Police are investigating cases of possible fraudulent voting at a number of Scottish election counts.

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In Glasgow, officers said they were looking into one case of "personation".

A similar allegation involving a vote cast at a polling station in the Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East constituency was also being probed.

Claims of personation in two Edinburgh constituencies - South and South West - have also been reported.

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Scottish business leaders have called for the issue of Britain's membership of the European Union to be settled "quickly and decisively" in the wake of the general election result.

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The Scottish Chambers of Commerce said the EU was worth £12.9bn to Scotland's exporters.

Chief executive Liz Cameron warned that the UK economy remained vulnerable to external shocks.

She was speaking as the Conservatives sealed election victory.

In another dramatic change to the political landscape, the number of women in Parliament has risen by about a third.

About 30% of MPs are women - up from 23% before the election. This represents the largest increase since 1997.

But the biggest rise in female representation in the Commons came from the Scottish National Party, which now has 20 female MPs, up from just one.

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SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon was the centre of attention at Edinburgh Airport as she prepared to fly to London for the VE Day commemorations.

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Conservatives gain overall majority in #GE2015, results confirm bbc.co.uk/electionlive

David Cameron to continue as PM after Tories secure overall #GE2015 majority, results confirm.

David Cameron arrives at Buckingham Palace for an audience with the Queen.

• Ed Miliband said it was time for someone else to take over leadership of the party.

• The party needs and open an honest debate about the way forward, he said.

• Harriot Harman will take over as party leader until a new one is elected.

• He said: "We may have lost the election but the argument of our campaign will not go away.

• "The fight goes on - Labour will keep making the case for a country that works for working people."

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Ed Miliband resigns as Labour leader and says he takes full responsibility for his party's performance.

A Glasgow man who bet £30,000 on the Conservatives winning a majority in the general election looks set to pocket £210,000.

The pensioner made the bet at a city branch of Ladbrokes 10 days before the vote, at odds of seven to one.

Alex Donohue of Ladbrokes said the "well-groomed gentleman" was poised to be "the biggest winner of the general election".

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At 1200: A #RepScot #GE2015 special, examining the new political map of Scotland.

Watch it here.

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He told reporters:

• The Labour Party haven't been good enough or strong enough.

• We know it's a bloody awful night for the Scottish Labour Party. It's a dreadful result across the UK for working class families in need of change.

• The leader carries the can. There's no shirking away from this... our determination is to rebuild from here, with a continued sense of energy, with a continued sense of teamwork.

• For the 700,000 people who voted for us, who in a complicated, passionate, swirling election - people of all ages in every corner of this great country came out and voted Labour - that's what we re-build.

• Hundreds of thousands of Scots remain passionately committed to Labour's promises. We owe them a debt, we owe them responsibility and we owe them thanks. We owe them a duty to do better.

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05:53 David Cameron describes it as "a very strong night for the Conservatives.

He says: "I want to bring our country together - not least the devolution for Wales and Scotland. One UK, that's how I will govern."

05:56 The SNP gain Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey from the Liberal Democrats meaning Danny Alexander, the chief secretary to the treasury loses his seat to the SNP's Drew Hendry.

06:00 Recount in Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk after result between Conservatives John Lamont and the SNP's Calum Kerr is deemed too close to call.

06:20 The daily Record describes SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon as Scotland's "first lady".

06:29 Labour losses in Scotland

07:20 Scotland's last remaining seat to declare - Berwickshire, Roxborough and Selkirk - see the SNP take the seat from the Liberal Democrats and Michael Moore.

07:21 Scotland results - SNP - 56 (up 50), Labour - 1 (down 40), Conservatives - 1 (no change), Liberal Democrats - 1 (down 10).

#SNP will have its largest ever tally in new Parliament, with 56 MPs... Who are they?http://bbc.in/1H5F0zC #GE2015

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Jim Murphy says he will stand for Holyrood in 2016 #ge2015

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Nigel Farage resigns as leader of UKIP after failing to win seat in Thanet South.

"We will bounce back, and be the change that working people need".

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Nick Clegg will quit as Liberal Democrat leader, the BBC understands.

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Jim Murphy resolute and says he is staying as Scottish Labour leader.

He calls it a "dreadful night" for his party.

Says his party was "overwhelmed by history and circumstance".

• We faced a perfect storm. Firstly the Yes vote finding a home in one party while the No vote was spread over three.

• We were hit by two nationalisms - English nationalism, stoked up by David Cameron, and the Scottish nationalism of the SNP.

• We have lacked continuity of leadership. Five leaders in just seven short years.

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Murphy says he and Kezia Dugdale have not had the time to reform the party. "We are determined to have a period of stability."

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Labour's @JimForScotland: This hurts. "Beaten by a party who claimed our heritage, clothed themselves in our values and copied our policies"