Ex-Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg loses - but Vince Cable's back
Election 2017: Lib Dem leader Tim Farron says May should go
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Nick Clegg has lost his seat to the Labour Party in Sheffield Hallam, becoming the first major figure to fall in the 2017 general election.
Theresa May must resign and Brexit negotiations should be put on hold, the Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron has said.
The former leader of the Liberal Democrats - and former deputy prime minister - had held the seat since 2005 and had a majority of 2,353 in 2015.
He said talks about leaving the EU should be delayed until the new government sets out its plans to the public.
And he insisted there would be no deal to prop up a Tory government.
Mrs May has said she will form a government with the support of the Democratic Unionists.
But Mr Farron said if she had an ounce of self-respect she should resign.
"Like David Cameron before her, our Conservative prime minister rolled the dice with the future of our country out of sheer arrogance and vanity," he said.
"It is simply inconceivable that the prime minister can begin the Brexit negotiations in just two weeks' time.
"She should consider her future - and then, for once, she should consider the future of our country."
'Dangerously divided'
Mr Farron's comments came after a night which saw the former Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg lose his seat to the Labour Party in Sheffield Hallam, becoming the first major figure to fall in the 2017 election.
But former ministers Vince Cable and Jo Swinson both won back their seats after losing them in 2015.
And Mr Farron kept his seat of Westmorland and Lonsdale, although his majority fell from 8,949 to just 777.
Speaking about what should happen next with Brexit, he said the official talks should be put on hold "until the government has reassessed its priorities and set them out to the British public".
"The British people have a right to expect that our prime minister will explain to them what it is that she seeks to achieve," he said.
"The referendum showed us to be a dangerously divided country.
"This election has highlighted those divisions in technicolor - young against old, rich against poor, north against south, urban against rural.
"If we are to have any chance at healing, at coming together, we must ask ourselves some tough questions."
Former deputy prime minister Mr Clegg had held his seat since 2005 and had a majority of 2,353 in 2015.
The seat has now been taken by Jared O'Mara with a majority of 2,125.
The seat has now been taken by Jared O'Mara with a majority of 2,125.
Former ministers Vince Cable and Jo Swinson have both won back their seats after losing them in 2015.
Lib Dems' leader Tim Farron has kept his seat of Westmorland and Lonsdale. However, his majority fell from 8,949 to just 777.
The exit poll suggests that the Lib Dems will win 14 seats - up from the eight it won at the last election.
In his concession speech, Mr Clegg congratulated Mr O'Mara on a "spectacular victory" and said representing the constituency had been the greatest privilege of his political life.
In his concession speech, Mr Clegg congratulated Mr O'Mara on a "spectacular victory" and said representing the constituency had been the greatest privilege of his political life.
He added: "In my time in parliament, I have never shirked from political battles. I have never retreated from the political battlefield. I have always sought to stand by the liberal values I believe in.
He added: "In my time in Parliament, I have never shirked from political battles. I have never retreated from the political battlefield. I have always sought to stand by the liberal values I believe in.
"But I have, of course, encountered this evening something that many people have encountered before me tonight... you live by the sword, you die by the sword."
"But I have, of course, encountered this evening something that many people have encountered before me tonight - you live by the sword, you die by the sword."
Sir Vince Cable, who was business minister in the coalition government, won back his Twickenham seat from the Conservatives with a majority of 9,762.
Sir Vince Cable, who was business Secretary in the coalition government, won back his Twickenham seat from the Conservatives with a majority of 9,762.
He had been the local MP from 1997, but lost the seat to Conservative Dr Tania Mathias in 2015, who took it with a majority of 2,017.
He had been the local MP from 1997, but lost the seat to Conservative Tania Mathias in 2015, who took it with a majority of 2,017.
He paid tribute to his former boss, saying Mr Clegg losing his seat was a "big loss" for the party and Parliament.
Ms Swinson, the former equality minister, won back her seat in Dunbartonshire East from the SNP with a majority of 5,339.
"I am very sad for him," he told the BBC. "I went through a defeat two years ago. It is painful. But he will be looked upon by historians as a really major figure.
She first took the seat from Labour in 2005 when she was just 25, becoming the first MP to have been born in the 1980s. But she lost it in the 2015 election when the SNP won 56 of the 59 constituencies in Scotland.
"I think, with hindsight, the period of the coalition government was a period of stability and competent successful government. He was one of the main architects of that and deserves a lot of credit for that."
Former Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey will also make his return to Westminster after retaking Kingston and Surbiton from the Tories.
Ministers' return
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross was won back from the SNP by Jamie Stone, and Christine Jardine won in Edinburgh West.
Ms Swinson, the former equality minister, won the seat in Dunbartonshire East from the SNP with a majority of 5,339.
Tom Brake held Carshalton and Wallington, Norman Lamb retained Norfolk North, and Alistair Carmichael held Orkney and Shetland.
She first won the seat to represent her local area from Labour in 2005 when she was just 25, becoming the first MP to have been born in the 1980s.
Wera Hobhouse gained a seat in Bath from the Conservatives, and the party also gained the seats of Eastbourne and Oxford West and Abingdon.
However, she lost it in the 2015 election when the SNP won 56 of the 59 constituencies in Scotland.
Sue McGuire lost the Southport seat and Greg Mulholland lost in Leeds North West.
Ed Davey, the former secretary for energy and climate change, will also make his return to Westminster after retaking Kingston and Surbiton from the Tories.
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross has been won back from the SNP by Jamie Stone with a majority of 2,044, and in Edinburgh West, Christine Jardine got a majority of 2,988.
Tom Brake has held Carshalton and Wallington, despite him believing it would be the hardest election he would ever fight.
Norman Lamb held his constituency of Norfolk North, albeit with a smaller majority than 2015 of 3,512.
And Alistair Carmichael has held Orkney and Shetland with a majority of 4,563.
The party gained a seat in Bath from the Conservatives, with candidate Wera Hobhouse winning a majority of 5,694.
It has also gained the seat of Eastbourne from the Conservatives, with a majority of 1,609, and the seat of Oxford West and Abingdon, with a majority of just 816.
Sue McGuire lost the Southport seat, with the Lib Dems pushed into third place behind the winning Conservatives and Labour in second place.
Greg Mulholland lost in Leeds North West, being pushed into second place by Alex Sobel for Labour.
'No coalition, no deals'
Mr Clegg took the party into a coalition with the Conservatives in 2010 and became deputy prime minister to David Cameron.
Mr Clegg took the party into a coalition with the Conservatives in 2010 and became deputy prime minister to David Cameron.
At the time, the Lib Dems held 57 seats, but after the next election five years later, the number was cut to eight.
At the time, the Lib Dems held 57 seats, but after the next election five years later, the number was cut to eight.
Senior figures within the Lib Dems have ruled out a similar deal after Thursday's election, as the Conservatives have again come out as the largest party - but failed to secure a majority.
Menzies Campbell said he would be "astonished" if Tim Farron joined with the Tories for a second coalition, or formed a "progressive alliance" with Labour.
The party's press office has tweeted that there will be "no coalition" and "no deals".
Lord Campbell told the BBC: "We know about coalitions and we know [how] getting influence is very, very difficult indeed.
"Our experience after the last coalition [is] the major party gets the credit for everything that is done and the junior party takes the blame for the things the people don't like."
He said that Theresa May had made her position on pursuing a hard Brexit clear, adding: "How could Tim Farron possibly ally himself with that? He [could not] take the party with him, nor any of the over 100,000 membership."
But Lord Campbell also criticised Jeremy Corbyn's approach to Brexit - saying it "frankly almost defies definition" - so he could not see any way Mr Farron could join with that party either.
Former Lib Dem leader Paddy Ashdown tweeted that Britain "is more polarised than ever in my life time", if the exit polls are right.
He added: "REALLY time now for the centre to get its act together."
Lord Ashdown also told ITV News that Theresa May had "lost all credibility" during this election.
Speaking on Sky News, Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Featherstone said: "If the exit poll is right we'll have a government of chaos."
The Lib Dems focused their campaign on winning the votes of Remainers, pledging a second referendum on the Brexit deal negotiations and calling for the UK to remain in the single market.
The party also pledged to put a penny on income tax to fund the NHS and to legalise cannabis.
