Martin Barber
BBC News, East

• King's Lynn and West Norfolk, external: Con 46, Lab 10, Ind 2

• Great Yarmouth, external: No overall control - Labour and Conservative 14, 1 independent, 10 UKIP

• Norwich, external: Labour in control - 10 seats, Green 4, Lib Dem 1

• South Norfolk, external: Cons 40, Lib Dem 6

• Breckland, external: Cons 42, UKIP 4, Lab 2, Ind 1

• North Norfolk, external: Cons 33, Lib Dem 15

• Broadland, external: Cons 43, Lib Dem 4

Laurence Cawley
BBC News

The results are in for Basildon Council where both Conservatives and UKIP gained a seat, meaning they hold 18 and 11 seats respectively. Labour's nine seats are unchanged. Independents got three seats and the Liberal Democrats one.

One of the big surprises was the council's former Conservative leader Tony Ball failed to get re-elected this year after losing his Wickford seat to UKIP's Peter Holliman in 2014.

Katy Lewis
Beds, Herts and Bucks Live

Victorious Conservative MP for Chesham & Amersham, Cheryl Gillan, says she will continue to look after her constituents' priorities which includes monitoring the HS2 High Speed rail link, external project.

"I've been defending this constituency against that railway for an awfully long time," she said.

"I hope to make sure that if it does still go ahead, we get the best possible mitigation and compensation for the people whose lives have been blighted by it."

Tony Fisher
BBC Three Counties Radio

Normal service resumed inside the Bedford count at the Bunyan Centre as I watched Richard Fuller retain his seat for the Conservatives with a majority of 1,097.

There was also "normal service" outside the centre when the BBC Three Counties radio car predictably broke down as I was trying to leave.

Thanks to the kind man from the RAC who got me going again.

Dani Bailey
Beds, Herts & Bucks Live

Anne Main, the Conservative MP for St Albans, has been re-elected for a third term with a majority of 12,732 - an increase of 10,427 votes since the last election.

Mrs Main told BBC Three Counties Radio that the contentious local issue of the Rail Freight terminal on the outskirts of the city remains one of her priorities: "I'm still working as much as I can behind the scenes with the district council and seeing if there's any other form of acceptable development that might be allowed there."

Paul Scoins
Political reporter, BBC Three Counties Radio

Kelvin Hopkins (pictured right) has retained his seat in Luton North for the Labour party but he doesn't always vote with his party in Parliament - he's quite the rebel in fact.

That won't matter to Labour. They'll be grateful for the small blob of red in an increasingly blue canvas.

The party will also be pleased that his colleague in Luton South, Gavin Shuker (pictured left), has clung on to his seat.

Andrew Sinclair
Political correspondent, BBC East

More from departing Colchester Liberal Democrat MP Sir Bob Russell.

"I've enjoyed the last 18 years. I feel like a footballer who made it into the Premier League," he says.

A surge in UKIP support in Tendring, external turns the Tory council to no overall control, with the party just one vote behind the Conservatives.

David Keller
BBC News Online

Conservatives remain dominant at King's Lynn council , externalwinning eight seats at the expense of Labour and the Liberal Democrats, who each lost three.

That leaves the Tories with 50 seats, Labour with 10 and independents with two. The Liberal Democrats have nothing.

Katy Prickett
BBC News

The Conservatives consolidate their hold over Mid Suffolk gaining seven wards, while Labour lose their only ward and the Greens win an extra councillor.

Tory gains are at the expense of the Lib Dems and Independents.

Two independent, four Liberal Democrat and five Green councillors are now the opposition in a council led by a 29-strong Conservative majority.

Craig Lewis
BBC News

The Conservative Party has retained control of South Northamptonshire Council, external.

The Tories now have 35 seats, having gained three. The Liberal Democrats won four seats - up one, while independent candidates won three seats.

There are no Labour councillors.

Conservatives take a large chunk out of the Lib Dems at Broadland District Council, external to boost their majority to 42 seats.

Labour hold their majority at Norwich City Council, external with not a single seat changing hands.

Katy Lewis
Beds, Herts and Bucks Live

Nadine Dorries, who has retained her Mid Bedfordshire seat with a 23,327 majority, says it is clear that appearing on the ITV reality TV programme I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, external did not hinder her chances.

"I just know how well that went down locally," she said.

"[The media] tried to make out I was some kind of villain, the reaction I got on the ground from people when I got back was the complete opposite, I knew it was OK, I knew that helped me."

Ipswich Star

Ben Gummer has officially been re-elected, external to serve the constituents of Ipswich after securing 21,794 votes in yesterday's polls.

And after his victory he pledged that his work would continue - as he aims to improve rail links to the town, build a new bridge across the Wet Dock, and help boost the town centre.

Katy Lewis
Beds, Herts and Bucks Live

Tory party chairman Grant Shapps said his party's success in the polls was due to voters realising more time was needed to put things right.

Mr Shapps told BBC Three Counties Radio he asked a previous non-voter in her mid-30s what had made her go to the polls this time and she said she "realised the job wasn't finished".

"Ordinary Britons, realising that we've only had five years to try and sort out the problems, [see that] in another five years we can have full employment in this country and an even bigger, stronger economy," he said.

Huntingdonshire District Council, external remains in Conservative control with 36 seats.

UKIP has six seats, the Lib Dems have four, the independents have four and Labour has two.

Martin Barber
BBC News, East

Just under half of the declarations have been returned in the local elections... and the march of blue continues in the BBC Look East patch.

Many areas of control have remained the same, but the Conservatives have gained in St Albans and Brentwood.

Craig Lewis
BBC News

The Conservatives won four seats from the Liberal Democrats on Colchester Borough Council, external, but it is not enough for an overall majority.

The Tories now hold 27 of the 60 seats on the authorities, with the Lib Dems on 20, Labour on nine and four independents.

Prior to the election a coalition between the Liberal Democrats, Labour and independents ran the council, but it is unclear what will happen after this result.

David Keller
BBC News Online

It's virtually a case of as you were at Tory blue Suffolk Coastal District Council.

The Conservatives gained four seats and increased their majority to 37, stealing two from both the Liberal Democrats and Labour.

The Lib Dems and independents now have two seats, with Labour occupying just one.