Summary

  • Alex Salmond to stand down as First Minister

  • Scotland votes No to independence

  • David Cameron says vote "settles will of the Scottish people"

  • Lord Smith of Kelvin to oversee further devolution

  • Voters answered: "Should Scotland be an independent country?"

  1. WEST LOTHIAN RESULTpublished at 05:04 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    "No" wins by 65,682 to 53,342.

    That's 55% for "No" and 45% for "Yes".

    Total votes 119,024. Turnout 86.1%.

  2. Scottish Borders votepublished at 05:03 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    John Curtice
    Professor of politics at Strathclyde University

    This border area in south of Scotland was not somewhere we expected "Yes" to do well and getting 33% of the vote means our expectation is wholly fulfilled.

  3. NORTH AYRSHIREpublished at 05:02 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    "No" wins by 49,016 to 47,072.

    That is 51% for "No" and 49% for "Yes".

    Total votes 96,173. Turnout 84.4%

  4. Yes chantpublished at 05:01 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    "Yes" supporters chant "Glasgow votes Yes".

    Yes supporters
  5. SCOTTISH BORDERSpublished at 04:59 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    "No" wins by 55,553 to 27,906.

    That's 67% for "No" and 33% for "Yes".

    Total votes 83,459. Turnout 87.4%.

  6. Get involvedpublished at 04:59 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    Tom [Positive Lad] tweets, external: Glasgow was a LOT closer than anyone thought. Low turn out too. That's not good for SNP / YES. #indyref

    Felicity tweets, external: Why such a comparatively low turn-out in the city where it could have made such a difference? People terrified of their influence? #indyref

  7. Ingliston chatpublished at 04:58 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    Andrew Black
    Political reporter, BBC Scotland

    The chat on the ground at Ingliston is that Alex Salmond isn't putting in an appearance at the national counting centre. However, "Yes" supporters here are feeling more upbeat after the Glasgow win.

  8. Before the heartbreakpublished at 04:56 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    An upbeat Tommy Sheridan was sure on Sunday that the "Yes" campaign would triumph in the Scottish independence referendum.

    Tommy Sheridan
    Image caption,

    Tommy Sheridan speaking on the BBC's Sunday Politics to presenter Andrew Neil

    He told BBC presenter of the Sunday Politics show, external, Andrew Neil, how confident he was.

    When Neil put it to him that his side was going to lose, former socialist MSP Mr Sheridan said: "You have got to be kidding, is this the face of someone who is looking to lose - we will win 60%-40%."

  9. Yes Glasgowpublished at 04:55 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    Tim Reid
    Political correspondent, BBC News

    tweets, external: Glasgow votes a massive yes to independence

  10. GLASGOW RESULTpublished at 04:55 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    "Yes" wins by 194,779 to 169,347.

    That's 53.5% for "Yes" and 46.5% for "No".

    Total votes 364,664. Turnout 75%.

  11. Scotland 'divided'published at 04:54 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    Lib Dem MP and former Scottish Secretary Michael Moore tells the BBC that "Scotland is divided", adding: "We're going to have a job of work to get things healed afterwards".

  12. 'Yes' victory possible?published at 04:52 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    James Cook
    Scotland Correspondent, BBC News

    tweets, external: Just asked very senior figure in yes campaign, "Can you still win?" The answer. "No." #indyref #Scotland

  13. Analysispublished at 04:52 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    Brian Taylor
    Political editor, Scotland

    Perth and Kinross is the patch of John Swinney, Annabel Ewing and Roseanna Cunningham of the SNP. They will be disappointed with that.

  14. 'High spirits'published at 04:51 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    Andrew Black
    Political reporter, BBC Scotland

    The "No" camp at the Ingliston national counting centre is in very high spirits now.

    They've gathered out on a balcony just inside the front entrance, their cheers growing louder as each local authority is declared for the pro-Union side.

  15. PERTH AND KINROSS RESULTpublished at 04:49 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    "No" wins by 62,714 to 41,475.

    That's 60% for "No" and 40% for "Yes".

    Total votes 104,285. Turnout 86.9%

  16. SOUTH LANARKSHIRE RESULTpublished at 04:49 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    "No" wins by 121,800 votes to 100,990.

    That's 55% for "No" and 45% for "Yes".

    Total votes 222,790. Turnout 85.3%.

  17. NORTH LANARKSHIRE RESULTpublished at 04:47 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    "Yes" wins by 115,783 to 110,922.

    That's 51.1% for "Yes" and 48.9% for "No".

    Total votes counted 226,883. Turnout 84.4%.

  18. South Ayrshire countpublished at 04:46 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    Alasdair Lamont
    BBC Scotland

    Word that the declaration in Ayr is about 10 minutes away.

  19. Flurry of excitementpublished at 04:46 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    Andrew Black
    Political reporter, BBC Scotland

    There was a flurry of excitement just then, as news of First Minister Alex Salmond's arrival at the Ingliston national count centre spread like wildfire through the media section.

    But it was not to be. We are expecting him to turn up at some point, though.

  20. 'Broken-hearted'published at 04:43 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    Former Socialist MSP Tommy Sheridan, who has been campaigning for a "Yes" vote, told BBC Scotland: "It is not looking good to be honest. I am feeling almost broken-hearted.

    "I feel that the British establishment has mobilised the big guns, they have mobilised the bankers, they have mobilised the billionaires, they have mobilised the supermarkets, they have all been corralled into Number 10 and told to get out there and frighten people and I think that people have been frightened."

    tommy sheridan