Scottish independence referendum: Scotland votes no - as it happened

Ewen MacAskill has more on Alex Salmond’s movements.

Here is more from Michael Gove , the Conservative chief whip, and his interview on the BBC.

It’s worth reading his quotes in full because effectively he was announcing proposals for major constitutional reform.

Earlier Gove said David Cameron would announce plans for England when he speaks later today. (See here and here.)

On the BBC, Gove provided more details.

• Gove confirmed that the government was looking at some version of “English votes for English law”.
  

The Conservative party has outlined a position which I think has a lot of support, not just within Conservative circles, which is that if decisions are taken that effect only the people of England, or only the people of England, Wales and Northern, we need more clearly to respect the wishes of folk in those particular countries.

• He suggested that this would involve draft legislation before the general election, and legislation soon after the general election - just as the government is proposing for further Scottish devolution.
  

Gordon Brown outlined a timetable that involves publishing a command paper that sets out some principle and some detail, then having draft clauses early in the new year, and then, by the time of a general election, a pretty clear legislative proposal that would be implemented after the United Kingdom general election for Scotland,

I think what we need to do is to have a similar sense of urgency in bringing forward proposals to ensure that at the same time as we would chose to legislate after the general election for Scotland, we would also make sure legislative change safeguarded the interests of people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

• He said the government was not planning a full English parliament.
  

I don’t think we want to go down the route of an English parliament as has been commonly understood ... But the critical thing, I think is that there needs to be change in order to ensure that Westminster works better for the people of England and Wales and Northern Ireland.

For Cameron, one attraction of this idea is, unlike offering further devolution to Scotland, this could help the Tories. “English votes for English laws” is a proposal popular with Conservatives, and English voters, but it is one that Labour has always resisted - not least because a majority of Scottish MPs are Labour, and preventing them from voting on English-only legislation could lead to a Labour government having a UK majority, but not an English majority. AS

It’s not just the UK that’s up late tonight, writes Kayla Epstein in New York: the Scottish referendum has captured the world’s attention. A few tore their eyes from the action to say hello:

Some even dressed up for the occasion.

There were also quite a few pets watching alongside their humans, but not all were thrilled about it.

In Washington, DC, one pub has decided the BBC commentary is not quite exciting enough.

Here is the result for Dundee. It’s the first win for yes - and a good one too.

Yes: 53,620 (57.35%)

No: 39,880 (42.65%)

Turnout: 78.8%

Michael Thrasher, the elections expert, tells Sky this is better than he was expecting yes to do here on the basis of the polls.

George Eaton of the New Statesman tweets this picture of Alex Salmond at Aberdeen airport.

Here is the Inverclyde result.

No: 27,329 (50.08%)

Yes: 27,243 (49.92%)

Turnout: 87.4%

(These got posted the wrong way round earlier. Sorry. AS)

STV’s Peter Adam Smith reports somewhat chaotic scenes in Glasgow.

Josh Halliday and his new friends Alan and Frank are having to leave the Green Tavern in Edinburgh; the landlord is a yes supporter and he is calling last orders. But the night is still young ...

It is not over yet, my colleague Alberto Nardelli reminds us.

Two thirds of our traffic for this live blog is currently coming from outside the UK. In Melbourne, Bill Gibson, owner of the House of Scotland gift shop, tells Melissa Davey he is keenly following the blog as the results roll in.

Gibson has been living in Australia since 1965 but visits his home country regularly.

He said no matter how the vote goes, it would be a win for Scotland.

“This process has been a great thing for Scotland, because the central government is now taking notice and this will change the politics over there either way,” he said.

“This vote is occurring as a culmination of the feeling that the Scottish people are not really getting a fair go.”

He’d seen that unfairness as a young man working in the shipyards of Glasgow - tough work without much reward.

“There has always been a feeling than England, and particularly people in London, were on a higher salary and didn’t have to pay for or suffer for the things we had to in Scotland,” he said.

Nevertheless, he would be hoping for a no vote.

“I’ve been thinking really deeply about this issue,” Gibson said.

“I think people need to carefully think about what effects of independence would be, and the ramifications of that, particularly economically.”

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