David Harrison
BBC Radio Humberside

Hull East turnout figures show a big drop on last time.

Just 49.51% of voters headed to polling stations in the seat Labour's Karl Turner is defending:

It's also down in Hull West and Hessle at 52.9% compared to 57.4% in 2017.

Turnout in Hull North is 52.38%, down from 57.4% in 2017.

Labour have held Barnsley Central with Dan Jarvis remaining as the constituency's MP.

The Conservative's Graham Stuart has been re-elected as the MP for Beverley and Holderness.

Labour's Stephanie Peacock has said she will fight for working people after she was re-elected as MP for Barnsley East.

Speaking on the podium after her result was announced, she said: "It is not a good night for my party.

"The Labour Party was formed to fight for working people and I will do everything I can to return to doing just that."

Meanwhile, Brexit Party candidate Jim Ferguson secured second spot ahead of Adam Gregg for the Conservatives.

Gill Sennett
BBC Local Live

Graham Stuart, the Conservative candidate for Beverley and Holderness, was all smiles as he arrived at his count.

If the exit poll is correct then it's likely we will see a few more smiling Conservative candidates by the end of the night.

Labour's Stephanie Peacock has been re-elected as MP for Barnsley East after securing 14,329 votes.

The Conservative's have held Harrogate and Knaresborough. Andrew Jones won with 29,962 votes.

Labour's Sarah Champion says the party needs to "radically rethink what Labour stands for" as exit polls suggest the Conservatives will increase their majority.

Ms Champion has spoken to BBC Look North as she waits to see if she will be re-elected as MP for Rotherham.

She says the party needs to get back to its "core values":

These are the latest turnout figures from Sheffield and Doncaster:

Brexit has been one of the main reasons people have turend their back on Labour and voted Conservative, according to Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford candidate Andrew Lee.

Mr Lee says he's seen a "very good response" across the constituency is "feeling pretty confident":

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Half of the candidates standing in Richmond could lose their £500 deposits, according to Local Democracy Reporter Stuart Minting.

A candidate will fail to recoup their deposit unless they receive at least 5% of the votes cast.

Richmond is considered one of the safest Conservative seats in the country, returning a majority of 23,108 in 2017.

West Yorkshire Labour Councillor Steve Tulley says his party is suffering as a result of it's stance on Brexit.

He also fears the party will be "struggling to get away with a 1,000 majority" in Hemsworth, where in 2017 Jon Trickett won the seat by more than 10,000 votes:

We've been focusing on the local picture so far, but here's a quick look at what's been happening nationally.

Image source, PA Media

A short time ago:

• Exit polls suggest the Conservatives will win an overall majority of 86
• 11 seats have been declared so far - nine Labour and two Conservative

• Conservatives gain Blyth Valley from Labour

David Harrison
BBC Radio Humberside

Most of the Hull West & Hessle boxes are in and early indications from the Labour team behind Emma Hardy are that it’s falling in her favour but with a much closer majority.

However, colleagues are hearing the opposite from the Conservatives.

A lot of counting still to do, so could be tight., external

David Harrison
BBC Radio Humberside

The leader of the Conservative group in Hull has been telling me his view of the election campaign.

Councillor John Fareham says the level of abuse candidates from all parties have faced is "disgraceful".

He says it has been "toxic" and the worst it has ever been.

The turnout for Harrogate and Knaresborough has been announced - and it's exactly the same as the 2017 election.

A total of 73% of people in the constituency voted - that's 57,103 votes.

We'll find out who has taken the seat shortly, with the Conservatives currently holding what's thought to be a "safe seat".

This is the scene in Huddersfield where the counting is underway.

All the ballot boxes have now arrived, but they're just waiting on the postal votes to be counted.

We're expecting all votes to be counted and verified in the next couple of hours - so you've got time to nip off and make a cup of tea.

As the exit polls predict a Conservative majority it looks like Rother Valley may be among seats to change hands.

The constituency has been held by Labour since it was created in 1918, but 101 years on could that be set to change?

The seat, which includes the former mining town of Maltby and part of Rotherham, is likely to change tonight to Conservative, exit poll data suggests.

Earlier Conservative candidate, Alexander Stafford, was seen to practically "bounce" into the count hall earlier.

He's not hiding his smile either:

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Barnsley could be set to declare earlier than expected

Local Democracy Reporter Paul Whitehouse says results had been expected for Barnsley Central and Barnsley East at about 03:00 but could now come as soon as 01:00:

Labour's Rachael Maskell says Jeremy Corbyn will be "hurting" after the exit polls predicted a Conservative majority.

The poll, carried out by Ipsos MORI for the BBC, ITV News and Sky News, suggests the Tories may win 368 seats and Labour 191.

The York Central MP says now is not time for “rash decisions” but Labour will need to move into a “new era” of politics: