UK Election declaration times

There will be a total of 650 constituency results in Britain’s General Election on May 7. First results are expected after 23:00 local time, 22:00GMT, with most declarations due overnight
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23:00-00:30 – Race to be first to declare – Houghton & Sunderland South and three other results expected

00:30-01:30 – Declarations: 14 seats. Results include Durham and West Tyrone in Northern Ireland

02:00-02:30 – Declarations: 41. Expected to include four Belfast seats

02:30-03:00 – Declarations: 32. Including two Westminster seats

03:00-04:00 – Declarations: 173. Results include Labour-held marginals
Hampstead and Kilburn (0.08% swing will lose seat), Bolton West (0.1%),
and Derby North (0.1%); Conservative marginals Thurrock (0.7%),
Stockton South (0.7%); and Liberal Democrat marginal Solihull (0.3%)

04:00-05:00 – Declarations: 204. Flood of results includes Labour’s
Southampton Itchen (held by just 0.2% in 2010), and Wirral South (0.7%);
Tory-held Sherwood (0.4%) and Broxtowe (0.7%). Lib Dem marginal
Dorset Mid and Poole North (0.6% swing) is also at risk. UKIP faces a tough battle in Rochester & Strood

05:00-06:00 – Declarations: 108. Results from Bradford, Liverpool and six Birmingham constituencies, including Labour’s battleground of Birmingham Edgbaston (held by 1.5%); Conservative-held marginals Hendon (0.2%), and Sherwood (0.4%)

06:00-07:00 – Declarations: 52. Battles include Thanet South – three-way marginal where UKIP’s Nigel Farage (left) is fighting for a seat.  While nearly four million people could vote for UKIP – more voters than in
Scotland and Wales combined – UKIP could end up with just one seat,
Clacton, where Douglas Carswell won a huge victory last autumn

07:00-08:00 – Declarations: 16. Birmingham Hall Green, Portsmouth and two Milton Keynes seats. No more results expected until 12:00

12:00-13:00 – Declarations: 7. Final results with Con-Lib Dem marginal seat of St Ives (3.7% or 1,719 votes) expected to be called at 1pm
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