Part 2 Election 2017: Scotland

comfortable with the campaign they were fighting. Theresa May went into

reverse gear calling the election and moving away from her manifesto

position, so it is an interesting divergence between Scotland and the

rest of the UK. If you're losing your 15th safest

seat in Scotland, perhaps the exit poll is right. If it is right and

the SNP holds 54 seats, that's still a victory and it's still way more

than... Losing their momentum? We more than the 12 seats we health

before 2015. It could be the case that some pro-independence voters

have gone to the Labour Party. We shared support in opinion polls for

independence. Is it possible, Henry McLeish, that Labour has won back

so-called Yes voters despite Kezia Dugdale writing a campaign based on

their not being a second rent rent. The fact is we are winning back.

There is a split. That is positive. There seems to be a Corbyn bounce in

terms of the manifesto. In the other hand, looking at specific seats, the

Tories have an impressive record of unionism in Scotland. Labour has

often lost out, to the Conservatives, because they see them

as the best unionist bed. I think that goblin has helped us to

claw-back lots of the traditional labour votes. -- I think that Jeremy

Corbyn has helped us to claw-back. Let's get the results from East

Kilbride, Strathaven and Liz Meikle -- Lesmahagow. I hereby give the

results. The electorate in this constituency was 80400 and 42. Total

votes cast was 54,000 183. Percentage of the total votes cast

was there 67.4%. The number of ballot papers rejected was 81. I

hereby give notice that the total number of votes polled for each

candidate at the election was as follows. Lisa Cameron SNP 21,000 23.

APPLAUSE Janice MacKay Ukip 628. Monique

McAdams Labour Party 17,157. APPLAUSE

Paul McGarry Scottish Liberal Democrats 1590. Mark McGeever

Scottish Conservative and Unionist. 13,704. Lisa Cameron is therefore

elected to serve... CHEERING

Lisa Cameron re-elected for the SNP in East Kilbride, Strathaven and

Lesmahagow. The SNP's Lisa Cameron wins with -- 20 1020 votes. Down

significantly on last time. Let's cross to Paisley for another

declaration. Sandra Black returning officer for the Paisley and

Renfrewshire North constituency. I declare that the total number of

forts given to each candidate was as follows. John Robert Boyd Scottish

Liberal Democrats 1476. David John Gardner Scottish Conservative and

Unionist 12,842. APPLAUSE

Gavin Andrew Stuart Newlands SNP 17,455.

APPLAUSE Alison Suzanne watched Taylor

Scottish Labour Party 14,842. The total number of ballot papers

rejected was 51. The total number of votes was 46,006 and 66. I therefore

declaring Gavin Andrew Stuart Newlands is duly elected as the

member of Parliament for the Paisley and Renfrewshire North constituency.

CHEERING Gavin Newlands re-elected for the

SNP in Paisley and Renfrewshire North. Labour's Alison Taylor

second. The swing between top two parties in

Paisley and Renfrewshire North 6.2%. Labour. Certainly she's on a

whopping 60% share of the vote now. It was number two

There is Boris Johnson, the Foreign Secretary. There was a suggestion

earlier that he would be on rivers, I think was the phrase. Seeing an

opportunity to have another go at the leadership if the exit poll

turns out to be right. massively towards Labour. A bit like

that seat Putney, earlier, where turns out to be right. If Theresa

May faced to make the games she had decided to do. Let's go to

Battersea. Labour have gained Battersea from the Conservatives.

an overall majority. Boris Johnson, who has a vested interest in

Labour picking up an important constituency and beat a Government

minister. Urban constituencies, Labour

candidate better there, they tend to report better. -- labour tend to do

better there. Let's look at the results from

Falkirk. There is the leader of the Labour

Party having a better night than many people expected are protected.

Generally seemed to have had a good campaign. -- expected or predicted.

These are his foot soldiers. In Glasgow. Anna Sarwar with the former

leader of the Council Frank McAfee to. The new MP four of article and

in the centre of that picture. We've moved on. Let's bring you a

declaration from Stornoway. Ealasaid MacDonald Scottish Labour

Party 5006. Angus Brendan McNeill SNP 6013. Daniel Stephen

McCroskey Scottish Conservative and Unionist 2441.

James Paterson Scottish Liberal Democrats 250. The turnout was

69.7%. They are worth 35 rejected ballot papers. -- deal worth 35. And

I declare that Angus Brendan McNeill is duly elected to serve as member

of Parliament for the Na h-Eileanan Siar constituency. Na h-Eileanan

Siar retains Angus MacNeil as their MP for the next few years. The

Conservatives in third place, 2004 at 41 votes. The Christian party

candidate John Cormack in third place. Liberal Democrat candidate to

lunch and 50 votes. Turnout of 70%. A small electorate and a closely

fought contest. The SNP vote is down in the Western

Isles by 14%. The change is not enough to change

the MP. Angus MacNeil is back. There is Jeremy Corbyn. He's got a

smile on his face as he arrives at his count in London. Islington

North, this constituency. Geographically the smallest seat in

the country. People looking for pictures. Maybe a selfie or crew.

Who knows how the night will end for him? The exit poll suggests that the

Conservatives were finished as the largest party ahead of Labour. --

will finish as the largest party. Under the exit poll predictions,

they wouldn't be under scratch made be able to get any Kent of

coalition. There are plenty more results to

come. Ryan Taylor, Jeremy Corbyn has surprised a lot of people in the

selection. Yes, he has had a good upbeat campaign projecting labour's

arguments for taking power. The expectations of him were pretty low,

frankly, one has to say, particularly among members of the

Labour Party. But he has done relatively well and he's getting a

lot of cheering in his constituency. Stockton South, Battersea, not

picking up enough to take power, but it seems that the exit poll is borne

out to some extent, the Tories are not doing as bad as the exit polls

would suggest, but probably it would seem that there will not be that

huge majority Theresa May was looking for. Let us go to Glenrothes

for a declaration. The electorate is 66,378. 40,440 ballot papers were

verified, giving a turnout of 68.92%. 41 ballot papers were

rejected. I give notice that the total number of votes cast for each

candidate was as follows. Rebecca Louise Bell, Scottish Liberal

Democrats, 1208. Andrew Robert Brown, Scottish Conservative and

Unionist, altimeter deal, Scottish Labour Party.

-- alternate steel. Lek is head over to Marais. Angus Robertson, Scottish

National Party, SNP, 18,478. Douglas Robertson -- Douglas Ross, Scottish

Conservative and Unionist Party 22,000...

CHEERING I will just finished the announcement. Douglas -- Douglas

Ross, 22,637. Ballot papers rejected, 62, giving total votes of

47,667. And I declare that Douglas Ross is elected to serve in the

United Kingdom Parliament as the member of the Marais constituency.

CHEERING -- Moray. The SNP's Westminster leader is out. Could I

use my first words as the member of Parliament for Moray to offer my

heartfelt thanks to the people of this constituency who have put their

trust in me to be their member of Parliament. I gave a promise that my

first and only priority will be to serve the people of this

constituency to the best of my ability. Mark, today thank you for

your duties as returning officer and your staff here in the hall tonight

and at the polling stations throughout Moray today, and all the

work done with postal votes. Mark, I know this is your final count as an

employee of Moray Council, and I would like to see you will be sorely

missed. Could I also thank the police who are with us here tonight,

and have been throughout the polling stations in Moray today. Your

presence here ensures we live in a democracy and we can carry out our

duties in an efficient and calm manner. Just to confirm the

result... A big story. The Conservatives have gained that seat,

unseating Angus Robertson, the party's Deputy Leader for the SNP.

Douglas Ross, currently a member of the Scottish Conservative Party, and

an SFA referee. Labour's Jo Kirby is third, Lib Dems for. Another story

breaking in Glasgow. Let us go there to Aileen Clarke. What can you tell

us? We have yet to have the official declaration, I should make that

clear, but if you were hear a few minutes ago you would have heard the

cheering at this end of the room from Labour, who are very pleased

indeed, and certainly believe they have won Glasgow North East. With me

as Paul Sweeney. You're the man in the middle of that cheering. You

were the believe you took yes, it is clear we have tonight -- believe you

took the seat from the SNP. Yes, Glasgow is the city that created the

labour movement and they have responded to a powerful Labour

vision. I am sure we will hear more from you. But there are a lot of

smiles here from the Labour camp. They believe Glasgow North East is

the first seat they have managed to take back from the SNP here tonight,

and hoping it will not be the only one. Of course, in Glasgow North

East they had one of the biggest swings against Labour at the last

election. Let us just update the forecast with you, Brian. Yes, the

exit poll at the start said the Conservatives were the largest

party. The new figures with results being seen suggests the

Conservatives will take 322 seats, which is short of an overall

majority which requires 326. Labour, 261 seats, 29 more than the present

situation. The SNP would appear to have worsened, and there are

suggestions they would take 32 seats, which is down 24 on the

figure they started the night with. Liberal Democrats, the poll reckons

13, plus five. And the others, 22, including Plaid Cymru and the Green

Party. It is still possible the Conservatives win an overall

majority, but it does not look possible way when the huge majority

that was apparently the purpose of this entire exercise and seven-week

campaign and drive to the polls. Theresa May would not appear to have

secured a gain. In Moray, the referee has won and the team captain

was sent off. Whatever happens to the SNP tonight, that result in

Moray is bound to colour the verdict on them. They have lost their Deputy

Leader, their Westminster leader, and they have lost by everyone's

estimation is one of the best parliamentary performance at

Westminster. Let us pick up with the panel, which has transformed in the

last few minutes. We have Michael Matheson, the Justice Secretary for

the SNP, the Lockhart, MSP for the Conservatives, Jackie Baillie per

Scottish Labour run for the Scottish Liberal Democrats, Sheila Thompson,

who is convener of the party. Let us pick up with you, an incredible

result in Moray for the Labour Party. Yes, that will be one of the

defining moments. It shows across Scotland we are gaining support. We

are not necessarily winning, like in Paisley, we had a strong pick-up in

support, but in areas like Moray and Angus, we are gaining from the SNP,

so we're having a positive night, and the other trend this evening is

a fault in the support for the SNP. And there is more good news for the

Conservatives in Scotland, just hearing this latest declaration.

Luke Graham has been elected. The SNP's Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh,

second-place. High-profile figure in the SNP, a front bench spokesperson

at Westminster, she is out. The Conservatives have taken it. Labour

used to be in second place, but they have been pushed into third. A

turnout of 71%. Here is the breakdown.

Let us get the result from Aberdeen North. Kirsty Blackman Scottish

National Party, 15,170. Isobel Davidson, Scottish Liberal

Democrats, 1693. Richard John Turk and independent, 522. Grace

O'Keeffe, Scottish Conservative and you are, Scottish Labour, 11,031.

Ballot papers rejected, 55. Total votes, 36,812. I declare that Kirsty

Blackman is elected to serve. The SNP hold Aberdeen North. Labour have

just taken Midlothian from the SNP. We will get to that result in a

moment. Let us confirm Aberdeen North, Kirsty Blackman.

Labour have gained from the SNP the Midlothian constituency. Danielle

Rowley, the new MP for Midlothian. This is fairly consistent with the

results we are seeing for the SNP. Secretary Justine Greening in

Putney. You only just The shoots in voting matters across

Scotland. -- big shifts in voting patterns across Scotland.

I think we can bring you a picture from across Scotland so far. The SNP

at the moment on 13 seats. Conservatives have three and Labour

on true. -- on two. On the results so far, the Conservatives, with

three seats, have tripled their total. This is the first time that

the Conservatives have had more than one MP in Scotland since 1992. Five

years later, they were all wiped out. Labour picking up seats in this

general election in Scotland. At the expense of the SNP, inevitable given

that they had 56 out of 59 seats at the last election. Let's pick up

with our guest Michael Matheson. Some bad news from your point of

view. A defeat in Murray as well as in Ayrshire. Disappointed for Angus

Robertson. Parliamentary leader at Westminster. An effective

parliamentarian. Widely recognised across the political divide in

Westminster as being effective, particularly at Prime Minister's

Question Time. Disappointed about that. Congratulations to Douglas

Ross. I've no doubt that losing Angus Robertson will be a huge loss

to the party. A -- Amit Sheikh has also lost that. What has happened to

the SNP in two short years from that enormous triumph in 2015 to a night

where you are losing major figures in your party? What is clear is that

to some degree a real learning taking place. In 2015, we took some

seats with big massive swings. Some of which brought the swingometer.

There is a realignment taking place. Some going to the labour and

Conservative. But why? There could be many reasons. Different local

circumstances. National issues. An element of realignment starting to

take place within the Scottish political scene. In Scotland, we

have a four party system. You turned it into almost a 1-party system. The

idea that you can continue to hold 95% of the seats is just not

possible. But the idea that you lose your partydeputy leader in what

looked to be a safe SNP seat, that's an extraordinary change in fortunes.

Yes, there is a significant increase in the Conservative. For example, in

Ochil estate. What has happened, we have been outpolled by the Tory

vote. That is overtaken us in the public areas such as Alloa. Let's

take in Jackie Baillie. To comment on your victory in Midlothian but

also the way in which the party has been squeezed out of the picture in

Ochil and South Perthshire. There is tactical voting across the country.

You will see different results in different areas. One thing is

increasingly clear and consistent about tonight 's thoughts is that

the SNP have done badly. There is a drop in their vote of 16-17%. It's

becoming increasingly clear that not only have we passed peak Nicola, we

passed peak SNP. When you look at Nicola Sturgeon's popularity ratings

55% at the last general election and now -4. That is why the SNP on

losing seats. Is it also clear to you, we may have to break off, from

the results so far tonight that Jeremy Corbyn is two litre for time

to come? I think Jeremy Corbyn has had a good campaign. Nobody would

disagree with that. Does it pay new to say that? Not at all. Both Jeremy

Corbyn and Kezia Dugdale should be pleased. It's been a good campaign.

I'm delighted for Danielle Rowley. More results like that to come. We

are waiting for results from Dunbartonshire East and also

Renfrewshire East, both interesting results to listen in for. I want to

bring any human. -- in Dean. Self brochure, you weren't expecting it.

We were certainly not expecting. How far down was that? We thought it was

achievable but to win it with a majority of 3500 is extraordinary.

Two issues are driving this. We are going to East Renfrewshire. Paul

Masterton, Scottish Conservative and Unionist. 21,496. Clear George

McDougall Scottish Labour Party 14,346. -- Blair George McDougall.

Aileen Morton Scottish Liberal Democrats 1,112. Kristin Francis

Oswald Scottish National Party 16,000...

CHEERING Therefore I give public notice that

Paul Masterton is duly elected as the member of Parliament for the

East Renfrewshire constituency. The total number of votes cast... Well,

there was a time when this was the safest Conservative seat in the

country. It's been a long time since it's been Conservative but the

Tories are back in Renfrewshire East. Paul Masterton has been

elected as the MP, defeating the SNP's Kirsten Oswald, despite the

fact it was also a very high profile Labour candidate. -- Jason Oswald.

Paul Masterton has been elected as the MP for Renfrewshire East. We are

hearing that we may get a result shortly from another constituency on

the edge of Glasgow. Dunbartonshire East. The Liberal Democrats are

trying to regain the constituency from the SNP. Good morning. I can

declare the results. The date of the election being Thursday the 8th of

June 2017. The electorate was 66,300. Total votes cast where

51,869. Percentage poll being 78.23%. I, returning officer for the

UK Parliamentary election in the East Dunbartonshire constituency,

hereby give notice that the total number of votes polled for each

candidate at the election was as follows. Callum McNally Scottish

Labour Party 7,531. APPLAUSE

Sheila Mechan Conservative and Unionist 7,563. John Nicolson

Scottish National Party 15,684. Jo Swinson Scottish Liberal Democrats

21,000... CHEERING

21,023. There were 68 rejected ballot papers. I declare that Jo

Swinson is elected to serve as the member for East Dunbartonshire Kante

constituency. That's a big winner for the Liberal Democrats. Jo

Swinson returns to the House of Commons. A former Government

minister was 21,023 votes. Defeating the SNP's John Nicolson. In second

place, well behind. Sheila Mechan in third. Labour's Callum McNally in

force. We can probably listen in to Jo

Swinson says. As your MP, I will do my best to achieve that. In this

victory, I want to recognise and thank all of those who put the usual

party allegiance to one side to send a clear message that East

Dunbartonshire does not want another divisive independence referendum.

Nicola Sturgeon, I hope your listening. My agent campaign manager

and my whole team of supporters have been fantastic. Through sunburn and

downpours. I am humbled by house so many people have done so much to

create at this result. -- by how so many people.

Let's look at the result and a little bit more detail.

Lib Dem vote isn't up by that much but the SNP vote is down ten. The

Conservatives up six and Labour up to. -- up two. Everything from SNP

to Lib Dems. -- a swing from SNP. But let's cross to Glasgow for the

Glasgow East declaration. The total number of votes polled for each

candidate was as follows. Matthew Clark Scottish Liberal Democrats

576. John J Ferguson Ukip 504. Karin Finegan Independent 158. Thomas Kerr

Scottish Conservative and Unionist party 6816. David Linden Scottish

National Party 14000 and 24. CHEERING

Steven Marshall, 148. Kate Watson, Scottish Labour Party, 13,949. I

declare that David Linden is elected to serve in the United Kingdom

Parliament as the Member for the Glasgow East constituency. Great

excitement in the ranks of the SNP as they hold Glasgow East, but it is

a new member of Parliament in David Linden that has been

elected, Natalie McGarry has been replaced by David Linden, elected in

Glasgow East. It was fought fairly close. Let us confirm this result.

The SNP are holding Glasgow East. I.e., the returning officer, do

hereby give notice the number of votes cast for each candidate at the

election is as follows. Nick Clegg, Liberal Democrats, 19,756.

CHEERING Jarrod O'Mara, Labour Party, 21,000

881. -- 21,881. CHEERING Logan Robin, Green Party,

823. John Thurley, UK Independence Party, 929, Ian Jeffrey Walker, the

Conservative Party candidate, 13,561. Stephen Dominik Winston,

social Democrat party, 70. Total spoiled papers, 89. I hereby declare

that Jarrod O'Mara has been duly elected. Key is out, the former

Liberal Democrat leader, Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, has lost

the -- his seat. Some good news in Scotland for the Liberal Democrats

picking up Dunbartonshire East. Let us get the result in Boris Johnson's

constituency. Over the last few weeks, thank you for all the

fantastic efforts for this borough. I do not think it would be possible

from any of us to do it without you. And I want to pay a particular

tribute to the voters, everyone in this city, the citizens of London,

who refuse to be Bowood with the terrorist attacks. Of course, it is

early to comment on the events unfolding tonight in this general

election. But one thing is absolutely clear, I think, to all of

us being elected as MPs tonight across our fantastic country, and

that is we have got to listen to our constituents and listen to their

concerns. Across Uxbridge in the last few weeks, I have heard all

sorts of people raise all sorts of concerns, and they even said they

were going to vote for me, they wanted me to deal with their

problems. And I tell you, I will work flat-out on behalf of those who

voted for me and of course all those who did not vote for me. With equal

zeal, as I have done over the last couple of years. I am proud to have

been re-elected as a member of Parliament for Oxbridge and South

Ruislip. Boris Johnson re-elected in Oxbridge and South Ruislip. Let us

have a bird's eye view with Jackie. OK, video drama seems to be taking

place in Scotland. The SNP have lost their leader in Westminster, Angus

Robertson. And high-profile casualty, who was beaten by the

Conservatives in Moray, with a swing of more than 13%. Elsewhere the

Conservatives have gained from the SNP in Angus, and Colonsay to pick

-- Ochil. Labour have taken two seats from the SNP. Midlothian and

Rutherglen and Hamilton West. And Nick Clegg is out. In UK terms it

has been a good night for Labour, outperforming expectations, and in

the last hour Jeremy Corbyn looked jubilant when he arrived for his

count in Islington. A short time ago his deputy Tom Watson said that

results so far validated Mr Corbyn's leadership. I think he was safe,

whatever the result would have been. He has stood for two elections, and

this was brought upon us. Labour Party, 13,829. Isabel Nelson,

Scottish Liberal Democrats, 1045. Alison Kilis, Scottish National

Party, 16,096. And I declare that Alison Thewliss has been elected to

serve. That is the result from Glasgow Central. And Alison

Thewliss, and campaigning MP over the last couple of years, has been

re-elected in what is the only seat in the whole of the UK where all the

candidates were female. Alison Thewliss re-elected, and her office

worker, former member of her staff, has been elected for the

neighbouring constituency, that was Glasgow East and David Linden a

short time ago. We are also hearing that in another part of the city, in

the south-west seat, the indications that Labour has come within 60 votes

of unseating the SNP, but the SNP holding in Glasgow South West.

Let us know speak to the leader of the Scottish Labour Party, Kezia

Dugdale, joining us live from Haddington. Good evening to you. I

wonder if we can take from the fact you are joining us from East Lothian

tonight that things might be looking good for you and your party and your

candidate Martin Whitfield in East Lothian. Will it be a Labour gain? I

do not think Kezia Dugdale is hearing is at the moment. We will

establish communications and speak to her as soon as we can. But there

are pictures coming into us from Aberdeen. Alex Salmond, the former

SNP leader and First Minister, arriving for his count. Let us hear

what he is saying. There are swings in politics that even... Do you

think the swing will affect you? He says he will have to wait and see

how his own count goes. That is the constituency of Gordon, where the

Conservatives would consider themselves probably strong

challengers, albeit that in the past that has been a Liberal Democrat

constituency, so a result due at some point from the north-east if

Alex Salmond is now arriving at his constituency. We were talking about

Labour's performance, and will be hopefully speaking to the Scottish

Labour leader, Desi Dugdale, and ask why she is in East Lothian. Are you

expecting good news? We are, just as we are experiencing some encouraging

results across the whole of Scotland. I have new MPs going down

to Westminster next week, going against the second independence

referendum, and on the Jeremy Corbyn platform about raising money for

public services. I am hugely encouraged. It is fair to say that

Scottish Labour started this contest with fairly low expectations, and

some people talked about it being a good result for you if you held onto

one seat in Edinburgh South that you one in 2015. At what point do things

change, and why? The campaign started in Rutherglen on the 8th of

May, and I am delighted the first result in Scotland tonight was to

see Ged Killen return as the Labour MP. There have been two clear

reasons to vote, the first was opposition to a second independence

referendum and the second was a positive progress of Blandford at

?10 living wage. Money for schools, hospitals, the plan to build houses

again. That Jeremy Corbyn message is focused on radically changing the

country and who works for. We have a handful of MPs so far, but the

reality is the SNP vote is crumbling. Look at what is happening

in Glasgow and the West. A very bad night for the SNP. Do you think

Jeremy Corbyn has done enough on the strength of the results we have seen

so far and the exit poll, to stay on as Labour Leader? I cannot wait for

the answer, we have confirmation from Glasgow North East. The results

of the UK parliamentary general election in their Lanark and

Hamilton East constituency. ... I -- I declare that Paul Sweeney is

elected to serve as a member of Parliament for the Glasgow North

East constituency. Labour is back in Glasgow North East. Paul Sweeney is

confirmed as the new MP, defeating the SNP's Anne McLaughlin in the

constituency that broke the swingometer a couple of years ago. I

am fairly sure that was the case. One of the biggest swings, if not

the biggest swing against the Labour Party, and two years later they have

taken it back. The majority is slim. But Paul Sweeney is in.

53% turnout. This is how the vote shares out. Let us get a reaction to

that from the Scottish Labour leader, Kezia Dugdale. I am sure you

did not mind me interrupting you for that result. Not at all! Paul

Sweeney is a fantastic new generation Labour candidate, he is a

shipyard worker, someone who has devoted his life to Labour values

and he will be a wonderful MP for Glasgow North East. He will be there

alongside a number of other next-generation candidates. This is

utterly encouraging night. Prounion, anti-austerity message. I am

delighted. We're seeing Jeremy Corbyn and Emily Thornberry in

London. Perhaps finally to the question I asked you earlier and you

did not get the chance to answer, does Jeremy Corbyn stay on as Labour

Leader? Absolutely. The manifesto he stood

on is going to transform this country. I have not seen the full

details of results in England but it has cut across the whole of the UK,

it is progressive politics and good for the union. You say you are

expecting good news for Labour in East Lothian. We saw pictures of the

Labour leader awaiting his declaration in Islington North. We

have had further Scottish declarations within the last few

moments. Following the Glasgow North East result, we had Dunfermline and

West Fife held by the SNP. The majority for the SNP is only

844. Aberdeen North we said was an SNP

hold. Lanark and Hamilton East, the SNP have also held. Let's go to the

talk to the new MP, also told MPs, talk to the new MP, also told MPs,

-- also the old MP, Jo Swinson. How does it feel to be back? Great. Less

of the old though! It is a resounding vote of confidence for me

and it also sends a clear message on the views of Dunbartonshire East

references about a second independence referendum, people do

not want it and the SNP must think again. We are hearing that Vince

Cable is back in Twickenham but Nick Clegg is out in Sheffield. That is a

very sad result and I think it is sad not just for the Liberal

Democrats but for the country, approaching Brexit negotiations,

because his experience with have been valuable at the forefront of

that debate. He has served not just his constituency but the whole

country over many years and I think it is a real loss. I am delighted to

hear about my old boss Vince Cable. Generally, the Lib Dem vote seems to

be being squeezed in Scotland and other parts of the country as well.

Why is that? Two years ago we had a catastrophic election result for the

Lib Dems and building back from that takes time. The initial foundations

are in place, we have more members than we ever had, more than 100,000

members, and that has invigorated the party. But to translate that

into gains in a snap general election is difficult. It looks like

we could be set to make some modest games tonight which is good news.

And to have people like Vince Cable back empowerment, who will make such

an important contribution. Thank you very much. We are going to go to the

declaration for Islington North, Jeremy Corbyn's see. The election

for member of Parliament at Islington North.

The number of votes it is as follows. Liberal Democrats, for 946

-- 4946. Suzanne Cameron Blackett independent, 41. James Clark,

conservatives, 6871. Jeremy Corbyn, Labour

Ukip, 413. The monster raving loony party, 106. James Martin, socialist

Party GP, 21. Communist league, seven. Caroline Russell Green Party,

2229. The total number of ballot papers rejected is as follows.

Voting for more candidates than the voter was entitled to, 14, being

unmarked or avoid for uncertainty, 82. The turnout was 73.6%. I

declared that Jeremy Corbyn is duly elected to serve as member of

Parliament for the Islington North constituency. A smile from Jeremy

Corbyn the Labour leader as he is re-elected in Islington North but I

wonder if he might have something more to say about the national

campaign and how the results are shaping up more generally for

Labour. Thank you very much. I first of all want to thank Lesley and her

staff for the way this election has been conducted and I know all the

pressure on the staff to achieve this. Thank you to you and all the

staff tonight and all that run our democratic services in this borough.

I want to thank the police for their work today and their work last night

in helping to ensure crowds were all safe and also all the work they did

last weekend during the horrors of the attack on London Bridge and

market borough. It chose the importance of a fully staffed police

service. I thank them for their work last weekend and today. It is an

enormous honour to be elected to represent Islington North for the

ninth time in Parliament. I am honoured and humbled by the size of

the vote cast for me tonight as the Labour candidate, and I pledge to

represent the people of Islington North in the best way I possibly

can, and to continue to learn from them as well as represent them at

the same time, because I believe representation is as much about

listening as telling people, so I thank the people for their support.

I want to say thank you to the Islington North Labour Party, our

agent Catherine Sloan and all the people who have worked so hard in

this campaign. Unfortunately, or maybe from their point of view

fortunately, I was out on the road for the last six weeks so they have

been holding the fort at and working incredibly hard and I am very

grateful to them for all they have done. I'm also very grateful to all

of my family and my wife and two other people who have fought so hard

in our team at Labour Party head office as well as in the

constituency office here, for achieving this incredible result

tonight in Islington, and the results coming in from all over the

country. In terms of Islington, this is the highest turnout since 1951,

the largest ever vote for a winning candidate ever in the history of

this borough and I'm very proud of it and very humbled and grateful to

the people of Islington for this result. This election was called in

order for the Prime Minister to gain a large majority in order to assert

her authority and the election campaign has gone on for the past

six weeks, I have travelled the whole country, I have spoken at

events and rallies all over the country and you know what? Politics

has changed and it is not going back into the box where it was before it

is what has happened as people have said they have had quite enough of

austerity politics, quite enough of cuts in public expenditure,

underfunding our health service, schools, education service, and not

giving young people the chance they deserve in our society, and I am

very proud of the campaign my party has run, our manifesto for the many

not the few, and I am proud of the results coming in all over the

country tonight of people voting for hope for the future and turning

their backs on austerity. And so if there is... Jeremy Corbyn re-elected

in Islington North and pleased with his party's performance across the

country. While he was speaking, a number of results we can confirm in

the next moment. That is the Prime Minister Theresa May, and she

doesn't look very happy at all. She called this election to strengthen

her grip on power and increase the majority of 12 that she had to a

much bigger number, perhaps to many scores but it doesn't work like that

is how this election is shaping up forever. Their exit poll updated on

the basis of the results so far still suggests that the Tories will

fall short of an overall majority. Many declarations to come. Let's

confirm those from Scotland coming in in the last few minutes. East

Lothian, Labour Party have gained from the SNP. Martin Whitfield,

teacher from Prestonpans, defeated the SNP's George Kerevan.

A swing in East Lothian from the SNP to Labour of 8.5%, unseating George

Kerevan from the SNP and sending the Labour MP. The Conservatives have

gained in error and -- in Ayr and Carrick.

The Tory vote is up 20% on two years ago.

It is a big win for the Conservatives. Aberdeen South, a

conservative gain from the SNP. Ross Thomson, MSP, hopping parliaments to

the House of Commons. The SNP's Callum McCaig is out.

We are getting a declaration from Edinburgh East shortly.

The Tory vote almost up as much as it was in Ayr.

Let's go to Edinburgh. I declare that the total number of votes given

to each candidate was as follows. Scottish Liberal Democrats, 1849.

Patsy King, Scottish Labour Party, 15000 and 84. Katie Mackie, Scottish

Conservative and Unionist, 8081. Tommy Sheppard, Scottish National

Party, 18,000 509. Edinburgh East is retained for the

SNP by Tommy Sheppard. Long ago, deputy or based general secretary of

the Labour Party, but he threw the independence movement, shifted to

the SNP and is back in the House of Commons. There is the Edinburgh East

result. Holding the seat for his party.

Compared to last thing... Now, let us move on. Labour have gained

Kirkcaldy from the SNP. This used to be Gordon Brown's stomping ground.

Lesley Laird is the Labour MP now. And the UK pleaded in Scotland,

David Coburn, member of the European Parliament, miles away from power.

There is the result from Perth and Perthshire North. How close was

that! The majority for the SNP's Pete Wishart just 21.

Ian Duncan is another member of the European Parliament.

Let us get the declaration from Maidenhead, the Prime Minister's

seat. I hereby give notice that the number of votes cast for each

candidate at the election is as follows. Gerard Batten, UK

Independence Party, 871. Independent, 16. John Harvey, known

as Lord bucket head, 249. Anthony Hill, known as Tony Hill, Liberal

Democrats, 6540. Alan Hope, known as howling Lord Hope, the monster

raving loony party, 119. Andrew Knight, animal welfare party, 282.

Theresa May, the Conservative Party candidate, 37,718.

CHEERING Patrick McDonald, known as Pat

McDonald, Labour Party, 11,261. Julian Read, they just political

party, 52. Bobby Smith, known as Bobby Elmore Smith. Three. Grant

Smith, independent, 152. Edmund Victor, People's Christian

Alliance, 69. Derek Wall, Green Party, 907. The number of ballot

papers rejected was as follows. Voting for more candidates than the

voter was entitled to, 19. Writing or mark by which the voter could be

identified, three. Being unmarked or avoid for uncertainty, 86. Rejected

in part, zero. Total rejected votes, 180s. I hereby declare that Theresa

May, the Conservative Party candidate, has been duly elected. I

would like to ask the successful candidate to come up and make a few

words. CHEERING

Theresa May is re-elected. Thank you very much. First of all, on behalf

of myself and all of the candidates, may I thank the returning officer

and all her staff for the hard work they have put in today in running

the selection here in the Maidenhead constituency. Can I also thank the

police, who have had an extra job here tonight in ensuring the

security of this event. And thank you to all those who have once again

supported me as the member of Parliament for Maidenhead. It is a

huge honour and privilege to be elected as a member of Parliament

for this constituency, and I pledge that I will continue to work for all

my constituents as I have done over the period of time I have been your

member of Parliament. It is a huge honour, it is a wonderful

constituency and I look forward to continuing to work with you to see

improvements, further improvements, for the lives of those living here

in Maidenhead. OK, that was the Prime Minister, Theresa May, and

here she is. There is some break-up on the

connection to Maidenhead. No surprise that Theresa May has been

re-elected in that constituency with a thumping majority of more than

26,000. Labour's Pat McDonald are well behind.

Let us hear more from Theresa May. Get the Brexit deal right, showing

we can identify and address the challenges facing our country, doing

what is in the national interest. That is always what I have tried to

do in my time as member of Parliament. And my resolve to do

that is the same this morning as it always has been. As we look ahead

and wait to see what the final results will be, I know that the

country needs a period of stability, and whatever the results are, the

Conservative Party will ensure we fulfil our duty in ensuring that

stability, so we can all, as one country, go forward together. Thank

you. APPLAUSE That was a very downbeat

end to the Prime Minister's acceptance speech in Maidenhead.

A quick word on that from you, Brian Taylor, that does not sound like

someone who intends to stay in office for much longer. Using

phrases like I have tried to do this, the past tense, she means

during the campaign, but saying the country needs a period of stability

is a plea to be allowed if possible to stay in office. We need to bring

you the results from the constituency where Tim Farron is

defending. Paul Ellis, commonly known as Mr Fish finger,

independent, 309. The total number of valid votes cast at the UK

parliamentary election on the 8th of June 2017 was 51,687. The total

number of ballot papers rejected was 81. The ballot papers were rejected

for the following reasons. One ballot paper was rejected because

they did not bear the official Mark. 12 ballot papers were rejected

because votes were given for more than one candidate, three ballot

papers were rejected because there was something written or marked on

the ballot paper by which the voter could be identified. And 65 ballot

papers were rejected because they were not marked or avoid. I give

public notice that Tim Farron is duly elected as the member of

Parliament for the West and Lonsdale constituency. So, Tim Farron is

re-elected in Westmorland and Lonsdale. The Conservative candidate

running close. That is a majority of just 777. Mr Fish finger, he was in

fourth place! 309 people voted for him. Remarkable. Let us go to

Aberdeen and the SNP's former leader, the former First Minister

Alex Salmond. Let me ask you first of all, over alternate, the SNP are

obviously holding a number of seats, but you have had significant losses

to the Conservatives and Labour Party. How do you read those

results? As you rightly say, it now looks certain that the SNP will win

the majority of Scottish seats, more seats than the other three parties

put together. By any democratic terms, that means the SNP by winning

more votes and seats, have won the selection in Scotland. -- have won

this election in Scotland. One thing the polls did not detect at all was

a late recovery of Labour Party forgings based on the admiration of

a lot of people for the performance of Jeremy Corbyn during this general

election campaign. There is the irony of course at the Scottish

Labour Party leadership have been doing the best to sabotage Jeremy

Corbyn. That is also another irony that I suspect has resulted in a

number of SNP Tory contests that that was the margin the Tories

managed to win the seat. I regret the loss of so many parliamentary

colleagues, but nonetheless, in democratic and simple terms, in

truth, the SNP won the election. If you have lost more than 20 seats,

that is a serious setback for the SNP. What does it say about your

efforts to secure a second independence referendum, given that

the other parties made so much of the opposition to that in this

campaign? I do not think it was the referendum opposition of the other

parties which cost the SNP seats at the end of the day. I think it was a

late recovery in Labour Party forgings, which was based on the

assessment of Jeremy Corbyn's performance during the campaign.

Many of these people would be yes supporters, incidentally. The other

irony, there is always irony in politics, that group of SNP MPs may

have lost in numbers, but will go in Westminster in a substantially more

influential position, and will be a strong block in a parliament which

looks like it is going to be hung, but if it is not, it is going to be

a small majority indeed. That is right and proper because people in

Scotland have the right to expect MPEG to be influential. White

leaders a vacancy for a parliamentary group leader. I wonder

whether that will be you, assuming you hold the Gordon seat. In the

last moment or two, SNP has lost Corbridge Christ and Bellshill to

the Labour Party. If it is a hung parliament, what role might the SNP

group played in supporting a Jeremy Corbyn

Nicola Sturgeon made it clear that we are interested in a Progressive

Alliance or understanding to deny the Tories a majority. I think we

will be facing a different Prime Minister because if we are in a

situation where Theresa May, having cold and unnecessary election,

having exposed her weaknesses and deficiencies as a Prime Minister, if

she fails to get a majority, then she is not long for the chop, Boris

Johnson is already on manoeuvres, which doesn't surprise me, both in

my assessment of him and my assessment of Theresa May. The SNP

group at Westminster will seek to build a Progressive Alliance for

progressive policies to make sure we do not go off the Brexit cliff edge.

Whoever is in the SNP group, it will be one that is made from a position

of substantial influence. Thank you for joining us from Aberdeen. We

will update you on the results. Court which Christ and Bellshill --

Coatbridge Christ... The Conservatives gained Aberdeen

South from the SNP. Ross Thomson, who we mentioned earlier, winning

there. The turnout was 68%. We have an updated forecast based on results

coming in, mix together with what we had from their exit poll. What is

the picture now? The figures within the individual parties are changing

and when you look at this forecast you can tell why Theresa May looked

absolutely depressed. You can see the image there. Labour on 267, 35

seats up on last time. The SNP we reckon are now on 32, down 24 seats

on the 56 they gained. Liberal Democrats, 11, plus three. If it

stands, the Conservatives will be the largest party but without an

overall majority, a Progressive Alliance would not work, the numbers

to not add up, but one that would work would be the Conservatives and

the Lib Dems forming a majority, but Tim Farron has said Norway under any

circumstances. He said there would be a red Moon over Westminster

before he would do that. Theresa May there with her husband presumably

leaving the count. She is heading out of the count, perhaps back to

Downing Street or perhaps elsewhere. She certainly did not look happy

giving her acceptance speech and she seemed far from confident of

remaining as Prime Minister. She spoke about the need for stable

leadership and she said the Conservative Party would offer that,

not that she would offer that, in the period ahead. It depends on the

final results and if the Conservatives are in a position, as

the latest forecast indicates, to lead a government, albeit a minority

government seeking support from others to get the business through

the House of Commons. A worker with Professor Nicola McEwan about some

of the results in Scotland. The SNP had an incredible result in 2015,

they have been pushed back at this election, how do you read their

performance? Clearly they will be disappointed tonight, it is the goal

losses than forecast, but if we take a longer view, last time around, two

years ago, the SNP throughout the country gained 30 percentage points

share of the vote, incredible gains, so they have lost some of that back

but in historic terms they are still sitting in a better position than

they ever used to in UK general elections. Let's go to the SNP's

Pete Wishart, re-elected by a very narrow margin in Perth and

Perthshire North. Congratulations to you. It must have been nail-biting.

You don't get nights more nerve jangling than tonight, two recounts

and a majority of 21, but I will take it and I will see if I can find

those 21 people and thank them! A tough night for the SNP but we have

held on here. This was the number one target seat and they failed to

take it and it says something about how we served our community and the

dedication of my team. The Berwickshire seat as the number one

target. It didn't feel like that here! I imagine not. It was very

hard-fought. You blast colleagues in other parts of the country,

including Europe Parliamentary leader, the party's deputy leader

Angus Robertson. Losing seats to the Tories and Labour, why? This has

been a tough night for the SNP, no getting away from it, but I am

disappointed we have lost some very talented people. We are seeing

pictures of your party leader, Nicola Sturgeon, arriving at the

count in Glasgow with the new leader of Glasgow City Council Susan Aitken

who has been in post since those elections last month. No doubt we

will hear from them later. You were offering analysis of your party's

performance and why you have been pushed back. Sorry, we will cross to

the result from Caithness and Sutherland. Paul Monaghan, SNP,

9017. Jamie Stone, Scottish Liberal Democrats, 11000 and 61.

I give public notice that Jamie Stone is duly elected as a member of

Parliament for the Caithness Sutherland and Easter Ross

constituency and I invite him and the second placed candidate to

speak. That is a big win for the Lib Dems, red gaining Caithness and

Sutherland, Jamie Stone a former member of the Scottish Parliament

elected there. Defeating the SNP's Paul Monaghan.

Let's hear from Nicola Sturgeon speaking in Glasgow. This is our

second best ever result in a Westminster election. We have won

the election and I congratulate all of the SNP MPs who are re-elected.

What does it mean for your mandate for the independence referendum? It

is almost 4am so I am not come to take any rash decisions. Really have

to reflect on the result of the election and I will take time to do

that but I think it would be the wrong thing to do at this hour to

take decisions before having had the opportunity to properly think about

it but I will certainly do that. We are hearing Alex Salmond has lost

her seat. We haven't heard confirmation of that. I hope it is

not the case. I would be bitterly disappointed if it is. He is the

person in politics and SNP that I am closest to and he is one of my close

friends and he has been a mentor to me throughout my political career so

I am hoping he will be really to do but we have to wait and see,

hopefully not much longer. Could Jeremy Corbyn be your new closest

friend? We have to wait and see. The thing that has to be said UK wide

tonight is that it is a disaster for Theresa May, she very arrogantly

called an election thinking she would cruise to a landslide

majority. I think her position is very difficult now. We have to wait

and see how things turn out will stop I have always said the SNP

would want to be part of a progressive alternative to a Tory

government but there are a number of seats still to be declared and we

have to wait and see how the end result goes. I will not stand here

and say I am not disappointed by SNP losses but before 2015 the maximum

number of seats the SNP held at Westminster was 11, we had six going

in, and now it looks like we will have more seats than the other

parties combined in Scotland. I am disappointed at the SNP losses but I

am pleased we have won the election. That is Nicola Sturgeon arriving at

the count in Glasgow. Interesting remarks from her. She was asked if

Jeremy Corbyn might be her new best friend, of course the possibility of

parties working together to form an administration in the event of a

properly hung parliament, but interesting remarks from Nicola

Sturgeon herself when asked about what the losses mean tonight for her

position on independence, she was very careful to say that she would

reflect on the result of this election and she wanted to properly

reflect before making any decisions. How did you read that, Brian Taylor?

Intriguing. Able to say second best result ever. Relative to historic

perspective the SNP have done well tonight. Relative to how they used

to do in Westminster, they have done well. Relative to 2015, it is really

poor, they have lost votes in every constituency they have contested.

Nicola Sturgeon is able to let stress upon the second-best election

ever but she is absolutely not saying that the position on a

referendum might not change. She says she will need time to consider.

She should have said it is not an election about independence but she

did not. I think it is intriguing times ahead. If she looks vaguely

disappointed, Theresa May looks heartsick. Let's bring in our

politicians again. Let me ask you, Michael Matheson, about those

remarks that the First Minister made. Should she seriously consider

putting off the idea of a second independence referendum for a much

longer period of time or will she be determined to push ahead on the

timescale that she set out? One of the most potent things you do at any

election if it has been a disappointing night for your party

is you reflect on that result and look to understand the reasons for

the result. I have no doubt that the First Minister will want to reflect

on the result and the reasons behind it and to then consider what is the

most appropriate approach. What advice would you give her on that

particular issue is Mike it is -- issue? It is 4am but I think it is

important to learn the lessons from any campaign where you have had poor

results. You should reflect on them and then come to the decision of the

best approach. The First Minister pointed out they are heading towards

their second best ever result and a win is a win. They said of the one

majority of seats they would take it as a triple lock on their plans for

independence. We have to remind ourselves that independence was at

the heart of this election. It looks like they are on course to lose 40%

of their seats, and to lose that on the basis of a campaign for

independence and then continue to see you have a mandate for a second

referendum, I don't think it is there. What about the mandate that

Theresa May was seeking to go into the Brexit negotiation in over a

week? Will that timetable the possible to keep? Pillocks like the

Conservatives will be the single largest party, led by the Prime

Minister. She staying on? I think so. She wasn't particularly happy

but I think we are going beyond their original exit poll and we

might ever further small majority. There is still time and that is

certainly still a possibility. From a Labour point of view, within the

last little while, another game in Scotland, Coatbridge, once a

stronghold and now back in the labour fold, we don't hear much

about the possibility of Labour picking up these former heartlands

at this election. Are you as surprised as perhaps I am sounding

in this question about some of the seats you are regaining?

I think we are enjoying the fact we are gaining those seats, but we're

not surprised at Coatbridge, it was one of our target seats and we got

feedback the vote was coming towards us. You never judge this until the

day of the election itself, but increasingly some of the seats we

were targeting are no turning back to Labour. But I think the story

tonight is just how badly the SNP have done. No amount of spin can

change that. They have gone from 50% of the seats down. And the

majorities in the seats the have held have slashed. The biggest

threat to the SNP, I think, is Nicola Sturgeon, because her

popularity has fallen. She has been at the heart of this campaign. I

think they have lost a lot of MPs this evening. I do not think they

will be particularly happy. These are the Labour gains in Scotland at

the moment. Half a dozen, and of course we still have to hear from

Edinburgh South, the seat they are hoping to hold onto, the only seat

they had from 2015. Sheila Thompson, sorry it has taken so long to get to

you, the convener of the Scottish Liberal Democrats. So far, the

Scottish Lib Dems have picked up two seats. Yes, it is really good to get

back into Parliament, both of the seats we were targeting and working

hard, certainly in Dunbartonshire East at the beginning of the

campaign weakens -- we could see it going back to Jo. In all the other

seats, although it is a small increase, it is an increased in the

vote across Scotland. Those two constituencies, the Liberal Democrat

party was targeting. That is Theresa May ' Conservative Party

headquarters rather than Downing Street, as far as we understand. She

has a lot to think about if the results are going in the way we

expect and she falls short of a majority, given the stress she

placed on increasing the conservative hold and increasing

their majority and strengthening her hand. Sheila Thomson, there are

other seats the Liberal Democrats are targeting, Edinburgh West, and

Fife North East. We heard earlier there was a recount under way in

Fife North East, and at one point it was suggested there might just be

three volts in that. We will wait to hear what the declaration says. Are

you confident in picking up others? Yes, we have been targeting

Edinburgh West, and we seem to be doing well where we have worked hard

to win seats. Disappointment, I am sure, losing Nick Clegg. We are just

hearing from Edinburgh West. The Liberal Democrats have taken that

seat from the SNP. They have gained Edinburgh West. We're just awaiting

confirmation of that. But that is the election of Christine Jardine,

and here comes the declaration which should confirm it. The constituency

declaration for the Edinburgh West constituency. Eye, the returning

officer, the clear that the total number of votes cast across

Edinburgh West constituency was 52,724. Total number of ballot

papers rejected was 71, and the turnout was 73.94%. Total number of

votes given to each candidate was as follows. Sandy Batho, Conservative

Party and Unionist, Toni Giugliano, Scottish National Party, 15,120.

Christine Jardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats, 18,108. Mandy Telford,

Scottish Labour Party, 7876. And Mark Whittet, Scottish independence

referendum party, 132. Therefore I give public notice that Christine

and Jardin is duly elected as member of Parliament for the Edinburgh West

constituency. So the Liberal Democrats have taken Edinburgh West,

trebling their score of constituencies to three, persistence

paying off Christine Jardine, a serial parliamentary candidate, now

an MBE for Edinburgh West, with 18,000 180s votes, beating the SNP's

Toni Giugliano who tried for Holyrood Anfield, and tried for

Edinburgh West and finished second. Let us go to David Henderson, who

can give us more of an overview of the election, focusing this time on

Conservative gains. Yes, here it is the map. We're getting results and

fast, with the SNP winning more seats than everyone else, but we are

seeing games for the other parties and an important trend. Look at

those blue seats. The SNP still in front, but the Tories are very much

making their presence felt. Let us look at the swing from the SNP to

the Conservatives in different parts of the country. Moray first, Angus

Robertson, such a prominent figure at Westminster for the SNP. He is

out, losing his seat to Douglas Ross. That is a swing of 14%. Some

had predicted it, but it is still a surprise. There are echoes of that

result elsewhere. Let us head further south, to Angus, where

Christine here has taken the seat for the Tories from the SNP's Mike

Weir. -- Kirstene Hair. Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh was beaten as

well, with a 15% swing. We're also seeing a swing where the SNP have

held seats, you can see that in Paisley and Renfrewshire South.

Mhairi Black winning again, the UK's youngest MP returns to Westminster,

but it was not an easy victory. Her share of the vote was down over 10%.

The Conservatives will be satisfied, but not enough to win. Have a look

at Rutherglen and Hamilton West. Labour have taken this seat from the

SNP, but they won fewer votes than in 2015. But they won anyway because

the SNP lost more and 11,000 votes, 16% of their vote, to the Tories. So

the game for the Conservative is also a game for Labour. -- a game.

Let us bring in Brian Taylor man Professor Nicola McEwan. It looks

like the Conservatives winning the most seats in volts across the UK,

and Theresa May looks as if she has swallowed a wasp. Nicola Sturgeon's

party look like winning the most votes and the most seats in

Scotland, and she sounds cautious, constrained and understated. Isn't

politics wonderful! A very interesting night. More interesting

results to come. If Theresa May were to hand over power to a successor, I

believe she would be the seventh shortest serving Prime Minister of

all time. And has brought it upon herself by calling a completely

unnecessary election, when she said repeatedly... People do not like

that. I mean literally unnecessary, not unimportant, with but people do

not like unnecessary elections, and they do not like it when the

incumbent Prime Minister said, not once, not twice but repeatedly, that

she would not do this. Here are helicopter victors of the Prime

Minister heading back to Conservative headquarters. Nicola

McEwan, if there was to be a leadership contest in the

Conservative Party, who would be best placed to replace Theresa May?

It is a very difficult -- it is very difficult to say, but the Brexit

negotiations are supposed to start very soon, let us not forget. White

will that happen? In 11 days. The clock is ticking, Article 50 has

been triggered. And there will not be much sympathy within the EU if we

postpone it to make way for yet another election inside the United

Kingdom, whether it is a Conservative Party election. I

wanted to mention that, and this may be Brexit related... Let us cross to

Kelso. Adhered by the clear the total number of votes cast as

52,463. Turnout of 71.7%. The total number of votes given to each

candidate as follows. Caroline Burgess, Scottish Liberal Democrats,

2482. Iain Davidson, Scottish Labour Party, 4519. Calum Kerr, Scottish

National Party, 17,153. John Lamont, Scottish Conservative and Unionist

Party, 28200 CHEERING The majority is 11,060. I

hereby declare that John Lamont has been duly elected to serve the

United Kingdom Parliament as a member for Berwickshire... Let us go

to other Aberdeenshire West and Kincardine. Andrew Bowie, Scottish

Conservative and Unionist Party 24,704.

Stuart Donaldson, Scottish National Party, 16,754. John McConnachie,

Scottish Liberal Democrats, 4061. There were 49 ballot papers

rejected, giving the total votes of 51,674. I declare that Andrew Bowie

is duly elected to serve in the UK Parliament for the West Abba changer

and Kincardineshire constituency. Two wins back-to-back for the

Tories. Aberdeenshire West and Kincardine has gone their way, so

has Roxburgh and Selkirk. But these are the celebrations in the

north-east. Some of the most jubilant scenes we have had all

night in the selection. Two years ago I stood here... So, the new MP

for Aberdeenshire West and Berwickshire Roxburgh and Selkirk.

Here are the results. John Lamont was confident he would win -- so

confident he would win, he stood down from his seat in parliament.

And when he did. Labour's Iain Davidson, long serving

Labour MP for Glasgow, you may remember him.

Another reported to result from Stirling. The Conservatives in

Berwickshire on 54%, SNP on 33... Here is that Aberdeen sure result in

detail. Here is the newest declaration, the

Conservatives had gained Stirling from the SNP. Our Conservative guest

cheering in the background. A narrow majority of 148 for the Tories but

they have defeated the SNP. Let's get some reaction from Brian

Taylor and updated forecast. A remarkable series of results for the

Conservatives. You would see it as Tory SNP but Labour and the Lib Dems

are getting good results. Everywhere you look, SNP decline across

Scotland, but they are holding onto some seats. Let's look at the new

forecast. Conservatives still short of the result they require. Here is

the declaration from Edinburgh North and Leith. 56,000 542. Total number

of ballot papers rejected was 72 and the turnout was 71.2 point percent.

The total votes for each candidate is as follows. Deidre Brock, SNP,

19200 and 43. Iain McGill, Scottish Conservative

and Unionist... Gordon Munro, labour and cooperative party,

Lorna Slater, Green Party, 1727 stop mind there, Liberal Democrats, 2579.

I give public notice that Deidre Brock is duly elected as the member

of Parliament for Edinburgh North and life. The SNP finishing first in

a 3-way fight for Edinburgh North and Leith. Deidre Brock re-elected.

Labour's Gordon Munro second. The Greens, one of three places

they're standing. Let's go to Jackie Bird for an overview of the election

so far. Just after 4am and it is a tale of

two Conservative parties. In UK terms, the election was called to

enhance Theresa May's majority and seems to have backfired at this

early stage. This is what she had to say at her Berkshire declaration. As

we look ahead and wait to see what the final results will be, I know

that, as I say, the country needs a period of stability and whatever the

results are the Conservatives will insure that we fulfil our duty into

filling that stability so we can all, as one country, go forward

together. In Scotland the Conservatives not -- the

Conservatives have nine MPs so far. The SNP landslide of the years ago

has diminished. SNP are still the biggest party by far but they have

lost 18. The Conservatives have gained nine. The SNP are still the

biggest party, significant losses including Westminster leader Angus

Robertson and Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh. The First Minister said she would

make no decisions at this stage over another independence referendum. I

will not take any rash decisions, I will reflect over the result and

take time to do that but it would be the wrong thing to do at this hour

to take decisions for having had the opportunity to properly think about

it and I will certainly do that. A good night for Labour. They had

taken Glasgow North East amongst other seats. A return to front line

politics by the Lib Dems' Jo Swinson, and they also gained

Caithness Sutherland and Easter Ross from the SNP. Some Twitter reaction.

Paul Goodwin is demanding that Theresa May advisers go and that the

Cabinet takes charge. The executive editor reports anger from the

Conservative HQ over the misfiring campaign machine. Nigel Farage

attributes Jeremy Corbyn's gains to his personality and sincerity.

Let's go to Cardiff. I can't remember at a point in this campaign

weather was great excitement that the Conservatives were going to

sweep Wales but it isn't turning out that way.

No, a few weeks ago there were polls saying the Conservatives could gain

an extra nine seats. Two years ago there were an elephant, the high

water mark in Wales had been 14 in 1883, but what a story we have here

tonight, and one particularly from Cardiff were the counts have

finished for all constituencies, and Cardiff North is a big story because

the Conservative have lost it to Labour by a big majority. Labour

have held on, defended well, increased their majority. Not only

that, they have taken seats, Gower, Vale of Clwyd, Cardiff North. We

have heard people saying that they have campaigned successfully in the

Labour branch and also praising Jeremy Corbyn. We have heard from

Welsh Conservatives this evening that perhaps they should have been

campaigning more on a Welsh Conservative brand. Plaid Cymru, the

Nationalists, we can't tell you what sort of night it has been for them

yet because there is a complete recount in Ceredigion and we are

hearing it is close between the Lib Dems and Plaid Cymru. It is a target

seat of Plaid Cymru and if they are to take it it would mean there are

no more Lib Dems in Wales. Some places are very close, Arfon. Labour

had a slim majority in Ynys Mon and they have increased it to around

5000. A very different story in Wales to what we thought we might

get. Thank you for updating us live from

Cardiff. Whilst we have been talking, results from Livingston

Motherwell and Wishaw and Ayrshire Central, the SNP have held those

constituencies. There is the Motherwell and Wishaw result.

Let's get the result from Edinburgh South where we hear news of a

Stephanie Smith, Scottish Conservative and Unionist, 9428. I

give public notice that Ian Murray is duly elected as the member for

Parliament for the Edinburgh South Borough constituency. Let's go to

Dingwall for another declaration. Total number of ballot papers

rejected 49. The total number of votes can teach candidate was as

follows. Ian Blackford, SNP, 15,480. Ronnie the Crofter Campbell,

independent, 499. Jean Davis, Lib Dems, 8042. Robert Mackenzie,

Scottish Conservative and Unionist, 9561. Peter -- Peter Donald... Stick

Sturrock, Something New, 1077. I give public notice that Ian

Blackford is duly elected for the Ross, Skye Lochaber constituency.

The SNP holding Ross, Skye Lochaber. Ian Blackford re-elected

for the SNP in the constituency that used to be held by the former

Liberal Democrat leader, Charles Kennedy. The Conservatives are

second place. Let's go to Edinburgh now. There is

Ruth Davidson, leader of the Scottish Conservative Party. At my

account, at this stage in the evening, you have nine MPs having

only had no more than one for the last 20 years. How do you think from

your point of view the night has... your point of view the night has...

? A historic night. You have nine MPs at the moment. What has allowed

you to make the breakthrough is you have made in this election? We are

building on last year where we more than doubled our number of MSP four

and denied the SNP a majority. We more than doubled our number of

words in the council elections and we have carried the momentum into

tonight. There was one big issue in this campaign and that was Nicola

Sturgeon trying to push through a second independence referendum and

the country's reaction to that. We have seen the reaction in the number

of SNP seats which have fallen. Independence referendum two is dead.

Nicola Sturgeon said she would reflect on the results. How do you

read the comments? I think that she is probably astute enough and she

has was adequate political brain, very professional, she knows this is

worse than they expected. She knows when she started the campaign she

came out of the blocks saying she would do independence at the heart

of it and by the final week you couldn't drag the word out of her

mouth. People in Scotland understand SNP is for independence and they

don't mind that but what they don't like is being told that a decision

for a generation will be gone back on. She tried to push it through and

Scotland said no. She has a lot to reflect on and the rest of us do as

well because this wasn't just about not wanting to go back to the

constitutional division in Scotland, it was also about what that stops

and inhibits us from doing, about having debates about fixing our

schools, helping public services and growing our economy. Since he became

the main opposition we have tried to play our part in that policy debate

but we found it difficult when the Titanic clash over the constitution

was there every single day. Now we can get back to what matters to the

people of Scotland, sorting out schools, growing the economy and

looking at public services. Here are some pictures of the

recount taking place in Amber Rudd's constituency, where the Home

Secretary is hoping to hold on, but it appears to be a close fight. We

reported earlier that she was confident but not complacent. We may

get a result from their shortly full.

get a result from their shortly On a UK wide basis, the picture is

different. You are picking up seats in Scotland having your best result

for years, but the gamble Theresa May took calling this snap election

seems to have failed. I think we have got to wait a while, it is only

4am, we have hundreds of seats still to come in, many in rural

constituencies that are regularly blue, and we would hope to keep it

that way. Some of them are also targets for us. Let us wait till we

make decisions, shall we? It is still possible that the

Conservatives could get the majority, but that is not the

forecast. When the Prime Minister spoke earlier, she did not say much

that made me certainly think she was determined to hang on in the event

she does not have an overall majority. Would it be right for her

in no circumstances to hand over? The United Kingdom has a Prime

Minister and there is no vacancy. And that fall in the morning it is

too early to discuss any of this. The forecasts did not suggest the

Scottish Conservatives would have the night we're having. I have to

cut you off with apologies, the declaration from Edinburgh South

West. Scottish Conservative, 16,478. Joanna Cherry, Scottish National

Party, 17,575. Scottish Labour Party, 13,213. Asia

may, 2124, Scottish Liberal Democrats. So I give public notice

that Joanna Cherry has been duly elected. Let us go to Aberdeen for

the Gordon declaration. Total votes cast of 53,740. The percentage call

at 68.43%. Colin Clark, Scottish Conservative and Unionist, 21,861.

David Evans, Scottish Liberal Democrats, 6230. Kirsten Muat,

Scottish Labour Party, 6340. Alex Hammond, Scottish National Party,

19,400... CHEERING

55 ballot papers were rejected. Total votes of 53,740, I declare

that Colin James Clark is duly elected to serve in the UK

Parliament for this constituency. Another massive result for the

Conservatives. If you thought it was big news that the SNP's Westminster

leader Angus Robertson had lost his seat, it is even bigger that Alex

Salmond is out of the House of Commons, defeated by the

Conservatives in the Gordon constituency, once a Liberal

Democrat stronghold. It is the tenth parliamentary election that Alex

Salmond has fought. He's very used to winning. Not this time around.

Alex Salmond defeated in Gordon by the Conservatives' Colin Clark.

Thank you for backing the. Heather Watson, we got there, eventually.

Although local volunteers and my wife, Philippa, who is at home

looking after my kids. To represent Gordon is just an amazing honour.

The silent majority have spoken. We are proud to be part of the United

Kingdom. CHEERING

Gordon. Gordon.

-- Gordon, the north-eastern Scotland. Whatever your vote was,

thank you very much. Colin Clark, no, Alex Hammond. I thank the

returning officer and his staff for the way they have conducted the

count, and could I thank my fellow candidates for the way the

constituency contest in Gordon was conducted and congratulate Colin

Clark on his victory. Gordon is the most amazing and diverse

constituency in the whole of Scotland. I wish you well in

representing it, Colin. Colin said I had been 30 years of a

parliamentarian in the north of Scotland, and that is true, the

privilege of my life to do that. I am grateful for these times, for the

activists in the SNP who have made the many electoral successes

possible, and particularly to my long-standing election agent,

Stewart Pratt, who guided me through nine I am sorry we could not

make it ten together. APPLAUSE I would like to thank my

wife Moira and the extended family for the forbearance over the last 30

years, we have suffered some grievous blows recently that put the

world of politics into perspective, but without the support of family

members, no politician could possibly conduct their affairs.

I would like to lastly reflect on the situation across Scotland and

the United Kingdom. I have lost -- the Scottish National Party has lost

many fine parliamentarians this evening, and that is a grievous blow

to the SNP. But overall the results in Scotland show the SNP will have

won a majority of the seats in this country and the majority of votes.

Something which I suspect the Prime Minister would like to be able to

claim in the early hours of this morning, but may not be able to do

Some things do not change. The Conservative Party of civility is

one of those things. So, the SNP might well find itself and reduce

numbers in the House of Commons, but in a position of very substantial

influence indeed. I know that my colleagues will seek to use that

influence to keep the Conservative Party from power and to build a

progressive Alliance to take this country forward and avoid the

calamity of hard Brexit. And lastly, a word to all from all political

parties. And a word in particular to my own campaign team. A phrase from

an old Jacobite song, in the midst of your glee, you have not seen the

last of my bonnets and me. He says we have not seen the last of him,

but he has been defeated and is out of the House of Commons. Alex

Hammond replaced as MP for Gordon by Colin Clark. -- Alex Salmond let us

get some reaction to that result in Gordon. First of all from Jimmy

Hepburn, the SNP minister. That was presumably one you were not

expecting. Certainly not at the beginning of the evening. It is

quite a moment to be brought in at this particular juncture. It is

difficult to know what to see. He has been an ever present political

force, certainly in my living memory. He is a colossus of the

Scottish political scene, so it is a surprise that he has not been able

to retain his seat. It has been a very difficult week for him

personally. Presumably that was a reference to the loss of his father.

Yes, a sad week for his family. But I thought he spoke with great Magna.

-- magnanimity. Colin Clark is not someone I know. Alex Hammond is

correct to make the point that the SNP will have the majority of seats

with the most votes. Colin Clark studied at Edinburgh University and

sold his Lincolnshire business selling produce to supermarkets, so

now we know a bit more about him. Let us bring in Adam Tomkins, with

us from the Scottish Conservative Party. You're having a better night

the new dear talk for, maybe just a few hours ago, are you? We're having

a great night, but what matters much more is the union of the United

Kingdom is having a good night. The results of today's Scottish

election, today's general election in Scotland have killed the idea of

a second independence referendum. Indyref2 is dead, as Ruth Davidson

said. But is it up to you? Absolutely not, it is up to the

people of Scotland. The people of Scotland have said they want to

vote, less than 40% of those voting are voting for the SNP, even in

those who voted yes, like West Dunbartonshire, Dundee. But you know

that it isn't not so long, you're old enough to remember that it is

not so very long ago that the SNP said if they won a majority of seats

in the House of Commons, that would be Scotland's after independence.

That is a line that some SNP members are using tonight, but I do not

think we will hear that said much over the weekend and into the coming

week. I think they will drop the idea of independence, indyref2

happening any time in the near future. It is not because of what

Ruth are seeing, it is what the people of Scotland are saying, they

have said no to the idea of indyref2, just as the said no to

independence. So far, is that the number of seats or the projections?

That is the number of seats. Moving towards a final total from a

Scottish point of view. So the SNP have lost 18 seats already? Let us

bring in an asylum from the Labour Party, obviously your party has been

picking up seats in Scotland, perhaps that you might not have

expected to win. How do you read the results over? Why have people moved

away from the SNP in two years? There are two things. People are

turning away because of constant arguing about independence, the call

for indyref2, but I think that is something wider happening, people

voting not just against a referendum but voting for the economy and

society across the UK. Can we reflect on the Alex Salmond result,

he has been a huge figure. When I have been involved in politics, he

has been First Minister, and for him to lose his seat is a huge moment

and has serious implications for the SNP. I think Nicola Sturgeon might

be haunted by those last words of Alex Salmond in terms of not seen

the last of him. Do you think he is coming back to Holyrood? She will be

a bit frightened about the results she has seen and the backlash that

will come from the independence movement. They have kept that yes

movement together since 2014 over the dream of independence. That

dream looks like it's coming to an end.

The Nicola Sturgeon taking a selfie of, well, herself. In Edinburgh,

more happy SNP scenes with MPs that were returned to there, John Cherry,

Tommy Sheppard, Deidre Brock amongst them. More pictures of the First

Minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon arriving at the count

earlier. Let's bring in our fourth panellist who has joined us, a

Highland councillor for the Lib Dems. What do you make of regaining

the Lib Dems of Caithness Sutherland and Easter Ross? I am thrilled for

Jamie Stone. It is great to have the Lib Dems having an MP at Westminster

for Caithness and Sutherland. I think the SNP MP last time and had

quite a divisive effect on the area. Paul Monaghan. Yes. I am pleased to

see that the Unionist parties didn't split the vote so much that it would

have made it difficult for us. There has been increased vote across all

the Unionist party. Was there independence issue bigger their?

Three things, a move away from another independence referendum,

people do not want that there, also local issues to do with health up

there, and also Jamie's popularity, because he was there before. Lots of

things. Thank you for your contribution. Let's go to the

election cafe. It is daylight since we last spoke.

New light has been shed on things this morning. I have dragged my

panellists away from the television where they have been watching the

results and Alex Salmond's speech. I have Paul Sinclair, former Labour

adviser, also your birthday. I don't usually celebrated at this I might.

What did you make of Alex Salmond's speech? I thought the line between

defiant and graceless at the end was possibly crossed. It is not just him

losing his seat but he built a generation of talented politicians

like Nicola Sturgeon, Angus Robertson, he has gone, and it feels

a little bit like the generation he built is coming to an end. So,

formerly of the Tories, Tory supporter and independence

supporter, what does this mean for the SNP? About gloss losing a former

leader and someone like Alex Salmond. In some ways it makes a bit

easier for Nicola Sturgeon to work out what is going to happen because

Alex Salmond is not in the background but I think the SNP are

in a strange position. Have actually won the election in a Scottish

sense, the majority of seats, but it feels like a dismal night for them.

You have to look long-term, two elections ago they had eight or nine

seats in Scotland and now they're up at 33. In some ways it is a bit

cruel to say it is a devastating loss but I'm not sure you can paint

it any other way because the Tories have all these seats on the back of

a campaign of Saint no to an independence referendum. It is good

to be tough for Nicola to have a second referendum. Kirsty, where do

you think this leaves indyref2? In context, yes, the SNP, the main part

of the independence movement, the largest representation, they have

lost a lot of seats and if you look at the average of polls supporting

independence, 46, 40 7%, so the indyref2 question is not going away

any time soon, it is not a mass of water independence, as in this

election wasn't about independence. I think independence supporters will

feel dejected and SNP may take a bit of time and let the dust settle

before they race ahead with calls for indyref2. We can probably expect

it to go on the back burner for the future, at least until we get

underway with Brexit negotiations. Where does this leave the Lib Dems

in a Westminster sense? They have potentially a lot of Lethbridge. A

block of 30-something MPs with no overall majority could be hugely

important. If they play their cards right. One of the problems will be

as they had lost a lot of their heavy hitters, the SNP, and it will

be hard to make impact. I think an interesting thing we have seen, we

have not seen support for independence moving, it is quite

steady at mid-40s but in the last election you saw the SNP has more

popular than independence. This time independence is more popular than

the SNP. There might be some sort of disassociation of the SNP and a

desire for independence. I will let you continue that discussion. We

still have a little while to go despite the fact it is daylight.

What an astonishing night. Still a few to watch. The Tories still think

they will take some in the Borders, Banff and Buchan, they think Argyll

and Bute is a possibility as well, Labour will probably finish on

seven, Lib Dems still have an eye on North East Fife. Banff and Buchan is

about to declare. The percentage poll of 61.67%. David Duguid, 19,000

976, Conservatives. Galen Milne, Liberal Democrats, 1448. Caitlin

Stott, Labour Party, 3936. Ale Whiteford, 16,283, SNP.

With 46 ballot papers rejected, the total votes of 41,689, I declared

David Duguid is elected to serve in the UK Parliament as the member for

Banff and Buchan constituencies. It has been SNP for 30 years since Alex

Salmond first won Banff and Buchan. Two years ago, ale Whiteford was

returned with 60% of the vote but the Conservatives have made a

breakthrough in this election and David Duguid is on his way to

Westminster as the newly elected MP for Banff and Buchan, defeating the

SNP's ale Whiteford in a constituency where the fishing

industry is strong, the indications are they voted for Brexit. They may

be important factors I am sure we will discussed but let's confirm the

result. SNP share of the vote is 39, down

from 60 last time. Let's get more election headlines

from Jackie Bird. Dawn breaks but it is good night

from one of the biggest names in Scottish politics, former SNP leader

Alex Salmond dramatically lost his Gordon constituency to the Tories.

Also out is the current SNP leader at Westminster Angus Robertson. Alex

Salmond says his party is still the winner in Scotland and is in a

position of influence in Westminster. We have lost many fine

parliamentarians this evening and that is a grievous blow to the SNP.

Overall, the result in Scotland sure the SNP will have won a majority of

seats in this country and the majority of votes.

Something which I suspect the Prime Minister would like to be with the

claim in the early hours of this morning but may not be able to do

so. The Conservatives have made huge gains here. Their leader Ruth

Davidson said the reason was clear. We are building on success last

year, we more than doubled our number of MSPs, and denied SNP a

majority, last month we doubled the number of words in the council

elections, and we carried the momentum to tonight. And there was

one big issue in the campaign, Nicola Sturgeon trying to push the

second independence referendum and the reaction of the country to that.

We have seen the reaction in the number of SNP seats which have

followed. Indyref2 is dead. The Conservatives are on course to be

the largest party in the UK but likely to fall short of a majority

of the stop Jeremy Corbyn's future as leader of the Labour Party is

looking secure after a good result for them. He said it was time for a

Theresa May and to make way for a government truly representative of

the people of the country. Let's see what people are saying on Twitter

about the Tory resurgence in Scotland. Fraser Nelson of the

Spectator says Theresa May should take a leaf from Ruth Davidson was

back book. Alex Massey refers to the former Tory Defence Secretary,

high-profile victim of the Labour landslide in 1997. And leader at

Westminster Angus Robertson tweeted a few moments ago reflecting on his

16 years as MP. Still five Scottish constituencies

to declare and we will keep right across them. The Conservatives

making significant gains. 11 seats in Scotland and the last time they

did that was in the 1992 general election, at a time when there were

far more constituencies available in Scotland. Big gains for the party in

the north-east. Let's go to Aberdeen. The Conservatives hold to

do well in the north-east and they have done that and some. We have had

the declaration for Banff and Buchan were David Duguid turned over 14,000

majority of the SNP. The Conservatives have for the five

seats in the north-east of Scotland and I am joined by three of the new

MPs. Ross Thomson, you won Aberdeen South stop what about the Banff and

Buchan result? Huge majority. What has gone on in the north-east? It

was phenomenal, a 14,000 majority overturned like that. That is down

to the hard work of David and his team as well as the north-east in

all of our seats making it twice heard. We are fed up with an SNP

government focused on the central belt. Our businesses are being hit

by rate rises, a downturn in oil and gas is biting, support from the

government hasn't come forward, people in the north-east are fed up

being forgotten. Nationally you're going to join a conservative group

in Westminster in a mess. The decision by the Prime Minister to

call this election was a disaster. We are joining a conservative group

which will be the largest party in parliament and the Prime Minister

will be leading that group. There is no vacancy. I look forward to being

on those benches as we fight for a better deal for Britain out of

Brexit negotiations but also to remain within the UK, that is what

the people in our constituency said, they want to remain part of the UK