Luton North: Labour holdpublished at 02:58 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019Breaking
Labour has retained its seat in Luton North. Sarah Owen is the newly elected MP.
Summary
Live coverage from the 24 counts across Beds, Herts and Bucks
Liberal Democrats gain St Albans from the Tories
Conservatives hold all their other seats
Labour retains Bedford, Luton South and Luton North - their only seats in a sea of blue
The Conservatives win outgoing Speaker John Bercow's previously uncontested seat of Buckingham
Former Tory attorney general Dominic Grieve was standing as an independent, but lost his Beaconsfield seat
Luton North: Labour holdpublished at 02:58 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
Stevenage: Conservative holdpublished at 02:58 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
BreakingConservative Stephen McPartland has held the seat of Stevenage with a 3.4% swing.
Recount in Bedford with a 'few hundred votes' between Labour and Toriespublished at 02:55 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
There is a recount of two boxes at the Bedford count as sources say there is only a few hundred votes between Labour and Conservative.
Hemel Hempstead: Conservative holdpublished at 02:51 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
Mike Penning has been re-elected as the MP for Hemel Hempstead, with an increased majority.
The Conservative candidate beat Labour's Nabila Ahmed by 14,563 votes, 5,118 more votes than the majority at the 2017 election.
Sammy Barry of the Liberal Democrats came third and the Green Party's Sherief Hassan came fourth.
Voter turnout was down by 0.7 percentage points since the last general election.
More than 51,000 people, 69.5% of those eligible to vote, went to polling stations across the area on Thursday, in the first December general election since 1923.
One of the four candidates, Sherief Hassan (Green) lost his £500 deposit after failing to win 5% of the vote.
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South West Bedfordshire: Conservative holdpublished at 02:51 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
BreakingAndrew Selous has been re-elected as the Conservative MP for South West Bedfordshire.
Tories hold Hemel Hempsteadpublished at 02:43 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
Nic Rigby
BBC NewsConservative Sir Mike Penning has held on to the Hertfordshire seat of Hemel Hempstead, increasing his majority by more than 5,000.
Image source, UK ParliamentSir Mike, who is an ardent Brexiteer, won 28,968 votes, beating his Labour rival Nabila Ahmed, who won 14,405 votes.
The seat saw a 5.2% swing to the Conservatives.
Luton South: Labour holdpublished at 02:43 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
BreakingLabour has retained its seat in Luton South with Rachel Hopkins being the newly elected MP.
Hertsmere: Conservative holdpublished at 02:41 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
BreakingConservative Oliver Dowden has held on to the seat of Hertsmere in Hertfordshire with a 4.2% swing from Labour.
Steve Baker 'optimistic although slightly chastened'published at 02:28 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
Steve Baker has retained his seat in Wycombe.
The Conservative MP's majority reduced from 12.3% to 7.7%.
"Clearly I have lost some votes," Mr Baker said.
"I'm well aware that there are some very angry Conservatives in Wycombe who wish to remain in the EU. I hear what people are saying.
"Going forward from here, what we need to do is try and unite the country.
"I'm quite optimistic although slightly chastened from the result."
Tories hold Hemel Hempsteadpublished at 02:22 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
BreakingConservative Sir Mike Penning has held on to the Conservative seat of Hemel Hempstead.
Wycombe: Conservative holdpublished at 02:16 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
Steve Baker has been re-elected as the MP for Wycombe, with a significantly decreased majority.
The Conservative candidate beat Labour's Khalil Ahmed by 4,214 votes, 2,364 votes less than the majority at the 2017 election.
Toni Brodelle of the Liberal Democrats came third and the Green Party's Peter Sims came fourth.
Voter turnout was up by 0.7 percentage points since the last general election.
Nearly 55,000 people, 70.1% of those eligible to vote, went to polling stations across the area on Thursday, in the first December general election since 1923.
Four of the seven candidates, Peter Sims (Green), Julia Wassell (Wycombe Independents), Vijay Srao (UKIP) and Edmund Gemmell (independent) lost their £500 deposits after failing to win 5% of the vote.
This story was created using some automation.
Brexit candidate hopes 'Boris Johnson starts to behave himself'published at 02:07 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
Bedford Brexit candidate Charles Bunker reacts to a "disappointing" night for his party.
Media caption, Brexit candidate hopes 'Boris starts to behave himself'
Wycombe: Conservative holdpublished at 02:06 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
BreakingThe Tories have held their seat in Wycombe with Steve Baker being re-elected.
Turnout down in Milton Keynespublished at 02:04 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
The turnout in both Milton Keynes North and South has dropped compared with the 2017 general election.
Milton Keynes North was 68.5%, down from 71.7%.
Milton Keynes South was 66.6%, down from 69.8%
Counting is under way for both constituencies.
Luton turnout downpublished at 01:57 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
The turnout in Luton North has been announced as 62.7%, which is down 7.2% on the last general election.
Meanwhile in Luton South this year's turnout was 60.9% compared with 68.7% in 2017.
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End of twitter postConservatives hold Broxbournepublished at 01:36 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
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BBC NewsConservative Sir Charles Walker has held on to the Hertfordshire seat of Broxbourne with a 4.6% swing from Labour.
Sir Charles, who was first elected MP in 2005, won 30,631 votes, with a majority of 19,807 over Labour challenger Sean Waters - an increase by more than 4,000.
Image source, UK ParliamentThe seat has been Tory since it was created in 1983.
It's gone bananas in Milton Keynespublished at 01:35 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
Roundabouts, grid roads and concrete cows - these are some of the things which may come to mind when you think of Milton Keynes, but tonight all of those have all been overshadowed by a banana tree.
The plant has taken centre stage at the Milton Keynes count in Saxon Gate and it has got everyone talking.
"It's like being at the Eden Project," BBC reporter Luke Ashmead said.
"I don't think there's any other count in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire with a banana tree."
Beaconsfield turnout up 2.4%published at 01:25 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
The turnout in Beaconsfield has been announced as 74.7%, compared with 72.3% in the 2017 general election.
There were 58,035 ballot papers this year.
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End of twitter postBroxbourne: Conservative holdpublished at 01:23 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
Charles Walker has been re-elected as the MP for Broxbourne, with an increased majority.
The Conservative candidate beat Labour's Sean Waters by 19,807 votes, increasing his majority by more than 4,000 since the 2017 election.
Julia Bird of the Liberal Democrats came third and the Green Party's Nicholas Cox came fourth.
Voter turnout was down by 0.8 percentage points since the last general election.
Nearly 47,000 people, 63.8% of those eligible to vote, went to polling stations across the area on Thursday, in the first December general election since 1923.
One of the four candidates, Nicholas Cox (Green) lost his £500 deposit after failing to win 5% of the vote.
This story was created using some automation.
Tories hold Broxbournepublished at 01:22 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
BreakingSir Charles Walker, of the Conservatives, has held on to the seat of Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.