Summary

  • Conservatives have Commons majority of 12

  • David Cameron promises his party will 'govern as a party of one nation'

  • Ed Miliband quits as Labour leader. Ed Balls loses seat

  • Labour crushed in Scotland, with SNP winning 56 of 59 seats

  • Lib Dems routed, big names ousted - Clegg holds seat but resigns as leader

  • UKIP gets 13% of vote but Nigel Farage quits as leader after missing out on seat

Live Reporting

Sam Francis, Angela Harrison and Georgina Pattinson

  1. Exhaustion sets in

    Scottish Conservative leader tweets

  2. Post Question Time dinner

    Journalist tweets

  3. Have your say

    Email:politics@bbc.co.uk

    Thank god they have all gone and the right party is running our country.

    Charles Burton

    I'm a 15 year old who's getting into politics, and it has been fascinating to see all of the events unfold. Like others have said, I'm lucky enough to be in a good position, with a good home and family, community and education. Others aren't so lucky, and I hope this Tory government do think about these issues, and reconsider points of view about tuition fees, for example. We're an economy moving away from crisis, and soon I hope this issues, as well as others are raised and taken with lots of thought by the government for all.

    Aidan, Semple

  4. Looking ahead

    UKIP's MP tweets

  5. New lines

    Newsnight's editor tweets

  6. The (broadcast) opposition

  7. David Miliband: 'Rebuild'

    @DMiliband

  8. Brotherly thoughts