Summary
Election ends in hung Parliament: Conservatives win 318 seats, Labour 262
PM confirms five top cabinet posts, including chancellor and foreign secretary
Tories to form government with DUP to 'provide certainty' and keep country 'safe'
Theresa May's government 'will carry on Brexit negotiations to existing timetable'
Jeremy Corbyn hails Labour's 'incredible result' and calls for May to resign
The Lib Dems' Tim Farron also calls on May to quit
SNP will work with others to keep 'reckless' Tories out 'if at all possible'
Paul Nuttall resigns as UKIP leader after the party won no seats
Live Reporting
Carmarthen East: Plaid Cymru holdpublished at 02:02 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Liverpool Riverside: Labour holdpublished at 02:02 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
02:02 BST 9 June 2017Live results mappublished at 02:02 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
02:02 BST 9 June 2017Over on the BBC News Facebook page, we’ve got an electoral map of the UK, external that’s updating live as the results come in.
Watson: May is going to regret 'opportunism'published at 02:01 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
02:01 BST 9 June 2017Election 2017
"It would be very foolish for anyone in the Labour Party to step down" following the general election, its deputy leader Tom Watson says.
He claims people told him during the campaign that this was "an unnecessary election" and Theresa May is going to regret that "opportunism".
"Be careful what you wish for if you have unnecessary and uncalled for general elections," he adds.
Results so farpublished at 02:00 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
02:00 BST 9 June 2017Should moderates learn lessons from France?published at 02:00 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
02:00 BST 9 June 2017BBC World Service
It's still early days but but former LibDem leader Lord Ashdown is sounding a gloomy note. Speaking to the BBC World Service, he said that moderates had "not got their act together", focusing on tribal politics "rather than acting as a gathering point - as Emmanuel Macron has done in En Marche in France".
Hartlepool: Labour holdpublished at 01:59 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
01:59 BST 9 June 2017Tyneside North: Labour holdpublished at 01:59 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
01:59 BST 9 June 2017Turnout may be highest since 1997published at 01:58 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
01:58 BST 9 June 2017Professor John Curtice
Polling expertTurnout is so far up by 3 points, but could still be below 70% at the end of the night.
Nevertheless, that would be the highest turnout since 1997.
Erewash: Conservative holdpublished at 01:57 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
01:57 BST 9 June 2017Folkestone & Hythe: Conservative holdpublished at 01:57 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
01:57 BST 9 June 2017Dundee East: SNP holdpublished at 01:57 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
01:57 BST 9 June 2017Torfaen: Labour holdpublished at 01:57 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
01:57 BST 9 June 2017Anybody got a calculator?published at 01:57 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
01:57 BST 9 June 2017Mark Lobel
BBC political reporterThe returning officer and team (pictured here) urgently recalculate the turnout in Morecambe.
After they announced an eye-watering 82.5% turnout, to whoops of disbelief, it proved too good to be true.
I questioned their maths. So they went back to the drawing board and guess what, they cut 14% off the figure, which now sits at 68.4%. Which is slightly up on 65% in 2015.
First reaction from Lib Dem leaderpublished at 01:57 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
01:57 BST 9 June 2017Lib Dem leader Tim Farron tells reporters outside his home "it's too early to say" how his party has done and he's "looking forward to the rest of the night".
BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg points out he's at risk of losing his Westmorland seat.
Justine Greening gives speech after Putney victorypublished at 01:55 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
01:55 BST 9 June 2017Justine Greening gives her victory speech after she held her seat Putney.
Tories make first gain of the nightpublished at 01:55 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
01:55 BST 9 June 2017Professor John Curtice
Polling expertThe Conservatives have made their first gain in Scotland, winning Angus which has been an SNP seat since its creation in 1997.
Angus: Conservative gain from SNPpublished at 01:54 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
01:54 BST 9 June 2017DUP candidate rules out being 'NI branch of the Conservatives'published at 01:54 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
01:54 BST 9 June 2017Press Association journalist tweets...
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End of twitter postCastle Point: Conservative holdpublished at 01:53 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
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