Salmond on legitimacypublished at 03:02 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Summary
Conservatives have Commons majority of 12
David Cameron promises his party will 'govern as a party of one nation'
Ed Miliband quits as Labour leader. Ed Balls loses seat
Labour crushed in Scotland, with SNP winning 56 of 59 seats
Lib Dems routed, big names ousted - Clegg holds seat but resigns as leader
UKIP gets 13% of vote but Nigel Farage quits as leader after missing out on seat
Salmond on legitimacypublished at 03:02 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
'Labour must win back trust in Scotland'published at 02:55 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Andrew Marr quoted this tweetpublished at 02:55 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Youngest since 1667
Who has lost the most?published at 02:40 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Youngest MP for 350 yearspublished at 02:31 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Mhairi Black elected with 23,548 votes
NewsbeatMhairi Black, of the Scottish National Party, has become the youngest MP elected in the UK for 350 years. The 20-year-old now represents the constituency of Paisley and Renfrewshire South, outside Glasgow. Newsbeat travelled to Mhairi's constituency office in Paisley to meet her just days before the election.
Image source, BBC/Ginevra BoniUniversity studentpublished at 02:31 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Bye bye Edpublished at 02:25 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Douglas Alexander defeatedpublished at 02:25 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Speechlesspublished at 02:14 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Bad news for the BBC?published at 02:04 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Face timepublished at 02:01 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Print your own mask
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'Nuneaton mess'published at 02:01 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Word on the streetpublished at 01:57 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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A 'bad night' for the Lib Demspublished at 01:48 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Under threatpublished at 01:48 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Election turnoutpublished at 01:44 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Shifting Leftpublished at 01:30 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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How accurate is the exit poll?published at 01:30 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Even worse?published at 01:25 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Paddy Ashdown’s hat and Alastair Campbell’s kiltpublished at 01:22 British Summer Time 8 May 2015