Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson has narrowly lost her Dunbartonshire East seat to the SNP's Amy Callaghan by 149 votes.

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Ms Swinson, became the Lib Dem's first female leader in July.

She said for millions of people around the country the election results would bring "dread and dismay".

The Lib Dems are forecast by the BBC to win 13 seats - one more than in the 2017 election.

Ms Swinson, 39, who had started the election campaign with the claim she could be the next prime minister, said she "will be making further remarks later today".

John Hayes has been re-elected as the MP for South Holland & The Deepings, with an increased majority.

The Conservative candidate beat Labour's Mark Popple by 30,838 votes, 5,941 more votes than the majority at the 2017 election.

Davina Kirby of the Liberal Democrats came third and the Green Party's Martin Blake came fourth.

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Voter turnout was down by 1.2 percentage points since the last general election.

More than 49,000 people, 64.7% of those eligible to vote, went to polling stations across the area on Thursday, in the first December general election since 1923.

Two of the five candidates, Martin Blake (Green) and Rick Stringer (independent) lost their £500 deposits after failing to win 5% of the vote.

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Caroline Johnson has been re-elected for the Conservatives in Sleaford and South Hykenham.

Tim Iredale
Political editor, East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire

Conservative MP Lia Nici and her campaign team have been celebrating in Great Grimsby after taking the seat from Labour.

Ms Nici received 18,150 votes while Labour's Melanie Onn received 10,819:

Conservative candidate Karl McCartney has been elected as MP for Lincoln.

Sir Edward Leigh has been re-elected as MP for Gainsborough.

The Conservatives have taken the Great Grimsby seat from Labour.

Conservative candidate Victoria Atkins has been re-elected as MP for Louth & Horncastle, increasing her majority by almost 10,000 votes.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn offers "very heartfelt thanks" to his constituents of whom he says it is his "pride and pleasure" to represent as he was re-elected in Islington.

He says the the pressure "on those surrounding politicians is often very, very high indeed and the media intrusion in people's lives is very high indeed".

He thanks his family and close friends and his wife "for all she puts up with because of the way the media behaves".

Turning to the election result he says: "Obviously it is a very disappointing night for the party.

"But I want to say this - in the election campaign we put forward a manifesto of hope.

"However, Brexit has so polarised debate it has overridden so much of normal political debate."

Gareth Davies holds the seat for the Conservative Party.

Martin Vickers has been re-elected as the Conservative MP for Cleethorpes.

Conservative candidate Holly Mumby-Croft has won Scunthorpe, taking the seat from Labour by 6,451 votes.

Across the country a short time ago the results were as follows:

• Exit Polls predict a Conservative majority
• 200 of 650 seats have been declared
• Conservatives have taken 93 seats - up 17
• Labour have taken 79 seats - down 21
• The SNP have taken 16 seats - up five
• The Lib Dems have taken three seats - down one

John Hayes has been re-elected as the Conservative Party MP for South Holland & The Deepings.

Richard Madden
BBC Radio Lincolnshire

I've been chatting to the Conservative candidate for Louth and Horncastle, Victoria Atkins.

She says she is remaining "calm" about the exit poll, but said the Conservative win at Blyth Valley was "extraordinary".

Katy Austin
BBC Look North, Business Correspondent

We heard earlier that voter turnout in the closely contested Lincoln seat was up on last time and one polling station had to stay open late to allow everyone to vote.

That view is backed by the city's returning officer Angela Andrews. She said she'd never seen a queue at the close of polling like the one today:

Richard Madden
BBC Radio Lincolnshire

Turnout figures are out for Louth and Horncastle.

At 66.07% it is down on 2017:

Sharon Edwards
Political Reporter, BBC Radio Lincolnshire

This was the scene in Lincoln a short time ago where the turnout was 67.74%.

That figure is slightly up on 2017 when 66.1% of the electorate cast their vote and saw Labour's Karen Lee take the seat from the Conservative's Karl McCartney.

The final ballot boxes for Lincoln have taken a little longer to arrive at the count than usual after long queues meant votes were still being cast at 22:30.

The rules state that if you are in a queue at a polling station when the polls close at 22:00 you will still be allowed to vote.

Richard Madden
BBC Radio Lincolnshire

It's a very long night for the staff at the counts, the candidates and for us in the media.

I am very grateful and pleased to say that here in Louth we've been provided with some welcome refreshments.