The Liberal Democrats hold a majority of seats on South Lakeland District Council.

The results show that the Lib Dems held eight and gained one, an Independent gained one and the Conservatives held five and gained two.

The Lib Dems now have 32 councillors. Twenty-six seats are required for a majority. See a break-down of the results on the South Lakeland District Council website, external.

The Shields Gazette

Labour enjoyed a clean sweep in the local elections - wiping UKIP off the borough's political map and increasing their stranglehold on power., external

Here's the full breakdown from Copeland's mayoral election, external where remarkably there were 3,383 spoilt ballots.

• Mike Starkie (Independent) 15,233

• Steve Gibbons (Labour) 14,259

Stuart Whincup
BBC Look North

Counting is finally under way as Middlesbrough prepares to elect a new mayor.

Counting stopped at Copeland's local election centre to observe the two minute VE Day silence.

The voting's over - have you stayed the course during the campaign, or has it sent you to sleep?

Image source, Getty Images

Test your knowledge of the quotes, gaffes, stumbles and surprises of the 2015 general election on the Magazine's quiz.

Here's the full Parliamentary results for each constituency in Cumbria:

• Barrow and Furness

• Carlisle

• Copeland

• Penrith and the Border

• Westmorland and Lonsdale

• Workington

Nationally, turnout could be the highest since 1997, at about 66%, the BBC understands.

Here's the full results in the Parliamentary constituencies in Teesside and parts of south Durham.

• Bishop Auckland

• Darlington

• Hartlepool

• Middlesbrough

• Middlesbrough South and Cleveland East

• Redcar

• Sedgefield

• Stockton North

• Stockton South

The Gazette

An investigation has been launched after a politically campaigning text message was sent from a Middlesbrough Pizza Hut delivery service, external.

Image source, The Gazette

Pizza lovers in Middlesbrough were left surprised when they received a message from Pizza Hut Delivery on Linthorpe Road yesterday in support of mayoral candidate Andy Preston.

Jennie Dennett
BBC Radio Cumbria

And we have a winner - Meet Cumbria's first directly-elected mayor, Mayor of Copeland, Mike Starkie, and independent.

Here are the candidates for the Copeland mayoral election - Chris Whiteside, Steve Gibbons and Mike Starkie.

In the vote, 1,353 out of 33,565 ballot papers were spoiled. The first preference count was:

• Steve Gibbons (Labour) 12,867 - 40%

• Mike Starkie (Independent) 9,836 - 31%

• Chris Whiteside (Conservative) 9,509 - 29%

Mr Whiteside has been knocked out so they are now counting second preferences.

Here's the full breakdown of the results in the Parliamentary constituencies in Northumberland, Tyneside, Wearside and parts of County Durham.

• Berwick-upon-Tweed

• Blaydon

• Blyth Valley

• City of Durham

• Durham North

• Durham North West

• Easington

• Gateshead

• Hexham

• Houghton and Sunderland South

• Jarrow

• Newcastle upon Tyne Central

• Newcastle upon Tyne East

• Newcastle upon Tyne North

• South Shields

• Sunderland Central

• Tynemouth

• Tyneside North

• Wansbeck

• Washington and Sunderland West

And that marks the end of the Parliamentary elections in the North East and Cumbria - but don't go away, we've still got a number of council elections to declare, and mayoral polls in Middlesbrough and Copeland to bring you.

Here's the full breakdown of the voting in Hexham.

• Guy Opperman (Conservative) 22,834

• Liam Carr (Labour) 10,803

• David Nicholson (UKIP) 4,302

• Jeff Reid (Lib Dem) 2,961

• Lee Williscroft-Ferris (Green Party) 2,445

Here's Conservative MP Guy Opperman being re-elected in Hexham. Labour were second with UKIP third.

Conservative hold at Hexham - Guy Opperman re-elected

Katie Cole
BBC Newcastle

Blyth Valley MP Ronnie Campbell says he will serve five more years and then call it a day.

He's been an MP for 28 years and says Andy Burnham should be the new Labour leader after Ed Miliband stepped down.

Angela Johnston
BBC North East

The candidates have been called forward at the Hexham count.

Fergus Hewison
BBC Newcastle political reporter

This is what you get when you become an MP, the moment you're elected.