Now playing Next United Kingdom 'Cruel and punishing' night for Liberal Democrats in UK election Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is one of the few Liberal Democrats who have held onto a parliamentary seat in the country’s elections. He 08/05/2015
Now playing Next United Kingdom Nationalists on track for landslide win in Scotland Nationalists are on course for a landslide win in Scotland, obliterating the opposition. The Scottish National Party has taken a string of seats 08/05/2015
Now playing Next United Kingdom #GE2015: London has mixed reactions to exit poll predictions Historically, Labour has held several of the seats surrounding central London’s Blue Boar pub, but local Conservative voters are celebrating 08/05/2015
Now playing Next United Kingdom #GE2015: exit poll predicts Tories will take shock lead, but not majority As counting begins in the UK general election, an exit poll forecasts a shock lead for the Conservatives, although a hung parliament could still be on the cards. 08/05/2015
Now playing Next United Kingdom [As it happened] Tories' election win triggers rivals' resignations David Cameron’s Conservatives won an unexpectedly big victory in the UK’s general election, after nationalists took hold in Scotland. It was 07/05/2015
Now playing Next United Kingdom Boris Johnson evades media scrum at polling station Boris Johnson may have hoped to amble quietly to the polling station to cast his ballot in his Islington consitituency in north London, but it turned 07/05/2015
Now playing Next United Kingdom A nail-biting finish in the UK election race, with a hung parliament expected The incumbent British Prime Minister David Cameron put on a brave face as he turned out to vote in the UK’s most unpredictable election in decades 07/05/2015
Now playing Next United Kingdom Humble, homely 10 Downing St - a modest mansion for a world leader There can’t be many buildings known the world over by a simple number. ‘Number 10’ is synonymous with the seat of power of the UK government, the 07/05/2015
Now playing Next United Kingdom Scotland vote could prove key to Downing Street's next occupant With just 8% of the British population the Scottish vote is proving key in an election that is too close to call. 07/05/2015
Now playing Next United Kingdom Record turnout on the cards for UK election People are reporting larger queues than they have ever seen before at some of the 50,000 polling stations now open across the UK. That is on top of 07/05/2015
Now playing Next United Kingdom UK election system bodes complex outcome UK elections used to be simple. On the whole people would vote for one of the two main parties, and newspapers would grandly state which one they 07/05/2015
Now playing Next United Kingdom Candidates go to vote in closest British election in a generation The weeks of campaigning have ended and it’s now time to decide. Millions of UK voters go to ballot boxes today to decide who will lead the country 07/05/2015
Now playing Next United Kingdom Hot Chocolate lead singer Errol Brown dies from liver cancer The leader singer of the band Hot Chocolate, Errol Brown, has died at the age of 71 06/05/2015
Now playing Next United Kingdom Decision Day in the UK's general election Voters in the UK are going to the polls today in one of the most unpredictable general elections in decades. Despite weeks of campaigning, a hung 06/05/2015
Now playing Next United Kingdom Mixed news on UK economy on election eve There has been mixed news on the crucial election issue of the British economy on the eve of the vote. Britain’s huge service sector unexpectedly 06/05/2015
Now playing Next United Kingdom Mother of All Parliaments promises unpredictable springtime Elections have been predictable in the UK for decades. It is how they worked, the Conservatives in power then Labour then the same again. The United 06/05/2015
Now playing Next United Kingdom UK party leaders campaign to the end to break election deadlock The last day of campaigning ahead of Thursday's British general election has seen party leaders Cameron, Miliband, Clegg, Sturgeon, Farage and Bennett campaigning across the country in a last-minute s 06/05/2015
Now playing Next United Kingdom Tory and Labour manifestos: spot the difference The main themes in UK election campaigning have not played more in favour of either the ruling Conservatives or opposition Labour. In the battle to 06/05/2015
Now playing Next United Kingdom Loony laughs from candidates standing in 2015 General Election Vote for Insanity. Well some might argue that’s what happens at every British election! Now it’s official. One party is campaigning on the “insanity” 06/05/2015