General Election: Fourth results round-up [05:00 BST] - Nick Clegg wins, Cable loses

As results for the UK general election continue to roll in on Friday morning, stunning outcomes continue to emerge from Scotland on what is turning out to be a very bad night for the Liberal Democrats and Labour, with Conservatives tipped to emerge as the largest party. See below for a round-up of the constituencies that have released their results.

The Conservatives have held: Swindon North, Putney, Battersea, Nuneaton, Broxbourne, Fareham, Caste Point, Swindon South, Peterborough, Montgomeryshire. They also gained Brecon & Radnorshire, Warwickshire North, Wimbeldon, Havant, Aberconwy, Worcester, Gosport, Bromley & Chislehurst, Cities of London & Westminster, Southend West, Kettering, Chelmsford, Isle of Wight, Vale of Clwyd, Hertfordshire North East, Harlow, Basildon & Billericay,
Rochford & Southend East, Ludlow, Harrogate & Knaresborough, Clwyd West, Shropshire North, Beckenham, Kensington, Shrewsbury & Atcham, Enfield Southgate, Carlisle, Wiltshire South West, Salisbury, Stroud, Bexleyheath & Crayford, Bristol North West, Crawley, Epping Forrest, Carmarthen West & Pembrokeshire, Hertsmere, Derbyshire South, Hastings & Rye, Erewash, Basildon South, Burton, Hampshire North East, Amber Valley, Runnymede & Weybridge, Sutton Coldfield, Brentwood & Ongar, Monmouth, Aldershot, Cardiff North, Aldershot, Richmond Park, Ruislip, Northwood & Pinner, The Wrekin, Harrow East, Preseli Pembrokeshire, Old Bexley & Sidcup, Hendon, Dudley South, Stockton South, Worcestershire West, Cambridgeshire South, Orpington, Thurrock, Herefordshire South, Cambridgeshire North West, New Forest East, Rossendale & Darwen, Uxbridge & Ruislip South, Tunbridge Wells, Herefordshire North, Stevenage, Derbyshire Mid, Devizes, Reigate, Wellingborough, Huntingdon, Watford, Esher & Walton, Hertfordshire South West, Norfolk South, Tamworth, Ipswich, Canterbury, Lincoln, Mole Valley, Rayleigh & Wickford, Cleethorpes, Beverley & Holderness.

They also gained: Kingston & Surbiton, Chippenham, Eastleigh, Cheltenham, Sutton & Cheam, Twickenham, Eastbourne, Bath, Torbay, Telford.

Labour have held: Houghton & Sunderland South, Sunderland Central, Washington & Sunderland West, Newcastle upon Tyne East, Tooting, Newcastle upon Tyne Central, Wrexham, Clwyd South, Newcastle upon Tyne North, Oxford East, Islington North, Blaenau Gwent, Darlington, Islington South & Finsbury, Halton, Jarrow, Mitcham & Morden, Islwyn, Torfaen, Durham North, Burnley, Rhondda, Caerphilly, Leigh, Easington, Newport West, Hammersmith, Tottenham, Durham North West, Streatham, Blackburn, Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney, Ealing North, Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney, Ealing North, Newport East, Coventry South, Wigan, Swansea East, Vauxhall, Hartlepool, Aberavon, Chelsea & Fulham, Knowsley, Warley, Ealing Southall, Rotheram, Dulwich & West Norwood, Coventry North West, Pontypridd, Alyn & Deeside, Bootle, Makerfield, Stockton North, Cynon Valley, Dagenham & Rainham, Wallasey, West Bromwich West, Great Grimsby, Cardiff South & Penarth, Sedgefield, Cardiff South & Penarth, Bishop Auckland, Ynys Mon, Hyndburn, Bury South, St Helens South & Whiston, Delyn, Barnsley Central, Coventry North East, Hayes & Harlington, Garston & Halewood, Birkenhead, Bolton North East, Gateshead, Heywood & Middleton, Ogmore, Preston, Rochdale, Liverpool Wavertreem Barnsley East, Wirral South, Edmonton, East Ham, Hackney South & Shoreditch, City of Durham, Wentworth & Dearne, Eltham, Ilford South, Erith & Thamesmead, Bermondsey & Old Southwark, West Bromwich East, West Ham, Rother Valley, Derby South, Chorley, Barking, Cardiff West, Bolton South East, Lewisham East, Brent North, Blaydon, Greenwich & Woolwich, Exeter, Swansea West, Liverpool West Derby, Lancashire West, Feltham & Heston, Edinburgh South, Neath, Hull East, Bridgend, Walsall North, West & Hessle, Wythenshawe & Sale East, Birmingham Northfield, Blackley & Broughton, Hackney North & Stoke Newington, St Helens North, Harrow West, Camberwell & Peckham, Hull North, Liverpool Riverside, Birmingham Erdington, Walsall South.

They also gained Ealing Central, Redcar, Cardiff Central, Brent Central, Ilford North, Hornsey & Wood Green, Enfield North

The SNP gained: Kilmarnock & Loudin, Paisley & Renfrewshire South, Dunbartonshire West, Dundee Wet, Ochil & Perthshire South, Falkirk, Glenrothes East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow, Motherwell & Wishaw, Midlothian, Dunbartonshire East, Rutherglen & Hamilton West, Kirkaldy & Cowdenbeath, Paisley & Renfrewshire North, Inverclyde, Renfrewshire East, Glasgow North, Airdrie & Shotts, Stirling, Ayrshire North & Arran, Glasgow East Cumberland, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East, Linlithgow & Falkirk East, Glasgow South West, Dunfermline & Fife West, Aberdeen North, Glasgow North East, Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill, Livingston, Ayrshire Central, Glasgow South, Fife North East, East Lothian, Glasgow North West, Edinburgh South West, Glasgow Central, Gordon, Aberdeen South, Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock, Edinburgh North & Leith, Aberdeenshire W & Kincardine, Edinburgh East

They also held the Western Isles, Angus, Moray, Perth & Perthshire North, Baniff & Buchan. They also held the Western Isles and Angus with an over 20% swing many cases. Even former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown's seat of Kirkaldy & Cowdenbeath has fallen to the SNP. Scottish Labour party leader Jim Murphy and heavyweight Douglas Alexander also lost their seats.

The Liberal Democrats held: Ceredigion and Westmorland & Lonsdale. Coalition cabinet ministers Vince Cable, Ed Davey and Lynne Featherstone have lost their seats in what is turning out to be a very bad night for the party. Heavyweights Simon Hughes and Jo Swinson have also lost, however party leader Nick Clegg has won his Sheffield Hallam seat.

Plaid Cymru held: Arfon, Carmarthen East & Dinefwr, Orkney & Shetland, Carshalton & Wallington, Southport

UKIP gained: Clacton

The SDLP have held: Foyle, Belfast South, Down South

The DUP have held: Lagan Valley, Strangford, Upper Ban, Antrim East, Belfast East, Belfast North, Londonberry East

Sinn Fein have held: Tyrone West, Belfast West and Mid Ulster

IND have held: Down North

The UUP gained: Antrim South

Earlier on Thursday, a shock exit poll, considered the first indication of how the British public has voted, put the Conservatives at 316, followed by Labour at 239 seats, Liberal Democrats at 10, Scottish National Party at 58 and UKIP at 2 seats.

Meanwhile, Labour party leader Ed Miliband is likely to announce his resignation later on Friday, according to media reports on the BBC, New Statesman and Sky News. However, a Labour party spokesperson declined comment when contacted by Sharecast saying "now was not the time for such talk."