Britain heading for hung Parliament

Britain is heading for a hung parliament with the Conservatives the largest party, according to an exit poll tonight.

Tory leader David Cameron was left tantalisingly close to the door of Downing Street with his party on 307 seats – 19 short of an overall majority.

Gordon Brown’s Labour would have 255 seats and Nick Clegg’s Liberal Democrats would have 59 seats, according to the poll.

The BBC/ITV News/Sky News poll interviewed 18,000 voters, who had already cast their ballot, at 130 polling stations across the UK.