Matthew Barber, the Thames Valley’s Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), has been talking to BBC Radio Oxford’s Jerome Sale.

He was re-elected as the Conservative PCC in May but only beat Labour by about 2,300 votes.

"It's still an absolute trouncing. Friends and colleagues have done a fantastic job locally but nationally there probably isn't any great surprise.

"I think this goes beyond the campaign. If you look at the opinion polls, we've been behind since 2021 so this shouldn't come as a huge shock to anybody. And of course politics is cyclical and to some extent there's some inevitability to that cycle.

"Any honest analysis of where [the Conservatives] are says we need to develop some pragmatic policies that really address the issues."

Bethan Nimmo
Political reporter, Oxfordshire

Ballot boxes have been arriving at Spiceball Leisure Centre in Banbury.

I can hear probably one of my favourite sounds in the world - the flutter of ballot papers being counted.

The rows of counters sat at the trestle tables in front of me are going to be a part of what experts are now fairly confidently predicting will be an historic night.

I think we're in for a long wait here for the results here. But when they come they are set to be fascinating.

Can Victoria Prentis - the Attorney General in the Conservative government - hold on to her seat in Banbury? If it goes to Labour - and it could - that will be the first time in more than 100 years that anybody but a Tory has held the seat. Labour has never held it before.

Then there's Bicester & Woodstock. A new constituency - so already hard to predict.

But also such a close contest here, particularly between the Conservatives and the Lib Dems that it really is too close to call. Expect possible recounts and definite drama here in the early hours of the morning.

Voting has been taking place throughout the day across the UK in the 2024 general election.

Join us after midnight BST for coverage of all the results and reaction across Oxfordshire.

BBC South will have reporters at the counts and you can follow all the election developments as they happen here on the BBC News website and app.