05.54

IF: A strange night indeed – one which it appears that none of the parties will be happy with.

Nighty night – or is that morny morn. I’m off to prepare for my 9:15 practical…

05.53

KG: we’ve fought hard and bravely but unfortunately its time to give up and go home… looks like a hung parliament lots of talking will ensue

05.52

TF It has been emotional

05.52

TF: Time to sign off from the Nouse blog. Looking like a hung parliament, won’t be confirmed until well into tomorrow though. Good morning. x

05.51

TF: Greens make history with first ever seat!

05.50

IF: Brighton Pavilion result – Greens take it

05.48

TF: Cable for Chancellor!

05.46

TF: Paxman is trying to poke all of the parties. The conclusion, Labour has failed, the Tories have failed, the lib dems have failed.

05.45

IF: Paxman to Chris Grayling (Tory shadow home secretary) – “You’ve failed”.

05.43

IF: Vince Cable’s held his seat for the LDs

05.41

TF: The messy arguments over how a government will be formed have already begun.

05.37

IF: Tories are around 10 points ahead of Labour in the vote count, yet appear to be unlikely to get a majority. Reverse those stats and Labour would have a huge majority. Furthermore, no matter how often you change the boundaries to make the system more fair, it is likely that Labour will continue to gain most from the redistribution of voters from the inner cities to the more rural constituencies. Do the Tories really not want to change the system in some way?

05.34

TF: BBC predicting 306 seats for Tories, ITV going lower with 303.

05.29

IF: Tim Montgomerie, editor of ConservativeHome, says that Tory majority is no longer possible. Alex Massie, another Tory cheerleader, agrees.

05.28

TF: Labour hold Hammersmith.
The Conservatives had high hopes for that seat. I think we can safely say the Conservatives have run out of steam, no majority today.

05.22

IF: Dimbleby wilting somewhat

05.18

IF: Tories gain Stevenage

05.16

TF: This really has been a flop for the Lib Dems

05.15

TF: Whether you agree with the system or not, it looks like Brown has the power to try and arrange a government. Will he remain PM despite losing so many seats?

05.14

KG: Labour hold on to birmingham edgebaston the first seat the tories lost in 1997

05.09

IF: In the event of a hung parliament the PM has the constitutional right to try to form a government. However, the Lib Dems wants him gone, much of the electorate want him gone, and large parts of the Labour party want him gone. Rocky road ahead, over the next few days.

05.08

IF: Hazel Blears holds her seat

05.06

TF: No BBC graphics for a while, I don’t miss them.

05.06

TF: Andrew Neil! Best sign off ever. Little tax joke at Lord Ashcroft.

05.03

TF: Lord Ashcroft, “I look forward to sitting in the House of Lords for many years to come.”
He is getting grilled Andrew Neil!

05.01

TF: Lord Ashcroft looks like a very dis-heartened man.

05.01

IF: Tory controversial non-dom donor Ashcroft pops his head up, for the first time in months. The fact that polling’s over a factor, do we think?

05.00

TF: ITV still guessing Conservatives being 23 seats short of what they need.

04.58

TF: Norwich South was the closest of the evening that I recall, only 310 votes in it!

04.56

IF: The sun is coming up and the result isn’t much clearer. Hung parliament discussions to dominate for the next few days, or Tories to attempt to declare themselves the minority government?

04.54

TF: Charles Clarke has been in his Norwich South seat for a very long time, this is a big upheaval.

04.53

Charles Clarke loses seat to Lib Dems in Norwich South

04.53

IF: Barbed comments from Ed Balls – seemingly sarcastically thanking the Tory candidate for fighting a fair and honest campaign.

04.51

TF: That was very close!

04.51

TF: Ed Balls retains his seat of Morley and Outwood.

04.46

Lib-Lab would need 135 seats plus to put the Tories out

04.44

KG: Pudsey goes Tory

04.43

woman in pudsey wow pink

04.42

IF: Rumours are that Lib Dems have held Sutton and Cheam – Phillipa Stroud, the Tory candidate who suffered from claims that she tried to ‘cure’ gays by driving out demons, appears to have missed out.

04.42

BBC suggest Ed Balls holds his seat

04.40

BBC latest-
Cons – 200
Labour – 151
Lib Dem – 30
Other 25

04.40

Labour hold Aberdeen North

04.38

IF: Jacqui Smith looks like she’s going to cry.

04.38

KG: Next to fall Ed Balls??

04.36

1st Big Scalp of the night Jacqui Smith

04.35

TF: Jacqui Smith loses her seat. MP’s expenses hurt her.

04.34

KG possible challenge to Brown’s leadership

04.29

KG: Esther Rantzen poor show in Luton South 1800 votes

04.28

TF: 4.30 am, according to ITV Conservatives hit the 200 mark.

04.27

IF: Tories overturn a Lab majority of over 9,000 in Cannock Chase. A few more like that and things might be looking up for them.

04.26

TF: Labour gain Chesterfield. They are staying within a respectable distance of the Tories.

04.24

TF: Brown saying it’s too early to decide the verdict of the people.

04.24

IF: Evan Harris (aka Dr Death), Lib Dem representative for Oxford West, is OUT. Tory gain here – partly due to constituency boundary changes.

04.23

BBC

lab 138
Con 179
Lib 28
Other 25

04.22

IF: Warwickshire North has gone to the Tories – they’ve overturned an approx 7,500 majority.

04.20

TF: YORK OUTER – CONSERVATIVE
YORK CENTRAL – LABOUR

04.19

TF: York Central seems to have remained Labour, with Hugh Bayley victory reported by ITV.

04.19

York Outer big shock many thought it would be very close both Lib Dems and Conservatives suggesting it would come down to a few 100 votes

04.18

TF: ITV saying CONSERVATIVES win York Outer. Margin 4000 votes!

04.17

TF: ITV just announced Julian Sturdy is the new MP for York Outer!!

04.17

IF: Stroud and Swindon South go Tory.

04.15

IF: Conservatives just got their 40th gain – doesn’t seem to be quite enough, half way through proceedings.

04.15

TF: What happens now? labour won’t release control, conservatives can’t declare victory and Clegg won’t have enough power to have the influence he would like. There is still a lot to happen even after all the votes are counted.
PAST HALFWAY!!

04.11

KG: Tom Fisher Norwich North local very excited about the result

04.09

IF: Hereford South – LD seat taken by Tories.

04.09

labour win Norwich North Chloe Smith York Graduate unseated after less than one year in the job

04.08

TF: Love the Big Ben idea from the BBC.

04.07

BBC swingometer kicks ITV swingometer’s ass

04.07

KG: Craig Martin at count in York Outer count 30mins or so until a result

04.06

just concerned ~j you’ve been uncharacteristically quiet

04.05

TF: Summary so far -
1) No Lib Dem surge.
2) Cameron looking likely to fall just short.
3) Seats changing hands rather unpredictably.
4) Labour doing as expected.

04.04

IF: Stockton South goes Tory from Labour – that’s another constituency that they needed.

04.03

TF: Cameron can claim that Brown has no right to govern, but the system will work against the Conservatives due to the current way it is structured. Hung Parliament looking slightly more likely.

04.02

TF: ITV revises the number of Conservative seats it expects downwards, from 19 short of a majority to 23 short.

04.01

TF: 4am, York Outer expected within the next hour. Tense times.

04.00

IF: Jack Straw, despite being the justice secretary, was pretty much absent in this campaign. Trying to distance himself from the Brown government?

03.57

TF: Jack Straw retains his seat in Blackburn.
The BNP had a very strong presence there.

03.54

Dimbleby looking good LAD.

03.53

KG: Cat from the York Labour Club- says she hopes loss of postal ballots in York Outer doesn’t damage the vote any candidates. Also surprised that Lib Dems have not made big gains.

03.50

TF: BBC latest:
Labour – 115
Conservative – 133
Lib Dem – 22
Other – 24

03.49

TF: Felix Bungay -
Likely to see deals on tax reduction e.g. tax amenity for incomes under £10000. Unlikely to see a deal on EU and electoral reform.

03.47

TF: Felix Bungay (Uni of York Conservative chair) -
Thinks that the set up of the government would depend on how many seats the Conservatives win in the situation of a hung parliament.
First reaction in the event of hung parliament: Likely to look to smaller parties in Northern Ireland.
If this doesn’t push them over the 326 margin, may have to be a coalition with the lib dems, if labour and them cumulatively can’t make a majority.

03.47

IF: Rochdale – site of bigotgate – stays Labour despite being a very close LD-Lab marginal.

03.43

TF: CARLISLE
Conservatives win from Labour
Swing of 7.7%
Winning margin of 782 votes.

03.42

IF: Conservatives take Carlisle from Labour – overturned a majority of nearly 6,000. They needed that one.

03.39

TF: That BBC exit poll isn’t looking so bad right now.

03.37

IF: Top trending on twitter in the UK – ‘Long Legged Cleggy Weggy’.

03.35

TF: The picture of Clegg on the BBC News page next to the number of seats is appropriately glum. I’m sure he expected more than this. Where was the surge? Perhaps people are more stubborn in their voting ways than originally thought.

03.35

KG: Paxman LAD

03.35

LIB-LAB coalition, “coalition of the defeated”

03.34

IF: Andrew Rawnsley – Tories are finding gains easy in the south, but crucially, not making proper inroads in the north. Suggests that the Tories will not make a majority.

03.32

Jason Rose where art thou?

03.31

IF: Newton Abbot taken from LD by Conservatives.

03.30

TF: There has been a flurry of Conservative gains, they are gaining momentum.

03.29

KG: 25th conservative gain only 75 to go!

03.28

KG: York Outer set to come after 4am, we will bring you reaction from the count

03.28

IF: Lib Dems have taken Burnley from Labour – needed a swing of 7.4%.

03.26

TF: BBC latest –
Conservative – 102
Labour – 100
Liberal Democrats – 14

This is getting close!

03.24

KG: public too scared to vote LIB DEM

03.23

IF: Labour have held Oxford East – a seat many viewed as likely to go Lib Dem. The Lib Dems are NOT having a good night.

03.22

TF: If Labour and Liberal Democrats fall short of 326 cumulatively then the Northern Irish parties and the SNP will play a crucial role in the organisation of a coalition government.

03.21

IF: Paxman tells David Miliband to lip-read. BBC technical problems persistent, and amusing.

03.19

IF: Lab hold Edinburgh North – a key Lib Dem target seat.

03.18

Conservative gain 20
Labour minus 19
Lib Dem minus 1

03.17

TF: ITV’s coverage appears to have become Loose Women

03.12

KG:
Lab: 87
Con: 81
Lib: 10
Other: 23

03.12

IF: Lots more holding of seats. The only consistent narrative so far is the lack of a Lib Dem surge.

03.11

03.07

IF: Alistair Darling re-elected

03.06

IF: Ed Miliband re-elected

03.06

TF: Do you think Cameron is over confident? let us know!

03.04

TF: BBC latest:

Labour – 76
Cons -76
Lib Dem – 9
Other – 22

03.03

IF: Cameron signs off with a comment about stable government. Seems very assured.

03.02

TF: Cameron says the Conservatives are on track to obtain more seats than in any other election for the past 80 years!! Is he watching the same results as everybody else. He will look silly is they don’t win now.

03.01

TF: Cameron appears to be sharing the stage with a bunch of nutters!

03.00

IF: David Miliband, foreign secretary, re-elected

02.58

IF: Cameron holds Witney – looks smug in the background.

02.57

IF: Tories only seem to be gaining seats where small swings are necessary.

02.56

TF: Lots of seats are being held. Nothing too interesting, we will bring you all the major swing seat news.
BNP and UKIP are having a disappointing day, very lack-luster results for them.

02.53

KG: Craig Martin (Lib Dem Chair) suggesting that York Outer could come down to a few hundred votes

02.49

Cameron looking tense in Whitney

02.49

snog Paxman marry Dimbleby avoid Neil

02.47

update

Lab 65
Con 51
Lib 8

02.46

TF: EASTBOURNE
Lib Dems take from Conservative.
Has the Lib Dem’s luck turned with this result??

02.43

Clegg, Cameron, Brown biggest LAD? Discuss

02.42

KG: No way is Andrew Neil a LAD. He obviously dyes his hair!

02.42

TF: SOMERTON AND FROME
LIb Dem hold
Once again the Conservatives fail to take a seat that they targeted from the Liberals.
Lib dems win with a majority of around 1800.

02.40

so far:

Labour -11
Conservative +12
Lib Dem -1

02.40

so far:

Labour -11
Conservative +12
Lib Dem -1

02.39

TF: Very difficult to tell at this stage which way the election is swinging. Mixed results all over.

02.38

IF: LD (Chris Huhne) hold Eastleigh – 11th in Tory target list.

02.33

KG: Conservative gain no19 marginal City of Chester

02.31

IF: Lib Dems appear to have made no gains in the total vote %, so far.

02.30

KG: starting to love the BBC graphics a little bit Jeremy Vine LAD.

02.29

Basildon South Conservative gain no17 marginal by a huge majority

02.29

TF: Alan Johnson, Home Secretary holds his seat of Hull West and Hessle.

02.29

Basildon South Conservative gain no17 marginal by a huge majority

02.29

IF: Lib Dems have held Ceredigion. It was a very close one between them and Plaid Cymru.

02.27

KG tom fisher does a fantastic William Hague impression

02.26

Conservative gain 2 more seats

02.25

TF: Conservatives gain Vale of Glamorgan, big swing there. The Conservatives seem to be gaining seats that were low priorities but not taking their main targets. This election keeps throwing up surprises.

02.23

IF: Lembit Opik, favourite of z-list pop stars everywhere, OUT. Tories overturn a 7,000 majority.

02.22

itv

Lab 51
Con 46
LIB 6
Other 17

BBC

lab 45
Con 29
Lib 5
Other 13

02.21

TF: BOLTON NORTH EAST
Labour holds.
Close but the Conservatives don’t have enough to take it. They fall about 4000 short of Labour.

02.19

Martin on Lib Dem performance so far haven’t gained seats were we expected however Redcar gain an excellent result

02.18

02.18

KG: Craig Martin Lib Dem Chair on campus York Outer “too close to call”

02.17

TF: Nick Clegg is having a very disappointing evening so far, maybe cleggmania was over-rated.

02.16

TF: The results are coming in thick and fast, we will try to bring you news on the most important ones.

02.15

IF: Con hold West Dorset, a Lib Dem-Tory marginal – Oliver Letwin, Tory party big-wig holds onto his seat.

02.14

TF: BBC summary so far:
Labour – 42
Cons – 23
Lib Dem – 4

02.14

TF: SNP hold Dundee East, labour only needed a small swing to take the seat. Bad result for them.

02.13

IF: Con gain Aberconwy – predecessor seat, Conwy, was a Labour seat.

02.12

TF: Labour hold Cumbernauld
Cons hold Castle Point

02.12

IF: Labour have taken Lib Dem seat – adding 12,000 votes to their 2006 tally.

02.09

Lab 38
Con 21
Lib 4
Other 12

02.07

IF: My amateur statistical analysis of the evening so far – Cons swings are big where they only need small swings, and where it doesn’t win them the seat, but small where they need the bigger swings.

02.04

TF: LABOUR HOLD EXETER
Not much of a surprise, wasn’t a key marginal seat.

02.03

Exeter Labour expect to hold

02.02

TF: Right 2 am, time for the results to start coming in thick and fast.

02.02

The Politics Team: fuelled by energy drink and chewits

Hells yeah we’re staying up.

01.59

KG: vision’s single blogger must be lonely awwwwww

01.58

NUS: In addition to reports of students being put in slower queue in Shefield Hallam -There are also reports of delays in the key student seats of Manchester Withington, Liverpool Wavertree, Hackney South and Shoreditch, and the City of Chester as students queued to vote in record numbers but faced huge delays and backlogs, including claims that polling stations ran out of ballot papers.

01.57

TF: Current standings according to BBC:

Labour – 31
Conservative – 14
Lib Dem – 4
Other – 11

01.55

IF: @YorkVision live blog – fair enough – ITV are clearly risking reliability to get results up first.

01.53

TF: Paxman is not happy with Dimbleby tonight. Perhaps he thinks he should be presenting, jealousy is a powerful emotion.

01.53

KG: should Gordon Brown have the 1st chance to form the government even if he isn’t leader of the largest party? Democracy I think not

01.51

KG: huge variation across the country- exit poll may be very wrong!!!!!!!!!

01.51

IF: Lib Dem surge appears not to be materialising. Wrexham held by Labour.

01.50

KG: Conservatives hold guildford gaining 9000 votes-Lib Dem no1 marginal

01.48

TF: Nick Robinson comments that the Conservatives need to take seats like Tooting as the Lib Dems look as though they may perform well in the South-West.

01.47

KG: Swings all over the show- massive in some places not materializing in others

01.47

IF: Labour hold Tooting. Swing to Con of 3.6% – nowhere near enough.

01.43

IF: Perhaps ITV are going on ‘reliable’ hear’say? After all, the BBC are always likely to beat ITV on viewing figures on election stuff – ITV trying to give people a reason to watch them?

01.43

TF: Andrew Marr could have picked a better suit for the big day.

01.42

TF: Cameron will be watching very carefully, things haven’t gone exactly to plan yet, but votes are swinging towards his party.

01.41

Telford Labour hold

01.39

IF: ITV are announcing results before they are officially declared, and before BBC. They appear to be being confirmed by the actual results. Where are they getting their information from?

01.39

KG: Conservative swing not yet materialized?

01.37

itv

Lab 25
Con 11
Lib Dem 4
Other 13

01.36

BBC

lAB 19
Con 5
Lib Dem 4
other 9

01.36

TF: CITY OF DURHAM
Labour Holds
The lib dems really wanted to take this seat, very disappointing for them.

01.34

TF: KIRKCALDY
Gordon Brown holds
His number of votes increased by over 5000.

01.31

IF: Lib Dem ex-leader Ming Campbell holds Fyfe North-East seat.

01.27

TF: Harriet Harman is very non-committal on talks with other parties, despite the polls she keeps insisting that people wait for all the votes are in.

01.25

IF: After huge Tory gains in Wales in the EU parliamentary elections last year, their performance so far (in Wales) will be a significant disappointment.

01.23

KG: 2nd unionist seat independent in North Down one less seat which Cameron may need

01.22

IF: Labour also hold Vale of Clwyd – previously considered a potential Con gain. Tories are not performing well in Wales.

01.21

IF: Labour have held Ynys Mon (Anglesey) – a Labour-Plaid marginal. Anybody else detecting a lack of a pattern so far?

01.19

ACCORDING TO BBC
LAB 9
CON 3
LIB DEM 2
OTHER 7

ITV
LAB 15
CON 5
LIB DEM 2
OTHER 10

01.19

TF: The BBC are back on the graphics again.

01.15

IF: Conservatives achieving big swings in the wrong places so far.

01.14

IF: Conservatives hold Putney. Gain 4,500 votes.

01.14

KG: looking very close no pattern being established across the country

01.12

TF: In Torbay the Lib Dems increase their margin. Clegg has made tonight difficult for Cameron.

01.10

MARGINAL TORBAY

Liberal Democrat Hold with 4000+ majority against Conservatives

01.08

TF: ITV has resorted to following Cameron with a camera, its all gone bit sky news.

01.06

KG: Conservatives win 1st marginal seat in Kingswood. However they did not win where they were expected to in Wales- too close to call across the country

01.04

IF: In Sheffield Hallam (Nick Clegg’s seat), the polling station staff have been accused of putting students in separate lines to other constituents, fast-tracking the other constituents. Possibly a huge story.

01.02

IF: Plaid Cymru have gained Arfon – a new constituency which seemed likely to go to the Conservatives. Interesting…

00.56

TF: Voters being turned away is going to be the sub-plot of tomorrows news. Lots of comment on it.

00.55

KG: DUP loss presents a big problem for a Conservative coalition. Naomi Long is alliance and is sister party of Lib Dem

00.52

TF: Naomi Long gains 9093 votes on 2005 big problem for the DUP

00.51

TF: Labour hold Durham North. The results are starting to trickle in now.

00.50

IF: Lib Dems have held Thornbury and Yate. Unsurprising – it was very safe.

00.50

KG: Naomi Long win in Belfast East forcing Peter Robinson out masssive shock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

00.46

TF: On ITV Ian Hislop looks more than a little uncomfortable next to Edwina Curry!

00.46

IF: If Labour have held onto Llanelli it wouldn’t be a surprise. The nearest competitors in 2005, Plaid, were way off.

00.42

IF: ITV say Labour hold Llanelli. BBC don’t have it yet.

00.41

IF: At least Laura Kuenssberg has given it a rest for the night.

00.40

TF: Nick Robinson of the BBC is tireless, his endless enthusiasm is grating..

00.40

KG: 2nd NI seat DUP North Antrim

00.37

KG: 1st NI seat goes to Sinn Fein in West Tyrone- unsurprising

00.34

TF: Mandelson says that first past the post is “creaking at the seams”. Does that mean a Labour government would change it or not?

00.32

IF: Channel 4 have the same results as BBC – ITV appear to be in the minority in declaring other seats.

00.31

KG: East Belfast count expected soon will peter robinson be damaged by recent scandals

00.30

KG: ITV suggested 8 seats in bbc suggesting 3. Hasnt been made clear if these seats have officially declared

00.27

IF: Quite a disparity indeed. Edinburgh South is a key target for the Lib Dems, according to The Guardian.

00.25

IF: Hung parliament positioning are allegedly ongoing. ITV suggest that the constitutional convention of sitting PM getting first chance to form coalition government could be an important factor.

00.25

TF: Sky is suggesting Edinburgh South is Lib Dem.

00.23

TF: Paxman is losing his cool, god help anyone that stands in his way.

00.22

IF: Brown turns up at the Kirkcaldy count.

00.19

TF: David Cameron is off to the pub to watch the results from there. political LAD.

00.18

KG: Itv suggesting 6 seats in BBC saying 3…..confused

00.17

KG: Dimbleby looking a little a bit bored on the beeb

00.15

KG: Joan Collins is on TV….

00.14

IF: ‘The oven’ being the self-appointed name of Tom Fisher’s household. It’s because they’re ‘all so hot’, apparently.

00.12

TF: Hello to our followers in ‘the oven’.

00.12

KG: Counts in Northern Ireland have had to be evacuated- bomb scares in l’derry

00.11

KG: angry woman on BBC didn’t get to vote- perhaps they should have organized this in advance and had a definite decision on letting late people vote

00.09

TF: Sunderland has been ridiculously organised, the other results aren’t flowing in until later.

00.06

IF: We love a bit of interaction. It makes our efforts worthwhile.

00.05

TF: Hello Goodricke JCR!

00.05

KG: harsh tom harsh

00.05

TF: Vision seem to love the graphics on the BBC. Who says the BBC is dumbing down… we do.

00.02

TF: The BBC’s graphical representations are too much.

00.02

KG: wondering where ~j is???

23.59

TF: Piers Morgan and Alastair Campbell look like quite the duo on ITV.

23.58

KG: Tom Fisher still professing his love for Ed Balls

23.58

TF: Milliband is a television butterfly.

23.50

TF: David Milliband is mentioning parties ‘talking’ to each other.

23.49

IF: Will the turnout be up in the youth demographic? Will initiatives such as the Facebook ‘I’ve voted’ feature affect it?

23.48

KG: people being turned away could spell disaster for results, candidates could challenge results in areas affected

23.46

KG: Hung parliament- Political deadlock and chaos on the markets? We could be voting again later this year

23.45

IF: Gideon George Osborne looking a tad tired.

23.45

TF: George Osbourne uses the term “get real”, just seemed wrong. He is one of many to mention the possibility of Gordon Brown hanging onto power.

23.43

KG: huge win for Labour no big swing- will the swings be reflected across the country? an 11% swing to the tories in one and a 4% in another

23.43

TF: BBC do have a nice bar chart.

23.43

IF: 4.8% swing – that’s pretty small.

23.42

TF: Cameron will be disappointed with that!

23.42

CON 12000+
LAB 19000+
LIB DEM 7000+
BNP 1900+
UKIP 1000+

23.42

IF: Labour wins convincingly.

23.39

TF: Conservative need a 12.8% swing in this seat to win. Cameron said he would be watching this seat specifically.

23.38

KG: big seat coming up in Sunderland could set tone for the evening if the tories win

23.38

IF: A third Sunderland constituency result on the way – before any from anywhere else. It’s going to be close, apparently.

23.37

KG: exit polls and results so far not tallying

23.37

TF: Sunderland Central result due shortly.

23.36

TF: Ken Clarke appears to just be listing compass points rather than talking about the election.

23.35

KG: lots of stories about people unable to vote. what do people think should late comers be allowed to vote???

23.33

TF: Mandelson speculates that voters being turned away is more detrimental for Labour as Conservative voters tend to vote earlier in the day.

23.32

IF: But have conservatives gained in the wrong areas? Could be another reason to support electoral reform.

23.31

TF: Extrapolating swings in votes at this early stage is too much. The Conservatives do seem to have gained though.

23.28

IF: Turnout at 54% – another low turnout in a safe Labour constituency.

23.28

TF: The Conservatives not winning in the North East, not exactly a shock. The legacy of Thatcher lives on.

23.27

KG: Washington and Sunderland west
Labour 19000+
BNP 1900+
Lib Dem 6300+
Conservative 8100+
UKIP 1200+

23.26

IF: Declaration for another Sunderland constituency. Why are they so quick? Is it something in the water?

23.23

TF: Is Liberal Democrat still a throw away vote? Clegg wouldn’t say so, but the results may indicate differently.

23.21

KG: BBC suggesting that A senior Brown Aide has left from the PM’s house “to get some air”…very telling

23.19

IF: BBC showing toppling dominoes. Are they using up their top drama material too soon?

23.18

TF: The BBC appears to have updated their poll, but ITV haven’t. BBC is showing 61 for Lib Dems and 305 for Conservatives

23.16

TF: Yes it is, On The Ball City

23.16

KG: ITV haven’t corrected their exit poll…….

23.15

IF: Supporting the same football team is NOT a reason to support a politician. *glares at Tom Fisher*

23.14

KG: Tom Fisher loves Ed Balls i think he is possibly alone in that

23.13

KG: markets opening at 1am hung parliament could mean payday for the hedge funds

23.13

IF: Commentators are going great guns – loving being able to comment after Ofcom stopped them from doing so during the day. Is the ban on TV political commentary during polling times justified?

23.12

KG: Conservatives trying to unseat Ed Balls in his seat revenge for Portillo in 1997? Serious blow for Labour???

23.11

TF: Unnecessary light shows appear to be filling in for gaps in debates.

23.08

TF: Should polling stations be kept open if people are queing? Or is 10 o’clock a definite deadline? Nick Robinson was in favour of extending opening.

23.07

TF: ITV has an eclectic mix of people. First Bruce Forsyth and now James Khan off Dragon’s den.

23.04

TF: It would be a rather odd scenario if the man who didn’t get the most seats is still in number 10.

23.04

TF: Paxman is referred to Brown as “some kind of squatter”. Ruthless.

23.03

KG: suggestion in the newspaper about the possibility of Mandelson installing Miliband in some kind of weird coup if there is a hung parliament-puppet PM?

23.01

TF: Where are the leaders? I’ve yet to hear from them yet.

22.59

IF: With Tories the biggest party, will AV+ be a likely alternative?

22.57

TF: BBC is currently showing a man with a very bad tie.

22.55

KG: LID DEMS down in Sunderland South could thus be repeated throughout the country

22.53

KG: was it really necessary to get it counted that quickly?????

22.53

TF: Good start for Labour, but it always was a safer seat for them.

22.52

KG: Sunderland South BNP 1000+
LIB DEM 5000+
UKIP 1000+
Conservative 8000+
Labour 19000+

22.52

TF: Labour take Houghton and Sunderland South

22.50

TF: Sunderland result is imminent

22.48

TF: Harriet Harman is claiming that the Conservatives are trying to claim victory.

22.47

TF: Lord Kinnock has a very nice suit on.

22.46

KG: liking Dimbleby’s tie

22.45

swingometers what do we think ??? ITV vs BBC

22.44

TF: The Lib Dems will be disappointed with what the exit polls are saying. Perhaps the poll is accurate, and that’s why the Lib Dems want to change the system. Is proportional voting a better system?

22.41

TF: The result for Houghton and Sunderland South is expecting very soon.

22.41

KG: according to ‘timespolitics’ on twitter 60% of readers are surprised by the exit polls

22.40

TF: Will Gordon resign if Labour fail to get the most seats? I should think Clegg will be hoping so.

22.40

KG: People turned away from voting- perhaps they should have turned up on time

22.37

TF: Markets will not respond well to a hung parliament. The OECD said that the debt crisis was spreading like Ebola. Without a majority action on the deficit may indeed be more difficult.

22.32

TF: Politics aside for a second, the BBC is trumping ITV in its coverage. So… a publicly owned institution is outperforming a private one, a bad omen for the Conservatives perhaps.

22.32

KG: Exit polls putting Lib Dems on 59? Could this be right????

22.28

TF: Piers Morgan doesn’t believe in the exit poll of the BBC. I have to say i’m sceptical about the results it predicts for the Lib Dems.

22.26

KG: ‘The Sun’ suggesting that Cameron could take 100 Labour seats

22.24

TF: Nick Clegg has always avoided talk of a coalition, but would he really turn down a cabinet post or even the chance to be PM? I think not.

22.23

1992 BBC exit poll was very wrong

22.21

Who is going to do deals with who? Mandelson is strongly hinting he wants a deal with the Lib Dems

22.20

KG: Mad Capt’n Tom is on Channel Four’s alternate election night sitting with the greens in full pirate regalia

22.18

KG: York Outer- where the university is situated will not come in before 4am

22.16

TF: If a coalition is needed for power then I can’t see anyone siding with the Tories, too much of an ideological clash.

22.16

KG: American baseball genius last week used his skills to predict the outcome of the election- he predicted the US election correctly 49 out of 50 seats he suggested that the Tories would win with 306 seats just short of what is required to have an overall majority

22.14

22.14

BBC exit poll suggests a hung parliament Gordon Brown could stay on as PM

22.12

10.43 1st seat to declare

22.11

Nouse spoke to Madeline Kirk Liberal Democrat candidate in York Outer a few minutes ago about how she was feeling – she said it was “too close to call”

22.11

Harriet Harman says she wants to change the voting system. Assuming of course that Labour get a majority.

22.08

A random Nouse survey of 247 York University students, when asked about how they voted in York Outer has revealed that, Conservative = 24.3% – Labour = 19.4% – Liberal Democrat = 55.9% – UKIP = 0.4% – BNP = 0%.

22.04

The BBC’s exit poll is putting the Conservatives slightly in the lead, Labour in second and the Liberal Democrats last.

22.01

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