Last night’s General Election has seen a harrowing night for Labour and the Liberal Democrats, with the Conservative Party set to win a majority in Westminster and the Scottish National Party (SNP) sweeping most of the seats in Scotland.
After the polls closed across the country at 10pm last night, exit polling forecast the Conservatives would be the largest party but would be some ten seats short of a majority of 326 seats. However, with just a few seats still to be declared, the Conservatives now look set to win 329 seats and have already secured 321, meaning that David Cameron will once again be Prime Minister.
In Scotland, the SNP have had a remarkable night, winning 56 of the nation’s 59 seats, including the defeat of Labour campaign chief Douglas Alexander by 20-year-old university student Mhaire Black.
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James Marsh is an HR consultant and currently leads the editorial team at HRreview.
An avid HR blogger and tweeter on HR and management issues, James has worked as an HR manager, consultant, in-house recruiter and trainer and has expertise in both management strategy and HR policies and processes. He has a BA from the University of Nottingham in American Studies, a Masters in Human Resource Management from the University of Westminster and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
James is also the regular chairperson of HRreview's series of webinars that discuss and debate the latest HR trends and issues, InsideHR.