Summary

  • The SNP enjoys an emphatic result, taking 48 of Scotland's 59 seats

  • Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson quits after losing her East Dunbartonshire seat to the SNP by 149 votes

  • The Conservative Party win their biggest majority at Westminster since 1987

  • An SNP candidate suspended from the party over anti-Semitic tweets wins his House of Commons seat

  • Labour see their number of MPs in Scotland reduced to one

Live Reporting

Jo Perry and Louise Wilson

  1. 'Nobody predicted the SNP winning north of 50 seats'

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    Former SNP deputy leader Angus Robertson says this is bitter sweet and it would be a remarkable result for the SNP, if the exit poll is accurate.

    "Nobody predicted the SNP winning north of 50 seats," he says.

    The SNP are going to win this election in Scotland while the Tories are going to win in England which raises serious constitutional issues, says Mr Robertson.

    He insists Scotland has right to determine its own future.

  2. Exit poll prediction: Lib Dem to lose all Scottish seats

    The Exit Poll suggests the Lib Dems will lose all four of their seats in Scotland, including Orkney and Shetland, where they recently won a by-election.

    Labour will have one seat in Scotland and the Conservatives will have three.

  3. Beware exit polls

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    Prof Nicola McEwen urges caution as the exit poll is just a prediction.

    The 2017 exit poll predicted one of the most surprising electoral outcomes in recent history and was one of the most accurate in four decades.

    But be wary. In 2015 the BBC exit poll failed to call the Conservaive majority, predicting Conservatives on 316 seats, 15 seats off the actual total of 331.

    The famous 1992 exit poll both ITN and the BBC predicted a hung parliament - but John Major's Conservative Party government had, in fact, held its position.

    Because the exit poll is conducted in a small fraction of the 39,000 polling stations in Britain, it is inevitably subject to a margin of error.

  4. 'The worst result for Labour in most people's living lifetimes'

    Former SNP MSP Andrew Wilson says the results over all look bleak for those who didn't want Boris Johnson and wonderful for those that did.

    He adds Scotland looks very, very different from the rest of the UK.

    Former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale says this is an astonishing result for Labour, with fewer MPs than in 1983.

    "The worst result for Labour in most people's living lifetimes."

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    Former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale

  5. Exit poll suggests Labour will win one seat in Scotland

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  6. General election 2019: Exit poll predicts SNP to win 55 seats

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    Exit poll published as voting ends in UK general election predicts the SNP will win 55 of the 59 seats in Scotland, while the Conservatives will win an overall majority of 86 seats.

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  9. The exit poll is the first key moment of the night...but what is it?

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    Exit polls have been used to predict the results of general elections in the UK for several decades now, with varying levels of accuracy.

    Modern exit polls are sampled at polling stations in marginal seats, asking how voters leaving polling places had voted.

    Pollsters approach one voter out of a "given number", such as six, eight or 10, based on an estimated national turnout agreed in advance between the polling companies and the broadcasters.

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  10. Almost time for BBC Scotland's Election Night programme

    Tune in on BBC Scotland from 21:55

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  11. Leaders cast their votes

    Still time to vote, but not long!

    The leaders waiting anxiously for the results got out early this morning to cast their ballots...

    Poltical party leaders go to the polls

  12. General election 2019: Scotland

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    Hello and welcome to BBC Scotland's live coverage of the 2019 UK General Election results.

    There are 59 seats up for grabs in Scotland and the final picture here could have a massive impact on the shape of the next government at Westminster.

    Who will they be? You'll be able to find out on our live feed here, with all the results, reaction and analysis.

    The polling stations are closedPa Media