General election 2010: Election night ... and the morning after

Ongoing election results are projected onto the Houses of Parliament Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Leon Neal/guardian.co.uk The media begins to congregate on Abingdon Green, by the Houses of Parliament Photograph: Martin Godwin for The Guardian Photograph: guardian.co.uk The results of the Blackburn count are read out in front of counted votes at King George's Hall. Labour's Jack Straw (pictured right) won the seat Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA Photograph: Peter Byrne/guardian.co.uk A woman sleeps at the count for the Sheffield Hallam constituency Photograph: Dan Chung for The Guardian Photograph: guardian.co.uk Rahman Mohibar, the Liberal Democrat council candidate for Whitechapel, east London, rests during the count Photograph: Sean Dempsey/PA Photograph: Sean Dempsey/guardian.co.uk Nick Clegg awaits the results at the Ponds Forge sports centre, Sheffield Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA Photograph: Martin Rickett/guardian.co.uk Gordon Brown is surrounded by journalists as he holds a meeting on the plane taking him from Scotland to London Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA Photograph: Lewis Whyld/guardian.co.uk Brown and his wife, Sarah, disembark at Stansted airport as he returns to Labour party headquarters Photograph: Getty Images Photograph: guardian.co.uk Brown is greeted by the business secretary, Peter Mandelson, the Labour deputy leader, Harriet Harman, and the Labour general secretary, Ray Collins Photograph: Getty Images Photograph: guardian.co.uk Clegg makes a statement outside the Liberal Democrat headquarters Photograph: Jonathan Hordle/Rex Features Photograph: Jonathan Hordle/guardian.co.uk Clegg leaves the party headquarters Photograph: Luke Macgregor/Reuters Photograph: Luke Macgregor/guardian.co.uk David Cameron arrives at St Stephen's Club, in central London, to give a press conference Photograph: Jeremy Selwyn/PA Photograph: Jeremy Selwyn/guardian.co.uk Conservative supporters greet Cameron at St Stephen's Club Photograph: Ian Nicholson/PA Photograph: Ian Nicholson/guardian.co.uk Television journalists prepare to give their reports outside No 10 Downing Street Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Adrian Dennis/guardian.co.uk Brown makes a statement in front of No 10 Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/guardian.co.uk Brown walks back into No 10 after delivering his statement Photograph: Sang Tan/AP Photograph: Sang Tan/guardian.co.uk