Summary

  • Live coverage from the seven counts across Northamptonshire

  • Tories holds all seven Northamptonshire seats

  • Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom retains her seat

Live Reporting

  1. Counting gets under way across the East of England

  2. Cracking open the Quality Street in Northampton North

    Craig Lewis
    BBC Northampton Politics Reporter

    Conservatives at the Northampton North and Northampton South seem to be in celebratory mood - so much so that they're cracking into the Quality Street chocolates.

    The count in Northampton

  3. Northamptonshire South candidate 'very disheartened'

    Anna Bartlett
    BBC Radio Northampton

    Labour candidate Gen Kitchen says she’s "very disheartened" by the exit poll, saying it could take 15 years to get anywhere close to the Conservatives here in Northamptonshire South.

    Gen Kitchen

  4. The High Sheriff of Northamptonshire is in the building

    High Sheriff of Northamptonshire Nicholas Robertson has arrived in Daventry as counting continues. Frills, sword and all!

    High Sheriff of Northamptonshire

  5. Anti-Corbyn posters criticised in Northamptonshire

    Craig Lewis
    BBC Northampton Politics Reporter

    Posters attacking Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn have been seen at counts in Northampton and in Corby.

    Controversial posters attacking Jeremy Corbyn

    They come from a group called Campaign Against Corbynism, based in London.

    It looks like they’ve been put up nationwide in marginal seats and on polling day.

    Labour candidate for Corby Beth MIller said the use of the posters was "really desperate".

  6. Counting is well under way in Corby

    We've been sent this picture from reporter Martin Borley.

    Corby count

  7. General election coverage for Northamptonshire

    The county's political map remains solid blue in 2019, returning seven Conservative MPs.

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  8. Strong leave vote may help Conservatives in ex-steel town

    Martin Borley
    BBC Radio Northampton

    One of the seats to watch in this election is the former steel industry hub of Corby, the third most marginal in Northamptonshire - after the two Northampton seats.

    Phil HopePA Media

    Only once - Phil Hope (pictured) in 1997 in the Labour landslide - has the winning candidate had more than 50% of the vote.

    Conservative Tom Pursglove, Labour's Beth Miller and the Lib Dems' Chris Stanbra locked horns in 2017 when they all fought the same seat - which has one of the fastest-growing populations in the country.

    Mr Pursglove won with a majority of 2,690.

    In the EU Referendum, Corby voted 64.2% to leave - the highest leave vote in Northamptonshire - which may boost the pro-Brexit Conservative Party.

  9. Analysis: Brexit-supporting county features key marginals

    Craig Lewis
    BBC Northampton Politics Reporter

    When it comes to leaving the European Union, Northamptonshire was unequivocal with 59% of voters backing that option in 2016.

    Whether they favour Boris Johnson’s “oven-ready Brexit” or not remains to be seen.

    NorthamptonGeograph/John Sutton

    Austerity is another big talking point, following the collapse of the financially unstable, Conservative-run county council.

    Andrea Leadsom

    Whatever the issues, it’s unlikely four of the current seven Conservative-controlled seats will change hands, with business secretary Andrea Leadsom (pictured above) looking certain to hold on to her South Northamptonshire seat.

    Northampton North, Northampton South (pictured top) and Corby will be much closer.

    In the former, Michael Ellis’ triumphed over Labour’s Sally Keeble by just 807 votes in 2017.

    Whoever wins in that bellwether seat could well see their party leader heading to Number 10.

  10. Welcome to our live coverage

    The BBC is reporting from all of the seven election counts in Northamptonshire.

    The county returned seven Conservatives at the last general election in 2017.

    Check who's standing on the BBC's Find a constituency page.