Dani Bailey
Beds, Herts & Bucks Live

Labour's Gavin Shuker has retained his seat in Luton South with a 5,711 majority - an increase of 3,382 from the last election.

Mr Shuker received 18,660 votes ahead of the Conservative party's Katie Redmond with 12,949 votes.

Yasin Muhammed Rehman for UKIP got 5,129 votes, with Liberal Democrat Ashuk Ahmed coming fourth place with 3,183 votes.

Simon David Hall for the Green's received 1,237 votes, Independent Attiq Ahmed Malik got 900 votes and Liberty GB's Paul Martin Laurence Weston received 158 votes.

Ed Miliband is resigning as leader of the Labour party, taking effect from later today.

Labour hold Luton South

Andrew Sinclair
Political correspondent, BBC East

The East of England is now more conservative than it has been for a generation.

In nearly every seat MPs have seen their majorities soar, some of them have doubled. Safe Tory constituencies like South Norfolk and Suffolk Coastal are now uber-safe with majorities of more than 20,000.

We're now just waiting for a declaration in Luton South, currently held by Labour.

Vikki Irwin
BBC Radio Suffolk political reporter

If you had told me 24 hours ago that these would be the results - I wouldn't have believed you. Both Ipswich and Waveney were targets for the Conservatives and Labour - they were predicted to turn red, but it'll be an all blue team heading to Westminster from Suffolk again.

The Liberal Democrats suffered the largest losses in the county. After 2010 they were the second largest party in Suffolk - now they are barely polling above the Greens - securing only 5.6% of the total Suffolk vote.

UKIP is now the third largest party in the county, with Labour in second place.

Dani Bailey
Beds, Herts & Bucks Live

Kelvin Hopkins has kept his seat in Luton North for the Labour party with 22,243 votes - a majority of just over 9,500.

The Conservative's Dean Russell got 12,739 votes, with UKIP's Allan White in third place with 5,318 votes.

Liberal Democrat Aroosa Ulzaman received 1,299 votes and the Green Party's Sofiya Ahmed got 972 votes.

Labour hold Luton North

Dani Bailey
Beds, Herts & Bucks Live

Richard Fuller, who has retained his marginal seat in Bedford with a majority of 1,097 said it was tough competition between himself and the previous Member of Parliament, Labour's Patrick Hall.

Image source, Conservative Party

With 19,625 votes to Labour's 18,528, Mr Fuller told BBC Three Counties Radio: "It feels good to have that endorsement for a second term."

He also shared some of his plans for Bedford's future including a desire to grow small, local businesses and develop an alliance between Bedford Hospital and Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.

Katy Lewis
Beds, Herts and Bucks Live

Richard Fuller has held on to his marginal seat in Bedford for the Conservatives with a majority of just over 1,000.

Mr Fuller received 19,625 votes ahead of Labour's Patrick Hall with 18,528 votes.

UKIP's Charlie Smith got 4,434 votes, with Liberal Democrat Mahmud Henry Rogers in fourth place with 1,958 votes.

The Green Party's Ben Foley received 1,412 votes and Independent Faruk Choudhury got 129 votes.

Kate Williams
Suffolk Live

Here's how the political map of the region, as far as the general election is concerned, looks for Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk.

The Conservatives have gained Colchester and held on to 26 seats so far, some of them in the teeth of fierce Labour opposition.

Labour gained one seat, in Norwich South. The Liberal Democrats lost two seats, but held North Norfolk. UKIP held Clacton.

Andrew Woodger
BBC News Online

The Conservatives have held on to Cambridgeshire North East in the face of a UKIP challenge - and increased their majority.

UKIP was expected to challenge strongly because of the relatively high proportion of East European immigrants working in agriculture in the Fens.

Sitting MP Stephen Barclay increased his majority by 449 as he won 28,524 votes compared to 11,650 for UKIP's Andrew Charalambous in second place.

Northampton Chronicle

Former Northampton Borough Council leader David Mackintosh has been elected as the MP for Northampton South.

The Conservative candidate, who received 16,163 votes, beating his nearest rival Kevin McKeever (Labour) with 12,370 votes.

Mr Mackintosh said he was "looking forward to the challenges ahead" in his new role.

Richard Haugh
BBC News

Several hours ago we mentioned a survey that said Therese Coffey was 100% certain to retain her Suffolk Coastal seat.

Well, it turns out that was correct. Ms Coffey was a comfortable winner, picking up 28,855 votes and a 51.9% share.

Labour, courtesy of Russell Whiting, received about 1,000 votes more than in 2010 and finished second, while the Liberal Democrats suffered a terrible night - losing 21.2% of its share.

Katy Lewis
Beds, Herts and Bucks Live

Conservative candidate Mike Penning has won in Hemel Hempstead with 26,245 votes, ahead of Labour's Tony Breslin with 11,825 votes.

UKIP's Howard Koch got 7,249 votes and Rabi Martins got 2,402 votes for the Liberal Democrats.

Alan Borgars received 1,660 votes for the Green Party and Independent Brian Hall got 252 votes.

Kate Williams
Suffolk Live

Liberal Democrat Norman Lamb has paid tribute to Bob Russell, the MP who lost his seat overnight in Colchester.

He told BBC Look East's election programme: "It's been a bad night, and painful to see the loss of a colleague like Bob.

"We have to respect the judgement of the people, but it's been painful none the less" he said.

Katy Lewis
Beds, Herts and Bucks Live

Conservative David Lidington held his Aylesbury seat receiving 28,083 votes, beating UKIP's Chris Adams into second place with 10,925 votes.

Labour's Will Cass got 8,391 votes and Steven Lambert received 5,885 for the Liberal Democrats with a 17.82% reduced share of the vote.

The Green Party's David Lyons received 2,135 votes.

Katy Lewis
Beds, Herts and Bucks Live

Conservative candidate Chris Heaton-Harris retained his Daventry seat with a majority of 21,059 over Labour's Abigail Campbell.

Mr Heaton-Harris got 30,550 votes, Ms Campbell got 9,491 votes with UKIP's Michael Gerard a close third, receiving 8,296 votes.

Liberal Democrat Callum Delhoy received 2,352 votes, with his share of the vote reduced by 14.96%.

Steve Whiffen got 1,829 votes for the Green Party.

Katy Lewis
Beds, Herts and Bucks Live

Keith Simpson has retained Broadland for the Conservatives with 26,808 votes.

Labour's Chris Jones was second with 9,970 votes with UKIP's Stuart Agnew third with 8,881 votes.

Steve Riley got 5,178 votes for the Liberal Democrats and Andrew Boswell got 2,252 votes for the Greens.

Katy Lewis
Beds, Herts and Bucks Live

Conservatives hold Bedfordshire North East.

Kate Williams
Suffolk Live

Essex university's Professor Paul Whiteley says the last minute change of heart by many voters was over the economy and came down to people's perceptions of the "feelgood factor".

He told the BBC Look East programme Essex university's late surveys showed people initially felt a difference between the national economy and how they fared financially.

He said: "But the feelgood factor caught up with them so I think that's part of the story of the last minute change of heart by people."