What was turnout like where you are? Bigger queue than usual at our polling station. I guess the locals are panicking in case they let Red Ed and the short Scottish woman (who ain't even a candidate) in after reading their newspapers! Mind you their votes will have no influence - safe seat.

BBC exit poll shows Tories +9 on last time and Labour - 19. If correct (and spot on last time) Tories will be running the show and with increased confidence. Welfare system will be destroyed.

Sounds like it's hardly worth staying up. Just hope Clegg and Balls lose their seats and at least one high profile Tory.

If the exit polls are to believed it looks like pretty much what I predicted last year.

This election was gamed the moment UKIP arrived out of nowhere (financed to the eyeballs). Why people seem to think the British electorate won't put up with cynical race-baiting I've no idea.

Anyhow, both the Lib-Dems and UKIP have performed their tasks manfully. The Beeb seems shocked that Farage might lose his seat. But like the Lib-Dems (who will now take up their high-salaried roles in the city as payment for allowing the Tories to rape them each day since the last election) - Farage will now jet off to a nice house in the sun somewhere.

Neither were ever going to be around during this next government which will now execute its plans for massive public-spending cuts, the railroading through of TPPA, European arm-twisting and heaven knows what else.

Opening up the Scottish vote was nothing but a cynical ploy to further undermine the power of a major state government.

The electorate really does get the government it deserves (not that Cameron possesses anything like the power British PMs 50 years ago wielded). I hope it enjoys it.

Balls was being touted as losing before, apparently, the ballot boxes had turned up at the count. It's all gone quiet on that one, although it may be accurate.

The BBC are trumpeting their own exit poll surprise surprise while ignoring the others that have it closer. I hope they kept the receipt if it turns out to be crap

Have you just finished a stint on the BBC?

Since they don't seem to have a great deal of faith in them I figured it was only proper.

It was not a BBC poll but a combined BBC/ITV/Sky one.

I think the Tories may get a majority. If anything the exit poll may underestimate the Tory result. Labour has been killed by Blair (Iraq), Brown (economy) and Miliband (not electable).

UKIP is not a political party. It is a vote-rigging mechanism.

Does the SNP destruction of Labour in Scotland mean that Labour can no longer hope to be in power without some kind of coalition with them? Or will the SNP vote fade enough in the future to give Labour a chance to win outright?

What's this likely to mean in terms of % shares? I'm guessing Labour about 29/30%, the Tories 38%?

A terrible night for the Lib Dems, Labour and the pollsters

What a brilliant night!!

The people have spoken loudly and clearly and have voted for the economic responsibility that the Conservatives will bring and shunned the shambolic policies that Labour would have introduced.

Once again the Sin Bin proven to be hugely out of touch with the general consensus of the Population - 38% Labour. Oh dear!

#5MoreYears!

LOL - predictable not-an-actual-person comment.

Yes it is predicable that I am happy that the party I support won.