Election night update: 1am – the night is dark

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Election night update: 1am – the night is dark

By Mary Reid | Fri 8th May 2015 - 1:02 am

No news of Lib Dem seats yet, but plenty of predictions and rumours that are not encouraging.

The BBC’s exit poll would leave us with just 10 MPs, all male. A Leadership election would be triggered, but the choice of Leader would be severely restricted because many of the big hitters would have lost their seats.

Too many lost deposits already. Not looking good.

Our live election blog is here.

* Mary Reid is a contributing editor on Lib Dem Voice. She was a councillor in Kingston upon Thames, where she is still very active with the local party, and is the Hon President of Kingston Lib Dems.

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