CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY OF 12
- CONSERVATIVES – 331 (+24)
- LABOUR – 232 (-26)
- SNP – 56 (+50)
- LIBERAL DEMOCRATS – 8 (-49)
- DUP – 8 (-)
- SINN FÉIN – 4 (-1)
- PLAID CYMRU – 3 (-)
- SDLP – 3 (-)
- UUP – 2 (+2)
- UKIP – 1 (+1)
- GREEN PARTY – 1 (-)
- ALLIANCE PARTY – 0 (-1)
- LABOUR CRUSHED IN SCOTLAND.
- SNP TRIUMPH WITH 56/59 SEATS.
- LIB DEMS SUFFER HEAVY LOSSES .
- CONSERVATIVES HAVE ENOUGH TO FORM NARROW MAJORITY – 326 SO FAR – MORE COMING IN.
- Nick Clegg resigns the Lib Dem leadership.
- Ed Miliband resigns the Labour leadership.
- Nigel Farage resigns the Ukip leadership – says he could run again for leader later this year.
- David Cameron visits Queen in Buckingham Palace to form a Conservative majority government.
- Alex Salmond and Boris Johnson become MPs.
- Vince Cable, Danny Alexander, Ed Davey, David Laws, Ed Balls, Jim Murphy, Douglas Alexander (ousted by the SNP’s 20-year-old Glasgow University student, Mhairi Black), and George Galloway lose their seats.
- Conservative majority means EU referendum in 2017 will now take place.