Hull seatspublished at 03:36 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Tim Dale
BBC Local Live
The turnout figures for three seats in Hull are in.
Hull North 55.1%, Hull West & Hessle 53.9% and Hull East 53.7%.
Local election counts across Yorkshire and Humber region
Updates on Thursday 7 and Friday 8 May 2015
Tim Dale
BBC Local Live
The turnout figures for three seats in Hull are in.
Hull North 55.1%, Hull West & Hessle 53.9% and Hull East 53.7%.
Alasdair Gill
BBC News, Yorkshire
We have our first result in South Yorkshire and it's Barnsley Central where Labour's Dan Jarvis has held his seat.
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A Labour campaigner is nervous about the Batley and Spen result after high turnouts were reported in traditionally Tory voting areas in that seat.
Counting is under way.
Alasdair Gill
BBC News, Yorkshire
We have our first result and it's Harrogate & Knaresborough, where Andrew Jones has held his seat for the Conservative Party.
He won a tiny majority of 1,039 in 2010 in taking the seat from the Liberal Democrats but has increased that this time around.
Tim Iredale
Political editor, Yorkshire & Lincolnshire
UKIP sources tell me the party has "fallen short" of winning Great Grimsby from Labour.
Lauren Potts
BBC Local Live
We're hearing news from a senior source in the Labour party that they expect it to be a close call in Nick Clegg's Sheffield Hallam seat, but aren't expecting to win.
The deputy prime minister had a substantial majority of 15,000 in 2010, but experts say the party could be about to suffer a backlash from going into coalition with the Conservatives.
Spencer Stokes
BBC Look North
Bradford South is expected to be the first Bradford seat to declare at about 04:30.
Sitting Labour MP, Gerry Sutcliffe, is standing down.
Tom Ingall
BBC Look North
Wow. Confirmation of this figure in Sheffield Hallam.
In comparison the turnout in Labour leader Ed Miliband's seat Doncaster North has just been confirmed as 56%.
Kate Bradbrook
BBC Look North video journalist
Candidates in Barnsley Central have been called. A declaration may be imminent or wishful thinking.
The Liberal Democrat candidate for Harrogate doesn't have high hopes for Nick Clegg's future.
Helen Flynn told BBC Radio York: "He can't survive as leader of the party."
Spencer Stokes
BBC Look North
I'm at the Bradford count, where Liberal Democrat David Ward has just arrived.
A party source says it fears he has lost his Bradford East seat. He had majority of just 365 in 2010.
Political duo Len Tingle and Louise Martin have set up camp at the Leeds count, where they are waiting for some hotly anticipated results.
Still to come from the First Direct Arena is news from Ed Balls' Morley and Outwood seat, and the Pudsey seat which is a key Labour target held by Conservative Stuart Andrew.
Spencer Stokes
BBC Look North
tweets, external: Bradford Council has said police will issue statement about Galloway tweeting exit poll from Bradford West before polls closed.
BBC Radio York's Nick Morris tweets:, external Literally no yellow rosettes in Selby & Ainsty green room. Lib Dem candidate Nicola Turner's agent told me she was paper candidate who lives in West Yorkshire.
BBC's Len Tingle tweets:, external Conservatives confident will do better than expected in 8 counts here in Leeds - predict "toss of a coin" for Ed Balls in Morley & Outwood.
Louise Martin
Politics Reporter, BBC Radio Leeds
Just spoke to one Lib Dem here in Leeds. He said: "I think we've lost our deposit here."
Some local delicacies in the press room at the Wakefield count, reporter Anne Louise Crossley tells us.
We're waiting for results from Hemsworth, Wakefield and the Castleford, Normanton and Pontefract seats - the latter of course being the home of Haribo.
Jamie Coulson
Health Correspondent, BBC Yorkshire
Postal votes have only just arrived for Halifax and Calder Valley counts. So still lots of verification to do before the count proper begins.
Danni Hewson
Business Correspondent, BBC Yorkshire
Conservative candidate in Colne Valley, Jason McCartney, says he is confident it will follow the national trend and stay blue.
Counting is yet to start though.
Look North's Danni Hewson tweets:, external Only one ward has started counting in Huddersfield. The sheer number of votes was given as the reason, but we've had no turnout figure yet.