3.34am: Conservatives lose Coventry to NOC. One seat lost.
3.10am: Quote of the night goes to Fraser Nelson:
By this time tomorrow Gordon Brown will find himself living in a LibDem Scottish constituency, in a country ruled by the SNP and working in a city run by the Conservatives.
2.55am: Rapidly uploaded Webcameron video of David Cameron and George Osborne...
2.45am: Liverpool swings breakdown: Yewtree +115%, Woolton +70%, Cressington +67%, West Derby +30% Allerton +25%. All target seats there fought by under-30s.
2.15am: IT'S TURNING OUT TO BE A REALLY BAD NIGHT FOR THE LIBDEMS: They've lost control of Liverpool. A Conservative spokesman said: “This means that Nick Clegg is actually doing worse than Ming Campbell, who was ousted for being an electoral liability.”
1.59am: Two 18yos elected in Southampton. Six under-30s in Runnymede; Dan Hamilton, Marisa Heath, Jack Perschke, Chris Chapman, Joe Wilson and Becky Denby.
1.50am: David Cameron is heading home to bed. He'll be visiting - as usual - the big gains of the night tomorrow.
1.43am: BBC PROJECTED NATIONAL SHARES:
- Labour 24% (2% below previous low)
- Tories 44%
- LibDems 25%
HUGE CHEER GOES UP INSIDE CCHQ
1.41am: Tories gain two seats in Cardiff.
1.32am: Conservatives are predicting this will be Labour’s worst vote share since records began in 1973.
1.19am: CONSERVATIVES GAIN BURY
1.18am: Two more Tory gains in Plymouth bringing total to +6
1.15am: Conservatives gain Maidstone.
1.07am: INSIDE TORY SOURCES ARE TELLING CONHOME THAT THE PARTY WILL GET 44%
1.05am: Latest BBC projection. Compared to 2004: Labour -2, Conservatives +7, LibDem -3
1.02am: Welfare Secretary James Purnell would lose his seat based on tonight's results in Tameside
1.01am: Rallings & Thrasher said noone could win Southampton this year and the Conservatives have!
12.52am: Ben Brogan saying Labour expect to fall below 25%.
12.44am: FIVE CONSERVATIVE GAINS IN BIRMINGHAM
12.43am: TORIES GAIN SOUTHAMPTON
12.42am: Four gains in Wigan
12.34am: Eight gains for Tories in Southampton.
12.32am: Eleven years ago... Labour readers might take some comfort from this 'On This Day' trip down memory lane.
12.28am: First of three gains we need in Bury for control is in the bag - Radcliffe North. LibDem AND Labour leaders in Southampton have been ousted.
12.24am: Conservatives win control of Nuneaton & Bedworth from Labour and Elmbridge from NOC
12.19am: TORIES NOW PREDICTING MORE THAN 200 GAINS
12.18am: Tories make two gains in Exeter. Labour move from largest to third party.
12.15am: Tories gain West Lindsey from LibDems. It's looking like a bad night for Nick Clegg.
12.14am: At least four Tory gains in Plymouth.
12.08am: ERIC PICKLES HAS JUST TOLD CONHOME THAT THE TORIES WILL MAKE "SUBSTANTIAL" GAINS IN NORTH OF ENGLAND
12.06am: BNP gain seat from Labour in Nuneaton.
12.01am: 10% swing to Tories in Bolton. Five gains in Sunderland.
Midnight: On basis of results so far BBC is saying Tories up 6% compared to last elections. Labour down 3% and LibDems down 4%. BUT THESE ARE EARLY PROJECTIONS.
11.48pm: Tories gain five new seats in Harlow - winning control of council. Harlow Tories had one councillor in 1998 and 18 seats now. We credit Samuel Coates' canvassing earlier today, of course! Robert Halfon, our PPC, pictured below from earlier...
11.47pm: Dan Hannan MEP is also live blogging.
11.43pm: "You must have balls of steel". That's what a senior CCHQ staffer has just said to us re our calling it for Boris. We mention it to make it clear that the 9.59pm post was our call - not the Conservative Party's.
11.40pm: ConservativeHome has just passed 45,000 hits for the day. Best ever.
11.38pm: Two Conservative make seat gains in DC's constituency of Witney. Conservatives win wards of Oystermouth and of Fairwood in Swansea
11.36pm: Tories gain seat in Sunderland - moving from third to first.
11.28pm: Alex Bentley, LibDem Dep Ldr of Portsmouth looses to 25 year old Conservative woman
11.16pm: David Cameron has arrived at CCHQ!
11.10pm: And now for some bad news... the BNP are reportedly doing well in Thurrock
11.07pm: Things are looking very good in Bury.
10.52pm: If you're going to a count we'd appreciate it if you could text our special results mobile on 07855 361 681 or email tim@conservativehome.com from your phone when the results are announced.
10.33pm: Adam Boulton announces on Sky News that we have called it for Boris. James Purnell says turnout was high. William Hague is understandably eager to make the distinction clear between ConservativeHome and the Party.
10.30pm: Our commenters' average prediction of Conservative gains is 182.
10.25pm: Now polling stations have closed we've set up a different post to follow the results as they come in. This will be our place of record, the interactive chatroom will be the best place for your own comments and revelations. Samuel Coates will also be blogging within that liveblog. Click here for our liveblog that ran from noon.
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