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Neil Hanvey, who started the campaign as an SNP candidate for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, but was suspended after accepting that he had used anti-Semitic language, is still hopeful of winning the seat.

SNP members were warned against campaigning for the party's former candidate in a key marginal seat, by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

Mr Hanvey still appeared on the ballot paper next to the party's name as his suspension came too late for any changes to be made, but if elected he would initially sit as an independent MP.

Prior to this it was seen as a potentially wobbly seat for Labour Shadow Scottish Secretary Lesley Laird.

Here's a wee flavour of what's been happening around Scotland with counting in full flow...

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Margaret Ferrier, who has regained Rutherglen & Hamilton West from Labour, says she'll make sure Westminster hears her constituents amidst the "chaos of Brexit".

The SNP gain Rutherglen & Hamilton West from Labour.

A reminder for you, as the results keep on coming, that if you need to step back and take stock:

• Check out our at-a-glance summary of the key points of the night
• Read our political editor's analysis of the exit poll
• Look up the predicted result in your area
• See what it might all mean for Brexit

Polls closed over three hours ago, so where are we now:

• The Conservatives are set to win an overall majority of 86 in the general election, according to an exit poll for the BBC, ITV and Sky News.
• Senior Tory figures are being cautious right now - and they're right, it is only a prediction - but they say that if the result is borne out, they'll be cracking on with Brexit asap.
• The exit poll predicts a very good night for the SNP - forecasting victory in 55 seats - but there's less certainty about that forecast

• It appears to bring very bad news for Labour, with the worst result for them for many decades forecast

• The first big moment of the night came when the Tories took Blyth Valley in north-east England - a Labour seat since 1950. The BBC's political editor says it's a huge moment, potentially symbolic of the night as a whole.

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• Early predictions indicate that Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson will lose her East Dunbartonshire seat

• The Lib Dems are forecast to get 13 UK seats and the Brexit Party none
• The Green Party will still have one MP in the UK
• Read Laura Kuenssberg's analysis andour at-a-glance piece,summing things up so far

The SNP lost Rutherglen & Hamilton West to Labour in 2017, but according to our reporter Catriona Renton, the nationalists are confident of winning it back.

The first constituency to declare two years ago at 01:12, tonight's result is expected by 01:30..

Nick Eardley
Political correspondent

It’s worth taking a moment to remember what this result will mean.

A Tory majority will mean Brexit happens - and that the UK will almost certainly leave the EU next month.

Boris Johnson will have a lot more power to get a future trade deal through Parliament too. He won’t have to rely on the European Research Group (ERG) Brexiteer group as much - if he so chooses.

It’s less clear what will happen with the Labour Party.

This looks like it could be a thumping loss for Jeremy Corbyn and his allies. Some are making clear already that they want a change of direction - others will fight that tooth and nail.

Conservative candidate Angus Forbes is eager to wrest Perth & North Perthshire, an SNP seat since 2005, from the nationalists.

Pete Wishart, who has been MP here for all 14 of those years, won by just 21 votes in 2017.

Brian Taylor
BBC Scotland Political Editor

Ian Davidson, former Labour MP, says there will be a discussion within the Labour Party.

But he plays down the need for an immediate change of leadership.

Labour, he says, will have a continuing job to do to oppose austerity.

BBC Scotland political journalist Philip Sim says the Scottish turnouts announced thus far have all risen by "a couple of percentage points".

This long-standing Labour seat was seized by the SNP in 2015, only to turn red again in 2017.

BBC Scotland reporter Catriona Renton says the SNP are confident of winning this seat back.

The interesting thing about the 2017 election was that Labour managed to regain the seat despite losing votes compared to their previous performance. It was just that they only lost 1,000 votes, while the SNP lost 11,000.

With Ged Killen defending a majority of just 265 votes - 0.5% - there will be a keen contest for the seat again this time around, with a rematch between him and his SNP predecessor Margaret Ferrier.

In a country of three-way marginals, this was one of the more two-horse races in 2017, with Labour and the SNP accounting for 75% of the vote between them. The result could tell us a lot about how both parties are performing overall in Scotland.

Follow all the Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency news.