From Reggie to Dessie: Let’s raise a glass to the real architect of our victory – Nicola Sturgeon

So we are back at the Palace of Varieties with far more MPs than expected – and relatively few casualties.

Henry Hill: Are Cameron and Davidson set to clash over scrapping the Human Rights Act?

Also: Knives out for two more Labour leaders – Murphy in Scotland and Jones in Wales.

Live blog: Reshuffle 2015

All the breaking news and reaction on the formation of the first Conservative majority government since 1992.

Alex Crowley: A Tory can be the next Mayor of London

Labour’s ‘good night’ in the capital wasn’t good enough to put us out of the running for City Hall in 2016… if we get our act together.

WATCH: Umunna declares his run for the Labour leadership

The British Obama walks abroad in Swindon to make his case that England is Labour’s vital battleground at the next election.

Let’s not get carried away. The Conservatives only won over a quarter of all potential voters.

This is the consequence of declining turnout and less support for the two main parties.

Lord Ashcroft: We have a chance to build a party no-one need feel shy about supporting

The Conservative Party has an unexpected opportunity to prove it is the party for people who are optimistic, open-minded and self-reliant.

Are council elections a better guide than opinion polls to future General Elections?

Poor results in London for the Conservatives and good results elsewhere were foreshadowed.

WATCH: Davis on the next five years

The one-time leadership contender explains his European acid test, the case for Scottish fiscal autonomy, and why he doubts a repeat of the Major experience.

The Blair way back? Labour’s big tent is being pulled apart

Thursday again proved that Labour cannot win from the left. But the voters who once made up their winning coalition are now deeply at odds with each other.

Did the ground war or the air war (or both, or parts) make the difference?

It’s time to start teasing out the different factors that helped to deliver victory. But we face a challenge – is there any reliable data?

TORY GAINS, LOSSES AND HOLDS

We tally up the changes in seats as the results come in.

WATCH: Miliband resigns as Labour leader

Completing our triumvirate of resignation videos.

Good election, bad election. Pundits, pollsters, politicians – who’s up, who’s down

We name those who had a good and bad night. The new MP in the photo? Andrea Jenkyns – the woman who beat Ed Balls.

WATCH: Farage resigns as leader of UKIP…

…but he will “consider whether to put my name forward to do that job again”.