60% of the scottish electorate voted for parties who vowed to try and block another referendum on scottish independence, so nicola sturgeon knows she is now on the wrong side of public opinion. what she has to do is to try to find a way to row back from demands for another independence referendum without com pletely independence referendum without completely closing of the option just in case circumstances change during or after brexit negotiations. sarah smith, thank you. in wales, the labour party had a strong night taking back a number of seats from the conservatives. labour ended up with 28 seats, while the tories now have eight and plaid cymru won four. the liberal democrats lost their only welsh mp. the tories saw their hopes to make gains in pro brexit areas dashed. our correspondent sian lloyd now reports on the picture in wales. in gower this morning, the smiles of welsh labour said it all. the party s leader introducing two of their three new mps here. this seat was
he could lead a minority government. we are ready to do everything we can to put our programme into operation. there isn t a parliamentary majority for anybody at the present time. the party that has lost in this election is the conservative party. and on the losing side were the liberal democrats, the snp who lost a third of their seats and ukip, whose leader paul nuttall resigned. the election was called to strengthen the prime minister s hand over brexit, so where does this leave the negotiations now? we ll bring you more on that and all the latest from downing street on this most unexpected of election results. it s seven o clock. welcome to westminster, where theresa may is constructing a government, despite losing her commons majority after the snap election she called just seven weeks ago. the outcome a hung parliament is now slowly sinking in. the conservatives do remain the largest party, but they ll need the help of northern ireland s democratic unionist party,
we ll have the full result, with the conservatives on 318, labour on 262, and both parties having increased their share of the vote. in northern ireland, the democratic unionist party, with ten seats, agreed to try to help the conservatives to stay in power. the prime minister has spoken to me this morning, and we will enter discussions with the conservatives, to explore how it might be possible to bring stability to our nation. in scotland, a challenging night for the snp. they lost a third of their seats. the former leader alex salmond was among those defeated. after a collapse in ukip‘s share of the vote, and no mps, the party leader paul nuttall resigned. and with just ten days to the start of the brexit talks, we ll be reporting on the far reaching implications for the future of the united kingdom. more news and analysis throughout the day. we will have reaction from around the uk, europe and the rest of the world to the result. good evening from downing street, where
she took a risk and just seven weeks ago, it seemed almost certain to pay off. but how different it all looks today? she has lost 12 seats and with it her parliamentary majority. nick watt spent the day in westminster examining the shape of theresa may s new government and asking can she govern? for now, theresa may continues as her majesty was the 13th prime minister, but she stumbled back into downing street after running close second by a man who for three decades has been dismissed by all parties as a marginal figure. this government will guide the country through crucial brexit talks.m was almost as if nothing has changed as theresa may pledged to lead another government. ministers told newsnight that her failure to acknowledge in her statement that she had squandered a tory majority was a major mistake. within a few hours there was a new hint of contrition. i m sorry for all those candidates and ha rd working contrition. i m sorry for all those candidates and hard wor