Election coverage from across Suffolk
All the county's results are now in
The Greens' co-leader Adrian Ramsay wins the new seat of Waveney Valley
Former deputy prime minister Therese Coffey loses her Suffolk Coastal seat to Labour's Jenny Riddell-Carpenter
Jess Asato takes the new seat of Lowestoft for Labour
Peter Prinsley wins Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket for Labour
Jack Abbott takes Ipswich back from the Tories for Labour
Nick Timothy wins West Suffolk for the Conservatives but sees their majority fall to just 3,247
Patrick Spencer wins Central Suffolk and North Ipswich for the Tories with a majority of 15,144
Conservative James Cartlidge retains South Suffolk with a reduced majority
Johnnie Wright
BBC Radio Suffolk
There were contrasting scenes here at Brackenbury Leisure Centre in Felixstowe.
While Labour’s Jenny Riddell-Carpenter was jubilant, the Conservatives, including Therese Coffey, looked very stunned.
She had won with a 20,000 majority in 2019.
Ms Coffey refused a post-declaration interview and made a swift exit.
Image source, Johnnie Wright/BBCFormer deputy prime minister Therese Coffey has lost her Suffolk Coastal seat by just over 1,000 votes.
Labour have taken the seat from the Conservatives, with Jenny Riddell-Carpenter the new MP.
Ms Riddell-Carpenter took 15,672 votes, Dr Coffey 14,602.
Reform UK came in third with the Liberal Democrats fourth.
George King
There is still no sign of Kevin Craig here at the Central Suffolk and North Ipswich count.
There's even been a suggestion he might not be making an appearance at all.
Mr Craig was initially standing as a Labour candidate before being suspended by the party for betting on himself to lose the election.
He is now an independent.
New Lowestoft MP Jess Asato says: “I am feeling exhilarated and ready to start the task of being the MP for Lowestoft on day one.
"People wanted change and we kept hearing that time and time again on the doorstep.”
Image source, Zoe Dennis/BBCClare Phillips
BBC Radio Suffolk
Peter Prinsley's experience as a consultant ear, nose and throat surgeon means he has first-hand knowledge of the NHS, which he hopes to put to good use.
Speaking after winning the Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket constituency, he said he got into politics because of his frustrations with the NHS and hospital services in particular.
The Conservative candidate, Will Tanner, who is Rishi Sunak's deputy chief of staff, declined to be interviewed and left the hall straight after the declaration.
Clare Phillips
BBC Radio Suffolk
There was an audible gasp as the returning officer Ben Smith announced the result here in Bury St Edmunds, with Peter Prinsley elected the first ever Labour MP for the constituency.
In his acceptance speech, he said would "work tirelessly" for the constituency and thanked those who had helped in his campaign.
He said his 18-month-old granddaughter only today learned to say "vote labour".
Labour's Jess Asato will be Lowestoft's next MP with 14,000 votes, beating the Tory candidate Peter Aldous by about 2,000.
Reform polled had more than 10,000 votes.
This seat was one of Labour's targets, with numerous high-profile visits to the area.
Labour's Jess Asato has won in Lowestoft, a new seat that previously came under Waveney and was occupied by Peter Aldous for the Conservatives.
Image source, Zoe Dennis/BBC
Image source, Zoe Dennis/BBCAdrian Ramsay, Green Party co-leader and candidate for Waveney Valley, has just arrived at Debenham Leisure Centre.
He said: “It has been a fantastic campaign and we’ve had a great response on the doorstep but I am not being complacent about anything.
“We await the result with interest. I feel hopeful people are looking for a change here in East Anglia and Green Party support is clearly on the rise.
“It wouldn’t be right to speculate. But I do think there is a strong sign more people are coming behind the Green Party. It could be very close and every vote counts.”
This is a big win for Labour. It wasn't one of their target seats but they will happily take it.
It was a narrow win for NHS doctor Peter Prinsley, with about 1,000 votes in it.
Reform UK took over 8,000 votes, which could well be what made the difference in this seat.
Adrian Ramsay, co-leader of the Greens, has just arrived at the count in Debenham.
The seat, which straddles the Norfolk-Suffolk border, is one of the party's key targets.
We're expecting a declaration at about 04:00
Ben Parker
BBC political reporter, Suffolk
Jack Abbott will be Ipswich's next MP after taking the seat for Labour from the Conservatives.
He beat the Tories' Tom Hunt, who took the seat in 2019.
Mr Abbott said: "Together we will build a new future for Ipswich."
Ben Parker
BBC political reporter, Suffolk
Nick Timothy will be the next MP for West Suffolk after holding the seat for the Tories.
The former chief of staff to ex-Prime Minister Theresa May beat Labour by 3,247 votes - that majority is down from 23,194 in 2019.
Reform had a strong showing with over 9,000 votes, likely taking a large portion of those former Tory votes.
Image source, Matt Marvel/BBCThere has been a delay in Ipswich but we're still expecting a result imminently.
Some more turnout figures have come in.
In West Suffolk the figure was 64.1%, while in South Suffolk it was 65.7%.
We're expecting to get the first result in Suffolk at 02:30.
The Conservatives are defending Ipswich with Labour hoping to retake the seat that they won in 2017, before losing in 2019.
Philip Faircloth-Mutton, Conservative Party counting agent, said the betting scandal that has embroiled former Labour candidate, now Independent Kevin Craig, “definitely has to be factored in” to the party’s chances this evening.
He said: “There was a change on the doorstep which allowed us to build increasing confidence once the Kevin Craig story broke. But if Patrick [Spencer, Conservative candidate] does win he will make an excellent MP.
“It is too early for me to give any projection at this moment in time for Waveney Valley, but what I will say Richard [Rout, Conservative candidate] is a very likeable guy and people have responded to that.”
Image source, George King/BBCLiberal Democrat Brett Mickelburgh, candidate for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, thinks the Conservatives will hold the seat.
He said: “I don’t think that is necessarily a surprise - the area is dyed-in-the-wool Conservative but I think it will be quite interesting to see who comes second.
“I will give a football analogy. A good percentage of people support their football club all their lives - it’s a part of who they are. And I think the same is true with a good percentage of people from a voting point of view.”
When asked about Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay’s chances of taking the new Waveney Valley constituency, he added: “I think my guys think the Greens are maybe just slightly ahead.”
Image source, George King/BBC