The British election ends in its first hung parliament since 1974 with the Conservatives winning the most seats, but unable to take an overall majority.
Conservative: 286 Labour: 238 Liberal Democrat: 51 Others: 27
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The opposition Conservatives will be the biggest party in the British parliament after winning at least 286 of the 650 seats on Friday, but look set to fall short of an overall majority.
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has retained the seat of Sheffield Hallam with an increased majority of 7 per cent, despite his party falling short of expectations.
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David Cameron's Conservatives are 56 seats short of an ooverall majority in the British elections following a major swing against Gordon Brown's Labour party.
Charles Clarke, anti-Brownite and former Home Secretary, has lost his seat of Norwich South in a nine per cent swing to the Liberal Democrats.
Jacqui Smith, another former Home Secretary, has lost her seat of Redditch, which saw a huge swing of 9.2 per cent to the Tory candidate .
The result follows huge embarrssment for Smith during the MPs' expenses scandal.
Labour held Luton South despite a challenge from broadcaster and independent candidate Esther Rantzen, and a 4.6 per cent swing to the Conservatives.
David Cameron held his seat of Witney with a 6.3 per cent swing away from Labour.
The Conservatives are also the only party gaining seats, with both Labour and the Liberal Democrats losing seats across the counrty.
Gordon Brown also held on to his seat of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath with an increased majority, using his acceptance speech to promise an investigation into the voting chaos seen at many polling stations.
Peter Robinson, Northern Ireland's First Minister and leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, has lost his seat of Belfast East in one of the big upsets of the night.
Robinson's wife was the subject of scandal earlier this year, causing him to temporarily step down as First Minister.
Liberal Democrat Lembit Opik also lost the seat of Montgomeryshire to Tory candidate Glyn Davies in another disappointing result for his party.
Earlier in the evening, the Tories took the bell weather seat Kingswood from Labour with a 9.4 per cent swing, a figure that would give David Cameron an overall majority if replicated across the country.
Houghton Sunderland South was the first seat to be called and was held by Labour, but with a swing to the Tories.
