westminster shifted dramatically from Conservative to Labour, and the SNP lost its dominant position in Scotland.

• Glasgow is at the centre of Labour's comeback in Scotland, as the party regained its central belt heartland from the SNP. It stormed back from its 2019 result of one solitary MP, and in the process took all six Glasgow seats. When the election count in Glasgow heard the city's final result after 05:00, Glasgow's Labour party supporters were ecstatic and outgoing SNP MP Alison Thewliss was in tears.
• Douglas Ross, the Scottish Conservative leader and also an MSP, has had a bruising campaign, culminating in losing his Westminster seat. Narrowly losing out to the SNP's Seamus Logan by just by 942 votes, and seeing Reform secure 5,562 votes in his constituency, Ross describes the result as a "historically bad night".
• The SNP's Westminster leader Stephen Flynn clung on to his seat, but he will be returning to London with a much diminished group, dropping from 48 seats in 2019 to nine or 10. "I am watching on as so many of my colleagues and friends are losing their seats and of course that’s tough to take," he tells BBC Scotland News.
• The SNP's Joanna Cherry was ousted by Labour from her seat in Edinburgh, alongside Tommy Sheppard and Deidre Brock. The high-profile MP was once viewed as a potential first minister but she was later removed from the SNP front bench and became critical of her party's stance on gender issues. She blamed former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon for the party's general election losses.
• Former Labour cabinet minister Douglas Alexander made a return to frontline politics, winning almost half the votes in Lothian East. The former Scottish Secretary was the MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South from 1997 until his defeat in 2015 by the SNP's Mhairi Black, who was just 20 at the time.

Rishi Sunak's term as prime minister is over.

Buckingham Palace has confirmed that the King has accepted his resignation.

Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty have now left Buckingham Palace.

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Christine Jardine, who was re-elected Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West, got over 50% of the votes in her area.

She believes the result is down to hard work.

Speaking to BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme, she says: "This is the best result our party has had in about a century.

"We worked very hard at pursuing the issues that were important to people but also we recognise that we're a smaller party.

"We don’t have the resources that the Labour Party or the Conservative Party have and we targeted the seats that we felt we had a chance of winning.

"In fact it’s not exaggerating to say we have won in more seats than we were claiming that we might."

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Anas Sarwar continues his speech by warning this is just the first step in Labour’s aim to oust governments on both sides of the border.

And the Scottish Labour leader says it is time for the party to "redouble" its efforts ahead of the 2026 Holyrood election.

Sarwar says: "Let’s be honest, it is not just one government that is failing the people of Scotland and that is why you saw the result you did this morning.

"Yes we ended 14 years of Tory chaos, but there has been 17 years of SNP incompetence too.

"So today we start the hard work of change with a UK government delivering for the people of Scotland, but we also redouble our efforts to we together can deliver change in 2026 with a Scottish Labour government too."

Rishi Sunak has just appeared outside Number 10 Downing Street to say he will shortly tender his resignation as prime minister to the King.

He also announces he is stepping down as Conservative leader, but will remain in the job while the process to choose a new leader takes place.

Sunak apologises to candidates and campaigners who have "worked tirelessly", saying his party has not delivered.

"I have heard your anger, disappointment and I take responsibility for this loss," Sunak says.

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Meanwhile, in Glasgow a beaming Anas Sarwar joins his new Westminster colleagues to celebrate Labour's landslide win.

Speaking on the banks of the Clyde, the Scottish Labour leader says people have woken up to a "historic day" and the end of 14 years of "Conservative chaos and division".

Sarwar says voters have put their "faith and trust" in his party and it is up to them to deliver.

"This is a historic day for Scotland and for the entire UK," he tells the media.

"The people you see around me today, these new Scottish Labour MPs, and aren’t there so many of them, they are not going to Westminster to sit on the opposition benches, to shout, to protest, and ultimately come back with nothing.

"They are going to sit on the government benches, to sit round the table and make decisions for the people of Scotland.

"That is the change that people have voted for."

Back in Edinburgh, Swinney - who became first minister only eight weeks ago - says he hopes to "embark on a period of co-operation" with Mr Starmer.

He says it is a "difficult time" and people are hurting in the aftermath of Covid and Brexit.

Swinney adds public finances are "under the most ferocious pressure" and commits his government to pushing for an injection of resources to support public services.

Philip Sim
BBC Scotland political correspondent

John Swinney sounded a bit like Nicola Sturgeon in 2017, when she put independence on the back burner after losing seats at Westminster.

He says the SNP has not convinced the public of the "urgency" of the cause, and that they must "take time to consider and reflect".

The SNP does still consider that it’s got a mandate for a referendum, given there is still a pro-indy majority at Holyrood.

But as Stephen Flynn acknowledged last night, that’s a hard sell this morning.

A period of reflection - or licking of wounds - may be in order, before the party decides whether to double down on the constitution or change tack.

What Mr Swinney will be hoping is that he can repeat Ms Sturgeon’s trick - which was to get voters who stayed home to come back to the SNP at the polls in 2019, winning back many of the lost seats.

The last Scottish result of the day from Dumfries and Galloway. John Cooper holds the seat for the Conservatives. He polled 13,527 votes, ahead of the SNP's Tracey Little who had 12,597.

Full result here

The seat was formerly held by former Scottish Secretary Alister Jack who is retiring as an MP at this election.

The final Scottish result. in Inverness, Skye and West Ros-shire, has been delayed until Saturday by a recount.

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Still with John Swinney, the first minister says his party needs to listen on the question of independence after the poll.

The SNP manifesto said a majority of seats in Westminster would intensify pressure for Scottish independence.

Swinney admits: "I have to accept we failed to convince people of the urgency of independence in this election campaign."

He says the party would reflect on how to deliver its "absolute commitment" to independence.

Swinney adds: "I believe it will transform the lives of our people for the better."

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First Minister John Swinney congratulates Sir Keir Starmer on his "emphatic victory".

Speaking at a press conference in Edinburgh after the SNP lost 38 seats, he admits it was a "very tough night" for his party.

But Swinney says he came into office to fix a difficult period and vows to do that.

He says he takes full responsibility for the campaign and the results but pledges the SNP will listen and learn.

Swinney adds the SNP has a "vibrant internal democracy" and will commit to listen to the people of the country.

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Patrick Harvie, co-leader of the Scottish Green party, says the rise in Reform votes is "genuinely frightening".

Speaking to BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme, he adds: "Although Reform haven’t managed to make breakthrough and win seats in Scotland, this is the first time in UK history that a far right party has established a political group in parliament.

"That is genuinely frightening."

A recount in Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire has been delayed until Saturday.

It's being held due to a statistical issue - there appears to be a discrepancy between the verified votes and the counted votes - which means the returning officer cannot declare a result at this stage.

The seat has seen a close fight between the SNP and the Scottish Liberal Democrats

In the next hour we will hear from Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar and SNP leader John Swinney.

With just two seats left to declare in Scotland Labour now has 37 MPs (up 36 on 2019) while the SNP has nine (down 38).

Stay with us for the latest updates and analysis.

A declaration at last from Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale. David Mundell holds the seat for the Conservatives with 14,999 votes, ahead of the SNP on 10,757.

Full result here

Sarah McMullan
BBC Scotland news

The sun is up and people are waking up to the news of a Labour landslide.

I’m at Buchanan Bus Station in Glasgow which is a hive of activity.

Labour have won all six seats in the city, which has completely turned from yellow to red ending a decade of SNP dominance.

But despite the new day, and soon to be new government, the significance of Labour's win is not necessarily translating here on the ground.

There’s a lot of apathy, anxiety and trepidation among those I’ve spoken to.

And bus conductors tell me they haven't really heard people speaking about the election results.

Many I try and chat with don’t yet know what they are while others aren't interested.

Some, however, feel it’s good news and are quietly hopeful of change.

Catherine Farrell, 85, told me she was glad to see Glasgow to return to Labour.