General Election 2015: Exit poll puts Tories ahead with 316 seats, SNP to take 58

The exit poll of the 2015 General Election has put the Conservatives ahead on 316 seats, with Labour on 239 seats, the Liberal Democrats on 10, the SNP on 58 and Ukip on two as counting begins across the country.

If borne out by results, it would leave the Tories 10 seats short of an overall majority but ahead of its result in 2010.

Labour would be down 19 seats on their result last time as the SNP were forecast to make sweeping gains of all but one Scottish seat.