Bob Dale
BBC News, Kent

Thanks for joining us on this eventful night.

Labour have made major gains across Kent, with the Liberal Democrats also claiming the notable scalp of Tunbridge Wells, the first time it has not been Conservative-held in half a century.

There has been some good news for the Tories, with Helen Grant, Helen Whately, Laura Trott, Tom Tugendhat and Sir Roger Gale all getting re-elected, and Katie Lam joining them as the new MP for the Weald of Kent.

You can continue following developments through the rest of the day on the BBC's main site here.

Phil Harrison
BBC News, Tunbridge Wells

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Deborah and Owen Boyd live in Tunbridge Wells and tactically voted Liberal Democrat.Owen says: “We normally vote labour but we voted Lib Dem this time, technically because Labour didn’t really stand a chance in Tunbridge Wells and but Mike Martin did and it’s worked.” Deborah adds: "We’re part of the progressive alliance. obviously in Tunbridge Wells we are just very very pleased to have unseated the Conservatives, having lived here under Conservative rule for a long long long time.

"We feel that the Liberals are definitely the way to go forward here, but we are die-hard Labour supporters, they couldn’t win here and it helps our cause.

"Good luck to our new MP and Sir Keir, there’s a lot in this country and town that needs sorting out.”

Dr Sam Power
Senior lecturer in politics, University of Sussex

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The polls pointed to a pretty rough night for the Conservatives in the South East, but this morning they amount to a complete and utter redrawing of the electoral map.

There were always seats that were likely to change in Worthing, Hastings, Guildford, and East Thanet. That said, nearly all of the seats I had pinned as those that would be lost for the Conservatives on a bad night - think Chichester, Dorking and Horley, Surrey Heath, and Gravesham - have fallen as well.

The results are particularly rough in Kent, where I had seven "bad night seats", of which the Conservatives have so far lost six.

This also suggests something about how the Conservatives have lost this election - and we should be thinking of this as a Conservative loss as much as a Labour gain.

I calculated seats as either likely to change, or ones that might change with one simple question. Is there only one genuine challenger to the Conservatives?

Where there was one obvious place for the anti-Conservative vote to fall behind, the challenger has more often than not lost. This suggests a) an amount of tactical voting and b) an electorate more focused on kicking out the Conservatives, than backing Labour.

Labour has won Dover & Deal, with the Conservatives finishing third to Reform UK.

The seat had been held for the Conservatives by Natalie Elphicke, until she defected to Labour shortly before the election was called. She also announced she would be standing down.

Labour's Mike Tapp got 18,940 votes, with Howard Cox of Reform UK receiving 11,355.

Stephen James of the Conservatives polled 10,370.

Charlotte Wright
Political Editor, BBC South East

East Thanet is the constituency that former MP, Craig Mackinlay, would have contested, if he had been further along in his recovery after a life-threatening episode of sepsis that led to the amputation of his hands and feet.

Re-election looked unlikely, though. The boundary changes saw the seat lose Sandwich, and take in Margate, which has seen a huge amount of demographic change in recent years with young people moving there from London.

That made it a very realistic prospect for Labour.

But yet again the impact of the Reform vote is stark - not far behind the Conservatives with more than 8,500 votes.

The Labour MP for nearby Canterbury, Rosie Duffield, has already said the party needs to "listen and learn" from the Reform vote, which she says will be one of their top challenges before the next general election.

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Kent's final result is in, with Sir Roger Gale set to continue his career in Parliament.

Sir Roger, first elected to North Thanet in 1983, has won the new seat of Herne Bay and Sandwich, created by boundary changes.

He polled 17,243, ahead of Labour's Helen Whitehead on 14,744.

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Amelia Randall for Reform UK was third with 10,602.

Fourth was Thea Barrett for the Green Party, with Angie Curwen of the Liberal Democrats fifth.

You can read the full result here.

Sir Roger Gale, Kent's longest serving MP, is still waiting to see if his 41-year political career is to continue.

Sir Roger was elected MP for Thanet North in 1983, when Margaret Thatcher won her second general election.

Because of boundary changes, he's standing in the new seat of Herne Bay and Sandwich this time around, which will be the final constituency in Kent to declare.

Charlotte Wright
BBC South East Political Editor

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A clean sweep for Labour.

This is an area that was red during the Blair years.

But it has elected a Conservative MP at every general election since 2010.

Labour had been targeting two Medway seats – hoping to win in Rochester and Strood, and Gillingham and Rainham. Keir Starmer even launched his general election campaign in Gillingham.

But until recently Chatham and Aylesford seemed out of reach – it required a 20 point swing.

Well, they won that too.

Helped, I expect, by the fact that the popular local MP Tracey Crouch was standing down.

But most of all helped by Reform UK.

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They had a good night, coming a close third in all three seats and securing thousands of votes.

And as we’ve seen in other seats in our region – it looks like they’ve split the Tory vote.

That can only have helped Labour secure those majorities today.

Helen Whately has narrowly held on to the Faversham & Mid Kent by 1,469 votes.

She polled 14,816 votes, ahead of Labour's Mel Dawkins on 13,347.

As with many of Kent's seats, Reform UK finished third, Maxwell Harrison polled 9,884.

You can read the full result here.

Helen Grant has held her seat in Maidstone & Malling.

She polled 14,146 votes, narrowly ahead of Labour's Maureen Cleator with 12,472.

Paul Thomas was third for Reform UK with 9,316.

You can read the full result here.

The Conservatives have won the Weald of Kent, one of the new seats created by boundary changes.

The new MP is Katie Lam, who polled 20,202 votes, with Labour's Lenny Rolles second on 11,780.

Daniel Kersten was third for Reform UK on 10,208.

You can read the full result here.

Labour has narrowly gained Sittingbourne & Sheppey from the Conservatives, by just 355 votes.

The seat had been held by Gordon Henderson, who stood down at this election.

It's been taken by Kevin McKenna, who polled 11,919 votes, ahead of the Conservatives' Aisha Cuthbert on 11,564.

You can read the full result here.

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Former Tory leadership candidate Tom Tugendhat has held on to his seat in Tonbridge.

He gained 20,517 votes - well ahead of Labour's Lewis Bailey on 9,351.

The Greens' Anna Cope and Reform UK's Teresa Hanford were third and fourth respectively, separated by a handful of votes on 7,596 and 7,548.

You can read the full result here.

Labour now hold all three Medway seats, after taking Rochester & Strood from the Conservatives.

Lauren Edwards has taken the seat from Kelly Tolhurst.

Ms Edwards polled 15,043 votes, while Ms Tolhurst scored 12,473.

Daniel Dabin was third for Reform UK with 9,966.

You can read the full result here.

Damian Green, who was deputy prime minister under Theresa May, has lost his seat to Labour.

He was unseated by Sojan Joseph, who scored 15,262 votes, ahead of Mr Green's 13,483.

Tristram Kennedy Harper was third for Reform UK with 10,141.

You can read the full result here.

Labour has won another of the three Medway seats.

The party has won Chatham and Aylesford, a seat held by the Conservatives since 2010.

Tris Osbourne is the new MP, polling 13,689 votes, ahead of the Conservatives' Nathan Gamester on 11,691.

Thomas Mallon of Reform UK was third on 9,989.

You can read the full result here.

Labour has won Dover and Deal, with the Conservatives finishing third to Reform UK.

The seat had been held for the Conservatives by Natalie Elphicke, until she defected to Labour shortly before the election was called.

She also announced she would be standing down.

Labour's Mike Tapp polled 18,940, with Howard Cox of Reform UK scoring 11,355.

Stephen James of the Conservatives polled 10,370.

You can read the full result here.

Labour have won the seat for Chatham and Aylesford.

They gain the seat from the Conservatives.

Other recent Labour gains include:

• Edinburgh South West (from the SNP)
• Worthing West (from the Conservatives)
• Glasgow South West (from the SNP)
• Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme (from the Conservatives)
• Ossett and Denby Dale (from the Conservatives)