Thurrockpublished at 04:22 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Mark Bulstrode
BBC News Online
The Conservatives fought off a challenge from UKIP and Labour to hold Thurrock.
Summary
General and local election updates from 7 and 8 May
Thurrockpublished at 04:22 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Clactonpublished at 04:19 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Mark Bulstrode
BBC News OnlineDouglas Carswell retains his seat as UKIP MP in Clacton.
Basildon South & Thurrock Eastpublished at 04:14 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Andrew Woodger
BBC News OnlineStephen Metcalfe has retained the seat of Basildon South and Thurrock East for the Conservatives.
Hertsmerepublished at 04:13 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Nic Rigby
BBC News, EastConservatives have retained the Hertsmere seat with a 17,605 majority.
Tory candidate Oliver Dowden won 29,696 with 59.28%, of the vote. Richard Butler (Labour) won 11,235 votes and UKIP's candidate Frank Ward came third on 6,383 votes.
Lib Dem Sophie Bowler came fourth with 2,777 votes.
Any roundabouts?published at 04:10 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Craig Lewis
BBC NewsLib Dem Derek Eastman, standing in council elections in Newport Pagnell South, has been sporting a unique tie; a map of Milton Keynes!
Epping Forestpublished at 04:04 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Andrew Woodger
BBC News OnlineEleanor Laing has retained her Epping Forest seat for the Tories, with UKIP in second place.
Hertsmerepublished at 04:03 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Nic Rigby
BBC News, EastConservatives hold on to Hertsmere seat.
Peterboroughpublished at 04:02 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Richard Haugh
BBC NewsConservative Stewart Jackson is in jubilant mood after winning the Peterborough seat for a third time.
Chesham and Amershampublished at 03:58 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Richard Haugh
BBC NewsThe Conservatives took 60% of the votes in Chesham and Amersham in 2010, and are expected to win big again this time round.
Waveneypublished at 03:57 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Guy Campbell
At the Waveney count in Lowestoft, Conservative sources say early indications are that they are "neck and neck" with Labour, but picking up more votes than they expected in traditional Labour wards.
Peter Aldous won the seat for the Tories in 2010 with a slim majority of 769 over Labour.
The former Labour MP, Bob Blizzard, is hoping to win the seat back and all the candidates have put the issue of building a third water crossing in Lowestoft at the centre of their campaigns.
South Cambridgeshirepublished at 03:56 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Andrew Woodger
BBC News OnlineHeidi Allen is defending a 7,838 majority for the Conservatives in rural South Cambridgeshire.
The seat was won by former Conservative health minister Andrew Lansley in 2010.
The count at Cambourne Village College reveals turnout has dropped from 74.9% in 2010 to 73.4% this year.
Rochford and Southend Eastpublished at 03:54 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Richard Haugh
BBC NewsConservative James Duddridge kept hold of his seat in Rochford and Southend East, where his 20,241 votes was almost double that of the second place Ian Gilbert (Labour).
UKIP saw an increase of 14.7% compared to 2010, receiving 8,948 votes to put them into third place, ahead of the Green Party and the Lib Dems.
Postpublished at 03:52 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Andrew Sinclair
Political correspondent, BBC EastIt looks like story of the night in the east will be the Tory surge.
They could take Colchester and hang on in Ipswich, Waveney, Yarmouth and North Norwich.
Herts North Eastpublished at 03:48 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Andrew Woodger
BBC News OnlineOliver Heald wins Hertfordshire North East with 28,949 votes - a 55% share.
Harlowpublished at 03:47 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Richard Haugh
BBC NewsConservative Robert Halfon picked up just shy of half the votes in Harlow, holding on to the seat he won from Labour in 2010.
Labour's Suzy Stride picked up 13,273 votes to take second place, but was more than 8,000 votes behind Halfon.
Mid Bedfordshire and South West Bedfordshirepublished at 03:46 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Mark Bulstrode
BBC News OnlineThe count for Mid Bedfordshire and South West Bedfordshire is well under way. Estimated declaration time is still expected before 04:00.
Basildon and Billericaypublished at 03:42 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Conservative candidate John Baron has held the seat of Basildon and Billericay with 22,668 (52.7% of the vote) beating Labour challenger Gavin Callaghan who won 10,186 votes.
UKIP's George Konstantinidis came third on 8,538 votes with Lib Dem Martin Thompson coming third on 1,636 votes.
Norwich Northpublished at 03:34 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Julian Sturdy
BBC Look EastEloise O'Hare, an agent for independent candidate Mick Hardy, captures the scene as people wait for the result in Norwich North.
Ketteringpublished at 03:32 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Nic Rigby
BBC News, EastConservative candidate Philip Hollobone has held his Kettering seat with a majority of 12,590 over his Labour challenger Rhea Keehn.
Mr Hollobone received 24,467 votes (up 2.7%), Ms Keehn received 11,877 votes with UKIP's Jonathan Bullock on 7,600.
The Green Party's Rob Green received 1,633 votes and the Lib Dems candidate Chris McGlynn came fourth with 1,490 votes.
Harlowpublished at 03:29 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Richard Haugh
BBC NewsThe Conservatives hold Harlow.