Falkirk - SNP holdpublished at 04:00 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019Breaking

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
Jo Perry and Louise Wilson
Brian Taylor
BBC Scotland Political Editor
And so Jo Swinson has lost East Dunbartonshire by a tiny margin. She led her party but lost her seat. The SNP have taken the constituency.
She smiles. She congratulates her victorious opponent. But this must be heart-rending for Jo Swinson. Defeated in her home patch, while battling around GB as a whole. Democracy, however, means little without political change, without political churn. Doesn't make it easy for those affected.
Political correspondents react to the shock of the night so far...
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Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson
Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson has lost her Dunbartonshire East seat to the SNP and she congratulated the victorious Amy Callaghan.
Ms Swinson said it was likely Boris Johnson was going to win a majority and it was clearly a good night for the SNP.
"Some will be celebrating the wave of nationalism that is sweeping on both sides of the border," she said.
She said these were very significant results for the country and added she would make further remarks later today.
The Lib Dem leader said: "For millions of people in our country these results will bring dread and dismay to people and people are looking for hope."
She insisted: "We will stand up for hope."
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Boris Johnson has held on to his seat with 25,351 votes with Labour's Ali Milani running second winning just over 18,000 votes.
Tallies are being checked in Jo Swinson's seat, with no risk of a recount. The declaration should be a few minutes away.
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Conservative sources are concerned about Alister Jack's seat in Dumfries and Galloway, but are hopeful David Mundell is safe in Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale.
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