Independence Vote

As it happened from the Stornoway counting centre

3.05am

Official results:

NO 10,544

YES 9195

19 rejected ballot papers

Total votes cast: 19,758

53.4% - 46.6% split for NO

2.55am

Going to be around 55 - 45 for NO in Western Isles

2.53am

Delay while awaiting final approval for announcement from chief counting officer

2.37am Three or so minutes to official declaration - watch live on STV

2.34am

Western Isles turnout 86.22%, 19,758 people voted

2.30am

YES camp concede NO to win Western Isles. Formal announcement 15 mins

2.29am

NO win Western Isles - to be announced in 15 minutes

2.22:

Western Isles outcome expected in next 15 to 30 minutes

2.04am

Not long to go in Western Isles - final North Uist and Benbecula boxes being counted

1.53am

Balivanich looks like NO at this stage

1.43am

Western Isles: YES camp believe "close result," NOs reckon they are winning

NO camp relaxed and jovial. YES campaigners very glum and serious

1.27am

Source says only Point went YES - by about seven votes. To be confirmed

1.26am

NO vote has lost only one ballot box so far

1.24am Uig coming out for NO. One box has 260 NO, 239 YES, to be confirmed

1.23am

Uist and Barra boxes arrive at count centre. Need to be verified before counting

1.10am

Better Together believe they have won Western Isles with only half the boxes counted

1.05am

Uist and Barra boxes land at Stornoway airport

00.40am

Broadbay: NO 553 YES 442, unconfirmed

00.22am Plane departs Balivanich airport. Fog lifted, good weather

00.10am

Count starts for Ness and Westside voting slips

23.56pm Chartered plane all loaded and ready to go at Balivanich airport

23.50pm

Uist and barra boxes at Balivanich airport

23.49pm

Barra ballot boxes departed by RNLI lifeboat. Heading for Eriskay for journey north

11.35pm

Harris ballot boxes arrive in Stornoway

11.20pm

Ballot boxes from Sandwick and St Columba Church polling stations have voted No, roughly 60-40, say Better Together.

11.20pm

90% postal votes are returned in Western Isles, unconfirmed

10.45pm

Verifying and counting gets underway in earnest

10.40pm

More boxes arrive at counting station

10.17pm

First ballot boxes arrive at counting station

more here

10.00pm

Chartered plane lands at Benbecula. Hopeful of taking off with ballot boxes around midnight