General Election 2024 LIVE: Sir Keir Starmer officially becomes Prime Minister as he meets King after Labour landslide

LAB GAIN WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE

Labour have gained West Dunbartonshire from the SNP.

GEORGE GALLOWAY GONE

Workers Party chief George Galloway is OUT and former journalist Paul Waugh is IN as an MP.

Paul Waugh (LAB) 13,047

George Galloway (WOR) 11,508

Michael Howard (REF) 6.773

Paul Ellison (CON) 4,273

Lab majority 1,539

Galloway no-showed the count.

LABOUR GAIN KILMARNOCK AND LOUDOUN IN FIRST SCOTTISH RESULT

Labour has gained Kilmarnock and Loudoun from the SNP.

LAB: 19,065
SNP: 13,936
CON: 3,527
REF: 3,472
GRN: 1,237
LD: 850
IND: 401

GLASGOW 'NECK AND NECK' BETWEEN LABOUR AND SNP

The General Election count in Glasgow appears to be "neck and neck" between the SNP and Labour, an SNP source has said.

SPECULATION STEPHEN FLYNN HAS WON VOTE

Speculation now that Stephen Flynn may have won. The biggest piles of votes on some tables appear to be for him.

The result is expected very soon. He was told "well done" and hugged Kirsty Blackman

FIRST REFORM WIN

Lee Anderson, who defected from the Tories to Reform, has been elected in Ashfield.

SNP CANDIDATE: THIS IS A 'BLOOD-RED WAVE' IN LANARKSHIRE

One SNP candidate said they were resigned to losing in Lanarkshire, despite claiming their vote share had held up better than elsewhere.

They said: "When the wave comes, it drowns everyone. The good, the bad and everything in between.

"And this is a blood-red wave in Lanarkshire"

STURGEON TO BLAME FOR 'SNP COLLAPSE'

JOANNA Cherry has said the responsibility for the losses being faced by the SNP lies with Nicola Sturgeon.

Giving her reaction to the exit poll as she arrived at the Edinburgh count where her seat is on a knife edge, Ms Cherry said: “People have lost faith in us.

“We were a competent Government and the public have lost faith in us as a result of Nicola Sturgeon’s failure in leadership.

"We have not been a competent government in recent years.

“Two things have accused the collapse of the SNP vote, if it has collapsed."

She added: “The person I hold responsible for both of these issues is Nicola Sturgeon."

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REFORM 'AHEAD OF TORIES' IN PARTS OF SCOTLAND

Sources suggest Reform may have overtaken the Tories in both North and South Lanarkshire.

ABERDEENSHIRE TURNOUT ANNOUNCED

The turnout in West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine is 67.29% with 49,119 votes cast.

'PEOPLE STILL WANT INDEPENDENCE'

Former SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford has told the BBC: "People still want independence."

LABOUR GAIN NUNEATON

Those of you who know your history will know this is huge...

Nuneaton has voted for the party that forms the Government every election since 1997, and this year they've ousted Marcus Jones to plumb for Labour.

'DIFFICULT ELECTION' FOR THE TORIES

Scottish Tory co-leader Meghan Gallacher said it had been a "difficult election" for her party.

Speaking to the PA news agency, Ms Gallacher urged "caution" against the exit poll predictions and said the Conservatives remained "neck and neck" with the SNP in key Scottish seats.

She said: "We knew it was going to be a difficult election for the Conservatives UK-wide.

"We've run a really strong campaign, sent a strong message over the last few weeks that a vote for any other party would let the SNP win and we know that in seats right across Scotland is neck and neck between us and the SNP.

"We need to wait and see what happens when the votes are counted and results come in but I am expressing caution in terms of the exit poll we're seeing here in Scotland."

LOW TURNOUTS IN GLASGOW

Turnouts in two Glasgow constituencies have been low.

Just 51.59% of voters cast a ballot in Glasgow North East.

Less than half of voters in Glasgow East came out to vote with a turnout of 47.06%.

REFORM 'PERFORMED BETTER THAN EXPECTED IN GLASGOW'

Multiple party sources suggesting Reform have performed better than expected in Glasgow, particularly in the Glasgow South West constituency.

DOUGLAS ROSS THINKS VOTE WILL BE 'EXTREMELY CLOSE'

Douglas Ross says he expects the result to be "extremely close" in his seat of Aberdeenshire North and Moray East.

He said: "It is very close, I have said that throughout the campaign.

"It is extremely tight. It is going to be extremely close."

ELECTION IS 'A SOCIAL EARTHQUAKE FOR BRITAIN'

PIERS Morgan has described Labour's predicted landslide as a political "earthquake" and a "seismic night" for the UK.

The Piers Morgan Uncensored host joined our star-studded panel of experts for a Never Mind The Ballots election special tonight.

Piers, who has interviewed Rishi Sunak twice, provided a snap reaction to the first indication of the election results.

He said: "It's an earthquake. This is a political and social earthquake for this country, the likes of which I haven't seen in my lifetime."

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LABOUR HATTRICK?

Labour sources say they think they will be the biggest party in England, Scotland and Wales.

The last time they did that was in 2001.

DOUGLAS ROSS ARRIVES AT COUNT... WITH EMPIRE BISCUITS

Douglas Ross has arrived at the Aberdeen count.

A member of his team walked in armed with a box of home-baked Empire biscuits.

RACHEL REEVES: WE'LL REBUILD UK 'FOR THE BETTER'

The woman who looks on course to be the country’s first female Chancellor vowed to bring stability back to the economy.

As the seats started trickling in, she told Sky News: “If the results unfold in the way that the exit polls suggest, then Labour are on course for an historic victory.

“But it's still early hours yet and we'll see how the results unfold as the next few hours go by.”

When it was put to her their celebrations might be short-lived because the country has no money, she said: “I'm under no illusions about the scale of the challenge that I will face, that Labour will face, if we get the opportunity to form the government tomorrow.

“The severity of the inheritance from the Conservatives is truly awful. We will get to work, starting to rebuild our economy, returning stability to the economy and improving our health service and our schools after 14 years of chaos, division and decline.”

LAMMY BLASTS TORY 'RAZZAMATAZZ'

Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy could be Britain's chief diplomat by the morning.

He described the Labour landslide predicted in the exit poll as "encouraging" but called for "a little bit of measure".

Lammy told ITV: "No doubt about it, the exit poll will cheer lots of people across the country. There's a lot to play out across the next few hours.

"We've seen the Reform vote, I still can't quite believe that the Conservatives are down to the sorts of numbers that are being predicted, that's just my sense. But let us see.

"What I can say is that I do think that this is a positive vote for Labour, it's a positive vote for Keir Starmer and the way that he changed our party in order to have the promise of changing the country."

He said that the country has "had enough of the razzamatazz which gets you nowhere."

SNP 'MONUMENTALLY F****D' IN LANARKSHIRE

An SNP source told The Times Scottish Political Editor Kieran Andrews the party is "monumentally f****d" in Lanarkshire.

Labour sources suggested they are confident with how they will perform.