Hello! And welcome to live coverage of the 2010 General Election with Ben Clatworthy.
05:15 This live event has now finished. Thanks to everyone who followed the General Election action live on Ben Clatworthy’s blog. We will have a full blog post very soon, but for now the whole night is outlined below from the live event. Ben Clatworthy would like to thank Alex Bor for the design of the of his live event system.
05:10 CONSERVATIVE: Charlotte Leslie wins in BRISTOL NORTH WEST gaining the seat from Labour.
05:11 LABOUR: Blears Holds Saltford.
05:08 John Armstrong, for the BBC at Ashton Gate says we should expect the Bristol North West result in the next 5 minutes. Another count held up by postal votes which needed to be verified.
05:05 CONSERVATIVE: David Lidington (my Politics teachers bother), Conservative HOLDS Aylesbury, Tory safe seat.
05:00 LABOUR: Labour HOLD Edinburgh South
04:57 LIBERAL DEMOCRATS: Lib Dems take Norwich South from Labour and Charles Clarke.
04:52 LABOUR: Labour's Ed Balls re-elexted in Morley and Outwood.
04:50 Bristol North West Conservative Candidate Carlottle Leslie lives on my road. Results expected very soon. Good Luck!
04:45 The sun is rising in Bristol. Election night keeps one awake for a long time!
04:44 CON: 206
LAB: 153
LIB DEM: 30 OTH: 25
04:34 Bristol North West delayed again. Bristol South still to come.
04:30 David Cameron arrives at Tory Party HQ on Milbank.
04:27 CON: 179
LAB: 141
LIB DEM: 28 OTH: 25
04:20 Gordon Brown's plane lands in London.
04:19 CONSERVATIVE: Conservatives gains SWINDON south.
04:19 BNP in fourth in Bristol East. Long way off third place though.
04:18 LABOUR: Labour HOLD Bristol East. Muslim Conservative Candidate in second. Conservatives need Bristol North West now.
04:13 A Hung Parliament is expected to ensue.
04:11 LABOUR: Labour HOLD Birmingham.
04:09 Bristol North West results expected at 04:30. 330 declared; 319 to go and 1 election in 3 weeks after UKIP death.
04:03 CON: 150
LAB: 121
LIB DEM: 23 OTH: 25
04:00 LIBERAL DEMOCRATS: Lib Dems HOLD Bristol West. Stephen Williams wins, defeating Nick Yarker, who went to my school, in Bristol West, Clifton College. 9.0% Labour to Lib Dem swing. Yarker in 3rd place.
03:58 Awaiting results of British National Party target seat Barking. Results due in 1 hour. However they feel they may well be in third place.
03:55 313 seats returned.
03:52 7.7% swing in Carlise for the Tory's from Labour. Varying swings across the county though.
03:51 LABOUR: Labour HOLD ROCHDALE; the home of Gillian Duffy.
03:50 Conservatives storm ahead momentarily, or is there no hope left for Labour?
03:48 Nick Robinson of the BBC says;
"There's no doubt at all that Nick Clegg will be hugely disappointed with the way things are going. Nevertheless, the Lib Dem leader may be about to determine - or at least have a big say in determining - the next government. Mr Clegg personally may well have a role in it. That's a lot of power for someone who's party is actually doing pretty badly."
03:47 CONSERVATIVE: Conservatives gain CARLISE from Labour.
03:45 Major developments now unfolding as the Conservatives race ahead.
03:43 LIBERAL DEMOCRATS: Lib Dems HOLD Bath.
03:40 CON: 122
LAB: 107
LIB DEM: 19 OTH: 24
03:22 LIBERAL DEMOCRATS: Lib Dems GAIN Newton Abbot.
03:17 Westcountry becoming Blue. Good news for the Tories. Awaiting Bristol regions. 4am prediction.
03:13 Gordon Brown taking off from Edinburgh airport to fly to London now.
03:10 LABOUR: DARLING RE-ELECTED in EDINBURGH SOUTH WEST.
03:08 LAB: 82
CON: 78
LIB DEM: 9 OTH: 23
03:06 CONSERVATIVES and LABOUR LEVEL on 76 seats.
03:05 'Labour has lost mandate to govern' - Cameron.
03:02 LABOUR: DAVID MILABAND RE-ELECTED.
02:59 CONSERVATIVE: WITNEY: DAVID CAMERON: CONSERVATIVES HOLD.
02:57 CONSERVATIVE: Conservatives HOLD Somerset North.
02:54 Witney count result expected very soon.
02:52 Recount in Birmingham. Tory key seat, but recount suggests its a close outcome.
02:51 LAB: 69
CON: 53
LIB DEM: 8 OTH: 19
02:46 LIBERAL DEMOCRATS: Lib Dems HOLD Eastleigh.
02:44 LAB: 60
CON: 44
LIB DEM: 6 OTH: 18
02:39 David Cameron checks his share of the vote in Witney. Very safe seat.
02:33 Newspapers first editions out. Hard day to go to print.
02:25 CONSERVATIVE: Conservatives WIN Glamorgan. Conservative target seat number 2.
02:22 HUNG likely now.
02:12 LABOUR: LABOUR WIN GLASGOW and HOLD HALTON
02:11 LAB: 38
CON: 21
LIB DEM: 4 OTH: 12
02:06 LABOUR: Labour HOLD Exeter. Ben Bradshaw, holds since 1997.
02:00 From the BBC;
Speaking after being re-elected, Gordon Brown said: "My duty to the country coming out of the election is to play my part in Britain having a strong and stable and principled government. Able to lead Britain into a sustained economic recovery and able to implement our commitments to far-reaching reform to our political system upon which there is a growing consensus in our country."
01:57 57 declarations in now.
01:55 LAB: 28 CON: 14 LIB DEM: 4 OTH: 11
01:54 @Conservatives on Twitter: Great result for Anne Milton MP - we've held Guildford with a 7% swing against the Lib Dems.
01:50 Bristol East and South still on verification process, going to be late.
01:40 Seemed like Gordon just signed off from being PM.
01:40 LAB: 19 CON: 5 LIB DEM: 4 OTH: 10
01:35 LABOUR: LABOUR AND GORDON BROWN HOLDS KIRKCALDY
01:32 Durham due.
01:28 LAB: 11 CON: 4 LIB DEM: 2 OTH: 7
01:22 CONSERVATIVE: Filton and Bradley Stoke goes to the Conservatives.
01:21 Filton and Bradley Stoke imminent - Nigel Dando says Conservatives looking "pleased with themselves".
01:17 Over 12 unique clicks a minute to the blog now.
01:14 CONSERVATIVE: Conservatives HOLD Putney.
01:11 LIBERAL DEMOCRATS: Lib Dems HOLD Torbay.
01:08 CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY NOW PREDICTED
01:06 CONSERVATIVE: 9.4% swing to win Kingswood for CON.
01:06 CONSERVATIVE: Conservatives GAIN Kingswood from Labour. First Conservative seat.
01:04 STOCK EXCHANGE OPEN.
01:03 David Cameron arrives at his count in Whitney. Back from the pub!
01:00 CONFIRMED: Arfon: Plaid Cymru gain from Labour.
00:59 LIBERAL DEMOCRATS: Lib Dems HOLD Thornbury and Yate. MP: Steve Webb.
00:52 CONFIRMED: Labour on 5 seats, Lib Dem on 1 and Others on 3 (DUP - Northern Ireland at the moment).
00:49 Belfast East won by Long; massive defeat for Peter Robinson. 29% swing.
00:28 CONSERVATIVE: Tories twitter they have won Battersea?
unconfirmed
00:25 'Wrong names' printed on Vauxhall ballot papers, the BBC reports.
Council election ballot papers in a south London ward were printed with the wrong candidate names resulting in 26 people casting invalid votes.
00:20 We want more results.
00:13 Bomb alert in Northern Ireland.
00:09 Electoral Commission apologize over voting problems.
23:58 Electoral lists not updated? Labour report 300 people being turned away from the polling booths.
23:55 @williamhanson on Twitter: "Nick Griffin's constituency is Barking. So apt."
23:53 Reports of a polling station running out of ballot papers. "Chaos" according to the BBC's Nick Robinson.
23:51 Nick Griffin arrives in Barking - where he hopes to become the MP. First far right MP in Parliament if he wins.
23:49 Question posted to the Blog by Mark Aldrich: Why are there so many inconsistencies with polling stations closing doors? - Well it looks as if they just didn't expect this high a turnout. It is a very mad omen for democracy in such a high profile country. Queues were massive everywhere. It just seems the returning officers don't know the rules back to back and were not instructed accordingly.
23:46 57% turnout in Sunderland Central.
23:42 LABOUR: LABOUR HOLD SUNDERLAND CENTRAL. (very rowdy as results are announced)
23:40 David Cameron's wild card. First CON MP since 1963 in Sunderland Central?
23:38 Sunderland Central result due soon. Then more should follow fast.
23:28 Labour down -16% in Sunderland and Washington West. 54% turnout.
23:26 LABOUR: LABOUR HOLD SUNDERLAND AND WASHINGTON WEST SEAT.
23:22 Harriet Harman tells BBC Radio 4 "results could have a legal challenge".
23:17 Washington and Sunderand West declaration of results due very soon.
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23:11 BBC showing pictures of queues in Leeds where people were turned away from voting.
23:09 Exit poll revised. Conservatives loose two seats in version two.
23:07 Reports of a polling station open until 22.30 coming in due to high demand.
23:04 @TheOutSourcer tells me on Twitter: "Bet my broker wont be there at 1am for me to sell! - by 8.00am stocks/bonds could be in scary territory judging by the Dow."
23:00 First results in and polls shut 1 hour ago. Results will start to flood in after around midnight. We will do our best to keep up.
22:52 Turnout 55% in Houghton Sunderland South.
22:52 LABOUR: LABOUR HOLD HOUGHTON SUNDERLAND SOUTH AS FIRST RESULT COMES IN.
22:47 FIRST RESULT DUE IN NEXT FEW MOMENTS.
22:41 Sunderland result expected very soon.
22:35 Stock Exchange will open at 01.00 on Friday in hope of Election reaction.
22:33 Sunderland delayed a few minutes due to high turnout.
22:32 Reports of a high turnout in Bristol North West came in earlier, very high in one ward, Henbury.
22:27 William Hanson writes: Paxman: "But you would consider getting into bed with Peter Mandleson? - directed at Lib Dem's Ed Davey.'
22:24 20 minutes to Sunderland's planned return of results. Time is ticking for them. Rush on.
22:20 LibDem blog LibDemVoice says of exit poll: "They don't count postal votes and have been wrong most years."
22:09 Sunderland predicts 22.43 for return of results.
22:09 Sunderland in the lead as ballot boxes fly into the council house.
22:07 First results expected in the next hour or so. Postal votes not included in Exit Poll. Who will win the returning race? Who knows. Sunderland in the lead as ballot boxes fly into the council house.
22:00 EXIT POLL: HUNG PARLIAMENT - CONSERVATIVES LARGEST PARTY - 307 SEATS - 255 LABOUR - 59 LIB DEM.
21:56 Hello! Exit poll in 4 minutes. WELCOME ALONG AND STAY TUNED FOR MUCH MORE.
21:30 Welcome, we will be going live very shortly. Welcome along and hopefully you will still be with us in the early hours. We can't wait!
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