Coatbridge - SNP gainpublished at 03:36 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
Fife North East is taken from the SNP by the Lib Dems.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn offers "very heartfelt thanks" to his constituents of whom he says it is his "pride and pleasure" to represent.
He says the the pressure "on those surrounding politicians is often very, very high indeed and the media intrusion in people's lives is very high indeed".
He thanks his family and close friends and his wife "for all she puts up with because of the way the media behaves".
Turning to the election result he says: "Obviously it is a very disappointing night for the party.
"But I want to say this - in the election campaign we put forward a manifesto of hope.
"However, Brexit has so polarised debate it has overridden so much of normal political debate."
Mr Corbyn says he will not lead his party into any future general election.
However, he says he will stay on while a period of "reflection" and discussion takes place
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The latest BBC forecast has been released, showing a slightly smaller - though still significant - majority for the Conservatives.
Rather than 368 seats - as predicted in the exit poll - we now expect the Tories to win 357.
Labour is now expected to have 201 seats by the end of the night - rather than the first prediction of 191.
The other parties remain the same as earlier.
Prof Sir John Curtice says: "With Leave-voting Britain swinging heavily to the Conservatives, it looks as though they will end the election with a very comfortable majority of around 64 seats.
"However, in Scotland it is the SNP who look as though they will dominate the outcome with a performance not far short of what it achieved in 2015.
"Labour's tally of seats could well still be less than the 209 seats that the party won in 1983."
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon
The first minister says: "What is beyond a shadow of a doubt is that this is an exceptionally good night for the SNP."
"UK wide it's a pretty grim result, but it shows the divergent path that Scotland and the rest of the UK are on."
Nicola Sturgeon says the plan remains to make an official request for indyref2 before the end of the year.
Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson looks downcast as she waits for the result of her constituency, East Dunbartonshire.
The SNP hold Aberdeen North.
The declaration is coming up shortly for East Dunbartonshire, and it would be one of the big stories of the night if Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson loses her seat.
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