Election Live: Tory majority as Miliband, Clegg, Farage quit

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

Live Reporting

Sam Francis, Angela Harrison and Georgina Pattinson

Women to take the helm?published at 08:00
BBC Radio 5 Live
5 live's Chief Political Correspondent John Pienaar: "There is no dispute to be had. David Cameron is the winner" of the General Election 2015.
The Conservative party are closing in on a slender majority government.
John Pienaar also has "no doubt" that both Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg will stand down as party leaders saying: "We could see another couple of national party leaders who are women".
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Serious whimsypublished at 07:56 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Adopt SNP proposalspublished at 07:49 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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UKIP is 'third largest party'published at 07:49 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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What are the odds?published at 07:43 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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More change?published at 07:43 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Reasons to be cheerfulpublished at 07:38 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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'We will make Scotland's voice heard'published at 07:38 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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More on Scotlandpublished at 07:38 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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"Geography" to blame for UKIP resultpublished at 07:35 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Russell Brand?published at 07:32 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Ed Balls 'asked for recount'published at 07:28 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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'Congratulations to our 56 MPs'published at 07:27 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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1 seat left in Scotland to gopublished at 07:21 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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'Resign today or tomorrow'published at 07:15 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Brave facepublished at 06:51 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Minibus for Lib Demspublished at 06:48 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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'Ed Miliband's team in shock'published at 06:43 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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'Cameron sweeps back into No10'published at 06:40 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Another UKIP target missedpublished at 06:37 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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