Brutal campaignpublished at 12:37 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
Brutal campaignpublished at 12:37 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Scotland's new political geographypublished at 12:32
Thesemaps and charts showthe unprecedented shift to SNP with results, turnout and vote share across Scotland.
Fifty of Scotland's 59 seats have changed hands to the SNP at the polls.
The party now has 56 MPs while Labour and the Lib Dems have seen their standing slashed to one seat each. The Conservatives retain their single seat.
In 2010, Labour had 41 seats, the Lib Dems 11, SNP 6 and the Conservatives just one. Nicola Sturgeon's party has dramatically overturned those figures, taking 40 from Labour and 10 from the Lib Dems.
Not the solution?published at 12:26 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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'Gracious' speechpublished at 12:23 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Latest betspublished at 12:23 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Not quite in No 10published at 12:20 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Where's Natalie?published at 12:18 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Defeated leaderspublished at 12:18 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Lessons from Tories?published at 12:17 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Add to the debatepublished at 12:08
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Adam:
My election experience: Acted as poll clerk in a very 'culturally rich' area for 18h stint. Voting preferences aside, the people were amazing. Proud voters, behind smiling faces, amidst a tolerant community, inside a lovely school, accompanied by knowledgeable and pleasant staff, in a well organised polling station with a great turnout. Sometimes being pleasantly surprised is worth more than some form of personal victory. There is plenty of hope for UK society
Only humanpublished at 12:05 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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The stage is setpublished at 12:05 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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A hint of defiancepublished at 11:51 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Farage's motives?published at 11:50
BBC Radio 5 LiveBBC Radio 5 live's chief political correspondent John Pienaar speculates on the possible motives behind Nigel Farage's decision to have a summer break before considering whether to run for the leadership of UKIP in September.
Add to the debatepublished at 11:50 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Paul, Cork, Ireland:
Today is proving to be a real watershed moment in British politics as the leaders of UKIP & Lib Dems resign with the leader of Labour likely to follow suit. It must be a very nice feeling to be in No 10 at the moment! The following weeks are likely to be as absorbing as the run in to the election was.
Sincere speechpublished at 11:50 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Thanking the 'family'published at 11:43 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Emotional eventpublished at 11:42 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Women in Parliamentpublished at 11:32
In a dramatic change to the political landscape, the number of women in Parliament has risen by about a third.
With results in 637 of the 650 seats declared, about 30% of MPs are women - up from 23% before the election. This represents the largest increase since 1997.
What next?published at 11:32 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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