55% of Scotland says No to independence, Cameron congratulates campaigners
12:45 pm: Here are the final figures: 55% said No to independence; 45% said yes; Turnout 84.5%
11:40
am:
David
Cameron
addresses
the
UK,
says
it
is
time
for
our
United
Kingdom
to
come
together
and
move
forward
11.20
am:
After
referendum
results,
Pound
hits
two-year
high
against
Euro.
10.50 am: Scotland First Minister Alex Salmond admits defeat in referendum, hails the high turnout. Alex Salmond says the number of votes polled by the Yes campaigners were significant for future of Scottish independence.
10:40 am: Aberdeenshire votes NO: Yes 71,337 (39.6%), No 108,606 (60.4%), Turnout 87.2%
10:35 am: Argyll & Bute votes 'No': Yes: 26,324, No: 37,143, Turnout: 88.2%
10:34 am: Edinburgh votes 'No'; Yes: 123,927; No: 194,638; Turnout: 84.4%
10.22 am: SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon expresses disappointed with the referendum result, BBC reports.
10.20
am:
SNP
leader
Alex
Salmond
says
support
of
the
people
of
Scotland
incredible,
BBC
reports.
10.17
am:
After
results
were
out
in
26
seats
out
of
32,
the
Yes
trailed
the
No
by
46%
to
54%.
10.15 am: British PM David Cameron said he congratulated Labour Party MP Alastair Darling on his campaign.
9:53 am: Of the 20/32 results out, it is 'No' 55.3%, 'Yes' 44.7%
9:45 am: East Ayrshire votes NO: Yes 39,762 (47.2%), No 44,442 (52.8%), Turnout 84.5%
9:38 am: South Ayrshire votes NO: Yes 34,402 (42.1%), No 47,247 (57.9%), Turnout 86.1%
9:36 am: North Ayrshire votes NO: Yes 47,072 (49.0%), No 49,016 (51.0%), Turnout 84.4%
9:35 am: Scottish Borders votes NO: Yes 27,906 (33.4%),No 55,553 (66.6%), Turnout 87.4%
9:30 am: West Lothian votes NO: Yes 53,342 (44.8%), No 65,682 (55.2%), Turnout 86.2%
9:29 am: Glasgow votes YES: Yes 194,779 (53.5%), No 169,347 (46.5%), Turnout 75.0%
9:23 am: Perth & Kinross votes NO: Yes 41,475 (39.8%),No 62,714 (60.2%), Turnout 86.9%
9:22 am: South Lanarkshire votes NO : Yes 100,990 (45.3%), No 121,800 (54.7%), Turnout 85.4%
9:21 am: North Lanarkshire votes YES: Yes 115,783 (51.1%), No 110,922 (48.9%), Turnout 84.4%
9:12 am: Trailing by 1.5 lakh votes, the Yes must win Glasgow, the biggest council area, by a big margin
9:10 am: East Dunbartonshire votes NO: Yes 30,624 (38.8%), No 48,314 (61.2%), Turnout 91.0%
9:07 am: Aberdeen City votes NO: Yes 59,390 (41.4%), No 84,094 (58.6%), Turnout 81.7%
9:06 am: East Renfrewshire votes NO: Yes 24,287 (36.8%), No 41,690 (63.2%), Turnout 90.5%
9:05 am: Dumfries & Galloway votes NO: Yes 36,614 (34.3%), No 70,039 (65.7%), Turnout 87.5%
9:02 am: Angus votes NO: Yes 35,044 (43.7%), No 45,192 (56.3%), Turnout 85.8%
8:58 am: No leads after 12 declarations: Yes: 335,482 (47%), No: 381,025 (53%)
8:55 am: Falkirk votes NO: Yes 50,489 (46.5%), No 58,030 (53.5%), Turnout 88.7%
8:50 am: Stirling votes NO: Turnout :88.7%, Yes 25,010 (40.2%), No 37,153 (59.8%)
8.46 am: East Lothian: Turnout 87%, yes 27,467 No 44,283 Rejected 48
8:45 am: Midlothian says No: Yes 26,370 (43.7%), No 33,972 (56.3%)
8:41
am:
West
Dunbartonshire
results:
YES
33,720
(54.0%),
No
28,776
(46.0%)
8.27
am:
Dundee
results:
Yes,
53,620
(57%),
No,
39,880
(43%).
8.25
am:
Renfrewshire
results:
Yes
55,466
(47%),
No
62,067
(53%)
Rejected:
79
8.22
am:
Renfrewshire
results
expected
shortly.
8.21
am:
'More
powers
to
Scotland'
-
Lord
Steel,
former
Liberal
leader,
Scottish
Parliament's
first
ever
presiding
officer,
tells
AFP.
8.20 am: Westminster needs to change, says Conservative Party MP Michael Gove, BBC reports.
8.05 am: Inverclyde results: Yes 27,243, No 27,329 (49.9% vs 50.1%)
8.00 am: Early trends in Scotland referendum in favour of a united UK saw the pound and Asian stock markets rise on Friday.
7.55
am:
Many
people
are
feeling
intimidated
by
the
SNP,
says
a
UK
Independence
Party
leader.
7.50
am:
Liberal
Democrat
MP
Sir
Menzies
Campbell
said:
"It's
not
for
the
Scots
to
tell
the
English
what
form
their
devolution
should
take.
That
is
for
the
English
to
decide," reports
the
BBC.
7.30
am:
Eilean
Siar
says
No:
Yes
9,195
No
10,544
(47%
vs
53%),
rejected
19.
7.20 am: Results expected from Eilean Siar shortly.
7.10
am:
Shetland
says
No.
Yes:
36%,
No
64%.
6.53
am:
More
turnouts:
North
Ayrshire
84%,
Midlothian
86.8%,
West
Lothian
86.2%.
6.50 am: Labour politician Jim Murphy predicts a big win for the No campaigners in East Renfrewshire, BBC reports.
6.30 am: Orkney says No. Only 4,883 votes said Yes as against 10,004 saying No. (42% yes, 58% no)
6.20 am: More turnout figures: Stirling 90% with 62,225 votes, East Renfrewshire 90.5% with 66,021 votes, Abrdeen 82% with 143,664 votes, Glasgow 75% with 364,664 votes. Source: BBC
6.12
am:
Results
from
Orkney
expected
shortly.
6.10
am:
Malcolm
Bruce,
deputy
leader
of
the
Liberal
Democrats
who
are
supporting
'No'
and
an
MP
from
Gordon
area
in
Abrdeenshire,
told
AFP:
"It
looks
pretty
good
for
the
'No'
side,"
based
on
very
early
indications
from
observers."
He
said
Alex
Salmond
looks
to
have
lost
in
his
backyard.
6.00 am: No voters win in Clackmannanshire council area (No 19,036 votes, Yes 16,350 votes)
5.50 am: Dundee turnout at 78.8% (93,592 votes).
5.47
am:
Results
from
Clackmannanshire
and
Orkney
council
areas
expected
shortly.
5.40
am:
Investigation
into
electoral
fraud
in
Glasgow
won't
delay
the
count,
said
Colin
Edgar,
head
of
communication
at
Glasgow
City
Council,
BBC
reports.
5.31
am:
West
Dunbartonshire
turnout
at
88%
(62,532
votes),
Inverclyde
87%
(54.601
votes)
5.30
am:
Scots
have
taught
us
on
democracy,
says
former
Labour
Party
leader
David
Miliband,
BBC
reports.
5.20
am:
Reports
of
electoral
fraud
in
Glasgow.
Police
investigation
underway.
It
was
said
some
people
turned
up
for
voting
and
were
told
that
they
had
already
voted.
5.17
am:
35,411
votes
are
being
counted
at
Clackmannanshire
(89%
turnout),
BBC
reports.
5.16
am:
117,612
votes
are
being
counted
at
Renfrewshire
council
area
(87%
turnout),
BBC
reports.
5.15
am:
Up
to
90
percent
turnout
reported
in
some
areas
of
Scotland
along
with
high
rate
of
postal
voting,
say
experts.
5.10 am: Yes voters gather at George Square in Glasgow and outside the Scottish parliament in Edinburgh.
5.07 am: A "Yes" victory in Scotland referendum could put Northern Ireland's constitutional status in question, says Mark Devenport, BBC News NI Political Editor.
5.05 am: Scotland's future truly in its hands, says Scotland National Party leader Alex Salmond.
4.58 am: Chief Counting Officer Mary Pitcaithly announces the poll turnout figures.
4.55 am: Even if the No voters win, 10 Downing Street will have a job in its hand to bring together the United Kingdom, say experts.
4.54 am: Even as Scotland awaits results, likes on Facebook page of Yes Scotland (332,951) go past that on UK PM David Cameron's page (330,677)
4.49
am:
Former
Scottish
first
minister
Henry
McLeish
said
he
was
a
"reluctant"
No
voter
for
he
felt
annoyed
by
the
No
campaigner's
approach
of
"fear
and
scrae",
BBC
reported.
4.40
am:
YouGov
predicts
54%
in
favour
of
No,
reported
CNN.
4.25 am: Speaking to the BBC in Westminster, Labour MP Diane Abbott felt the results will narrowly favour the naysayers.
4.21 am: Labour MP Douglas Alexander said: "We should all feel both extraordinary pride and a certain humility when it comes to a turnout of this scale because it is literally unprecedented," BBC reported.
[Read: Scottish referendum poll concludes, huge turnout reported]
4.20 am: 4.3 million people registered for the polling, which is 97% of the total eligible voters.
The
people
of
Scotland
have
cast
their
votes.
I
sincerely
hope
that
they
remain
a
part
of
our
family
of
nations.
#indyref
—
Nick
Clegg
(@nick_clegg)
September
18,
2014
4.10 am: Final results are expected around 5.30 am local time
4.01
am:
Voter
turnout
expected
to
be
very
high
in
the
polling
that
went
on
for
15
hours.
4.00
am:
Counting
underway
in
32
council
areas
of
Scotland.
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