Rebecca Dickson
Reporter, BBC Radio Nottingham

Joseph Oakley, the 19-year-old Reform candidate in Broxtowe, is one of the youngest people hoping to become an MP at this election.

A former Conservative who left the party in 2022 after becoming disillusioned by "all the catastrophe", he said Reform isn't just for "older people", but young people "left behind by the Tories".

He thinks he’ll be third in the results, but is encouraged by the party's results nationally.

"There are so many people voting for us who otherwise wouldn't vote," he said.

Hugh Casswell
Political reporter, BBC Radio Nottingham

Lee Anderson has arrived at the Ashfield count - and he's wearing a flat cap. “I put this on as a disguise so you wouldn’t recognise me,” he told reporters.

Maria Rubio
Reporter, BBC Radio Nottingham

No, it's not the singer of 1980s classic Addicted to Love...

Reform candidate Robert Palmer says Newark is on a knife edge as it’s very close between Labour and the Conservatives, but he doesn't think he's in line to take the seat.

“No one can call this” he said.

“I’m disappointed as we’re not going to win, but I was always going to come third."

Hugh Casswell
Political reporter, BBC Radio Nottingham

Labour sources are saying Ashfield is a “very, very close" as the vote counting continues. Cheryl Butler, election agent for Labour candidate Rhea Keehn, says the exit poll nationally is “phenomenal” and far better than she expected for her party. Activists from other parties say they expect Reform’s Lee Anderson to hold on in Ashfield, but no one seems able to predict it with any real confidence.

Pete Saull
Political correspondent, BBC East Midlands

The Conservatives are confident that Robert Jenrick has held on to Newark.

He resigned as Immigration Minister last year, and a source in his team said his ability to speak out against the government from the backbenches was a key factor in persuading voters to stick with him.

They contrasted his fortunes with Mark Spencer, who remained a minister in Rishi Sunak's government and looks likely to lose his seat in Sherwood Forest.

Turnout for the Newark seat is 67.25%.

Miya Chahal
Reporter, BBC Nottingham

Our snack table in Gedling!

Sally Bowman
Correspondent, BBC East Midlands Today

How do journos survive election night?

Some of us take advice from BBC Political Editor Chris Mason who recommends bananas, jelly babies and lots of tea!

Colin Hazelden
BBC East Midlands Today Reporter

Wesley Milligan is not exactly your average parliamentary candidate.

An Independent bidding to become the MP for Mansfield, he's also homeless.

He said he'll be going back to his tent after the count is done.

James Lynn
BBC News, Nottingham

• 57.62% of people in Bassetlaw voted - 45,036 ballot papers.
• 66.7% of people in Broxtowe turned out - with 48,003 papers verified.
• 67.25% turned out in Newark – 53,657 ballot papers.
• 63.5% in Gedling – 48,898 ballots.

Hugh Casswell
Political reporter, BBC Radio Nottingham

Verification has been completed in Ashfield, and the turnout has been confirmed as 58%.

That's down on the rate from the last general election in 2019, where it came in at 62.6%.

Kevin Stanley
Reporter, BBC Radio Nottingham

We've just heard from Shaghofta Naz Akhtar, who's standing as an independent in Nottingham South.

She said she's a socialist, but looking away from Westminster she attacked Labour for the party's role in Nottingham City Council declaring itself effectively bankrupt last year.

"I come from being an expert in public finances, [and] Labour have used the Conservative government as an excuse for the mess they've made of Nottingham," she said.

"We need to go in, take a look at what happened and make sure it never happens again."

James Lynn
BBC News, Nottingham

Here are the expected declaration times for the constituencies across Notts:

• Mansfield: 03:00
• Nottingham East: 03:00
• Nottingham North & Kimberley: 03:00
• Nottingham South: 03:00
• Rushcliffe: 03:00
• Bassetlaw: 03:30
• Newark: 03:30
• Sherwood Forest: 03:30
• Ashfield: 04:00
• Gedling: 04:00
• Broxtowe: 05:00

Sally Bowman
Correspondent, BBC East Midlands Today

The last ballot box has recently arrived at the Rushcliffe count.

Green candidate Richard Mallender wonders if the result could come earlier than the predicted time, which is between 03:00 and 04:00.

“This is a very slick operation,” he said.

Jake Garner
Reporter, BBC Radio Nottingham

The last of the ballot boxes have arrived of The Dukeries Lesiure Centre in New Ollerton for the Sherwood Forest count. David Dobbie, the Liberal Democrat candidate, said it's "very much a marginal battleground between Labour and Conservatives".

A result is expected to come in at about 03:30 this morning.

Miya Chahal
Reporter, BBC Nottingham

This is 22-year-old Dominic Berry, candidate for the Green Party in Gedling. He says he got into politics at such a young age because of his difficulties renting and worries about the future of the planet.

If elected, he said he'd want to support the people of Gedling with flooding prevention and give subsidies to farmers to rewild land.

Maria Rubio
Reporter, BBC Radio Nottingham

Millie Scott-Criddle was presiding officer at a polling station in Newark earlier, and is now counting votes in the town.

The 22-year-old said it was great to see a lot of young people and first-time voters coming through to cast their votes.

Talking about the count, she added there is big anticipation waiting for the results to come in.

To keep her going through a long shift, she said snacks are the most important part of the day.

Hugh Casswell
Political reporter, BBC Radio Nottingham

That was the question I found myself asking about halfway through the campaign.

Until Nottingham hosted the leaders' debate in the penultimate week, I didn't see a single cabinet minister campaigning in my patch, or at least they weren't making themselves available for interview.

Compare that to Labour, which has had its frontbench regularly deployed around the county. I couldn't move for shadow cabinet members at times.

Have the Conservative big-hitters been more worried about defending their own seats? Were they abandoning Rishi Sunak to front the campaign on his own? Or were they just feeling despondent about their party's prospects? I may never know, because I didn't get much chance to ask them.

Kevin Stanley
Reporter, BBC Radio Nottingham

Agents from Greens, Labour and the Lib Dems oversee the count at the Nottingham Tennis Centre.

Pete Saull
Political correspondent, BBC East Midlands

Early indications suggest Newark will be a close race. The former cabinet minister, Robert Jenrick, won here by almost 22,000 votes in 2019, which ordinarily would be a pretty safe margin.

But not in this election. Labour activists here actually seemed a bit disappointed by the exit poll, which suggested that Jenrick might just about hold on. One of his team told me it meant he was "in with a shout" of winning.

Both sides seem to think it will go down to the wire, and it also seems that Reform, like in other parts of the region, have picked up a substantial number of votes.

Hugh Casswell
Political reporter, BBC Radio Nottingham

When I've spoken to voters across Nottinghamshire during the campaign, the most common theme has been disillusionment.

It seems to apply to all politicians – phrases like "they're all the same" have seemed to come up a lot.

Undoubtedly there's frustration with the Conservatives, but not necessarily wholesale enthusiasm for Labour either.

That sort of apathy towards the two main parties can make people stay at home, or it can create a space for the smaller parties.

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