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:00:00. > :00:07.has to be something else as well. Let us bring our correspondence in,

:00:08. > :00:09.first of all from Glasgow. All-night people have been coming up

:00:10. > :00:16.to me and seeing the turnout is All-night people have been coming up

:00:17. > :00:19.terrible. There were visions of Tumbleweed throughout Glasgow but

:00:20. > :00:28.that does not seem to be the case at all. The turnout can be notoriously

:00:29. > :00:32.low, going down to 35%. But the figures we have indicate there has

:00:33. > :00:39.been a substantial increase on last time around when it comes to

:00:40. > :00:45.turnout. We are looking at around 43% being the lowest as opposed to

:00:46. > :00:50.the best one. Some constituencies even have just over 50%. That seems

:00:51. > :00:59.to be a big increase in what you usually get. Although to be fair

:01:00. > :01:04.still down on what the Westminster turnout was, which was 61%. The mood

:01:05. > :01:08.in the hall amongst Labour supporters has not right and in the

:01:09. > :01:14.course of the evening. One person went past me and said, the Labour

:01:15. > :01:27.ship is going down with all hands on deck. I think that summed up quickly

:01:28. > :01:35.lay the mood in that camp. It seems that the Green camp might have done

:01:36. > :01:39.very well. They think they might have come second in the Kelvin

:01:40. > :01:47.constituency. That is the constituency that Patrick Harvie was

:01:48. > :01:51.fighting. They usually get in on the second vote but were fighting their

:01:52. > :01:54.constituency. That would be a Ford for them. They're filling is that

:01:55. > :01:57.they would be second and Sandra for them. They're filling is that

:01:58. > :02:04.White would retain it for the SNP. Still some time to go but one to

:02:05. > :02:09.watch for. A quick word from Professor Nicola

:02:10. > :02:17.McCune on turnout. How is that shaping up from the results we have

:02:18. > :02:21.had so far and elsewhere? From the first 21 to constituencies

:02:22. > :02:32.that have declared, the average is in the region of 55%, compared to

:02:33. > :02:44.45% last time. The thing is, as before there is a variation around

:02:45. > :02:52.the country. Glasgow Shettleston still 44% compared to Aberdeenshire

:02:53. > :02:57.East which is turnout of 65%. That is a wide range. Still a lot of work

:02:58. > :03:03.to be done to encourage political participation in cities like Glasgow

:03:04. > :03:10.in less affluent areas where we know there is a problem. But across the

:03:11. > :03:17.board there is a modest but perhaps significant increase in turnout.

:03:18. > :03:24.We are going to cross the Election Cafe once again.

:03:25. > :03:30.Much of our chat tonight has been about the main three as they battle

:03:31. > :03:38.it out for the lion's share for the new parliament. But how will the

:03:39. > :03:47.rest fear? I'm joined by Leslie Riddoch, Paul Hutcheon and Cat Boyd.

:03:48. > :03:53.This could be the night that Ukip get their first seat in the rebel

:03:54. > :03:58.parliament. That might not sit well with some bat they are forcing UK

:03:59. > :04:04.politics. If they get a vote they are entitled

:04:05. > :04:10.to a seat like anyone else. I'm surprised they have not done better

:04:11. > :04:18.in Scotland. If you look at their policies, they are against the EU.

:04:19. > :04:30.It is not everyone's cup of tea but I figured they had a Nigel Farage

:04:31. > :04:36.figure in Scotland they would fare better but instead they have a

:04:37. > :04:43.circus clone David Coburn. You have written a great deal about

:04:44. > :04:44.the Green Party and said your list vote was going there. We have heard

:04:45. > :04:49.they are doing well in Glasgow. What vote was going there. We have heard

:04:50. > :04:54.are your thoughts? They could be doing very well

:04:55. > :04:57.indeed. There are lots of reasons. They have inhabited the list since

:04:58. > :05:02.the parliament was started. They have signposted the vote very well

:05:03. > :05:06.towards them. It is strikingly listening to lots of result that

:05:07. > :05:16.Labour have failed to do that. Lots of their voters think it is a

:05:17. > :05:21.constituency for Gillette Labour on. Patrick Harvie has been a powerful

:05:22. > :05:29.presence. Not just in leaders debates put on the whole referendum.

:05:30. > :05:36.There has been a big way in which Labour supporters have lent their

:05:37. > :05:39.vote to the Green Party and are finally going to get recognition on

:05:40. > :05:44.their own right. How many seats could they get?

:05:45. > :05:49.I don't know but this could be looking to double what they have

:05:50. > :05:55.got. I know there has been a huge debate in the yes movement about the

:05:56. > :06:00.wisdom of whether it is all fours SNP or whether you can safely split

:06:01. > :06:05.your vote. I think there are a lot of SNP supporters who have quietly

:06:06. > :06:08.done just that. They have not felt confident about seeing openly that

:06:09. > :06:18.what they are doing but they have failed less have more robustness and

:06:19. > :06:23.have that rainbow thing back in. And let's have people who are put their

:06:24. > :06:25.life into the cause of land reform and have a great impact on the

:06:26. > :06:30.debate. Somebody hoping to sweep that art is

:06:31. > :06:37.cat Boyd who is a candidate for RISE. How do you lure people to your

:06:38. > :06:42.party from the parties with more clout and for money?

:06:43. > :06:50.I think a lot of organisations have more money than us. It would have

:06:51. > :06:58.been quite easy for RISE not to have existed. We are the only party to

:06:59. > :07:03.come out of the left movement and pulling that together. It would have

:07:04. > :07:08.been easier to do nothing but a genuinely think we have got the

:07:09. > :07:18.ideas to tackle problems faced across the western crisis, austerity

:07:19. > :07:21.and climate change. We have done without a huge budget on media

:07:22. > :07:26.profile and put themselves forward as a socialist alternative to the

:07:27. > :07:30.SNP. We are seeing some pictures of

:07:31. > :07:34.Patrick Harvie at the moment. We're talking about the affairs of the

:07:35. > :07:39.other parties. We are also keen to hear what you are seeing. But be

:07:40. > :07:45.keeping an eye on that overnight. If you want to join in the

:07:46. > :07:56.conversation, user hash tag. Thank you for all your

:07:57. > :08:03.contributions. What have you got for us, David?

:08:04. > :08:08.The fortunes of the political parties have ebbed and flowed in

:08:09. > :08:19.recent years. This is the share of the constituency vote over the past

:08:20. > :08:21.three elections. Back in 2003, you could see the red line of Labour

:08:22. > :08:24.three elections. Back in 2003, you picked up more votes but since then

:08:25. > :08:32.they have fallen down to second place. Meanwhile, the SNP in yellow

:08:33. > :08:38.have increased their share election by-election. It has got stronger.

:08:39. > :08:45.The Conservatives in blue and the Liberal Democrats in orange were

:08:46. > :08:48.fairly consistent but along here, in 2011, both parties to keep that.

:08:49. > :08:59.That was after the got into coalition in Westminster. The other

:09:00. > :09:12.parties have declined, shown by degree line. -- the array line.

:09:13. > :09:18.You can see the SNP have gone from strength to strength while Labour

:09:19. > :09:26.have stayed pretty static. The Conservatives have dipped. Look at

:09:27. > :09:34.this line. The Lib Dems have dipped even more. The Greens peaked at 7%

:09:35. > :09:41.and have been done at 4% ever since then. How will be doing tonight? As

:09:42. > :09:46.ever, the pollsters have been trying to predict her divorce will fall

:09:47. > :09:56.tonight. Let's look at those opinion polls and an average of the results

:09:57. > :10:01.says last May's general election. Over here, taking us all the way

:10:02. > :10:07.through to the last weeks of Over here, taking us all the way

:10:08. > :10:14.campaigning on your right. You can see that the SNP are we out in

:10:15. > :10:20.front. An astonishing figure of 58% support last summer. Dipping a

:10:21. > :10:30.little to 51% over the last month or so but still very strong. Labour are

:10:31. > :10:38.a long way behind but sitting fairly consistently. The Conservatives

:10:39. > :10:45.peaking at 18%. They are hoping to overtake Labour but there are a few

:10:46. > :10:48.points between them. The Liberal Democrats are way below that and the

:10:49. > :10:58.other parties are between them. Is the polling any different when

:10:59. > :11:04.voters are asked about the regional vote? The way the Kent it tends to

:11:05. > :11:12.help the parties who do not top the constituency vote. Will voters split

:11:13. > :11:13.their votes? Taking an average of the polls, since the general

:11:14. > :11:18.their votes? Taking an average of election back here, we can see the

:11:19. > :11:28.SNP are behind everyone else -- ahead. Averaging 44% over the last

:11:29. > :11:32.month or so. Not quite as good as the high 50s they are getting in

:11:33. > :11:36.this constituency polls we just saw. That is why they have campaigned

:11:37. > :11:40.hard for both votes in the selection. Meanwhile, Labour and the

:11:41. > :11:45.Conservatives seem to have got close together over the last year with the

:11:46. > :11:52.Conservatives up from an average of about 13 last summer to 18%. Labour

:11:53. > :11:57.peaked at 22 and have recently been averaging around 19. So the

:11:58. > :12:02.Conservatives just a point behind Labour. We can see the Greens are

:12:03. > :12:11.consistently slightly above the orange Lib Dems line.

:12:12. > :12:18.Of course, these are just indicators, and as we know it is the

:12:19. > :12:21.result not the polls that count. But it gives us an idea of how the

:12:22. > :12:27.parties have in performing up until now.

:12:28. > :12:30.I wonder how the Greens will do in this election. We saw those pictures

:12:31. > :12:47.of Patrick Harvie a little earlier, but let us go to Cammack.

:12:48. > :12:52.The percentage turnout was 63.2%. The total number of ballot reapers

:12:53. > :13:02.rejected was 46. The total number of votes given to each candidate was as

:13:03. > :13:17.follows, Rabin are no part in, Scottish Labour party, 6041. -- 641.

:13:18. > :13:35.Tavish Scott, Scottish Liberal Democrats, 7440.

:13:36. > :13:51.Dennis George Monk read scheme, Scottish National Party, 2945. And

:13:52. > :14:00.Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, 405.

:14:01. > :14:06.Therefore are good public notice that have pushed Scott has been duly

:14:07. > :14:13.Parliament for the Shetland Islands Parliament for the Shetland Islands

:14:14. > :14:18.-- Tavish Scott. Let's just confirm the result in

:14:19. > :14:23.Shetland. The Liberal Democrats hold Shetland. A birthday present for

:14:24. > :14:40.Tavish Scott, who I think is 50 today. 7440 votes. He retains his

:14:41. > :14:48.seat, beating the SNP's Danus Skene. Robina Barton was third, with 651

:14:49. > :14:55.votes. Cameron Smith with 405. The turnout was 62%.

:14:56. > :15:00.I above all want to make clear that, Nicola Sturgeon, you do not need

:15:01. > :15:04.dodgy opinion polls to know whether you can win a second referendum. You

:15:05. > :15:09.just need to listen to people, and people here have spoken very

:15:10. > :15:14.clearly. I just want to thank my staff, and everyone who did so much

:15:15. > :15:18.work to make it the most professional count I know any real

:15:19. > :15:29.in Scotland. I want to thank the polling clerk surrender will

:15:30. > :15:35.Shetland, right around the islands. It is a commendable operation that

:15:36. > :15:40.you run. I am very grateful, as all the candidates are, not just in the

:15:41. > :15:44.selection but in every election... The former Liberal Democrat leader

:15:45. > :15:57.Tavish Scott re-elected in Shetland. There is no confirmed results. A

:15:58. > :16:06.majority of 4895. What you make of that result, Nicholl Stephen?

:16:07. > :16:08.Another fantastic result, and pretty much as good as the Orkney on from

:16:09. > :16:11.latency. Those two results are very encouraging for the rest of the

:16:12. > :16:18.night. I would be even more excited if we could win Edinburgh West and

:16:19. > :16:22.North East Fife as well. But the bounce back has begun. A great

:16:23. > :16:29.result from Tavish Scott and Great Britain present, if you are right.

:16:30. > :16:34.Did I get the number rate as well? You could be spot on. I am sure he

:16:35. > :16:40.will soon disputed if we have overestimated his number of years.

:16:41. > :16:45.Aileen Clarke is with Patrick Harvie, call leader of the Greens.

:16:46. > :16:50.Patrick Harvie, you opting here tonight surrounded by people

:16:51. > :16:53.cheering. It seems you are man with something to cheer about. We are

:16:54. > :16:58.very hopeful, we're getting good indications from people in Glasgow

:16:59. > :17:02.and around the country of a good result. I have not even looked at

:17:03. > :17:07.any of the ballot paper is that people are counting and checking at

:17:08. > :17:10.the moment. My colleagues have, and they are feeling hopeful. We have a

:17:11. > :17:16.couple of hours to wait for the final results. You are being a bit

:17:17. > :17:21.bashful but what you people are telling me is that they are hopeful

:17:22. > :17:29.that in the constituency in Kelvin you might even come second. If that

:17:30. > :17:32.has happened, that would be our best constituency result at any level in

:17:33. > :17:41.Scotland. Caroline Lucas has shown that Greens can win, but it takes

:17:42. > :17:46.the consistent campaigning that we have been doing in Scotland. It is

:17:47. > :17:50.the first time we have had the chance to contest an election with

:17:51. > :17:53.the capacity needed to campaign on the skill required in communities

:17:54. > :17:57.all over the country. That is what our campaigners, activist and

:17:58. > :18:02.volunteers have been doing, knocking on doors in bigger numbers than ever

:18:03. > :18:12.before. Hopefully that has led to a good strong result for us and

:18:13. > :18:15.hopefully more Green MSPs, a strong group of Green MSPs, well help to

:18:16. > :18:20.hold the Scottish Government to account, but constructively, in a

:18:21. > :18:21.way that has got results in the last session.

:18:22. > :18:28.What about the blue team? The Scottish Secretary, Conservative MP

:18:29. > :18:31.David Mundell, is live in Dumfries. Ruth Davidson spent the whole

:18:32. > :18:36.campaign saying that the Tories would come second. She was asked

:18:37. > :18:42.whether that was the case just yesterday and she said that she

:18:43. > :18:48.thought so still. What do you think? I am confident we can achieve our

:18:49. > :18:51.objective to become the official opposition in the Scottish

:18:52. > :18:57.Parliament. That would be good for Scotland and the Scottish

:18:58. > :19:01.Parliament. With Davidson has -- Ruth Davidson has shown that she can

:19:02. > :19:07.go talk to tour with Nicola Sturgeon, can stand up against calls

:19:08. > :19:11.for a second referendum, and make sure that the SNP deliver on

:19:12. > :19:14.promises they have made on health and education. By doing that we will

:19:15. > :19:18.get better Government in Scotland and that will be good for everyone

:19:19. > :19:23.in Scotland. If that is how the evening turns

:19:24. > :19:30.out, if that is the final result in the selection, what has changed in

:19:31. > :19:37.Scottish politics? Is the Tory brand now detoxified? I think it will be a

:19:38. > :19:44.seismic change in Scottish politics if the Scottish Conservatives are

:19:45. > :19:47.the second party in the Scottish Parliament. I was a candidate back

:19:48. > :19:49.in those first elections in 1999. It would be incredible to think that

:19:50. > :19:56.the Scottish Conservatives could finish ahead of Labour and be the

:19:57. > :20:01.official opposition. It demonstrates that Ruth Davidson has transformed

:20:02. > :20:07.our party in Scotland, taking it forward and given it, I hope, be

:20:08. > :20:11.very significant role in this very different and new parliament with

:20:12. > :20:15.these additional tax and welfare powers. We will be able to hold the

:20:16. > :20:20.Scottish Government to account, get them to focus on the domestic issues

:20:21. > :20:22.which are important to the people of Scotland, and closed on this

:20:23. > :20:32.constitutional sora. We talked a little bit about

:20:33. > :20:34.possibility of a second referendum on independence during the course of

:20:35. > :20:36.the next Parliament, if Nicola Sturgeon were to judge the

:20:37. > :20:41.circumstances to have changed in a way that she thought that would be

:20:42. > :20:45.worthwhile, and a that she thought, the SNP thought, independence might

:20:46. > :20:51.be on the second time of asking. They believe she would have a

:20:52. > :20:53.mandate to call that? I agree with Jim Sillars on this. There is no

:20:54. > :20:59.mandate to call that? I agree with mandate in the SNP manifesto and it

:21:00. > :21:01.is counter to the democratic will of the Scottish people that Nicola

:21:02. > :21:07.Sturgeon herself should set herself up as the person who decides. One

:21:08. > :21:10.moment she is saying, it is the Scottish people who will decide, the

:21:11. > :21:13.moment she is saying, it is the next moment she is saying, I will

:21:14. > :21:19.decide, I will be set on whatever polls or straws in the wind I judge

:21:20. > :21:25.will best achieve the outcome that she once, which is independence.

:21:26. > :21:28.That is just not on. There is no mandate for a second referendum. I

:21:29. > :21:34.do not believe the people of Scotland want that, yes voters

:21:35. > :21:39.clearly do not want that. They realise that we have made the

:21:40. > :21:44.decision, a significant majority in that decision, and that the matter

:21:45. > :21:48.is settled for a generation. I hope that we can move on and start

:21:49. > :21:57.discussing how we use these significant tax and benefit powers,

:21:58. > :22:00.how Nicola Sturgeon delivers on a promised to tackle the attainment

:22:01. > :22:03.gap, sustain and improve the health service, these are the things that

:22:04. > :22:08.are important ordinary people in Scotland.

:22:09. > :22:12.I want to interrupt you, because whilst you have been speaking, some

:22:13. > :22:20.news that will be welcome to you has come on, which is that the

:22:21. > :22:26.Conservatives's Jackson Carlaw, as on the Eastwood constituency. The

:22:27. > :22:38.Conservatives have been the Eastwood from Labour. Jackson Carlaw, elected

:22:39. > :22:42.with 12,932 votes. The SNP's Stewart Maxwell finishing fairly close

:22:43. > :22:48.behind in second place with 11300 and 21. And Labour's Ken Macintosh,

:22:49. > :22:54.who has represented this constituency since 1999, pushed into

:22:55. > :23:00.third place with 11,081 votes. The Liberal Democrats's John Duncan in

:23:01. > :23:09.fourth place with 921. 60% turnout in Eastwood. 36% of the vote for the

:23:10. > :23:15.Conservatives, the SNP and Labour taking 31%. The change since the

:23:16. > :23:22.last time is obviously a big one. And here it comes. Compared to 2011,

:23:23. > :23:28.a swing of 6% from the SNP to the Conservatives. But the big story

:23:29. > :23:33.there is that Labour were pushed into third place and the

:23:34. > :23:38.Conservatives take Eastwood, an area that used to be a very strong one

:23:39. > :23:44.for the Tories. David Mundell is still with us in Dumfries. Your

:23:45. > :23:48.reaction to that result. Thank you for the timing. I am absolutely

:23:49. > :23:53.delighted for Jackson. He has stood in that area on a number of

:23:54. > :23:57.occasions, he has championed Eastwood in the Scottish Parliament

:23:58. > :24:03.and has a great track record locally. And of course, he is one of

:24:04. > :24:06.the Conservatives's best-known figures in the Scottish Parliament

:24:07. > :24:11.so I am absolutely delighted for him and the team behind him. Just a few

:24:12. > :24:15.years ago people said that it was impossible for the Conservatives to

:24:16. > :24:20.take Eastwood back from Labour. Here tonight we have done it. Well done,

:24:21. > :24:24.Jackson. Thank you very much for being with

:24:25. > :24:33.us and sharing your thoughts on that result. We have another conservative

:24:34. > :24:38.veteran, if I can put it that way. Former Euro MP. Your reaction? I

:24:39. > :24:42.think it is fantastic. Some Former Euro MP. Your reaction? I

:24:43. > :24:45.predicted we would not hold any constituency seats. We need a huge

:24:46. > :24:51.game in South Lanarkshire with Margaret Mitchell. I think we are on

:24:52. > :24:55.a surge. What David Mundell has just said, Ruth Davidson has taken the

:24:56. > :24:58.party by the scruff of the neck and I think the people of Scotland has

:24:59. > :25:03.recognised that she is giving soul with leadership, clear programme,

:25:04. > :25:10.and I think it is paying off in votes. We are seeing that now.

:25:11. > :25:16.Martin McCluskey, we will talk to you in a moment. Another result in

:25:17. > :25:21.from, Nick and Irvin Valley. That is an SNP hold, with Willie Coffey

:25:22. > :25:45.re-elected as the MSP. Let's get the results from Greenock

:25:46. > :25:48.and Inverclyde. Rejected because there was something

:25:49. > :25:59.written are marked on the ballot paper by which the voter could be

:26:00. > :26:07.identified, one. Ballots unmarked or unvoiced friend certainty, 100. It

:26:08. > :26:13.clear that the total number of votes given to each candidate is as

:26:14. > :26:19.follows. Graeme Brooks, Scottish

:26:20. > :26:29.Conservatives and Unionist, 4487. Siobhan McCready, Scottish Labour

:26:30. > :26:45.Party, 8802. Stuart McMillan, Scottish National Party, SNP, 17000

:26:46. > :26:50.and 32. -- 17032. John Watson, Scottish Liberal Democrats, 1404.

:26:51. > :26:58.Therefore, I gave public notice that Stuart McMillan is elected as the

:26:59. > :27:00.Scottish member of Parliament for the Greenock and Inverclyde

:27:01. > :27:06.constituency. That is a big win for the SNP in

:27:07. > :27:11.Greenock and Inverclyde. The SNP gained that constituency from

:27:12. > :27:19.Labour. Stuart McMillan elected with 17,032 votes. They were's Siobhan

:27:20. > :27:26.McCready is second with 8802. Graeme Brooks is third, and the Liberal

:27:27. > :27:34.Democrats's John Watson in fourth. The turnout 58%. The SNP with 54% of

:27:35. > :27:39.the vote, Labour with just 28%. The Conservatives are on 14%, the

:27:40. > :27:45.Liberal Democrats are on 4%. Let's cross the Dundee.

:27:46. > :28:10.Scottish National Party, 16,070 votes. Scottish Labour Party, 7242,

:28:11. > :28:15.Jim McFarlane, 642. Nicola Ross, conservative, 2820. There were 115

:28:16. > :28:36.rejected papers. That is the Dundee City West result

:28:37. > :28:37.with the SNP holding. Joe Fitzpatrick a minister in the last

:28:38. > :29:13.government. Compared to last time, the SNP vote

:29:14. > :29:35.up slightly. There is the swing. As we saw with

:29:36. > :29:46.the vote share and the change of last time, a big shift from Labour

:29:47. > :29:49.to the Conservatives. There is the SNP break through in Greenock and

:29:50. > :30:34.Inverclyde. That is the total number of seats

:30:35. > :30:58.declared so far and how they break down by party.

:30:59. > :31:07.Let us speak to our panel. That Greenock and Inverclyde result

:31:08. > :31:11.obviously very good for you. Fantastic for Stewart and a great

:31:12. > :31:19.candidate and by such an amazing majority. We have got the two seat

:31:20. > :31:28.gains which is excellent. Great camaraderie amongst the women

:31:29. > :31:40.candidates which is nice to see. Defeat and not by a narrow margin.

:31:41. > :31:47.There was almost a 23% swing to the SNP so we have taken the swing back

:31:48. > :31:53.slightly. Just a touch on the eastward result. It is far too early

:31:54. > :32:00.to draw on what was happening... We are going to go to ease call

:32:01. > :32:25.bride. Scottish National Party, 19,000...

:32:26. > :32:37.Scottish Labour Party, 8392. Scottish Liberal Democrats, 1009.

:32:38. > :32:49.Graeme Simson, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, 5800 and 57.

:32:50. > :32:59.Total ballot papers rejected were 159.

:33:00. > :33:34.So the SNP hold his call bride. Linda Fabiani selected.

:33:35. > :34:04.The SNP holding the East Kilbride constituency. From one winner to

:34:05. > :34:11.another. A big smile on the face of the next man we're going to speak

:34:12. > :34:22.to, Tavish Scott. Congratulations on your win. Tough campaign?

:34:23. > :34:26.Yes, it has been tough. It has been six weeks. Thoroughly enjoyable but

:34:27. > :34:32.we have fought the issues about important issues on the island

:34:33. > :34:36.including cutting ferry fares which Nicola Sturgeon will have to do

:34:37. > :34:40.because she promised that during the campaign. And investment in schools

:34:41. > :34:44.and the health service. I plan to take those things back to Holyrood

:34:45. > :34:49.next week. We do not know the final result but

:34:50. > :34:54.the SNP is having a good night and making gains. Labour has suffered a

:34:55. > :34:55.number of setbacks. The Conservatives have had a huge

:34:56. > :35:12.breakthrough by picking up the self-immolation constituency --

:35:13. > :35:22.Eastwood constituency. How do you read it?

:35:23. > :35:29.If the SNP do not have an overall majority, we are in exciting times.

:35:30. > :35:34.As for what might they have had, I do not know. You have more knowledge

:35:35. > :35:38.than I do. What needs to happen is that there does need to be

:35:39. > :35:44.opposition that hold the government to account but also there needs to

:35:45. > :35:48.be a future government that is an alternative to perpetual nationalism

:35:49. > :35:50.and that is some of the more interesting longer-term thinking

:35:51. > :35:53.that some others will have to do now.

:35:54. > :35:57.Can anyone party do that job does there need to be something of

:35:58. > :36:05.realignment in Scottish politics for that alternative to emerge?

:36:06. > :36:09.We will have to wait and see what kind of shape the new parliament has

:36:10. > :36:15.and how the individual parties have done. Until we have all the results

:36:16. > :36:20.from the regions we will not know that. But people look for

:36:21. > :36:29.alternative government, they do not look for oppositional the time. The

:36:30. > :36:38.look for parties that could form government and was only one in the

:36:39. > :36:46.selection. If they haven't won a majority that has to be a huge

:36:47. > :36:51.setback for Nicola Sturgeon. We have to work out how in future elections

:36:52. > :36:54.people like me can provide an alternative government instead of

:36:55. > :37:00.just talking about being in opposition.

:37:01. > :37:04.It is an intriguing idea and we will perhaps pick up that thought and

:37:05. > :37:13.develop it later in the programme. Thank you for talking to us.

:37:14. > :37:15.One of the big emerging stories tonight is that conservative

:37:16. > :37:25.breakthrough in Eastwood. Let us bring that declaration in full.

:37:26. > :37:37.I declare that the total number of votes given to each candidate was as

:37:38. > :37:45.follows. Jackson Carlaw, Conservatives, 12,000 932. John

:37:46. > :37:56.Duncan, Scottish Liberal Democrats, 921. Ken Macintosh, Scottish Labour

:37:57. > :38:01.Party, 11000 and 81. Stewart Maxwell, Scottish National Party

:38:02. > :38:18.11,000... 11300 and 21. Therefore I give

:38:19. > :38:25.public notice that David Jackson Carlaw is Julian elected -- Julie

:38:26. > :38:36.elected as a member of the Eastwood constituency. Our kids

:38:37. > :38:51.Jackson Carlaw elected with those votes.

:38:52. > :38:56.Ken Macintosh has seat since 1999 but pushed into

:38:57. > :39:30.third place. Here is another result just in. The

:39:31. > :40:15.SNP holding. Here is the result from Dundee City

:40:16. > :40:42.East. I give notice that the total number

:40:43. > :41:00.of votes polled for each candidate is as follows. Conservatives, 4969.

:41:01. > :41:06.Lib Dems, 911. Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, 437. Scottish

:41:07. > :41:27.Labour Party, 5611. SNP, 16,509. Socialist Coalition, 437. Scottish

:41:28. > :41:35.There were 108 rejected votes. I declare that Sean Robertson is

:41:36. > :41:46.elected to serve as constituency member for Dundee City East.

:41:47. > :41:52.So the SNP Health Secretary at Holyrood re-elected as the MSP for

:41:53. > :41:55.Dundee City East. And we have had a few results in the last few minutes

:41:56. > :42:04.so pack up on those with narrow panel. And let me start at the other

:42:05. > :42:10.end this time with Michael Stephen and that result a short-term ago

:42:11. > :42:14.from Shetland. It is for you. The other not areas where the Lib Dems

:42:15. > :42:23.In traditional Liberal Democrat read anything into results there?

:42:24. > :42:29.In traditional Liberal Democrat stronghold is we are doing well

:42:30. > :42:33.tonight. Willie Rennie in North East Fife must now have a good chance.

:42:34. > :42:37.And in Edinburgh West, a seat that we held until last year in the UK

:42:38. > :42:42.Parliament, the prospects are looking good. We are fighting back

:42:43. > :42:47.and baking progress. Clearly that seems to be the pattern as well for

:42:48. > :42:53.the Conservatives -- making progress. It is a disastrous night

:42:54. > :42:56.for the Labour Party. Tavish Scott is absolutely right to flag up the

:42:57. > :43:02.issue of the future of Scottish politics. What does he mean by those

:43:03. > :43:06.who are not SNP need to understand how they can present as an

:43:07. > :43:15.alternative garment? Is he mean something other than doing something

:43:16. > :43:20.different than parties normally do? Is he talking about an alliance or

:43:21. > :43:26.America? It is a huge challenge. Even he says that it is too early to

:43:27. > :43:29.understand what the solution is. He says that the SNP will not be in

:43:30. > :43:36.power forever more. There are not too many people, other than perhaps

:43:37. > :43:42.those sitting next to me, and his colleagues, who won the future of

:43:43. > :43:45.Scottish politics to be a Conservative future if the SNP lost

:43:46. > :43:53.power. The challenge to all of us outside nationalist politics is to

:43:54. > :44:00.work out a way forward. Perhaps he is suggesting that new cooperation

:44:01. > :44:05.has to emerge. But as I point out, the disastrous night, the

:44:06. > :44:10.obliteration, is of the Labour vote. The biggest introspection and the

:44:11. > :44:12.biggest challenge will be for the Labour Party, we're from here in

:44:13. > :44:21.Scotland for the Labour Party? Labour Party, we're from here in

:44:22. > :44:24.is a question for you, we're now for Labour? It is too early to judge

:44:25. > :44:30.where the sheep of Parliament will end up. These constituencies that we

:44:31. > :44:34.are losing, we were having swings of 20% or 30% on last year's general

:44:35. > :44:41.election. It was all is going to be challenging. Someone's head earlier

:44:42. > :44:48.on radio Scotland that the party is going to limp on -- someone said

:44:49. > :44:53.earlier. Kezia Dugdale has set out the terms of the last five years and

:44:54. > :44:56.what the next five years of Scottish politics will look like. Whether

:44:57. > :45:01.that is the cuts coming down the road, the challenges to the Scottish

:45:02. > :45:09.Government in terms of tax, these are the things which will shape the

:45:10. > :45:14.next five years. Do you think that non-SNP parties might need to think

:45:15. > :45:17.about how they work together, to some extent, to counter the SNP in

:45:18. > :45:24.Government? To provide an opposition and an alternative moment for next

:45:25. > :45:28.time round? I do not think we are looking for any alliance with the

:45:29. > :45:32.Liberal Democrats are other parties, but Nicol Stephen makes a good

:45:33. > :45:40.point. Especially as we see the SNP again with a majority Government. We

:45:41. > :45:44.need to ask serious questions about how Parliament holds that Government

:45:45. > :45:48.to account. As Nicol Stephen said, the Parliament was meant to be about

:45:49. > :45:52.consensual politics, we need to make sure that that is the way it is

:45:53. > :45:59.going. I do not like the phrase 1-party state, it is not a good

:46:00. > :46:03.phrase, but the idea that the SNP need to take responsibility and

:46:04. > :46:05.govern for all. We are about to make our way to

:46:06. > :46:27.Stornoway. I, the returning officer, hereby

:46:28. > :46:33.give notice of the number of votes cast for each candidate.

:46:34. > :46:50.Alistair Allan, Scottish National Party, SNP,

:46:51. > :47:02.6874. HE SPEAKS IN GAELIC.

:47:03. > :47:21.John Cormack, Christian party, 1162. HE SPEAKS IN GAELIC.

:47:22. > :47:26.Ranald Fraser, Scottish Conservative and Unionist, 1499.

:47:27. > :47:42.HE SPEAKS IN GAELIC. Rhoda Grant, Scottish Labour Party,

:47:43. > :47:58.3378. HE SPEAKS IN GAELIC.

:47:59. > :48:04.Kenneth Macleod Baillie Stewart, Scottish Liberal Democrats, 293.

:48:05. > :48:21.HE SPEAKS IN GAELIC. There were 59 rejected papers. The

:48:22. > :48:58.turnout was 61.14%. The SNP holding Na h-Eileanan an

:48:59. > :49:14.Iar. Alistair Allan Israel elected, leaving Rhoda Grant with 3378.

:49:15. > :49:25.This is how the boat breaks down. Let's see how that compares the last

:49:26. > :49:34.time around. The SNP voters down. The Labour vote is also down, the

:49:35. > :49:38.Conservatives is up 7%. The Christian party candidates is up 9%.

:49:39. > :49:43.The swing in the Western Isles from 5% from the SNP to Labour, but the

:49:44. > :49:54.SNP holding on to Na h-Eileanan an Iar. Carrick, Cumnock and Doon

:49:55. > :50:02.Valley, the SNP have held dear, but it is a new SNP MSP, Jean Freeman.

:50:03. > :50:10.Once upon a time, an adviser to Labour First Minister Jack

:50:11. > :50:19.McConnell, and a key member of the women for independence movement. The

:50:20. > :50:27.Conservatives are in third place, now let us get the result from

:50:28. > :50:35.Clydesdale. I hereby give notice of the following. The electorate is

:50:36. > :50:44.58,000 483. The total votes cast for 33,000 802. The percentage poll is

:50:45. > :50:53.therefore 57.8%. The total number of votes polled for each candidate at

:50:54. > :51:01.the election was as follows. Alec Allison, Scottish Conservative and

:51:02. > :51:13.Unionist Party, 8842. Claudia Beamish, Scottish Labour Party,

:51:14. > :51:23.6995. Aileen Campbell, Scottish National

:51:24. > :51:57.Bev Gauld, 909, Independent. Scottish Liberal Democrats, 820.

:51:58. > :52:03.Danny Meikle, Independent, 1332. The total ballot paper is rejected or

:52:04. > :52:09.83, and it clear that Aileen Campbell is elected to serve in the

:52:10. > :52:13.Scottish Parliament as a member for the Clydesdale constituency. So the

:52:14. > :52:24.SNP hold Clydesdale. Another result from Glenrothes.

:52:25. > :52:30.That is Ruth Davidson arriving at the count in Edinburgh. She has

:52:31. > :52:36.shifted city from Glasgow to Edinburgh, where she is the weed

:52:37. > :52:40.candidate for the Conservatives. She is also fighting the Central

:52:41. > :52:46.constituency in Edinburgh. -- will lead candidate. The SNP are

:52:47. > :52:51.defending, but with the new lead candidate. The SNP are

:52:52. > :52:56.candidate. Clearly, whatever happens in her own constituency battle, Ruth

:52:57. > :53:00.Davidson and her party would it have a very good night indeed. The

:53:01. > :53:06.already have much to celebrate in Eastwood, with her deputy Jackson

:53:07. > :53:13.Carlaw been elected the after an number of times standing as a

:53:14. > :53:19.candidate. I did say that I would bring you a result from Glenrothes,

:53:20. > :53:25.we will get to that in just a moment. That is an SNP old. Let's

:53:26. > :53:30.pick up with Struan Stevenson, a former Conservative MEP. Do you wish

:53:31. > :53:37.you were still around to benefit from this success? It is a long time

:53:38. > :53:42.since I have sat here on election night and had something to smile

:53:43. > :53:51.about. It is fantastic. Going back to what Tavish Scott was seeing, the

:53:52. > :53:57.hero Lib Dem talking about plunging into coalition, and Tavish Scott

:53:58. > :54:01.suggesting that the SNP will not have a majority, but I do not where

:54:02. > :54:08.he is getting his information from. The big question of this whole

:54:09. > :54:17.election campaign has been, will the Conservatives overtake Labour. We

:54:18. > :54:21.have been the most successful party in opposition with Ruth Davidson. I

:54:22. > :54:27.think we have a chance to become the official opposition. What difference

:54:28. > :54:30.would that make, if Ruth Davidson in the centre of our picture there, was

:54:31. > :54:38.the leader of the main opposition party? How will that change Holyrood

:54:39. > :54:42.politics? She seems the only person capable of looking it I with Nicola

:54:43. > :54:46.Sturgeon and taking on the SNP and providing the kind of effective

:54:47. > :54:52.opposition that. The SNP going crazy when they have an absolute majority.

:54:53. > :55:00.Tasmania and made Sheikh, is that how you see it? I can understand why

:55:01. > :55:05.you are excited. I know that you have won one seat. The SNP have had

:55:06. > :55:10.two sessions in Government, this is their third election. We have won 13

:55:11. > :55:15.out of 16 seats with the Mid Fife and Glenrothes declaration, which we

:55:16. > :55:23.have yet to see. That is outstanding for a third term in parliament, a

:55:24. > :55:27.massive mandate from Nicola Sturgeon, if the evening pans out.

:55:28. > :55:29.It is a great night for the SNP. I understand that the Lib Dems will

:55:30. > :55:36.have been happy to have retained two understand that the Lib Dems will

:55:37. > :55:39.seats, and also congratulations to Jackson, but we are doing very well.

:55:40. > :55:45.Let us confirm some of the results we have had so far.

:55:46. > :55:51.Let's take a look at the Mid Fife and Glenrothes result. I told you

:55:52. > :55:56.that the SNP had held that constituency, and indeed they have.

:55:57. > :56:05.Jenny Gilruth is the new MSP for that seat. 15,555 votes. That was

:56:06. > :56:08.formerly represented by the Presiding Officer Tricia Marwick,

:56:09. > :56:29.who is standing down at this election.

:56:30. > :56:39.So, with 54% of the vote, the Scottish National Party. Compared to

:56:40. > :56:47.the last thing, the Scottish National Party vote up 2%. The

:56:48. > :57:00.Labour Party Downey 11%. Here is the swing. Eat 10% swing from the Labour

:57:01. > :57:05.Party to the Conservatives. In Falkirk West. Michael Matheson. He

:57:06. > :57:12.is re-elected with 18,000, 260 votes. Labour in second place, Mandy

:57:13. > :57:22.Telford. 6980. The term note the votes. Labour in second place, Mandy

:57:23. > :57:34.54%. The Scottish National Party with 57% of the vote. The Labour

:57:35. > :57:42.Party down 12%. The Conservatives up and the Liberal Democrats up

:57:43. > :57:54.slightly. Labour to the Scottish National Party, a swing of 7%.

:57:55. > :58:03.Clydesdale. Aileen Campbell, she was re-elected with 14800 and 21. The

:58:04. > :58:17.Conservative Party in second. Labour in fact. -- in front.

:58:18. > :58:29.Labour were second last time round. The Conservatives have beaten them

:58:30. > :58:38.into second place this time. The Liberal Democrats, a brother or six

:58:39. > :58:50.place. 44% of the vote for the SNP. 26% for the Conservatives. The SNP

:58:51. > :59:03.vote and shall by 6%. -- actually down. A swing of 15% from Labour to

:59:04. > :59:10.the Conservatives, but it is an SNP victory. We can bring you up-to-date

:59:11. > :59:24.with all the developments with Jackie. The results are coming in

:59:25. > :59:27.thick and fast. The SNP to Greenock and Inverclyde from Labour. The

:59:28. > :59:36.Conservatives won their first seat of the night in Eastwood, with

:59:37. > :59:42.Jackson Carlaw taking the seat from the Labour Party. The Labour Party

:59:43. > :59:51.have still to actually win a seat. Jack McConnell is still positive

:59:52. > :59:57.about their prospects. I would still be surprised if the Conservatives

:59:58. > :00:08.were in second place in terms of the overall percentage of the vote. I

:00:09. > :00:22.suspect the SNP will get clear they have been roughly in the opinion

:00:23. > :00:31.polls. In the South, Ukip have gained 70 council seats. The Labour

:00:32. > :00:38.Party have lost 27 seats so far. David Clegg, he is saying that the

:00:39. > :00:45.Liberal Democrats believe will hear any actually be the Scottish

:00:46. > :00:50.National Party in West Fife. Here are the number of results and so

:00:51. > :00:58.far. The Scottish National Party up their own 13. The Labour Party,

:00:59. > :01:06.having lost three, have still to get on the scoreboard. David Henderson

:01:07. > :01:15.has got the big picture so far. As we have been healing, a lot of no

:01:16. > :01:23.coming in. A clear is emerging. The Labour shear of the vote is down in

:01:24. > :01:29.every seat thus declared thus far. They have lost three seats. All of

:01:30. > :01:35.them in the central belt, traditionally a place where the

:01:36. > :01:47.Party has been very strong. In Rutherglen, that was the first one.

:01:48. > :01:53.Looking at the percentage. She won by 300 3500 forts, but when you see

:01:54. > :02:04.the change from 2011, the Labour vote down by 11%. James Kelly, the

:02:05. > :02:09.Labour MSP since 2007. He is the third on the regional List, so he

:02:10. > :02:15.could still get in that way. Eastwood, we have been talking about

:02:16. > :02:22.that. On the outskirts of Glasgow. Ken Mackintosh has held the seat

:02:23. > :02:28.since 1999. He has lost that drew the deputy leader of the

:02:29. > :02:35.Conservative Party Jackson Carlaw. ECB contest between the major

:02:36. > :02:43.parties. Ken Mackintosh lost over main percent of the vote. The

:02:44. > :02:49.conservative vote up 2%. To Greenock and Inverclyde. Another seat Labour

:02:50. > :02:59.have killed since 1999. The MP retired. The shield of the vote fell

:03:00. > :03:14.by 16% -- have held. A 14% swing from Labour to the

:03:15. > :03:15.Scottish National Party. Look at the overall shear. This is the change

:03:16. > :03:32.from five years ago. can see that the Labour Party are

:03:33. > :03:37.down 10%. The Conservatives up 7% and the Scottish National Party up

:03:38. > :03:41.2%. A fascinating and eight beginning to take shape, but so far,

:03:42. > :03:50.a difficult night for the Labour Party. We can no speak to the deputy

:03:51. > :03:57.leader of the Conservative Party in Scotland, Jackson Carlaw, who has

:03:58. > :04:06.just been elected in Eastwood. When did you know that you had first one?

:04:07. > :04:12.It was incredibly close all through the evening. It is not my first

:04:13. > :04:20.attempt, so I approached these things with a degree of hope, but

:04:21. > :04:24.also with fatalism. What has changed in that constituency which has

:04:25. > :04:30.allowed the Conservatives to win after so many years out of the

:04:31. > :04:35.limelight. I actually think a lot of this is down to the leadership of

:04:36. > :04:40.Ruth Davidson. I think she reaches way beyond the vote the Conservative

:04:41. > :04:47.Party have been reaching out to for too long. It is that working-class

:04:48. > :04:51.Conservative -- conservatism. A lot of people here have worked very hard

:04:52. > :04:56.to get really are today and they want other people to have that

:04:57. > :05:04.opportunity. They are attracted by the type of leadership that Ruth

:05:05. > :05:11.Davidson is offering. It was the sleeping fort that we were looking

:05:12. > :05:14.for for people to vote for the Conservative Party. She is taking

:05:15. > :05:22.the conservative message read it has not been for far too long. We can

:05:23. > :05:35.see the First Minister. She is arriving at the Kent in Glasgow. She

:05:36. > :05:39.is embracing the candidate in Pollock, who is hoping to replace

:05:40. > :05:47.Johann Lamont, the former Labour Party leader in Scotland. Obviously,

:05:48. > :05:52.the Scottish National Party look on course to win this election, but how

:05:53. > :06:04.much? I am going to go rate out course to win this election, but how

:06:05. > :06:09.there and see, I think she is going to win! I think they may be pegged

:06:10. > :06:23.back just a little bit in some of the constituencies. But they can

:06:24. > :06:29.stand a little bit of pegging back. But for the Labour Party, it is

:06:30. > :06:35.down, down, down. It is a definite decline for them. We can now get the

:06:36. > :07:03.result from Ayr Scottish Labour Party,

:07:04. > :07:23.5283. John Scott, Scottish Conservative Party, 16,000.

:07:24. > :07:31.16100 and 83. Robbie Simpson, Scottish Liberal Democrats, 716.

:07:32. > :07:43.John Scott is duly elected as the member of the Scottish Parliament

:07:44. > :07:50.for the Ayr constituency. The total number of votes cast was 30,000 730.

:07:51. > :07:57.The number of rejected papers rose 115. For the following reasons,

:07:58. > :08:07.The number of rejected papers rose voting for more than one candidate,

:08:08. > :08:15.ten. Marking uncertainty 104. He has been a member of the Scottish

:08:16. > :08:24.Parliament since 2000. He was re-elected for the Conservatives in

:08:25. > :08:34.Ayr with 16100 and 83. The Scottish National Party in second place. The

:08:35. > :08:45.Labour Party insert and the Liberal Democrats in fourth. The

:08:46. > :08:52.Conservatives with 43%. The Scottish National Party 41%. The Labour Party

:08:53. > :09:04.and 14% the Liberal Democrats 2%. The Conservatives up 4%, the SNP up

:09:05. > :09:10.5%. The Labour Party domain percent. A swing of 7% from the Labour Party

:09:11. > :09:19.to the Conservatives. John Scott re-elected. Nicola McEwan, an

:09:20. > :09:27.emerging pattern in terms of support for the Labour Party. A chunk of

:09:28. > :09:33.that is coming from the Labour Party. That would certainly seem to

:09:34. > :09:41.be the case. We have to look at the bigger picture. We have to remember

:09:42. > :09:47.that the Conservative Party have, up till now, though terribly in

:09:48. > :09:57.devolved elections. This is still nothing. We have another

:09:58. > :10:05.declaration. I hereby give notice that the votes cast for each

:10:06. > :10:23.candidate where as follows. Roseanna Cunninghame, Scottish National

:10:24. > :10:38.Party, 15,000 300. 15,000 315. Craig Fennelly, 544. Scott Nicholson,

:10:39. > :10:51.Scottish Labour Party, 3389. Willie Roberson, Scottish Liberal

:10:52. > :11:08.Democrats, 3000 and eight. As Smith, Scottish Conservative Party.

:11:09. > :11:23.13,000 893. They were 112 spoilt ballot papers. The percentage was

:11:24. > :11:31.62%. Just to confirm. The Scottish National Party hold on. The

:11:32. > :11:39.government minister re-elected with 15,000 315. But the Conservatives

:11:40. > :11:41.coming close. 13800 and 93. Scott Nicholson for Labour third. Peter

:11:42. > :11:52.Mote of 61%. Let's hear from the SNP leader, the

:11:53. > :11:58.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who as you have heard, is just arriving

:11:59. > :12:03.at the Glasgow count. How would your second term be

:12:04. > :12:07.different, if you see this as a second mandate? I will put education

:12:08. > :12:13.at the very centre of my plans for a third term. We still have a lot of

:12:14. > :12:16.results to come this evening so I am taking nothing for granted. I am in

:12:17. > :12:23.specialist to invest in land reform health service, make education

:12:24. > :12:31.system the best in the world, build on a real sense of confidence that I

:12:32. > :12:35.believe exists in Scotland. I am optimistic about the opportunities.

:12:36. > :12:40.At what stage would you head for a referendum? If you do not mind, I

:12:41. > :12:43.will firstly see how the election develops.

:12:44. > :12:49.Let's cross the Paisley. The votes given to each of the

:12:50. > :13:04.candidates was as follows. George Adam, Scottish National Party,

:13:05. > :13:17.14,682. Scottish Labour Party, 9483. Paul

:13:18. > :13:33.Masterson, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, 3533. Eileen

:13:34. > :13:44.McCartin, Scottish Liberal Democrats, 1766. The total number of

:13:45. > :13:57.ballot papers rejected was 128. The total number of votes was 29,500 92.

:13:58. > :14:02.-- 20 10500 and 92. George Adam is duly elected as member of the

:14:03. > :14:06.Scottish Parliament for the Paisley constituency.

:14:07. > :14:16.So the SNP holding the Paisley constituency. George Adam re-elected

:14:17. > :14:27.with 14,682 votes. Neil Bibby second.

:14:28. > :14:40.A turnout of 57%. The SNP on 50%, Labour on 32, the Conservatives on

:14:41. > :14:52.12 and the Lib Dems on 6%. Compared to the last time, there you go...

:14:53. > :14:57.And the swing in Paisley is 8% from Labour to the SNP.

:14:58. > :15:06.There is the Falkirk East result. Angus MacDonald of the SNP welding

:15:07. > :15:23.on the with 16,720 votes. -- holding on. A turnout of 54%. The SNP with

:15:24. > :15:32.51% share there. The Conservatives on 19%, the Lib Dems on 3%. The SNP

:15:33. > :15:36.up slightly and Falkirk East. Labour down 12, the Conservatives up 11 and

:15:37. > :15:43.the live ends up slightly. The sling and Falkirk East, 12% from Labour to

:15:44. > :15:56.the Conservatives. That is an SNP hold. More results, Moray. Richard

:15:57. > :16:08.Lochhead, the cabinet set to, 15,742 votes for him. Douglas Ross, 12,867,

:16:09. > :16:11.he is the lead candidate on the Conservatives's Highlands and

:16:12. > :16:21.Islands list, so he may yet make it into Holyrood. The turnout there was

:16:22. > :16:33.54%. The SNP have 47% of the vote.

:16:34. > :16:38.Compared to last time, the SNP vote is down 12%, the Conservatives are

:16:39. > :16:47.up 18%, Labour are down 2% and the Lib Dems up.

:16:48. > :16:54.15% swing from the SNP to the Conservatives, but the SNP role.

:16:55. > :17:10.The result is in from Angus South, the SNP's Graeme Day holding.

:17:11. > :17:17.The electorate is 54000 and 54,164 ballot papers were verified, giving

:17:18. > :17:23.a turnout of 63.21%. 101 ballot papers were rejected. It gets

:17:24. > :17:29.noticed that the total number of votes cast for each candidate in the

:17:30. > :17:36.election was as follows. Hugh Bell, Scottish Conservative and

:17:37. > :17:51.Unionist Party, 5646. Roderick Campbell, Scottish National Party,

:17:52. > :18:01.11400 and 63. -- 11463. Scottish Labour party, 2026. Willie Rennie,

:18:02. > :18:11.Scottish Liberal Democrats, 14900 and 28. It clear Willie Rennie to be

:18:12. > :18:19.elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament as a member for the North

:18:20. > :18:23.Fife constituency. That is a sensational result for the

:18:24. > :18:29.Liberal Democrats. The leader of the party has fought and won North East

:18:30. > :18:33.Fife, gaining from the SNP. Willie Rennie has been elected. It

:18:34. > :18:40.is sold goods to return North East Fife to the Liberal Democrats. I

:18:41. > :18:46.have had the time of my life in this campaign. He might have seen that

:18:47. > :18:50.going round the country, but genuinely, a positive, uplifting

:18:51. > :18:55.campaign. A campaign that has looked to try to make Scotland the best,

:18:56. > :18:59.again, in the world. Investing in education, guaranteeing our Civil

:19:00. > :19:02.Liberties, protecting the environment. Something that is very

:19:03. > :19:06.important to me is boosting mental health services. That is what my

:19:07. > :19:12.team of liberal voices in the parliament will do for the next five

:19:13. > :19:17.years. It has been a campaign that has also focused on North East Fife.

:19:18. > :19:25.North East Fife is an area that I grew up in, was educated, where my

:19:26. > :19:37.family had the shop in Auchtermuchty and Cooper.

:19:38. > :19:44.The total number of votes cast was, Iain Gray, Scottish Labour Party,

:19:45. > :20:02.14300 and 29. Rachael Hamilton, Scottish Conservative and Unionist

:20:03. > :20:02.Party, 945. 9045, sorry. DJ Johnston-Smith, Scottish National

:20:03. > :20:13.Party, 13,000 202. And the Scottish Johnston-Smith, Scottish National

:20:14. > :20:21.Liberal Democrats, 1337. The total number of reject did votes was 118.

:20:22. > :20:27.I can therefore confirm that Iain Gray is duly elected to serve as a

:20:28. > :20:34.member of the Scottish Parliament for the East Lothian constituency.

:20:35. > :20:40.That is the best news Labour have heard so far tonight. The former

:20:41. > :20:50.party leader, Iain Gray, holding the East Lothian constituency. Here is

:20:51. > :21:04.the result from Cowdenbeath. Annabelle Ewing, Scottish National

:21:05. > :21:15.Party, SNP, 13,715. Bryn Jones, Scottish Liberal Democrats, 1094.

:21:16. > :21:27.Alex Rowley, Scottish Labour Party, 10,600 74. -- 10600 and 74. The

:21:28. > :21:38.total number of valid votes was 29,000 734. I did clear Annabelle

:21:39. > :21:45.Ewing to be elected to serve at the Cowdenbeath constituency.

:21:46. > :21:52.The SNP have won the Cowdenbeath constituency. Annabelle Ewing

:21:53. > :21:55.elected for her party there. The deputy leader of the Labour Party,

:21:56. > :22:00.Alex Rowley, has lost its constituency seat, although he lives

:22:01. > :22:06.to fight another day as lead candidate on the list. There is the

:22:07. > :22:13.Cowdenbeath results confirmed. The SNP gaining that seat from Labour.

:22:14. > :22:22.Annabelle Ewing elected. Labour's Alex Rowley losing out. He picked up

:22:23. > :22:36.this seat in a by-election following the death of a member.

:22:37. > :22:42.turnout is 54%. Let's get the declaration from Inverness and

:22:43. > :22:47.Nairn. The number of votes given for each

:22:48. > :22:55.registered candidate, excluding any votes given on any rejected ballot

:22:56. > :23:00.papers is as follows. Carolyn Caddick, Scottish Liberal Democrats,

:23:01. > :23:15.5445. Fergus Ewing, Scottish National Party, 18,000 505. --

:23:16. > :23:23.18505. Edward Mountain, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party,

:23:24. > :23:44.7648. David Stewart, Scottish Labour party, 6719. The total valid votes

:23:45. > :23:55.cast included 222 rejected papers. Total votes cast 38539, turnout

:23:56. > :24:01.57.8%. I hereby declare that Fergus Ewing has been duly elected a member

:24:02. > :24:08.of the Scottish Parliament for the Inverness and nearing constituency.

:24:09. > :24:20.The energy minister Fergus Ewing re-elected in Inverness and Nairn.

:24:21. > :24:40.That is an SNP hold. Re-elected with 18505 faults. -- votes.

:24:41. > :24:48.The SNP with 48% of the vote. The Liberal Democrats on 14. The SNP

:24:49. > :24:53.vote is down three. The Conservatives are up eight, securing

:24:54. > :25:03.them that second place. Labour are down for, the Lib Dems are up three.

:25:04. > :25:11.The swing is 6% from the SNP to the Conservatives, but Fergus Ewing

:25:12. > :25:15.holding Inverness for the SNP. Midlothian North and Musselburgh,

:25:16. > :25:35.the SNP's Colin Beattie holding that seat.

:25:36. > :25:44.49% for the SNP, 29 for a labourer, 18 for the Conservatives and 4% for

:25:45. > :25:54.the Liberal Democrats. SNP are up 2%, Labour are down nine.

:25:55. > :26:01.The string in Midlothian North and Musselburgh is from Labour to the

:26:02. > :26:14.SNP fight sent stop -- 5%. Here is the Dunfermline results. The

:26:15. > :26:21.SNP's Shirley-Anne Somerville, a win for the SNP but not strictly

:26:22. > :26:27.speaking and gain because it was an SNP seat last time.

:26:28. > :26:33.This time Cara Hilton finishes in second place. The Conservatives's

:26:34. > :27:06.James Reekie is in third place. The SNP up 6%, the Labour Party

:27:07. > :27:15.don't make the same margin. The swing 6% from Labour to the SNP.

:27:16. > :27:34.Here is that result from Clydebank and Mill Gallery. Gil Paterson,

:27:35. > :27:40.16100 and 58. Labour second. 7726. The Conservatives in the Liberal

:27:41. > :27:54.Democrats fourth. The SNP with nearly half the vote. The Labour

:27:55. > :28:00.Party 24%. The SNP fought up 6% of Labour down massively, 17%. The

:28:01. > :28:17.Conservatives up main percent in the Liberal Democrats up 3%. A 12% swing

:28:18. > :28:24.from Labour to the SNP. Any is you are sporting? The overall share, the

:28:25. > :28:35.SNP are a very slightly up. Nearly one half of 1%. They are still

:28:36. > :28:42.managing to pay all up the seats. The Conservatives are up 8% on the

:28:43. > :28:49.night. If the replicated that on the List fought, the mate potentially

:28:50. > :29:04.challenge Labour for second place, but no higher than that. Look at

:29:05. > :29:18.that Labour share. Down 8.8%. The vote has condoned in virtually every

:29:19. > :29:28.seat. -- come down. But we have not got that corrective List vote coming

:29:29. > :29:39.in. The Green Party could gain in that. It could be the Labour decline

:29:40. > :29:41.is spread across the parties, the Liberal Democrats could come back

:29:42. > :29:53.into fourth place. 23 seats for the Scottish National

:29:54. > :30:13.Party. Let me bring in Nicola. How do you

:30:14. > :30:18.read the results? In the run-up to the election, we thought the story

:30:19. > :30:25.would be about the decline of the Labour Party, rather than a sharp

:30:26. > :30:30.RISE for the Conservatives. There is no doubt this is a good election for

:30:31. > :30:36.the Conservative Party. But the Scottish National Party still seem

:30:37. > :30:47.on course for an overall majority. There is nothing to suggest that

:30:48. > :30:50.that will not happen yet. Because they have not won all of the

:30:51. > :30:59.constituencies, they will probably pick up the odd one on the List. How

:31:00. > :31:08.does this compare to the Westminster election last year as an opposition

:31:09. > :31:12.Party. The same way, fading as the champions of Scotland. Nicola

:31:13. > :31:20.Sturgeon always trot so the sling that we stand up for Scotland. That

:31:21. > :31:29.is the main set. That is the post-referendum main set. They are

:31:30. > :31:32.looking for champions in Scotland. Even in the United Kingdom general

:31:33. > :31:40.election, they are looking for a Scottish context. They are looking

:31:41. > :31:47.for the person who will stand up for them, the champion for them within

:31:48. > :31:50.the United Kingdom. It used to be the Labour Party, now it appears to

:31:51. > :32:02.definitely be the Scottish National Party. That is why they are winning.

:32:03. > :32:19.We have got a declaration from Glenrothes. 8963, the Scottish

:32:20. > :32:28.Labour Party. Lorna Jones, Scottish Liberal Democrats, 1291. Martin

:32:29. > :32:38.Laidlaw, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, 4568. David

:32:39. > :32:55.Torrance, Scottish National Party 16,000 350. -- 16,000 350. I declare

:32:56. > :33:00.David Torrance to serve in the Scottish Parliament is the member

:33:01. > :33:05.for the Kirkcaldy constituency. The man who won the last time. That was

:33:06. > :33:14.the big breakthrough for David Torrance and the Scottish National

:33:15. > :33:17.Party. He has been re-elected. 16,000. Clear bigger foreign labour

:33:18. > :33:29.in second with 8963. -- clear Baker. 16,000. Clear bigger foreign labour

:33:30. > :33:40.I said we would hear from some of the winners. We can cross no to Ayr

:33:41. > :33:43.to hear from John Scott, the newly re-elected Scottish Conservatives.

:33:44. > :33:49.How do you think than eight is shaping up from a conservative point

:33:50. > :33:55.of view? Thank you for your congratulations. I think it is

:33:56. > :34:01.tumbling into a very good night for the Conservatives. For my part, I am

:34:02. > :34:06.delighted to haunt this famous seat for the first time and be

:34:07. > :34:10.representing the constituents yet again in the Scottish parliament. I

:34:11. > :34:16.would like to thank my team who have been a fantastic support to make and

:34:17. > :34:25.also, as you would expect, the good people of Ayr and Prestwick who

:34:26. > :34:31.voted for me today. If you turn the clock back, when Ruth Davidson came

:34:32. > :34:34.into control of the Party, you were one of the few who came out

:34:35. > :34:46.into control of the Party, you were back. Do you think she has won over

:34:47. > :34:51.the doubters? Yes, she has worked tirelessly for the Party for many

:34:52. > :34:58.years. I was a lot more positive than a lot of my colleagues. You can

:34:59. > :35:02.spot talent from 1000 yards. When I first saw her, I knew she had

:35:03. > :35:15.something extraordinary to offer the Party. Thank you very much for

:35:16. > :35:21.joining her. -- for joining us. The new MSP for Fife north-east, the

:35:22. > :35:29.leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats. Congratulations, Willie

:35:30. > :35:38.Rennie. I am not sure you can hear me. I am just congratulating you.

:35:39. > :35:47.Thank you! It is a area where the Liberal Democrats have been very

:35:48. > :35:54.strong. No, it is your constituency. How tough a fate was it? It feels

:35:55. > :36:03.fantastic to have been victorious and won it back for the Party. A

:36:04. > :36:11.majority of over 3000 against the Scottish Nationalist paid.

:36:12. > :36:16.majority of over 3000 against the predecessor lavish Scott, re-elected

:36:17. > :36:20.and is Shetland, was hinting at the need for opposition parties, all of

:36:21. > :36:27.them, to think long and hard about how you present an alternative

:36:28. > :36:34.government at the next election. Do you stick with the traditional Party

:36:35. > :36:41.boundaries or does the need to be some kind of realignment,

:36:42. > :36:45.cooperation or alliances? You know that Liberal Democrats are prepared

:36:46. > :36:51.to work in partnership with other parties. We have always done that.

:36:52. > :36:57.We worked with the Scottish National Party with regard to education. But

:36:58. > :37:03.we challenge them on other aspects. We are used to working in

:37:04. > :37:10.partnership. But in terms of any other arrangement, that is not

:37:11. > :37:15.appropriate. You have been engaged in a battle for fourth place in this

:37:16. > :37:20.election. You wanted to retain that, but the Green Party have set out to

:37:21. > :37:25.overhaul you. The vote will come later when we get to the List

:37:26. > :37:35.system. What is your assessment at the moment. Will you stay ahead of

:37:36. > :37:42.them? You may have noticed I am not John Curtis. I do not make

:37:43. > :37:49.predictions. We have made gains in North East Fife. I think we will win

:37:50. > :37:53.in Edinburgh West. Two big wins from the Scottish National Party as a

:37:54. > :37:57.tremendous result and that is what we are very pleased about. We will

:37:58. > :38:05.see what happens in the rest of the country. We have fought a very

:38:06. > :38:12.positive campaign based on the issues. Here is the Scottish

:38:13. > :38:20.positive campaign based on the leader Kezia Dugdale arriving at the

:38:21. > :38:36.Kent in Edinburgh. We will see what happens in the night ahead. We have

:38:37. > :38:41.not seen all the results. She is being greeted by supporters and

:38:42. > :38:48.engaging with the question about what has gone wrong. She is sticking

:38:49. > :38:56.to the message that they have fought a positive campaign. Her

:38:57. > :39:03.predecessor, she has something to celebrate, even the re-elected for

:39:04. > :39:07.East Lothian. Elsewhere across Scotland, Labour has had a

:39:08. > :39:13.particularly bad night. They have suffered a number of losses. They

:39:14. > :39:18.seem to be losing quite a big chunk of its support to the Conservative

:39:19. > :39:24.Party. This is part of the emerging pattern. But still Kezia Dugdale is

:39:25. > :39:30.smiling. Despite all the problems and adversity. That has been

:39:31. > :39:41.something of a hallmark of something of the week Kezia Dugdale has

:39:42. > :39:49.conducted herself. She has fought a gallant campaign. But they have been

:39:50. > :39:57.losing a percentage of the vote everywhere. They are in very serious

:39:58. > :40:12.trouble of falling behind the Conservatives. It is not just a

:40:13. > :40:15.labour squeeze. The Conservative Party are putting on a Shearer of

:40:16. > :40:31.the vote across the country. The Party are putting on a Shearer of

:40:32. > :40:36.List could change all of this. I think it is 19 team since Labour

:40:37. > :40:46.were last heard in an election in Scotland. I did not cover that one

:40:47. > :40:55.myself! I am being taught that news! We can cross to Haddington. Labour's

:40:56. > :41:02.newly re-elected MSP Iain Gilley, the former leader of the Party in

:41:03. > :41:10.Holyrood. Many congratulations. A bittersweet evening, given that the

:41:11. > :41:17.Party has suffered losses elsewhere. First, I am absolutely delighted to

:41:18. > :41:24.have the trust of the people who did meet once again. I had the smallest

:41:25. > :41:31.Labour majority back in 2011. The majority is no increased maintains

:41:32. > :41:37.what it was. I will celebrate that, but disappointed to see some of the

:41:38. > :41:46.results from elsewhere. I am still optimistic about others. Like

:41:47. > :41:52.crying, I did not fate the 1910 election, but I was around one year

:41:53. > :42:00.ago and the changes in Fort share we are talking about are showing that

:42:01. > :42:10.Scottish politics has changed a lot in five years. Last year, Labour

:42:11. > :42:12.lost every constituency. I am not as despondent as perhaps others are and

:42:13. > :42:22.you may think. But if you are pushed into third

:42:23. > :42:30.place behind the Conservatives, you have in full long way back the

:42:31. > :42:34.claim. In previous years, the Labour leader has been chased out. Is that

:42:35. > :42:40.going to happen again? That certainly is not. Several years ago

:42:41. > :42:45.I was the leader, we had a bad result, and I resigned. But I had

:42:46. > :42:52.been leader for three years and that was an election which I was expected

:42:53. > :42:56.to win and I lost badly. Since then we have changed leaders repeatedly

:42:57. > :43:02.and it has not served us well. When Kezia Dugdale became leader she made

:43:03. > :43:06.it absolutely clear that her leadership was aimed at the longer

:43:07. > :43:11.term recovery of the Scottish Labour Party. She shaped this election in

:43:12. > :43:15.many ways, her message about using the tax powers of the parliament,

:43:16. > :43:20.stopping cuts and investing in services again, that has been what

:43:21. > :43:22.this election has been about. Five years ago we were struggling to be

:43:23. > :43:28.listened to at all. This term we years ago we were struggling to be

:43:29. > :43:32.have shaped much of the election campaign and the message of it and

:43:33. > :43:37.that is a platform we will take to the Scottish Parliament now and

:43:38. > :43:40.argue every day for the next five years. Good to talk to you. Thank

:43:41. > :43:46.you for joining us and congratulations.

:43:47. > :43:50.We can bring you another result, confirming for you user result in

:43:51. > :43:56.Perthshire in North, where, as you rightly expect if you know your

:43:57. > :44:00.constituencies, the SNP have held. The Deputy First Minister re-elected

:44:01. > :44:04.there, but look how close the The Deputy First Minister re-elected

:44:05. > :44:19.Conservatives's one-time deputy leader, one-time deputy, -- one-time

:44:20. > :44:24.leadership candidate came. The turnout was 63%. Let's get the

:44:25. > :44:39.result from Cumbernauld and Kilsyth. Jamie Hepburn, Scottish National

:44:40. > :44:59.Party, 17,015. Scottish Liberal Democrats, 688.

:45:00. > :45:17.Anthony Newman, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party,

:45:18. > :45:21.3060. Total votes, 20 301. Jamie Hepburn is elected to serve for the

:45:22. > :45:25.constituency. The SNP minister Jamie Hepburn is

:45:26. > :45:43.re-elected there. Let's go to Edinburgh North and Leith.

:45:44. > :45:57.Independence, 1344. -- independent. Scottish Labour

:45:58. > :46:27.party, 10,576 votes. Scottish nationalist party, 13300 and 22.

:46:28. > :46:45.Iain McGill, Scottish Conservative and Unionist 6081. And Scottish

:46:46. > :46:47.Liberal Democrats 1779. Therefore, I give public notice that Ben

:46:48. > :46:55.Macpherson is duly elected as the member of the Scottish Parliament.

:46:56. > :47:02.That is a big win for the SNP. The member of the Scottish Parliament.

:47:03. > :47:08.first result from Edinburgh tonight. The SNP have gained that seat from

:47:09. > :47:12.Labour. The former Minister Malcolm Chisholm is standing going to be

:47:13. > :47:24.replaced at Holyrood by the SNP's Ben Macpherson, with 17,324 votes.

:47:25. > :47:28.Phishing Lesley Hinds, a prominent figure on the local council, down to

:47:29. > :47:43.10500 and 76. 10500 and 76.

:47:44. > :47:54.-- pushing. The SNP take 47% of the vote. The

:47:55. > :48:02.SNP are up 70. Labour are down 13, the Conservatives are up seven.

:48:03. > :48:09.Here is the swing, from Labour to the SNP, a 10% swing. The SNP

:48:10. > :48:15.gaining Edinburgh Northern and Leith.

:48:16. > :48:22.Let's cross to Brian for more analysis of the results so far.

:48:23. > :48:27.There is one big story, several stories but one huge story. The SNP

:48:28. > :48:30.is winning and will form the next Scottish Government. Nicola Sturgeon

:48:31. > :48:35.will continue as First Minister and it looks as if they will have an

:48:36. > :48:40.overall majority, it looks very strongly that they will have an

:48:41. > :48:44.overall majority. We are yet to get the list votes. On the swings we're

:48:45. > :48:50.seeing, Labour could find themselves in third place. The kit that massive

:48:51. > :49:02.tranche of SNP members, couple of Conservatives. So far, 32 the SNP's

:49:03. > :49:10.three, to the Liberal Democrats, two for the Conservatives, one for a

:49:11. > :49:15.labourer, zero for the Greens, zero for the others. The greens of course

:49:16. > :49:18.labourer, zero for the Greens, zero come into play on the list. Let's

:49:19. > :49:28.take a look at the constituency share next, which tells a bit of a

:49:29. > :49:32.story. SNP 47% constituency share. I think it was 49.99 they gained in

:49:33. > :49:36.the UK general election, generally expressed as 50% but it was not

:49:37. > :49:42.quite. Could they get over that figure tonight? Perhaps not. They

:49:43. > :49:47.are winning out the park, I think they can afford to people little

:49:48. > :49:50.bit. Look how close the Conservatives are, on that

:49:51. > :49:59.constituency share, with a list votes still to come. The Liberal

:50:00. > :50:02.vote is holding up, it has slightly increased. When those list votes

:50:03. > :50:09.check-in we will see the battle between the Greens and the Lib Dems.

:50:10. > :50:18.Right now they are holding on. Let's take a look at the change, SNP, not

:50:19. > :50:22.much change, 0.5%, but that is from 2011. That is when they won an

:50:23. > :50:28.overall majority against the trend of a voting system design to prevent

:50:29. > :50:31.exactly that. Labour are nine points down, they have lost share in

:50:32. > :50:39.virtually every constituency that has been can -- declared so far. The

:50:40. > :50:44.Conservatives have gone eight points up, they are doing very well

:50:45. > :50:50.tonight. If that is reflected on the list, then the crude overtake

:50:51. > :50:54.Labour. Liberal Democrats, as I said earlier, we have yet to hear from

:50:55. > :51:04.the others, because they will kick in when the Greens's vote on the

:51:05. > :51:10.list vote kicks in. We had a couple of changes on our

:51:11. > :51:17.panel, including the arrival of the former MSP for Aberdeen shirt yeast.

:51:18. > :51:20.I think we are about to find out who has replaced Alex Salmond in that

:51:21. > :51:28.constituency in the Scottish Parliament. We also have a new

:51:29. > :51:31.Liberal Democrat member on our panel, Lord Purves, former member of

:51:32. > :51:38.the Scottish Parliament, and now sits in the House of lords for his

:51:39. > :51:44.party. Mark McCluskey -- Martin McCluskey is your foreign labour. We

:51:45. > :51:54.are about to get the result from Aberdeen shirt yeast --

:51:55. > :52:03.Aberdeenshire East. What would your prediction be, Alex Salmond? Will

:52:04. > :52:12.your replacement in the SNP win? Yes. It is a very short answer. Yes,

:52:13. > :52:17.it is the first time she has stood in that seat. I have the great

:52:18. > :52:24.benefit of knocking about North East of Scotland politics almost as long

:52:25. > :52:29.as Brian Taylor has been talking about me doing it. I think she will

:52:30. > :52:30.go on to great things in the Scottish Parliament. When you hear

:52:31. > :52:35.the sort of night that your party is Scottish Parliament. When you hear

:52:36. > :52:42.having under Nicola Sturgeon's readership, do you wonder if you

:52:43. > :52:46.should have stuck around? No, timing is very important thing. The timing

:52:47. > :52:53.of me handing over the Nicola Sturgeon absolutely correct. It is

:52:54. > :52:57.important to note that she is receiving her own mandate. It is one

:52:58. > :53:00.thing being collected by the Scottish Parliament, quite another

:53:01. > :53:05.thing been chosen by the Scottish people, that is what is happening

:53:06. > :53:13.tonight. What is your estimate in terms of the total number of seats?

:53:14. > :53:22.If you cannot put an exact figure on it, what about in terms of an

:53:23. > :53:27.overall majority? I do know think that, but as I said earlier on, just

:53:28. > :53:32.a few hours ago, this is the most extraordinary thing, to get a

:53:33. > :53:39.majority in the system is very difficult. It is not certain yet,

:53:40. > :53:49.but as Brian said, it looks like Nicola Sturgeon might achieve that

:53:50. > :53:52.ability to get an overall majority, despite the regional list system

:53:53. > :53:59.which is designed to prevent that from happening. What difference will

:54:00. > :54:05.it make to her in terms of having the personal mandate? Elections are

:54:06. > :54:07.job applications for the leaders of political parties. She has made a

:54:08. > :54:11.job application to the Scottish political parties. She has made a

:54:12. > :54:14.people and they have selected her for the short list. That is

:54:15. > :54:19.precisely the key point about this election. She is an outstanding

:54:20. > :54:25.First Minister, she is proving that. But they have the personal

:54:26. > :54:31.vindication from the people, nothing quite matches that. I think we can

:54:32. > :54:38.hear from another former leader of the Scottish National Party. John

:54:39. > :54:43.Swinney is live for us in Perth. He has been re-elected in his

:54:44. > :54:46.constituency, congratulations. But I did notice that Murdo Fraser ran you

:54:47. > :54:51.a lot closer than he has done before. Clearly across the country

:54:52. > :54:57.the support for the Conservatives is rising. I have been returned here in

:54:58. > :55:02.Perthshire in North with nearly 50% of the vote. Right around the

:55:03. > :55:07.country the SNP, on the constituency voting so far, is basically

:55:08. > :55:11.commanding the support of about half of the electorate of Scotland, which

:55:12. > :55:18.is an astonishing achievement given that we have been in office for nine

:55:19. > :55:24.years as a Government. It represents a tremendous vote of confidence from

:55:25. > :55:27.the people of Scotland. As I was discussing with Alex

:55:28. > :55:31.Salmond, Nicola Sturgeon sort that personal mandate and suggested that

:55:32. > :55:37.she would draw that from an overall majority. How will that change the

:55:38. > :55:41.way that she leads the Government? Nicola Sturgeon has brought her own

:55:42. > :55:50.style to the leadership of the Government and demonstrated during

:55:51. > :55:53.this campaign and in her term in office, to set out her clear

:55:54. > :56:01.priorities, and she has communicated those openly to the people of

:56:02. > :56:03.Scotland, they have commanded tremendous endorsement. If the

:56:04. > :56:08.pattern is maintained across the course of the evening, it will

:56:09. > :56:16.represent a very strong endorsement of the agenda that she has set out

:56:17. > :56:19.and a clear mandate for Nicola Sturgeon to govern on behalf of the

:56:20. > :56:20.people Scotland, given that she looks very close to getting about

:56:21. > :56:25.50% of the share of the vote of the looks very close to getting about

:56:26. > :56:28.people of our country in this election campaign. She will bring

:56:29. > :56:30.her agenda, the agenda that she set out to the public, very much to the

:56:31. > :56:41.fore. is a if the Conservatives become the

:56:42. > :56:50.main Party of opposition, and all that changed Scottish politics in

:56:51. > :56:54.the next Parliament? We have to wait and see what happens during the

:56:55. > :56:58.course of the evening. The government will do what it has

:56:59. > :57:03.always done, which is to act in the interests of the people of Scotland.

:57:04. > :57:09.To act wisely and carefully and meeting the needs of all the people

:57:10. > :57:14.in the country. That approach has been at the heart of the

:57:15. > :57:19.administration over the past decade and I am sure Nicola Sturgeon will

:57:20. > :57:25.continue to act in that fashion as First Minister as she reaches out to

:57:26. > :57:41.every part of Scotland. Thank you very much for joining us. We can

:57:42. > :57:47.join our panel once again. You have made a breakthrough tonight in that

:57:48. > :57:52.you won back a constituency on the mainland. What difference does that

:57:53. > :57:58.make, not just to have the two seats in the aliens? I do not think we

:57:59. > :58:03.should take for granted the victories in Orkney or Shetland. Our

:58:04. > :58:12.results there have been phenomenal. But having that sleaze of Gaunt on

:58:13. > :58:18.the mainland which will e-learning has managed is a real boost for the

:58:19. > :58:23.Party. It is also a message to the people that if they wanted reformist

:58:24. > :58:31.message, they can vote Liberal Democrat once again. And I think

:58:32. > :58:40.Willie Rennie has such enthusiasm, that has shown in a huge majority,

:58:41. > :58:46.over 3000. Your Party used to be strong in Aberdeenshire.

:58:47. > :58:57.Aberdeenshire East, I promised you that result and we can bring it no.

:58:58. > :59:04.Gillian Martin. Aberdeenshire East. No longer Alex Salmond. A new face

:59:05. > :59:10.for the Party. The Conservatives, Colin Clark, in second place. The

:59:11. > :59:22.Liberal Democrats and third, Christine Jordan, 6611. The Labour

:59:23. > :59:34.Party in fourth place. The term note 55%. He lives the share of the vote.

:59:35. > :59:43.46% for the Scottish National Party, 29% for the Conservative Party. The

:59:44. > :59:53.Scottish National Party vote down 19%, the Conservatives up 15%. That

:59:54. > :59:56.is the swing of 17% from the Scottish National Party to the

:59:57. > :00:04.Conservatives, but the Scottish National Party holding the seat.

:00:05. > :00:12.Your reaction to the result. I am delighted for Gillian Martin and her

:00:13. > :00:15.team. She is a number of strong young women candidates moving into

:00:16. > :00:26.the Scottish Parliament and will do a great job for the constituency. If

:00:27. > :00:30.you are looking at the swing. When I moved them, I won it from the

:00:31. > :00:37.Liberal Democrats and then increased the majority. For many years it was

:00:38. > :00:49.a Liberal Democrat constituency. She is standing for the first time.

:00:50. > :01:00.Another declaration. Edinburgh. Scottish Conservatives, 5585.

:01:01. > :01:16.Paul Hamilton, Scottish Liberal Democrats, 6000 606.

:01:17. > :01:27.The Scottish National Party 15,000, 685.

:01:28. > :01:59.I give notice that Alex Hamilton is duly elected for the Edinburgh West

:02:00. > :02:10.constituency. A big victory for the Liberal Democrats in Edinburgh

:02:11. > :02:18.Western. 16600 and 45. Taking the constituency from the Scottish

:02:19. > :02:20.National Party. It must have been one of the most closely fought

:02:21. > :02:29.National Party. It must have been contests in the election. Battling

:02:30. > :02:34.each other side by side. Both of the team is working very hard to secure

:02:35. > :02:42.the victory, but it went to the Liberal Democrats. C from the new

:02:43. > :02:54.MSP. I thank my fellow candidates for a very spirited contest. I thank

:02:55. > :03:01.my election team. Our success tonight is built on the legacy of

:03:02. > :03:06.trust in community service that you established for three decades in the

:03:07. > :03:10.city. We have built our campaign in the finest traditions of the Party.

:03:11. > :03:19.Every step of the journey I have been carried. I result for Glasgow

:03:20. > :03:30.Anniesland. I give notice that the total number of votes cast for each

:03:31. > :03:51.candidate was as follows. Bill Butler, Scottish Labour Party. Bill

:03:52. > :04:01.Kidd, the Scottish National Party. Adam Tomkins, Scottish

:04:02. > :04:11.Conservatives, 4057. ID clear that Bill Kidd is elected to serve for

:04:12. > :04:18.the Glasgow Anniesland constituency. That is a lot more comfortable than

:04:19. > :04:25.it was last aim for Bill Kidd. He had a majority of just seven in five

:04:26. > :04:28.years ago. The Party leaders smiling at that result. The Scottish

:04:29. > :04:41.National Party holding Glasgow Anniesland. The Labour Party in

:04:42. > :04:48.second place. The Conservatives in third. Adam Tomkins is top of the

:04:49. > :05:02.Party List for the city of Glasgow. The term note 50%. The SNP taking

:05:03. > :05:08.over half the vote. Compared to five years ago, the Scottish National

:05:09. > :05:13.Party up 9%, the Labour Party down 15%, the Conservatives up 6%, the

:05:14. > :05:19.Liberal Democrats down slightly. A swing of 11% from Labour to the

:05:20. > :05:33.Scottish National Party. We can catch up on all developments so far

:05:34. > :05:39.in this remarkable election. A good night for the Scottish National

:05:40. > :05:45.Party so far. Reflected in the Smailes of the leader, Nicola

:05:46. > :05:54.Sturgeon, arriving at the school cant.

:05:55. > :06:08.We can see the Conservative leader arriving in Edinburgh. They have

:06:09. > :06:15.also enjoyed a good night. Ian Gilly held onto his seat in East Lothian.

:06:16. > :06:21.It was Labour's first victory of the night. For the Liberal Democrats,

:06:22. > :06:28.success in Edinburgh Western, which they won from the SNP. In percentage

:06:29. > :06:36.terms so far, in the constituency vote, the Conservatives are up

:06:37. > :06:44.nearly 8% and Labour down by 8%. The is small marginal entries for the

:06:45. > :06:49.Scottish National Party. There has also been an increased term note. We

:06:50. > :07:02.can now go to Motherwell. Clear Adamson, Scottish National

:07:03. > :07:24.Party, 15,000. Yvonne Finglas, Scottish Liberal

:07:25. > :07:33.Democrats, 761. Megan Gallagher, Scottish Conservatives, 3991. John

:07:34. > :08:00.Pentland, Scottish Labour Party, 9068. The number of rejected papers,

:08:01. > :08:05.133. ID clear that clear Adamson is duly elected to serve in the

:08:06. > :08:14.Scottish Parliament for this constituency. The Scottish National

:08:15. > :08:20.Party have taken Motherwell and Wishaw, the former seat of the First

:08:21. > :08:31.Minister, Jack McConnell. It is a gain for the SNP from Labour. John

:08:32. > :08:36.Pentland coming in second place. 6000 votes before. The Conservatives

:08:37. > :08:56.third. The Liberal Democrats in fourth place. The term note 51%.

:08:57. > :09:08.The SNP share up 11%. The Labour Party down 15%, the Conservatives up

:09:09. > :09:14.7% and the Liberal Democrats up 1%. The swing, 12% from Labour to the

:09:15. > :09:19.SNP. The SNP gaining Motherwell and Wishaw from the Labour Party. C from

:09:20. > :09:26.David Henderson. He is looking at the results so far. We have from the

:09:27. > :09:30.leader of the Liberal Democrats Willie Rennie saying he has had the

:09:31. > :09:36.time of his life during this campaign. It has been a good night

:09:37. > :09:41.for his Party. We can look at his constituency. In the last

:09:42. > :09:46.Parliament, he got this seat through the regional vote. He got 44% of the

:09:47. > :10:00.vote. The share of the vote up 15% this

:10:01. > :10:09.time, with all the other parties down. A swing from the SNP to the

:10:10. > :10:17.Liberal Democrats of 9%. Is that the leadership effect? Possibly. No to

:10:18. > :10:18.the northern Isles. Actually, we will go to Edinburgh East, really is

:10:19. > :10:31.a declaration. Scottish Liberal Democrats, 1264.

:10:32. > :11:28.Kezia Dugdale, 11,000, 673. notice that Ash Denham is elected.

:11:29. > :11:33.The is the new member of the Scottish parliament. She has beat in

:11:34. > :12:10.the Labour leader, Kezia Dugdale. The turnout is 56%. Compared to

:12:11. > :12:17.2011, no change in the SNP vote, but Labour down seven. The party leader

:12:18. > :12:20.contesting that seat. The Conservative vote up by eight

:12:21. > :12:33.percentage votes. The Lib Dem vote down slightly.

:12:34. > :12:42.The SNP are holding with their new MSP in Ash Denham.

:12:43. > :12:48.We were talking about the leadership factor in North East Fife, but

:12:49. > :12:54.actually the Liberal Democrats did better in Edinburgh West. That is a

:12:55. > :12:59.very good result for the SNP. That is a seat or the use to weigh the

:13:00. > :13:06.Labour vote. A phrase which will perhaps need to be expunged from the

:13:07. > :13:17.Scottish political vocabulary, Labour heartlands, there are not any

:13:18. > :13:23.any more. Nicola McEwing? It is a really interesting results so far.

:13:24. > :13:24.Labour and the Conservatives are just about tied, Labour slightly

:13:25. > :13:31.ahead. The Conservatives are just about tied, Labour slightly

:13:32. > :13:40.expected to do quite well in a few. We back at the beginning, we must

:13:41. > :13:43.wait on the regional list vote to understand how the share of forts

:13:44. > :13:53.will be spread across Parliament. Surmise you up -- some idea of how

:13:54. > :13:57.the list vote is going? Counting up the regional wistful within

:13:58. > :14:10.constituencies, Tartu in Dundee which put Labour down. If that was

:14:11. > :14:15.the part in, across the country, that would suggest that the Labour

:14:16. > :14:22.Party would still be second. Dundee is probably not typical.

:14:23. > :14:29.Thank you. Let's bring in our politicians on the other side of our

:14:30. > :14:36.panel. Obviously a good result for the SNP in Edinburgh Easter in. A

:14:37. > :14:47.new MSP replacing Kenny MacAskill. I am sure that she will do very well.

:14:48. > :14:51.There are number of SNP candidates, Ben Macpherson, young advocate, they

:14:52. > :14:57.will make their mark in the parliament. We are fighting

:14:58. > :15:03.basically 73 constituencies to win. Other parties can concentrate their

:15:04. > :15:06.resources to when to three constituencies, and all credit to

:15:07. > :15:11.them, they deserve to win if they do it well. If you're fighting in every

:15:12. > :15:15.single seat, then off fiercely you can get things like the game in

:15:16. > :15:21.Edinburgh East at the loss in Edinburgh all West. If you cannot

:15:22. > :15:27.win with your leader standing, then you do have problems.

:15:28. > :15:34.The total number of boats pulled for each candidate was as follows.

:15:35. > :15:41.Richard John Brodie, Scottish Liberal Democrats, 1267. Joan

:15:42. > :15:51.McAlpine, Scottish National Party, 12,000 306. Oliver Mundell, Scottish

:15:52. > :15:58.Conservative and Unionist Party, 13500 and 36. Elaine Murray,

:15:59. > :16:12.Scottish Labour Party, 9151. I hereby declare...

:16:13. > :16:19.That Oliver Mundell has been Julie elected to serve as the member of

:16:20. > :16:26.That Oliver Mundell has been Julie the Scottish Parliament for the

:16:27. > :16:30.Dumfriesshire County constituency. That is a big win for the

:16:31. > :16:33.Conservatives and Dumfriesshire. They have taken that seat from

:16:34. > :16:39.Labour. It was the safest seat in the country, but the person who has

:16:40. > :16:48.represented that constituency, its predecessors since 1999, Elaine

:16:49. > :16:51.Murray, down into third place. And the Scottish Secretary David

:16:52. > :17:14.Mandel's son, Oliver, has been elected. The SNP's Joan McAlpine is

:17:15. > :17:20.second with 12,000 306. -- 12306. The turnout in Dumfriesshire, 60%.

:17:21. > :17:30.The Conservatives are taking 37% of the vote. The Conservatives are up

:17:31. > :17:45.eight, the SNP are up eight, Labour are down 14. Here is the swing in

:17:46. > :17:53.Dumfriesshire, and 11% swing from the SNP to the Conservatives. That

:17:54. > :17:55.does not seem to be quite right. Because the Conservatives have

:17:56. > :18:00.obviously gained that constituency from Labour. We might need to do

:18:01. > :18:24.some work on that. Edinburgh Central. Sarah Boyack,

:18:25. > :18:38.Scottish Labour Party, 7546 votes. Ruth Davidson, Scottish Conservative

:18:39. > :18:52.and Unionist, 10,399 votes. Alison Dickie, SNP, 9799 votes.

:18:53. > :19:04.Alison Johnstone, Scottish Green Party, 4644 votes. And Tom Laird,

:19:05. > :19:12.Scottish Libertarian party, 100 19 votes. -- 119 votes. Therefore Ruth

:19:13. > :19:18.Davidson is Julie elected as member of the Scottish Parliament for the

:19:19. > :19:24.Central Edinburgh constituency. If you were in any doubt before, you

:19:25. > :19:28.should not be now. The Conservatives are back and their leader, Ruth

:19:29. > :19:35.Davidson, has just been elected in Edinburgh Central, winning that seat

:19:36. > :19:40.from the SNP. The Conservatives with 10,399 votes. Alison Dickie

:19:41. > :20:02.finishing second. Thank you to the staff who have

:20:03. > :20:05.conducted the count and the police, who have taken the role very

:20:06. > :20:10.seriously. I would like to thank my fellow candidates for the regress

:20:11. > :20:14.campaign which has been conducted in the rate manner. One thing we are

:20:15. > :20:19.learning as the night goes on is that there are people right across

:20:20. > :20:24.Scotland sending the SNP message. Their voices and the decision that

:20:25. > :20:28.we made as a country will not be ignored. Nowhere is that more

:20:29. > :20:34.evident than in Edinburgh Central, where we were coming from forward

:20:35. > :20:40.position. It has been a tremendous fight in Edinburgh Central. I would

:20:41. > :20:45.like to thank my agent, James Tweedy, who is also my organiser

:20:46. > :20:50.right across Edinburgh. He is one of the finest and most hard-working

:20:51. > :20:55.people I have ever had the great joy to know within the Scottish

:20:56. > :20:56.Conservative Party. I would like to thank my national team and my

:20:57. > :21:02.Conservative Party. I would like to colleagues across Edinburgh. We will

:21:03. > :21:08.have a better idea later tonight just how well or otherwise we as a

:21:09. > :21:13.party have done. I cannot thank those who have helped me and my

:21:14. > :21:18.fellow candidates enough. If I am by any small measure elected to be the

:21:19. > :21:25.main opposition party, I promise that I will serve the very best of

:21:26. > :21:29.my ability, it is a role that I take very seriously. This is the seat

:21:30. > :21:33.that I was born in, the seat I was educated at university in, and the

:21:34. > :21:37.seat that I live and work in. It is the seat but I hope to serve for

:21:38. > :21:41.many years to come. Thank you very much.

:21:42. > :21:44.That is one of the big moments of the night so far. Ruth Davidson

:21:45. > :21:55.That is one of the big moments of collected in Edinburgh Central. We

:21:56. > :22:02.have had a result from Glasgow from the polyp in section C, or the

:22:03. > :22:13.farmer Labour Leader Johann Lamont was defending a challenge from Humza

:22:14. > :22:28.Yousaf. -- Pollock. Johann Lamont, 8834. Ian Leech,

:22:29. > :22:32.Scottish tree nest and Socialist coalition, 535. Scottish Lib Dems,

:22:33. > :22:46.585. Humza Yousaf, SNP, 15,000. I coalition, 535. Scottish Lib Dems,

:22:47. > :22:50.declare that Humza Yousaf is elected to serve the Scottish Parliament as

:22:51. > :22:58.a member for the Glasgow Pollok constituency.

:22:59. > :23:08.That is a big win for the SNP. The Europe minister, Humza Yousaf. Humza

:23:09. > :23:20.Yousaf elected with 15,316 vote. Johann Lamont the second.

:23:21. > :23:32.The turnout was 46%. Let's go to Aberdeenshire West for the result

:23:33. > :23:37.beer. I hereby give notice that the total

:23:38. > :23:53.number of votes cast for each candidate was as follows.

:23:54. > :24:03.Alexander Burnett, 13400 votes. Sarah Duncan, Scottish Labour Party,

:24:04. > :24:17.2036 votes. Dennis Robertson, Scottish National Party, 12500

:24:18. > :24:31.votes. Mike Rumbles, Scottish Liberal Democrats, 76 to votes.

:24:32. > :24:38.Total rejected votes was 83. Alexander Burnett is collected serve

:24:39. > :24:44.for the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.

:24:45. > :24:53.That is another Conservative gain in Aberdeenshire West. They have picked

:24:54. > :25:10.that up from the SNP. They are beating the SNP's Dennis Robertson.

:25:11. > :25:39.147 to two. -- 14700 and 22. Scottish Conservative and Unionist

:25:40. > :25:51.Party, 4752. Scottish Labour Party, 9864. The total number of ballot

:25:52. > :26:01.papers rejected was 129. And the total number of votes was 29,000

:26:02. > :26:08.810. Therefore, it clear Tom Arthur is Julie elected as the member of

:26:09. > :26:15.the Scottish Parliament for the Renfrewshire South stitch and see.

:26:16. > :26:24.the Scottish Parliament for the Edinburgh Pentland. Scottish Liberal

:26:25. > :26:40.Democrats, 1636 votes. Scottish Labour Party, 7811 votes. Gordon

:26:41. > :26:46.Lindhurst, Scottish Conservative and Unionist, 10,725 votes. Gordon

:26:47. > :27:27.MacDonald, SNP, 13,181 votes. We will go to Maryhill and

:27:28. > :27:37.Springburn in Glasgow. 2535. Scottish National Party, 13109.

:27:38. > :27:48.Patricia Ferguson, Scottish Labour Party, seven five 07. James Wallace,

:27:49. > :28:00.Scottish Liberal Democrats, 691. ID clear that Bob Lorenz is elected to

:28:01. > :28:15.serve in the Scottish parliament. He did not do it last time, but he has

:28:16. > :28:22.this time. Bob Doris Winning. Defeating Patricia Ferguson. John

:28:23. > :28:26.Anderson for the Conservatives in thought and James Harrison for the

:28:27. > :28:35.Liberal Democrats in fourth. The term note law than in many other

:28:36. > :28:48.places, 44%. The SNP with 56% of the vote. Compared to five years ago,

:28:49. > :28:53.the SNP up 14%, Labour down 16%, the Conservatives up 4% in the Liberal

:28:54. > :29:03.Democrats down 1%. A quick look at the swing. 15% swing from Labour to

:29:04. > :29:10.the Scottish National Party. Again for the SNP from Glasgow. A flurry

:29:11. > :29:21.of results the. We can bring in our political panel. Your reaction to

:29:22. > :29:28.that. Can I just see a bit about the loss of Dennis Robertson. He has

:29:29. > :29:36.conducted himself as a member of the Scottish Parliament and been

:29:37. > :29:39.extremely effective as a member of the Scottish parliament. He will

:29:40. > :29:48.genuinely be a big loss to the parliament. For the results that

:29:49. > :29:56.have gone against people, that is them man I feel is most unjust. We

:29:57. > :30:09.had the result from Glasgow. It looks like Labour is losing all its

:30:10. > :30:13.constituencies in Glasgow. We are seeing much smaller swings against

:30:14. > :30:22.Labour and we did in the Westminster election. But it will be interesting

:30:23. > :30:29.to see how the List results stack up. And we have seen a lot of local

:30:30. > :30:38.constituencies, where local issues have played. I think we will see in

:30:39. > :30:44.Edinburgh South and Dumbarton, I believe there is a recount going on.

:30:45. > :30:55.Local issues may carry people through tonight. I think we need to

:30:56. > :31:01.see the List results. But there could be a situation where the

:31:02. > :31:05.Conservative Party push Labour into third. It is still too early to

:31:06. > :31:11.tell. We will see the sheep of the Parliament tomorrow morning. It

:31:12. > :31:15.looks like the Scottish National Party will need to pick up seats in

:31:16. > :31:21.the List to get the overall majority. That becomes a lot harder.

:31:22. > :31:28.As I said that the very start, you cannot compare swings from the

:31:29. > :31:37.general election from really Scottish National Party were coming

:31:38. > :31:41.from 20%. I know when you're having a difficult night, you can see

:31:42. > :31:47.strange things, but that is very strange. I think we can be

:31:48. > :31:59.reasonably confident a majority. I think it augurs well for the List.

:32:00. > :32:11.Scottish National Party. Charles Dundas, Scottish Liberal Democrats,

:32:12. > :32:16.1000. Newell Findlay Scottish Labour Party, 10,000 and 82. Stephanie

:32:17. > :32:27.Smith, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, 5308. ID clear that

:32:28. > :32:37.Constance is duly elected as member of the Scottish Parliament for the

:32:38. > :32:47.constituency. The Education Secretary Angela Constance. Almond

:32:48. > :32:55.Valley. The Scottish National Party hold. Newell Findlay was the big

:32:56. > :33:01.challenge of the for the Labour Party. Stephanie Smith for the

:33:02. > :33:07.Conservatives insert and Charles Dundas in fourth place for the

:33:08. > :33:21.Liberal Democrats. The term note 54%. Turnout --. We believe that

:33:22. > :33:32.result to speak to one of the winners from tonight. We can go to

:33:33. > :33:34.Edinburgh to speak to Alex Hamilton, elected for Edinburgh West.

:33:35. > :33:45.Congratulations. What made the difference? A number of factors.

:33:46. > :33:50.Basically, there was a message from the Liberal Democrats about using

:33:51. > :33:55.income tax for education. But also the Liberal Democrats about using

:33:56. > :34:01.the grassroots services that people in Edinburgh West Durham have been

:34:02. > :34:05.used to for many years. We have reconnected with the constituents.

:34:06. > :34:08.We have rediscovered our political writs on the doorstep and people

:34:09. > :34:14.We have rediscovered our political have been understanding that we are

:34:15. > :34:18.interested in public service and community service and people of

:34:19. > :34:32.connected with that. Following the election last year and SNP member

:34:33. > :34:36.was elected and then stood down when there was questions about her

:34:37. > :34:47.financial dealings. We are going to leave at the, because we have

:34:48. > :35:02.another Glasgow result. James Dornan, Scottish National Party,

:35:03. > :35:14.16,000. Scottish Labour Party, 6810. Brian Smith, Scottish Trade Unionist

:35:15. > :35:21.and Socialist Coalition, 909. Kyle Thornton, Scottish Conservative and

:35:22. > :35:23.Unionist Party, 4514. ID clear that James Dornan is elected to serve in

:35:24. > :35:34.Unionist Party, 4514. ID clear that the Scottish parliament as the

:35:35. > :35:41.member of the constituency. The SNP haunt Glasgow Cathcart. James Dorman

:35:42. > :35:49.re-elected the. The SNP close to taking all of the seats in Glasgow.

:35:50. > :35:54.I think we still have Glasgow Kelvin to come. It certainly seems the SNP

:35:55. > :35:59.are on course to take all of the seats in Glasgow. When you think of

:36:00. > :36:07.the history of the city, it is quite an extraordinary result. Going back

:36:08. > :36:12.to the point I made earlier, if the Westminster seat went to the

:36:13. > :36:15.Scottish National Party. We lost every seat but one to them. But this

:36:16. > :36:22.is a different election. It every seat but one to them. But this

:36:23. > :36:24.we knew it would be a challenging time for the Labour Party. It was

:36:25. > :36:31.always going to be challenging. time for the Labour Party. It was

:36:32. > :36:36.can go to Edinburgh. We can speak to the leader of the Scottish

:36:37. > :36:41.Conservative Party, Ruth Davidson. She has a big smile. Congratulations

:36:42. > :36:47.on winning the seat and the other games your Party are making to need.

:36:48. > :36:53.Do you think you will be the leader of the main opposition Party for

:36:54. > :36:57.over the next five years. I said yesterday I thought we had edged

:36:58. > :37:06.ahead. There is a whole lot of results to come in. C how the List

:37:07. > :37:15.results pan out. But it is looking like a good night for the Scottish

:37:16. > :37:22.Conservatives. It must feel good. As I said in my acceptance speech, it

:37:23. > :37:29.is indicative of how people can change and make a really considered

:37:30. > :37:34.choice. This is a seat really Conservatives were fourth in five

:37:35. > :37:42.years ago. I am not under any of your vision is that everyone who

:37:43. > :37:45.voted for me is the true blue conservative. They want us to do a

:37:46. > :37:52.very specific job. It is a job we take exceptionally serious. We need

:37:53. > :38:00.to haul the SNP to account. It is a job we can do. We are hearing some

:38:01. > :38:12.news from Dumbarton. We will take the result from there. Jackie

:38:13. > :38:35.Baillie, Scottish Labour Party 135 to two. 13,000 500. Scottish

:38:36. > :38:42.Conservative Party, 4891. Elaine Martin, Scottish Liberal Democrats,

:38:43. > :38:51.1131. Angela Milner, independent, 631. Gill Robertson, -- Gill

:38:52. > :39:17.Robertson, 13,000. The total number of forts

:39:18. > :39:28.canst the number of ballot papers rejected was 100 and 52. ID clear

:39:29. > :39:43.that the member elected is Jackie Baillie. Jackie Baillie has healed

:39:44. > :39:52.the Dunbartonshire constituency. Gail Robertson defeating of the

:39:53. > :40:02.Scottish National Party. Remember, the voted yes in the referendum. The

:40:03. > :40:10.Conservative Party thought. The Liberal Democrats in fourth place

:40:11. > :40:14.and the independent in fifth. It might of 61%. Labour holding

:40:15. > :40:24.Dumbarton. Can the take Edinburgh Southern? We will bring you that in

:40:25. > :40:29.just a moment. You can see the sheer of the vote. Neck and neck between

:40:30. > :40:34.Labour and the Scottish National Party. Labour ageing it. We can now

:40:35. > :40:50.get that result in Edinburgh. The total number of votes was as

:40:51. > :41:09.follows. Scottish Conservative and Unionist, 9972 votes. Scottish

:41:10. > :41:36.National Party, 12474 votes. Scottish Labour party, 13597 votes.

:41:37. > :41:44.That is the Edinburgh Southern results, Labour gaining that seat

:41:45. > :41:52.from the SNP. That is the only Labour gain from the SNP so far this

:41:53. > :42:00.evening, Labour's Daniel Johnson, collected with 13597. Here is the

:42:01. > :42:04.Glasgow Kelvin result. I hereby give notice that the total

:42:05. > :42:13.number of votes polled for each candidate was as follows.

:42:14. > :42:23.Carole Ford, Scottish Lib Dems, 1050. Patrick Harvie, Scottish Green

:42:24. > :42:36.Party, 6916. Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, 3346. Tom

:42:37. > :42:52.Muirhead, independent, 198. Michael Shanks, Scottish Labour, 5968.

:42:53. > :42:56.Sandra White, Scottish National Party, 10964. I'd clear Sandra White

:42:57. > :43:04.is elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament as the member of lads go

:43:05. > :43:09.Kelvin constituency -- Glasgow Kelvin.

:43:10. > :43:14.Sandra White has been re-elected as the SNP MSP for that constituency.

:43:15. > :43:20.But look at the patter non-your screen. The second place goes to a

:43:21. > :43:25.Green candidate. Patrick Harvie, co-convenor of the party, finishing

:43:26. > :43:28.in second place. In one of only three constituencies where the

:43:29. > :43:33.Greens are fielding candidates in this election. Sandra White

:43:34. > :43:41.Greens are fielding candidates in Patrick Harvie in second place. That

:43:42. > :43:48.may be an indication that the party is set to do well on the list vote.

:43:49. > :44:14.Labour's Michael Shanks is third. Aberdeen Central. Total votes cast,

:44:15. > :44:18.26841. Turnout, 51%. I hereby give notice that the total number of

:44:19. > :44:26.votes pulled for each candidate at the election was as follows. Lewis

:44:27. > :44:41.Macdonald, Scottish Labour, seven to 99. -- 7299. Conservatives, 7299.

:44:42. > :45:41.Lib Dems, 1735. SNP, 11600. The following candidate is elected

:45:42. > :45:48.to serve for the Aberdeen Central constituency, Kevin Stewart.

:45:49. > :45:53.So in Aberdeen, in the Central constituency, the SNP have held.

:45:54. > :46:19.Kevin Stewart Israel elected with 11648. -- is re-elected.

:46:20. > :46:35.Compared to last time, the SNP are up for votes, Bluebird on ten votes.

:46:36. > :46:43.-- Labour are down ten votes. Kevin Stewart holding that seat for the

:46:44. > :46:48.Scottish National Party. Let's take a look at the picture overall at

:46:49. > :46:53.this stage. Results coming thick and fast now. The SNP now have 49

:46:54. > :47:04.constituency seat in the Scottish Parliament. The Conservatives have

:47:05. > :47:10.five, that is up four. The Lib Dems have four, that is up two seats. And

:47:11. > :47:15.the Greens, who will be relying on the list for the MS P

:47:16. > :47:22.representation, have yet to get on the scoreboard. Let's bring in

:47:23. > :47:31.Nicola McKeown at this stage. Observations? There is a really

:47:32. > :47:36.interesting polarisation of the boat around the constitutional question

:47:37. > :47:40.that we are seeing in this election as well as in the previous one. The

:47:41. > :47:49.Conservative Party were very successful in occupying the ground

:47:50. > :47:52.of the defence of the union, of unequivocably being the party to

:47:53. > :48:04.defend the union. That has brought short-term Games, -- gains, but it

:48:05. > :48:08.presents longer-term challenges. Ruth Davidson was indicating that

:48:09. > :48:16.people who traditionally support parties like Labour have almost lent

:48:17. > :48:27.the Tories supported the selection. Yes, and squeezed them out of it.

:48:28. > :48:31.There are patterns emerging in the SNP vote as well. There appears to

:48:32. > :48:36.be a clear link between the size of the vote for Yes in the referendum

:48:37. > :48:42.and the share of the vote for the SNP. Where it is up on average

:48:43. > :48:51.Israeli tended to do quite well in terms of the Yes vote. This year has

:48:52. > :49:03.gone down slightly, where there was a No vote.

:49:04. > :49:08.There is a correlation between where the SNP was before. It is difficult

:49:09. > :49:13.under these circumstances to get people out to vote when you are shoe

:49:14. > :49:20.in to win the seat. If you take Ruth Davidson's vote, she was saying it

:49:21. > :49:28.was a victory on the constitution. But if you book at the result, it is

:49:29. > :49:35.the intervention of a Green candidate, and her large vote that

:49:36. > :49:36.affected the result. Glasgow south side. An important

:49:37. > :49:54.result. I hereby give notice that the total

:49:55. > :49:59.number of votes pulled for each candidate was as follows. Graham

:50:00. > :50:08.Hutchison, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, 3100. Kevin Lewsey,

:50:09. > :50:22.Scottish Liberal Democrats, eight to two. Nicola Sturgeon. Scottish

:50:23. > :50:34.National Party, 15 287. Scottish Labour Party, 5694. I'd clear that

:50:35. > :50:39.Nicola Sturgeon is elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament as the

:50:40. > :50:48.member for the Glasgow south side constituency.

:50:49. > :50:52.May I begin by thanking the returning officer and all of her

:50:53. > :50:59.staff are the very efficient conduct of the day's collection and this

:51:00. > :51:04.evening's count. May I also thank my fellow candidates for a friendly and

:51:05. > :51:12.civilised campaign. I want to thank in particular my awesome campaign

:51:13. > :51:22.team led by the even more awesome marry Hunter, my election agent. All

:51:23. > :51:28.campaign teams of all parties in all constituencies do a tremendous job

:51:29. > :51:33.and work incredibly hard. But the campaign team are the party leader

:51:34. > :51:39.who spends much of her time visiting other constituencies in other parts

:51:40. > :51:46.of the country carry a particular responsibility. My campaign team has

:51:47. > :51:51.been absolutely outstanding. I owe them an enormous debt of gratitude,

:51:52. > :52:01.you will know who you are. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I want

:52:02. > :52:06.to thank the voters of Glasgow south side for placing their trust in me.

:52:07. > :52:15.There is no greater privilege than to represent people in our national

:52:16. > :52:20.parliament. And I pledge tonight that I will work every single day to

:52:21. > :52:25.ensure that every person, every community, in Glasgow south side,

:52:26. > :52:31.has the strong representation that they need and deserve in the

:52:32. > :52:32.Scottish Parliament. I also want to thank the people of this great city

:52:33. > :52:39.Scottish Parliament. I also want to of Glasgow. I have to say, if you

:52:40. > :52:46.had told me when I was a teenager, starting out in politics, that one

:52:47. > :52:50.day the SNP would win every constituency in the city of Glasgow,

:52:51. > :52:54.not just in one election but into elections, I would scarcely have

:52:55. > :52:58.been able to believe it. But it looks like that is what we are going

:52:59. > :53:04.to do here this evening and it makes me so proud to see the SNP represent

:53:05. > :53:22.the city that I am so proud to, home. -- to call my home.

:53:23. > :53:26.Let me also, with great humility, thank the people of Scotland for

:53:27. > :53:33.placing their trust in me and in the SNP. There are many results still to

:53:34. > :53:40.be declared this evening, but what is now beyond doubt is that the SNP

:53:41. > :53:46.has won a third consecutive Scottish Parliament election. That has never

:53:47. > :54:01.been done before in the history of the Scottish Parliament. We have,

:54:02. > :54:07.tonight, made history. It is a vote of confidence in the record in

:54:08. > :54:15.Government of the SNP, and it is a vote of trust in the SNP to lead our

:54:16. > :54:25.country forward. We in the SNP will always stand up for Scotland and

:54:26. > :54:33.tonight Scotland has stayed with us. In closing tonight, I want to make a

:54:34. > :54:43.pledge to every single person in our country to seek and to win a mandate

:54:44. > :54:46.as the First Minister of our country is is special and very poor that

:54:47. > :54:55.thing, I pledge that I will govern in the interests of every person in

:54:56. > :55:00.Scotland, every community the length and read of our country. I want to

:55:01. > :55:04.thank people across the country, those who voted SNP, those who did

:55:05. > :55:09.not vote SNP, and see very clearly that I will lead this country with

:55:10. > :55:14.confidence, courage, ambition, imagination. I have nothing but

:55:15. > :55:20.confidence in this great country of ours. It will be my honour to lead

:55:21. > :55:25.it and I will always do it to the very best of my ability. Thank you

:55:26. > :55:31.very much indeed. The SNP leader and First Minister

:55:32. > :55:36.Nicola Sturgeon re-elected in Glasgow south side with an increased

:55:37. > :55:46.number of votes. A larger share of the votes, and declaring victory for

:55:47. > :55:51.the SNP, as third successive term in power she predicts for the SNP. They

:55:52. > :55:52.have won the election, they are heading for that victory, but how

:55:53. > :56:11.well have the one -- have the won? You think 15 A may be the number

:56:12. > :56:19.they were headed for and will need a few more from the List. I think that

:56:20. > :56:27.they were headed for and will need a is one more Glasgow declaration to

:56:28. > :56:40.come. In fact, too. No, just the one. But we are expecting a clean

:56:41. > :56:47.sweep for the Party in Glasgow. For the Labour Party, it has been a

:56:48. > :56:57.pretty rotten night. But a couple of results in the last batch which will

:56:58. > :56:59.bring some comfort. Yes, it was good to see Jackie Baillie winning and

:57:00. > :57:08.also the Edinburgh victory. It was a to see Jackie Baillie winning and

:57:09. > :57:11.fantastic campaign that he ran, to see Jackie Baillie winning and

:57:12. > :57:26.focusing on local issues in Edinburgh. We have got Jackson

:57:27. > :57:39.Carlaw with us, we spoke to him earlier. Also, I would reiterate the

:57:40. > :57:51.remarks Alex Salmond made about Neil Robertson. The results have been

:57:52. > :57:58.terrific for us. I remember Alex Salmond being asked about what the

:57:59. > :58:02.Scottish Conservatives had to do. I think that is a real prospect of as

:58:03. > :58:11.being the opposition in this Parliament. We can cross to Jackie

:58:12. > :58:15.Baillie, who has healed the Dumbarton constituency.

:58:16. > :58:24.Congratulations on your win. In terms of the issues in the campaign,

:58:25. > :58:28.what was it which one it? There were too big a local issues. First are

:58:29. > :58:44.the cups at the feel of leaving hospital. Ruby TV cuts in maternity

:58:45. > :58:49.care and cups and other services. Also, the Trident issue. I have no

:58:50. > :58:58.doubt about the economic impact of jobs at Faslane. I ran a very strong

:58:59. > :59:05.campaign in both of these issues. In terms of the Westminster contest,

:59:06. > :59:09.there was a correlation between yes voters and the Scottish National

:59:10. > :59:18.Party in that election, why did not translate this time? I do not always

:59:19. > :59:26.want to look back. I would rather look forward to the challenges faced

:59:27. > :59:32.in Scotland. But you make the mistake in assuming it is the same

:59:33. > :59:39.seat. Only half of it is in the Westminster seat. Those I meet on

:59:40. > :59:43.the street did not want to keep going on about the referendum two

:59:44. > :59:47.years ago. They wanted to look forward to the challenges ahead.

:59:48. > :00:10.There is another declaration. Scottish Liberal Democrats, 568.

:00:11. > :00:21.Scottish Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, 583. Thomas

:00:22. > :00:38.clear, Scottish Conservatives, 3151. John Mason, Scottish National Party

:00:39. > :00:43.14,000. Scottish Labour Party, 6875. I declare that John Mason is elected

:00:44. > :00:53.to serve in the Scottish Parliament as the member of the Glasgow

:00:54. > :00:58.Shettleston constituency. Andrew Robert Metcalfe, Scottish Liberal

:00:59. > :01:16.Democrats. The owner or Donal, Scottish Labour Party, 4876.

:01:17. > :01:29.I declare that Finley Carson has been duly elected to serve in the

:01:30. > :01:36.Scottish parliament. Another big result for the Conservatives. They

:01:37. > :01:45.have helped Galloway and West Dumfries. Finley Carson. 14,000

:01:46. > :01:49.votes. He replaces Alex Ferguson, the former presiding officer in the

:01:50. > :01:56.Scottish Parliament. The Scottish National Party in second place. The

:01:57. > :02:10.Labour Party and further the Liberal Democrats in fourth. -- Labour Party

:02:11. > :02:17.in third. The Conservative Party up 7%, the Scottish National Party up

:02:18. > :02:29.5%, the Labour Party down 12%. We can go to Linlithgow for a result.

:02:30. > :02:44.I did clear that the total number of votes given was as follows. Scottish

:02:45. > :02:51.Labour Party, 10000 and 27. Scottish Liberal Democrats, 1319. Fiona

:02:52. > :02:58.Hyslop, Scottish National Party 19,000. Charles Kennedy, Scottish

:02:59. > :03:14.Conservative and Unionist Party, 7691. I declare that Fiona Hyslop is

:03:15. > :03:26.Julie elected. The is the winner of the Linlithgow election. Fiona

:03:27. > :03:34.Hyslop Re-elected. We can confirm the details of that result. A member

:03:35. > :03:47.of the Scottish Government. Over 90,000. Labour in second place

:03:48. > :03:54.10,000. The Conservatives, just short of 8000 votes. And the Liberal

:03:55. > :04:06.Democrats in fourth place. Peter time-out 54%.

:04:07. > :04:14.The Scottish National Party vote up slightly. The Labour Party down 12%,

:04:15. > :04:24.the Conservatives up by the same margin. They visit the swing. Labour

:04:25. > :04:33.to the SNP, 6%. Confirming the re-election of Fiona Hyslop in

:04:34. > :04:36.Linlithgow. If you are just joining us, good morning. The Scottish

:04:37. > :04:46.National Party is out ahead in the Scottish election. Nicola Sturgeon

:04:47. > :04:52.has taken her Glasgow 's South seat to rousing cheers. She says she

:04:53. > :04:58.believes the Party is now under way to a majority and the parliament.

:04:59. > :05:07.Ruth Davidson, another good night for the Conservative Party. She took

:05:08. > :05:18.the seat for the Conservative Party. They altered to Dumfriesshire from

:05:19. > :05:23.the Labour Party. By contrast, Kezia Dugdale was unable to win her seat,

:05:24. > :05:31.Edinburgh East. There was more misery as the former Labour leader

:05:32. > :05:35.Johann Lamont lost to the Scottish National Party. But there was some

:05:36. > :05:41.good news for the Labour Party, as we have just here, Jackie Baillie

:05:42. > :05:47.held on. The Liberal Democrats are celebrating two games. Willie Rennie

:05:48. > :05:55.in North East Fife. They also killed the Orkneys and Shetland. An

:05:56. > :06:05.increase in turnout from five years ago. The highest note of the night

:06:06. > :06:15.was in Eastwood, nearly 70%. The lowest, 44% merely Helen Springburn

:06:16. > :06:23.and Glasgow, just 44%. One tweet. The author has said.

:06:24. > :06:33.And finally, a look at the total number of seats in at the moment. As

:06:34. > :06:45.I said, the Scottish National Party way out in front at the moment. The

:06:46. > :06:53.Labour Party having lost 11 seats so far is probably the most significant

:06:54. > :06:58.number only. We have still got a number of constituencies Trudi

:06:59. > :07:01.clear. Lots of List results to also come. No, we have got the final

:07:02. > :07:25.result from Glasgow. declare that the total number of

:07:26. > :07:32.votes was as follows. Thomas Kallman, Scottish Liberal Democrats,

:07:33. > :07:48.518. Paul Martin, Scottish Labour Party, 8357. Scottish National

:07:49. > :08:00.Party, 15,000. Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, 2062. I declare

:08:01. > :08:29.that David McKee is the elected. -- Icvan McKee. The is the new man,

:08:30. > :08:46.Ivan McKee for the Scottish National Party.

:08:47. > :08:52.Provan The constituency in Glasgow. I think that confirms that the

:08:53. > :08:57.Scottish National Party have completed a clean sweep in the city.

:08:58. > :09:14.Here are the details of the result. And Wales, for the Conservatives,

:09:15. > :09:27.she is the second member on the List in Glasgow. A 55% share for the

:09:28. > :09:30.Scottish National Party. Up 13%. The Labour Party down 18%. The

:09:31. > :09:36.Conservatives up five and no change for the all Liberal Democrats. They

:09:37. > :09:41.Conservatives up five and no change visit the swing, 15% from Labour to

:09:42. > :09:51.the SNP. We can cross to David Henderson. A very successful night

:09:52. > :09:58.for the SNP. But we can take a moment to look at the Conservative

:09:59. > :10:03.performance. Ruth Davidson made it very clear that she wanted to lead

:10:04. > :10:07.the largest opposition Party in the Scottish parliament. So far, they

:10:08. > :10:25.are doing very well, having gained a quartet of seats. Oliver Mundell,

:10:26. > :10:33.taking that seat from the Labour Party, forcing Labour down into

:10:34. > :10:40.third place. We can go up to Eastwood. The deputy leader Jackson

:10:41. > :10:49.Carlaw won a 3-way fight to boost Ken Macintosh. The percentage of the

:10:50. > :10:58.vote was just up 2%, but that was enough. Labour down 9%. A swing of

:10:59. > :11:13.6% from the Scottish National Party to the Conservatives. And in

:11:14. > :11:18.Aberdeenshire, this is farming area, traditionally a very strong place

:11:19. > :11:31.for the Conservatives. But the share of the vote absolutely sought.

:11:32. > :11:36.Alistair Burnett up by 17%. The leader Ruth Davidson won a tough

:11:37. > :11:39.contest in Edinburgh Central to beat the Scottish National Party and

:11:40. > :11:44.Labour and increased the conservative share of the vote by

:11:45. > :11:49.15%. It underlines her success as Party leader. Will she see the

:11:50. > :11:51.Conservatives replacing Labour as the main Party of opposition? We

:11:52. > :12:23.will find out later on. The SNP were out in front. Narked

:12:24. > :12:33.not far from that great majority. Let us cross to Glasgow and speak to

:12:34. > :12:37.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. You have already declared victory for

:12:38. > :12:43.the SNP in the selection that will you maintain that overall majority?

:12:44. > :12:50.We have to wait and see because there are a number of result to the

:12:51. > :12:54.clear. It was all is good to be a big ask to get a majority in the PR

:12:55. > :12:58.system. We did that last time and hope to do it this time but cannot

:12:59. > :13:03.take anything for granted. That is why we put emphasis on that both

:13:04. > :13:07.votes SNP strategy. I am optimistic but we'd to see how the rest of the

:13:08. > :13:17.results developed. What is absolutely clear is that the SNP has

:13:18. > :13:25.won consecutive parliament elections and that has never happened before.

:13:26. > :13:29.You will want to secure that overall majority and to govern as one party

:13:30. > :13:37.but if you fell short, what with your approach be, to seek coalition

:13:38. > :13:42.partners, perhaps the Greens, or to govern as an orator as you don't and

:13:43. > :13:51.Alex Salmond? Let us see. I don't think it is

:13:52. > :13:54.sensible to start speculating well there are still votes to be counted

:13:55. > :13:58.and results to be declared. I remain there are still votes to be counted

:13:59. > :14:03.optimistic about the majority but have always said it is a big asked.

:14:04. > :14:06.I am looking forward to getting on with the job as leading the country

:14:07. > :14:11.forward. Do you expect to face the

:14:12. > :14:12.Conservative leader Rob Evenson as the leader of the main opposition

:14:13. > :14:19.party in Hollywood and it has that party in Hollywood and it has that

:14:20. > :14:27.-- if that is how it turned out how will that be a shift in Scottish

:14:28. > :14:30.politics? -- Ruth Davidson. I don't know if we can predict who

:14:31. > :14:39.will finish second. Many people will have a sharp intake of breath

:14:40. > :14:44.hearing that the Conservatives might overtake Labour. It is a sign of the

:14:45. > :14:47.collapse in Labour's vote in all parts of Scotland. We have to wait

:14:48. > :14:52.and see with the results deliver in terms of that. There are a lot of

:14:53. > :14:58.things to be clarified but one thing is clear is that the SNP has won

:14:59. > :15:01.this election. The people of Scotland have given a vote of

:15:02. > :15:04.confidence in us and put their trust in us to continue to govern the

:15:05. > :15:09.country and I am pledging tonight that I will do that in the interests

:15:10. > :15:13.of everyone. Is this the personal mandate you

:15:14. > :15:20.were seeking and so a personal mandate to do what?

:15:21. > :15:25.To implement the manifesto that I published and contested the

:15:26. > :15:31.selection on. I made it clear that I had to win that mandate and having

:15:32. > :15:36.one the selection I will look forward to getting on with the job

:15:37. > :15:42.of implementing that manifesto. A very deliberately put education at

:15:43. > :15:49.the heart of our manifesto. Opportunities for young people will

:15:50. > :15:55.be the defining mission and I am looking forward to getting on with

:15:56. > :15:58.the job. After perhaps a few hours sleep tomorrow or today.

:15:59. > :16:04.Good luck with that. Apologies for sleep tomorrow or today.

:16:05. > :16:11.the slight break up on the line. Let us catch up with Brian Taylor.

:16:12. > :16:23.The dashboard showing the great swathes of yellow.

:16:24. > :16:42.That could change. Why? Because of the list. Remember that second vote,

:16:43. > :16:46.the corrective vote, does exactly that, it corrects imbalances between

:16:47. > :16:57.the share of the vote and the number of seats in the first past the post

:16:58. > :17:03.method, using the behind method. -- that the haunt,

:17:04. > :17:45.Claire Baker is second. Thomas Doherty made quite remarkable

:17:46. > :17:56.comment earlier about the nature of Labour's campaign and the contest.

:17:57. > :18:13.We can bring the Glasgow list up next.

:18:14. > :18:22.Remember right at the start of the evening James Kelly lost his

:18:23. > :18:25.Rutherglen seat. Number five and number six are husband and wife. It

:18:26. > :18:28.starts to get really difficult when you get data that level. Let us look

:18:29. > :18:47.at the West of Scotland. Jackie Baillie does not need it, she

:18:48. > :18:52.has won Dumbarton. Ken Mackintosh lost Eastwood but is in fourth place

:18:53. > :19:05.on the list. A final thought, the lost Eastwood but is in fourth place

:19:06. > :19:12.individual constituencies are declaring and the Greens are doing

:19:13. > :19:19.OK. I've a polling -- are they going to beat the Lib Dems? We will find

:19:20. > :19:24.out. A small number of constituencies

:19:25. > :19:30.still to declare. Let us pick up that last point that Brian made. It

:19:31. > :19:36.is possible that the Greens could do better than the Lib Dems. Do you

:19:37. > :19:39.think the mate will finish ahead of you?

:19:40. > :19:49.It is possible but the Lothian list will be interesting. The way the

:19:50. > :19:54.party balanced, it is going to be in the number crunching. What has been

:19:55. > :19:58.potentially interesting is that Labour could have fewer constituency

:19:59. > :20:05.seats than the Liberal Democrats and eight, which is extraordinary. Very

:20:06. > :20:10.pleasing for us. But the total number of seats for us is dependent

:20:11. > :20:16.on the list results. Our sure of the votes -- share of the vote has held

:20:17. > :20:24.up. Let us hear from Daniel Johnson of

:20:25. > :20:27.Labour. Newly elected, he is the only Labour MSP to win a

:20:28. > :20:34.constituency in the capital city and he is the only Labour MSP to gain

:20:35. > :20:45.from the SNP. Congratulations on that result. Overview managed to do

:20:46. > :20:49.what your leader was not able to do? It is always difficult to analyse

:20:50. > :20:54.that but we just worked really hard. We put forward a positive campaign

:20:55. > :21:01.focused on positive issues and people seemed to respond.

:21:02. > :21:09.What do you bring to this next Scottish parliament even if it is as

:21:10. > :21:19.part of a reduced Labour group? People have been crying out for

:21:20. > :21:27.people from outside politics. Having business experience in running a

:21:28. > :21:32.small group of retail shops, I think I have that. I have lived my

:21:33. > :21:36.politics through my business. As someone from a business

:21:37. > :21:41.background, how comfortable are you with the tax policy that Labour took

:21:42. > :21:53.into the selection and campaigned very hard on it, to increase tax and

:21:54. > :21:56.raise additional levels of tax? In hindsight, should you have altered

:21:57. > :22:03.the policy? Not at all. You will have to forgive

:22:04. > :22:07.me, a producer cut into the line so I didn't hear the start.

:22:08. > :22:13.I was just asking if you're comfortable with the tax policy.

:22:14. > :22:20.Absolutely. People in my constituency were talking about

:22:21. > :22:24.schools, roads, hospitals. Our tax policy was about addressing things

:22:25. > :22:32.directly. One of the local primary schools which is very well supported

:22:33. > :22:35.just turned a store room into a classroom. People reckon nice the

:22:36. > :22:43.need for investment and that is why they voted for that here.

:22:44. > :22:49.Thank you for talking to us. That constituency, Edinburgh Southern,

:22:50. > :22:55.crosses both the seat, the only seat, that Labour won in the last

:22:56. > :23:07.general election, one by Iain Murray. Let us go back to our panel.

:23:08. > :23:13.Jackson Carlaw, the MSP for Eastwood I suppose I should introduce you as.

:23:14. > :23:20.This race for second place, many results to come but ie feeling

:23:21. > :23:26.confident about that second place position?

:23:27. > :23:31.Our strategy was to encourage people to vote for us on the regional list

:23:32. > :23:36.so the results we have being seen in the constituencies are way beyond

:23:37. > :23:44.our expectations. Those results from the list I am hearing about our

:23:45. > :23:46.exceeding our performance on the constituency vote by some

:23:47. > :23:57.considerable margins. Some seats that we were

:23:58. > :24:09.Ruth is going to achieve her ambition and be the Leader of the

:24:10. > :24:17.Opposition. That must depressed you from a

:24:18. > :24:22.Labour perspective. It is too early to tell who will be

:24:23. > :24:26.the Leader of the Opposition. It will be clearer once we get the list

:24:27. > :24:30.but the way things are looking Labour has had a tough night but we

:24:31. > :24:35.always knew that. We will be clear on the numbers when the results come

:24:36. > :24:42.in. Former SNP party leader has joined

:24:43. > :24:51.us for the second time. The second coming.

:24:52. > :25:00.That is one way of putting it. How are you feeling since we last spoke?

:25:01. > :25:11.There have been a different set of results but it looks like the

:25:12. > :25:14.Conservatives will be up from 2011. It is difficult to get an overall

:25:15. > :25:19.majority but sometimes it helps you, for example in Lothian where we have

:25:20. > :25:24.lost three seat as well as gaining one in Edinburgh. We may get a seat

:25:25. > :25:27.on the list which we did not have last time. Nicola is like to be

:25:28. > :25:33.cautiously optimistic, taking nothing for granted as she often

:25:34. > :25:38.says, that she can get that overall majority. If she does it will be a

:25:39. > :25:42.remarkable achievement. Would you have any advice of it

:25:43. > :25:45.didn't happen on how to handle things in the next Parliament?

:25:46. > :25:50.Luckily I do not need to give advice things in the next Parliament?

:25:51. > :25:57.because Michael was with me every step of the way when we were in

:25:58. > :26:02.minority government -- Nicola. I think she will get there on the list

:26:03. > :26:05.but even she didn't she would be think she will get there on the list

:26:06. > :26:13.within one or two seats of an overall majority. Nicola was Deputy

:26:14. > :26:15.First Minister in that period so everything I learned she learned as

:26:16. > :26:22.well and will put it into good use with out advice from me.

:26:23. > :26:30.Let us cross to Fiona. We haven't heard from you for a while. Who've

:26:31. > :26:39.you got? We can cross over to the cafe. Who have you got with you

:26:40. > :26:46.know? We have had commentators, spin doctors. We have been working very

:26:47. > :26:58.closely with our colleagues at BBC radio Scotland. Have you had any

:26:59. > :27:05.sleep? I have been up for a couple of hours. For some people, this is a

:27:06. > :27:15.much more interesting election than we thought. Yes, I think the opinion

:27:16. > :27:21.polls told a certain side of the story. The pointed to Anna SNP

:27:22. > :27:25.victory and that has proved the point. But there has been a lot of

:27:26. > :27:34.very interesting individual stories. Jackie Bailey. All of the Party

:27:35. > :27:43.leaders, all of one apart from Kezia Dugdale. That is interesting. What

:27:44. > :27:47.are you going to be speaking to? We will be speaking to some of the

:27:48. > :27:51.victors and also analysing the results as they come in during the

:27:52. > :27:57.course of the morning. That is always going to be very crucial,

:27:58. > :28:04.with regard to the List results. That could change things. Of course,

:28:05. > :28:08.it is going to have a big impact on how the parliament shapes up. A lot

:28:09. > :28:16.of interesting stuff. Not just the political make-up of the parliament.

:28:17. > :28:20.Also, the gender make-up. And we want to see a lot of new faces, so

:28:21. > :28:32.we want to find it just to these people are. Did you pick up the same

:28:33. > :28:38.level of excitement in this campaign and its use as a sphere was for the

:28:39. > :28:45.independence referendum? No, clearly, it was not quite that high.

:28:46. > :28:49.There are possibly as a bit of fatigue. We had the independence

:28:50. > :28:59.referendum and then shortly after Roger general election and know

:29:00. > :29:03.this. And people seemed rather confused when I talked about the

:29:04. > :29:08.issues. When I as people what they would thought on, the soon-to-be

:29:09. > :29:18.fixating more on the European Union referendum. The second day, there is

:29:19. > :29:27.speculation about resignations. Could we see something? We have

:29:28. > :29:30.already helped the Liberal Democrats seeing Willie Rennie 's place is

:29:31. > :29:36.certainly secure because he has done so well. I suppose, there will be a

:29:37. > :29:41.lot of focus on Kezia Dugdale and labour. But they have gone through a

:29:42. > :29:47.lot of leaders in the last few years. Social media has played an

:29:48. > :29:53.important part of the campaign. You have been following that closely.

:29:54. > :29:58.What are the highlights? I think it is very interesting. It is hard to

:29:59. > :30:03.gauge whether you are getting a true representation of what the majority

:30:04. > :30:08.of people are thinking or simply those who use social media. But

:30:09. > :30:12.obviously, the political parties themselves are much more astute with

:30:13. > :30:21.regard to using social make media to get the message out there.

:30:22. > :30:27.Yesterday, it was fascinating, once the polling stations were open,

:30:28. > :30:32.obviously, the television companies do not comment during the course of

:30:33. > :30:41.the day over how things may be going, but social media has no such

:30:42. > :30:46.barriers. A lot has been about personality versus policy. Most

:30:47. > :30:52.journalists feel that they come out very strongly on the personalities

:30:53. > :30:57.rather than the politics. Do you think the voting public have liked

:30:58. > :31:08.that? Or do you think they would rather the focus was on issues such

:31:09. > :31:11.as health and education? Yes, I think this is almost at Saint of the

:31:12. > :31:15.teams, with regard to social media and the likes of leadership debates

:31:16. > :31:22.on the television. But there is a hunger for the detail of the policy

:31:23. > :31:31.as well. I got the sense from people we asked whether they had received

:31:32. > :31:36.enough information from each Party with regard to certain issues and we

:31:37. > :31:42.got the response that really no, they did not know quite what the

:31:43. > :31:50.Party was exactly standing for. You are on here in just under 25

:31:51. > :31:59.minutes. We'll also keep a close site on Twitter. Remember, the tag

:32:00. > :32:05.is #SP16. We can cross lives to London. Professor John Curtis,

:32:06. > :32:10.University of Strathclyde. How do London. Professor John Curtis,

:32:11. > :32:17.you read the overall picture. I think the first thing to say is that

:32:18. > :32:23.the Scottish National Party have maybe been the victim of overhyped

:32:24. > :32:31.expectation. We were expecting them to do is least as well as they don't

:32:32. > :32:37.12 months ago. But just towards the end of the campaign, there was a

:32:38. > :32:43.feeling that the Scottish National Party was maybe flagging slightly.

:32:44. > :32:51.Five years ago, they had the brilliant performance. It looks very

:32:52. > :33:02.unlikely indeed that they are going to get as many seats as they got

:33:03. > :33:09.five years ago. And even the overall majority of 65 is not in the bag.

:33:10. > :33:15.Clearly it was a good night for the Scottish Conservatives. We are

:33:16. > :33:22.beginning to get the List results coming in. If the Emily List results

:33:23. > :33:31.are correct and these other one that will determine how many

:33:32. > :33:36.Conservatives there are, they are now favourites to come second. Two

:33:37. > :33:42.big surprises, the Scottish National Party not doing as well as perhaps

:33:43. > :33:47.had been widely anticipated but may just have an overall majority and,

:33:48. > :33:53.secondly, perhaps the Conservatives beating Labour into second place to

:33:54. > :34:05.become the main opposition Party. We have a declaration.

:34:06. > :34:18.I give notice that the total number of votes was as follows is a Bill

:34:19. > :34:30.Davidson, Scottish Liberal Democrats, 2781. Mark McDonald,

:34:31. > :34:58.Scottish National Party, 17,000. Greg Williams, Scottish Labour

:34:59. > :35:07.Party, 5672. The total number of rejected papers was 117. The reason

:35:08. > :35:19.for rejection was as follows, the lack of identifying mark.

:35:20. > :35:36.Rating voided because of uncertainty 103. Mark McDonald of the Scottish

:35:37. > :35:49.National Party is duly elected. Mark McDonald for Aberdeen Dornside. Look

:35:50. > :35:51.at the second place. The Conservatives have beaten the Labour

:35:52. > :36:04.Party. Greg Williams finishing third. The Liberal Democrats and

:36:05. > :36:16.forth. The turnout 51%. The SNP, 56%. The SNP vote up slightly, the

:36:17. > :36:27.Conservatives up 10%, Labour down by the same margin. A swing from the

:36:28. > :36:43.SNP to the Conservatives 5%, but the SNP on to the women in Aberdeen

:36:44. > :36:50.Donside. One of the big headline so far is that the biggest city in

:36:51. > :36:57.Scotland is now all Scottish National Party. All nine of the

:36:58. > :37:02.seats have gone to the Party. The success of the Party is reflected

:37:03. > :37:07.nationally. It has been a successful night for the Scottish

:37:08. > :37:15.Conservatives. They have doubled the constituency seats, currently at

:37:16. > :37:21.six. I do not think we can answer the question of who is going to come

:37:22. > :37:27.second yet. It could be possible that the Conservatives may be the

:37:28. > :37:30.Party. A lot of people will have a sharp intake of breath just feeling

:37:31. > :37:35.that sentence uttered in Scotland. It is a sign of the spectacular

:37:36. > :37:39.collapse in the labour vote across It is a sign of the spectacular

:37:40. > :37:46.all parts of Scotland. But we will see what the results deliver. Kezia

:37:47. > :37:51.Dugdale is the only one of the main Party leaders not to win her seat.

:37:52. > :38:03.The Greens have yet to get on the seat. But the leader came a strong

:38:04. > :38:08.second in the Glasgow constituency of Kelvin. Here are some of the

:38:09. > :38:18.morning headlines of the papers. And on twitter.

:38:19. > :38:30.I think that will be discussed. has been remarkable that given the

:38:31. > :38:35.night the Labour Party has been having, there is no one, no senior

:38:36. > :38:51.figures within the Party suggesting there should be a leadership change.

:38:52. > :38:55.It is a group hug! It could only get worse by having another leadership

:38:56. > :39:01.battle within the Party. But they are going to have to reappraise

:39:02. > :39:08.things. They are going to have to reappraise the organisation and an

:39:09. > :39:15.approach to elections. There are some Labour MPs who want to take the

:39:16. > :39:31.SNP on over the constitution. We can see Nicola Sturgeon coming out of

:39:32. > :39:41.the arena in Glasgow. If you call them the valuation is, people cannot

:39:42. > :39:45.define it. They need to find their position. You cannot take the

:39:46. > :39:51.Scottish National Party on over independence. If you do so, it just

:39:52. > :40:03.remains people of the stands of the Conservatives. They have been the

:40:04. > :40:13.remains people of the stands of the victim of Labour, for good reasons,,

:40:14. > :40:16.that will have to be one of the major considerations when the

:40:17. > :40:23.re-stale the Party. Is that a problem with the Party being

:40:24. > :40:28.hammered in the role it played in the better together campaign? I

:40:29. > :40:35.think it is more complex than that. We are trying to get away from

:40:36. > :40:40.constitutional debate. We need to focus on stopping the cuts to public

:40:41. > :40:47.services and the rest. We need to hold the government to account. But

:40:48. > :40:52.it is that not a message that the voting public have rejected? It has

:40:53. > :40:56.been very hard. We have to hold the government to account on public

:40:57. > :41:00.services and what they are doing. But why are people coming away from

:41:01. > :41:09.the Labour Party at this election? There are different reasons. What do

:41:10. > :41:15.you think? We are trying to take the debate away from the constitution. I

:41:16. > :41:21.think people were pleased to hear is talking about issues other than the

:41:22. > :41:22.constitution. But you are having a rotten night and I am asking you

:41:23. > :41:36.what has gone wrong. That anti-austerity plate or

:41:37. > :41:42.something that was important to us. The allegation was that people

:41:43. > :41:45.didn't know what we stand for but that is clear now, we stand for

:41:46. > :41:52.public services. We want to use the powers of the Parliament to stop

:41:53. > :41:57.cuts. But why can't you give me one reason

:41:58. > :42:00.why Labour has suffered such a big set back?

:42:01. > :42:04.We have been doing our utmost to put the issue of how we protect public

:42:05. > :42:09.services and how we stop this forthcoming cuts and that is really

:42:10. > :42:14.important. That still doesn't add to the

:42:15. > :42:20.question. Do you have an idea of what went wrong for Labour?

:42:21. > :42:30.Here are some free advice. It is not about leadership. They are right to

:42:31. > :42:33.not want to replace Kezia Dugdale. I saw for Labour leaders in Scotland

:42:34. > :42:39.and it didn't do them any good changing one after the other. They

:42:40. > :42:44.try to outflank the SNP on the left in the selection. There is no

:42:45. > :42:48.background to the left of the SNP and the socioeconomics Bactrim.

:42:49. > :42:55.Progressive people support the SNP and the socioeconomics Bactrim.

:42:56. > :43:05.and the Greens on the list vote. They want to be on the other side of

:43:06. > :43:09.the question that is not what the referendum suggests.

:43:10. > :43:16.For people on the progressive side. The national side is very important

:43:17. > :43:20.and you have to have a positive approach either to independence or

:43:21. > :43:25.something more substantial. Labour are on the other side of that

:43:26. > :43:30.platform. They are in the position of, what did Ruth Davidson once say,

:43:31. > :43:37.the line in the sand and we're not going to talk about the

:43:38. > :43:44.constitution. The other -- they are on the wrong side of the

:43:45. > :43:48.constitutional question and only -- a very narrow edge of the

:43:49. > :43:55.socioeconomics question. Do you need to...?

:43:56. > :43:58.We try to move away from the constitutional question in order to

:43:59. > :44:09.start talking schools, hospitals, what is happening on the ground.

:44:10. > :44:18.Here is another result. The number of votes given for each

:44:19. > :44:24.registered candidate, excluding any votes on rejected ballots is as

:44:25. > :44:40.follows. Ronnie Campbell, independent, 1116. SNP, 17,300 62.

:44:41. > :45:03.Lib Dems, 8319. Scottish Labour Party, 3821.

:45:04. > :45:22.The total votes were... There were 139 rejected ballot papers. From an

:45:23. > :45:32.electorate of 59,537, a turnout of 61%. I declare that Kate Forbes has

:45:33. > :45:37.been elected a member of this for the Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch

:45:38. > :45:47.constituency. So the SNP hold in their selection.

:45:48. > :45:51.The new member of the Scottish Parliament. Replacing David Thompson

:45:52. > :46:13.who stood down. I should say that we are expecting

:46:14. > :46:16.the first list results to come in from Lothian shortly. Perhaps they

:46:17. > :47:01.will come thick and fast after that. The SNP holding but a new member of

:47:02. > :47:08.this is in Kate Forbes. Let us return to our panel. The Liberal

:47:09. > :47:11.Democrats I suppose would have hoped to make more progress.

:47:12. > :47:17.Yes and it does not reflect overall in the country where we have seen

:47:18. > :47:23.edging up which is encouraging. We would like to have seen better Nazis

:47:24. > :47:26.which was formerly held by us. But it has been more encouraging

:47:27. > :47:41.throughout the country. We will see herbalists go. -- we would like to

:47:42. > :47:56.have seen better in that seat. One of the real

:47:57. > :48:03.challenges they will not be a progressive opposition to the SNP.

:48:04. > :48:10.There's a long way to go but there are some ingredients that are

:48:11. > :48:16.non-nationalist opposition can grow over the next five years and I think

:48:17. > :48:24.that is a potential opening for us over the coming period all those

:48:25. > :48:30.activists out there were completely disagree with you.

:48:31. > :48:38.We are in a particular situation and we predicted this.

:48:39. > :48:43.I can't see how you see your future. We will hold the SNP to account in

:48:44. > :48:48.terms of what will happen to cuts in public services.

:48:49. > :48:53.That might not be your job. It is all our jobs to hold the

:48:54. > :48:58.governing party to account whether as the opposition party or not. It

:48:59. > :49:01.is important that we invest in public services and that is

:49:02. > :49:07.something that is not happening. How can you have the SNP saying they

:49:08. > :49:13.want to invest in the national health service when there is good to

:49:14. > :49:17.be ?30 million of cuts. By the time of the next general

:49:18. > :49:21.election it will be 46 years since any Labour leader other than Tony

:49:22. > :49:29.Blair won a general election. The only two elections that the Labour

:49:30. > :49:36.Party won in Scotland was when Tony Blair was the Labour leader. The

:49:37. > :49:41.party are at war between those who believed in the Blairite agenda and

:49:42. > :49:46.those who didn't and they are battling over key policy issues.

:49:47. > :49:56.They do not know where they stand and that is what undermined their

:49:57. > :50:01.campaign. I see no immediate resolution of that looking at the

:50:02. > :50:07.Labour group in Hollywood. These are Labour list candidates

:50:08. > :50:14.waiting for the results of the Lothian list. That is where Kezia

:50:15. > :50:19.Dugdale would hope and expect to win her seat in the Scottish Parliament,

:50:20. > :50:25.being but she as the lead candidate for her party. You can see her in

:50:26. > :50:31.the centre of the shot when Daniel Johnson moves out of the way. Neil

:50:32. > :50:36.Findlay lost out in his constituency seat and is the second placed

:50:37. > :50:43.candidate on the list. We will bring you the result when it comes on. I

:50:44. > :50:49.was intrigued when you mentioned in your last contribution the idea of

:50:50. > :50:54.what you called a reformist opposition. What you mean? The

:50:55. > :50:55.Liberal Democrats? What the Liberal Democrats have done

:50:56. > :51:05.successfully over the last decade as successfully over the last decade as

:51:06. > :51:08.-- what the SNP have done in the last decade is make people who

:51:09. > :51:09.support independent support the SNP but they haven't done much beyond

:51:10. > :51:18.that. It looks this evening as if but they haven't done much beyond

:51:19. > :51:25.that is failing and the aid to rely on the greens to be an additional

:51:26. > :51:33.National Trust voice. The space in politics is going to be in the

:51:34. > :51:39.non-national. I looking at a new formulation?

:51:40. > :51:46.We will be leading it. With who else?

:51:47. > :51:49.With anyone who once, thus. I going to be pushing from the

:51:50. > :51:53.Labour Party. Anyone who wants to come can come

:51:54. > :51:59.with us. You think they are going to split?

:52:00. > :52:09.It is going to become a kaleidoscope.

:52:10. > :52:15.What I will keep repeating is that we stood on a platform saying we

:52:16. > :52:20.want to insure the new powers that come to the Scottish Parliament that

:52:21. > :52:26.we stop the cuts that are happening to health service and education.

:52:27. > :52:33.We're going to Glasgow for the list result.

:52:34. > :52:37.It seems that they have beaten Edinburgh to this deck relation that

:52:38. > :52:45.Mac declaration. I hereby give notice that the

:52:46. > :52:48.persons elected to the Scottish Parliament to serve as members of

:52:49. > :52:58.the Glasgow region are number one, Anas Sarwar, to Johann Lamont, three

:52:59. > :53:08.Adam Tomkins, for Patrick Harvie, five James Kelly, six Pauline

:53:09. > :53:16.McNeill, and seven Annie Wells. See conservative selected among

:53:17. > :53:20.those on the list in Glasgow. A return for Patrick Harvie of the

:53:21. > :53:27.greens but not for the second placed candidate of the greens. There is

:53:28. > :53:41.the Labour group. Johann Lamont returning with Anas Sarwar. And the

:53:42. > :53:54.former Rutherglen MSP James Kelly. Annie Wells was the second placed

:53:55. > :53:58.candidate on the list. Adam Tomkins was number one on the Conservative

:53:59. > :54:05.list. They are both elected and that is a doubling of the Tory numbers in

:54:06. > :54:07.Glasgow at the selection. They had one last time around and the same

:54:08. > :54:08.day have got