5:55am:
OK, one last update before the Dawn Blog:
Tory 263, Labour 201, Lib Dems 40.
And incredibly, I'm still awake...
5:50am:
Brighton Pavillion
Green 16,238 - elected! First seat at Westminster won by the Greens.
Lib Dems: 7,159
Labour: 14,986
Tory: 12,275
5:45am:
Tories: "Gordon Brown has had a thumbs down. He does not have a madate.... The country has voted for change."
Twickenham - Lib Dem's Cable remains MP.
London votes are late apparently because of local election at the same time. My pad of 'interesting stuff' tells me there are 164 local elections going on today. Mind you, Cornwall has no local elections and has only called one of six constituencies. Bah-humbug.
5:40am:
Rumours that my constituency, St Austell and Newquay has remained Lib Dem. Have promised a cartwheel if that's the case..
Dorset South just been taken by Conservative from Labour.
5:35am:
Lots of blue for Devon:
Devon Central and Devon South West both hold Tory
Plymouth Sutton and Devenport saw Tory gain from Labour with 6.9% swing, but Plymouth Moor View manage to hang onto Labour, despite a 7.8% swing Labour to Conservative. All to play for in the South West still. And indeed in London.
Reading West:
Lib Dem: 9,546
UKIP: 1,508
Labour 14,519
Tory: 20,523 - elected and taken from Labour
Green: 582
5:30am:
Labour holds Hammersmith. Doing better in London than perhaps expected.
Kensington and Cities of London and Westminster both hold Conservative.
UPDATE: Tory 241, Labour 189, Lib Dems 39
5:20am:
Bloomin eck. Dawn here in Cornwall. Even the seagulls can't believe it's morning.
5:15am:
OK London starting to liven up now.
Islington North, Islington South and Finsbury and Westminster North all hold Labour.
Sutton and Cheam and Carshalton & Wallington both hold Lib Dem.
Romford hold blue, as do Enfield North and Enfield Southgate
Swing Labour to Tory 5.3% so far overall. Would need 6.9% for a majority
5:05am:
Salford and Eccles
Labour: 16,655 - elected and held
Eng Democrats 621
UKIP: 1,084
Lib Dems 10,930
Tory: 8,497
BNP: 2,632 (what?)
UPDATE: Tory 230, Labour 176, Lib Dems 36
5am:
South East Cornwall is called - Tory
Lord Ashcroft: will you start paying taxes? "Ummm, errrrr"
Why did you give all your money to the Tories? "For the challenge" (not the peerage..)
4:50am
Although two thirds of votes are in, Labour marginals in London haven't been called yet.
Morley and Outwood : Ed Balls holds seat for Labour.
Norwhich South: Lib Debs take from Charles Clarke Labour.
UPDATE: Tory 217, Labour 160, Lib Dems 33
4:45am:
Gord arrives in London.
He seemed "upbeat and relaxed" on the plane. Concentrated on the idea that "it's his duty as PM to establish a stable and strong government."
They're all seeing what happens. He says he's done better than people were expecting a year ago, ad the Tories less well.
He still has hope he'll remain PM. Described as "wanting to put a brave face on and not be seen as losers".
Tory gain in Pudsey significant with 7.6% swing red to blue. Labour shares have started to drop.
4.35am:
Jack Straw talks: "GB is the PM" (what is it with the Labourites?) yes, yes, come along...
Paxo asks about rumours of a challenge to GB. Straw denies it.
Reddich:
Christian: 101
UKIP: 1,497
BNP: 1394
Lib Dems 7,750
Tory: 19,138 - elected and won hugely over Labour - swing of 9.2%
Labour: 13,317
UPDATE: Tory 194, Labour 149, Lib Dems 29
4:30am
Dimbleby says that the Conservatives have beaten Labour, but it's still unclear as to whether they'll get a majority or whether they can/will work with another party to form a parliament.
Usually we're given an exit poll and then later a prediction poll. However, it's so complicated all they can tell us it 'it's probably going to be hung'. Fat lotta use.
4:25am:
Oxford West & Abingdon: Lib Dem lose to Conservative with a 6.9% swing but only 0.3% win.
Luton South
BNP: 1,299
Tory: 12,396
Lib Dem: 9,567
Labour: 14,725 - elected and held (beating Ester)
Green 366
UKIP 975
4:20am:
Swindon South
Tory: 19,687 - elected and gained (and significantly booed)
Inde: 160
Lib Dems 8,305
Christian 176
Green 619
Labour 16,143
UKIP 2,029
A lot of gains now for the blues. Tories have 175, Labour 136 and Libs Dems 27
Redcar Lib Dem gain from Labour with a massive 21.8% swing! And yet Labour held Rochdale. It's all bonkers - that's the general consensus.
4:10am:
Whispers of not one but two recounts in Cornwall, St Austell and Newqay, and Camborne, Redruth and Hayle. Crumbs.
A lot of sarcastic love for BBC's The Boat on twitter. The Boat is chilling on the Thames and appears to be full of 'celebs' of some manner of speaking getting more and more sozzled and less and less coherent. Here's Ian Hislop. He looks sweatier than a teenager coming out of an Old Street club.
4:05am:
Wyre Forest
Conservative 18,793 - elected and gained from inde
BNP: 1,120
Labour: 7,298
Inde: 16,150
UKIP: 1,498
1.4% swing to the Conservatives from the Lib Dems overall so far.
See Big Ben being coloured in (before dawn...) by clicking here.
330 declared, 319 to go (tonight).
More talk of 'pictures of cars' by Dimbleby who sounds weary.
4am:
4a-bloody-m. Can't believe so many of us on the blogs and Twitter are still going strong. Much debate on Twitter about my declarations of love for both Fiona Bruce and secret crush on David Miliband.
Barking turnout apparently high - expecting to call at 5am and BNP probably getting 3rd place.
BNP votes have been far higher than expected, I think it's fair to say.
Nearly half way now.
The far South West still looking very bare, count-wise. Should be hearing from them soon though.
Southampton votes been counted twice (not officially). Would take a swing of over 10% fro Blues to take from Reds, but it's looking 'extraordinarily close'. Southampton seats to be the safest for Labour in the South East.
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