Peterboroughpublished at 02:22 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Nic Rigby
BBC News, East
First declaration in Cambridgeshire likely to be Peterborough, says BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. Election turnout for Peterborough is 65.1%.
Summary
General and local election updates from 7 and 8 May
Peterboroughpublished at 02:22 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Northampton North and Southpublished at 02:16 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Mark Bulstrode
BBC News OnlineWe're still waiting for our first declaration.
Look East's Stuart Ratcliffe is in position at the Royal Derngate theatre for Northampton North and South counts.
Suffolk Coastalpublished at 02:12 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Richard Haugh
BBC NewsSuffolk Police, "taking pride in keeping Suffolk safe", and also hosting the count for Suffolk Coastal.
A recent poll in the Ipswich Star said there was a 100% - not 90% or even 99% - chance that Therese Coffey would keep hold of the seat for the Conservatives.
We should find out if they were correct at about 06:00.
Northampton Southpublished at 02:10 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Tom Percival, BBC Radio Northampton
Mary Markham, Conservative deputy leader of Northampton Borough Council, says the race for Northampton South is "very, very difficult to call".
"I hope we have enough to see us through, but I wouldn't take a gamble," she said.
David Mackintosh is defending the seat for the Tories, which Brian Binley won in 2010 with a 6,004 majority.
Thurrockpublished at 02:07 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Nic Rigby
BBC News, EastThurrock in Essex is a key target seat for UKIP and if Lord Ashcroft's poll in April is to be believed they could take the seat with 35% of the vote.
The poll predicts Labour on 31% and the Conservatives on 30%. The UKIP candidates agent has told BBC Essex's Charlotte Rose that he is confident of victory.
Wellingboroughpublished at 02:02 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Nic Rigby
BBC News, EastSomeone has been having some fun with the candidates' photographs at the Wellingborough election count.
BBC Northampton's Elinor Cross took this photograph of the candidates in a Top Trumps-style pose.
Hitchin and Harpendenpublished at 01:55 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Richard Haugh
BBC NewsThe Liberal Democrat candidate Pauline Pearce has admitted defeat in Hitchin and Harpenden, where the party finished in second place in 2010.
Peter Lilley is hoping to hold the seat for the Conservatives.
South Suffolkpublished at 01:52 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Andrew Woodger
BBC News OnlineFormer Conservative minister Tim Yeo was deselected by his local Conservative Association from the South Suffolk seat he had held since it was created in 1983.
The count is taking place outside the constituency at Trinity Park near Ipswich - home of the Suffolk Show.
James Cartlidge is defending Yeo's 8,689 majority for the Tories.
Postpublished at 01:49 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Mark Bulstrode
BBC News OnlineStill waiting for our first declaration in the East. But they're likely to come in thick and fast from now on.
Norwich North & Broadlandpublished at 01:45 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Richard Haugh
BBC NewsHere it is! The fire alarm that thought it could stop the march of British democracy.
It rang for about 20 minutes earlier but failed to stop the vote counters at the Norfolk Showground, where a loud cheer, ironically, greeted the silence.
No evacuation was required.
Great Yarmouthpublished at 01:42 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Andrew Sinclair
Political correspondent, BBC EastHearing gossip that Conservative local government minister Brandon Lewis expected to hold on to his Great Yarmouth seat.
Maldonpublished at 01:40 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Andrew Woodger
BBC News OnlineCounting is well under way at Maldon, where John Whittingdale won the seat for the Conservatives in 2010 with a majority of more than 19,400.
There had been boundary changes ahead of 2010, but seat containing much of the current constituency has been Tory since 1955.
Milton Keynes Northpublished at 01:34 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Craig Lewis
BBC NewsPeople in Milton Keynes didn't allow a locked polling station prevent them from voting this morning.
Instead, this car outside the Mathiesen Centre became a temporary polling station, just for half an hour.
Postpublished at 01:30 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Vikki Irwin
Political reporter, BBC Radio SuffolkEver wondered what the diet of a BBC political reporter looks like on election night? Here's your answer.
Vikki Irwin tweets, external: "Supplies for tonight. We are live @BBCSuffolk with results in Suffolk and UK from 1am. Reporters at every count."
Let's hope the sugar rush doesn't come too early in the night.
Rayleigh & Wickfordpublished at 01:28 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Andrew Woodger
BBC News OnlineHere's the UKIP delegation hoping to overturn a huge Tory majority in Rayleigh & Wickford.
Essex man, and woman, elected Mark Francois for the Conservatives in 2010 with a 22,338 margin of victory over the Lib Dems.
John Hayter, the UKIP candidate, is hoping to replicate Douglas Carswell's 2014 by-election win further up the Essex coast in Clacton.
Saffron Waldenpublished at 01:22 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Richard Haugh
BBC NewsAccording to its website, the sports hall at the Lord Butler Leisure Centre in Saffron Walden is an ideal place for team activities, including badminton, cricket... and children's parties.
Tonight, staff are busy counting ballot boxes for a seat which was successfully defended by the Conservatives in 2010.
North Norfolkpublished at 01:18 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Nic Rigby
BBC News, EastLib Dem health minister Norman Lamb is hoping to retain the North Norfolk seat.
In 2010 he retained the seat with 55.5% of the vote and a whopping majority of 11,626. It will be interesting to see if the Lib Dems' time in government will affect the vote.
Chelmsfordpublished at 01:13 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Richard Haugh
BBC NewsSimon Burns is hoping to keep hold of the seat in Chelmsford, where he has been in power since 1987.
In 2010, it was the Liberal Democrats who came in second with 20,097 of the votes, about 5,000 fewer than the Tories.
Wisbechpublished at 01:07 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Mark Bulstrode
BBC News OnlineThis is the pooch at the centre of a polling station row in Cambridgeshire.
Mick and Rita Howard ripped up their polling cards after their dog Daisy was not allowed in at a polling station in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
Fenland District Council told the BBC there is "no legal requirement to let pets in" and its policy only allowed guide dogs. Listen to the BBC Radio Norfolk interview here.
Great Yarmouthpublished at 00:57 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Nic Rigby
BBC News, EastLabour are hoping to win back the seat of Great Yarmouth, which was lost to the Conservatives in 2010 who won 43.1% of the vote.
But with the rise of UKIP, the seat has become a three-way marginal, with UKIP taking votes from both the Tories and Labour.