Scotland Votes No

After years of campaigning the polling stations closed their doors at 10pm last night (18th September) and the counting began to find out how the nation had voted - yes or no.

Firstly, each constituency concluded their voter turnout, with East Dumbartonshire having the highest at 91%, before moving on to finding out if it was a "yes" or "no".

The first result, from Clackmannanshire, came in around 1am and although predicted as a place which would have a "yes" vote it was the "no" campaign which won the first of 32 constituencies taking 19,036 votes (53.80%) to 16,350 votes (46.20%). The next 4 constituencies followed all voting for the Union. Dundee was the 6th constituency to announce and, like predicted, voted in favour of independence with "yes" taking 53,620 votes (57.35%) and "no" only 39,800 (42.65%). The night continued with result after result but by around 4pm the BBC and Sky News were forecasting a "no" vote after a successful night for the all-party unionist campaign. Both had stated that the only way back would have been if Glasgow had voted "yes" with an extreme majority, and although they did vote yes, the numbers were not strong enough - 194,799 (53.49%) to 169.347 (46.51%) respectively.

As the sun began to rise it was apparent that "no" was very likely to win the referendum and by 7am the better together campaign had reached the goal and sealed Scotland's fate within the Union.

The Scottish Referendum smashed turnout records with a vast 84.59% turning up to make the choice. Both Alex Salmond, Alistair Darling and David Cameron spoke following the news that saw the campaign come to end with "no" on 2,001,926 votes (55%) plus 28 of a possible 32 constituencies  and "yes" on 1,617,989 (45%) and 4 of a possible 32 constituencies  meaning the United Kingdom remained intact. 

You can find the results for all constituencies plus some videos from the night itself over on the BBC website, found here.