Karen Gardner
BBC Wiltshire

Former North Swindon MP Justin Tomlinson said it has been a "dreadful night" after Labour gained the seat from his party.

He thanked Will Stone for a positive campaign.

Kelly Morgan
BBC News, Wiltshire

Lucy Townsend has just announced the start of the count saying that fulfilling this role is a "privilege".

Twelve teams of focussed counters are hard at it in the Olympiad sports hall.

A grim-faced Michelle Donelan has arrived at the Melksham & Devizes count at County Hall. She's served as Secretary of State for Science Innovation and Technology for the past year. With a Labour landslide it's possible she'll be out of that job.

Can she remain an MP in this new constituency of Melksham & Devizes? Counting is well under way and it's looking tight between the Conservatives and Lib Dems at the moment.

Kelly Morgan
BBC News, Wiltshire

Chippenham is another seat that saw a decrease in ballot papers being submitted this year, compared to 2019.

2024 - 67.02%

2019 - 74.38%

Sophie Parker
BBC News, Wiltshire

Verification of ballots is over, which means the turnout has been announced.

For South West Wiltshire, it’s 63.41%.

In 2019, the turnout was 70.4%.

Counting has now begun, with people organising the papers into bundles.

Labour has won Swindon North from the Conservatives.

Rebecca Broxton
BBC News, Wiltshire

The turnout in Melksham & Devizes is at 69.96%.

This means more than 51,000 people across the constituency went to the polling station on Thursday.

Rebecca Broxton
BBC News, Wiltshire

Reform UK has performed well in the seats declared so far.

Malcolm Cupis the party's candidate in Melksham and Devizes will need to wait until around 4am to find out how he's done.

Rebecca Broxton
BBC News, Wiltshire

It's been a long time coming but we're about to start the count in the new constituency of Melksham & Devizes.

Turnout here 69.96%

Marie Lennon
BBC News, West of England

Tom Corbin, Salisbury Labour councillor and campaigner, is buzzing around the trestle tables and grinning.

He says this has been "The most fun campaign" he's been involved with for Labour.

"I'm pumped up and excited but also anxious," he told the BBC.

This is a safe Conservative seat, but both Labour and Lib Dems have seen really positive polling. Enough to change Salisbury's 101 year history of electing a Tory?

Verification is due very soon.

Jonathan Ray is here through the small hours bringing you the very latest updates and analysis from our political reporters across the region - as our results start to be declared

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Sophie Parker
BBC News, Wiltshire

There's been a brief break here in Trowbridge, where the count is happening for two constituencies - South West Wiltshire and Melksham & Devizes - but people are now getting back to their positions.

Terence Herbert is the acting returning officer here: "The challenge has been ensuring we have sufficient staffing."

He explained that boundary changes mean that some counts in Wiltshire have had to wait a while to get ballot boxes in from long distances.

But what about the stationery bill with all those paperclips and rubber thimbles?

Mr Herbert assured me that they collect them all afterwards for the next time.

Andrew Hawes
BBC News, Wiltshire

The first of East Wiltshire's hopefuls have arrived at tonight's declaration.

Labour's Rob Newman is already casting an eye over the figures, though we await Conservative Danny Kruger.

We're still to hear the turnout here. For East Wiltshire, the night is young.

Kelly Morgan
BBC News, Wiltshire

A Conservative supporter has just told me that, "it looks like the Lib Dems have got it".

Turnout expected shortly.

Sophie Parker
BBC News, Wiltshire

There's a wide variety of snacks in the press section in Trowbridge - from a cheese roll to grapes, and a lot of caffeinated drinks.

One of us decided on a late night cream tea.

Karen Gardner
BBC News, Wiltshire

After the resounding victory of Labour's Heidi Alexander in South Swindon, taking the seat from Conservative Sir Robert Buckland, it's time to count the votes for North Swindon.

Held by Conservative Justin Tomlinson since 2010, most recently with a 28% majority, this time it will need a 14% swing to secure it for Labour's Will Stone. Plenty of tension in both the blue and red camps with ballot papers being watched intently.

Result expected by 2am.

Leigh Boobyer
BBC News, West of England

Labour's Heidi Alexander has taken Swindon South off the Tories. Her majority is 9,606

In her speech after the result was declared at around 00:15 BST, she said: "As some of you may know, I'm a Swindon girl born and bred and I can tell you this. I'm on a mission.

" A mission to restore pride and opportunity to my home town. A mission to ensure kids growing up here today don't have to move out to get on.

"A mission to build a high wage local economy where hard work is rewarded and the contribution of all is valued.

"It's an honour of my life to have been elected to represent my hometown. Together we will put Swindon back on the map for all the right reasons."

In a fiery interview after losing his former role as Swindon South MP, Robert Buckland told the BBC he was "fed up with performance art politics".

"I've had enough of it, I want the Conservative party to come back to the ethos of doing stuff well," he continued.

Marie Lennon
BBC News, West of England

Salisbury’s Reform candidate Julian Malins says if Reform do win 13 seats, they’ll be a “force in politics” after this election.

He says he was hoping for at least 10 MPs, anything else feels like a bonus.

For him? He says he just wants to win enough votes to get his deposit back. He and his “Tiktok advisor” have just bought a couple of cappuccinos from the leisure centre café.

Meanwhile Salisbury's votes are still being counted, and the final boxes from East Wiltshire are only just arriving now.