Suella Braverman has held Fareham for the Conservatives.

The Conservatives have held affluent Winchester since 2010 but with the city voting strongly to Remain in the 2016 Referendum, that might change.

Steve Brine is standing for the Conservatives having been one of 21 MPs expelled from the parliamentary party after backing efforts to pass legislation to block a no-deal Brexit. He later had the whip returned.

The Conservatives lost control of the city council in May to the Lib Dems. The Green Party's did not field a candidate in order to harness the Remain vote for Lib Dem Paula Ferguson

Reading East and Reading West are two seats in our patch which could change hands.

Labour's Matt Rodda secured Reading East with a majority of 3,749 in 2017 from the former Conservative MP Rob Wilson.

Mr Rodda secured 49% of the vote in - up from 33% in 2015 - to take gain the seat, which voted 61.7% to Remain in the European Union.

This time round, Craig Morley of the Conservatives is standing along with Imogen Shepherd-DuBey of the Liberal Democrats, David McElroy of the Green Party, the Brexit Party's Michael Feirstein and Yemi Awolola of the Christian Peoples Alliance.

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Alok Sharma has held Reading West for the Conservatives since 2010 and narrowly held onto the seat from Labour's Olivia Bailey in 2017 with a majority of 2,876.

Rachel Eden for Labour, along with Meri O'Connell of the Liberal Democrats and Jame Whitham of the Green Party are standing in the constituency this time round, which voted narrowly to Leave the EU.

James Sunderland has been elected MP for Bracknell, meaning that the Conservative Party holds the seat with an increased majority.

The new MP beat Labour's Paul Bidwell by 19,829 votes. This was more than Phillip Lee’s 16,016 vote majority in the 2017 general election.

Kaweh Beheshtizadeh of the Liberal Democrats came third and the Green Party's Derek Florey came fourth.

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Voter turnout was down by 2 percentage points since the last general election.

More than 54,000 people, 68.6% 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, Derek Florey (Green) and Olivio Barreto (independent) lost their £500 deposits after failing to win 5% of the vote.

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Alan Mak has held Havant for the Conservatives.

The eastern Southampton constituency is one of the closest in the country. In 2017 the Conservative candidate won by just 31 votes. Nine years ago, the Labour won by 192 votes. as such, it is one of the key battlegrounds in this election.

The winner last time, the former council leader Royston Smith is standing again for the Conservatives, as is Simon Letts, another former council leader standing for Labour party.

Staff involved in the count in Witney, once a seat held by former Prime Minister David Cameron, are sporting their Christmas jumpers.

It is officially Christmas jumper day now.

BBC South's Nathan Briant has been chatting to Oxford East's Liberal Democrat candidate Alistair Fernie.

Mr Fernie says he believes the Labour share of the vote will "go down" but added "it's a bit early to predict what will happen.

He said: "What we hoped was that a lot of remainers wanted a remain option on the ballot and they wanted us to stand up for something the Labour candidate was not."

The turnout has been confirmed as 63%, down from 68.8% in 2017. The seat has been a Labour stronghold since former MP Andrew Smith won it from the Conservatives in 1987.

As well as the main three parties, the Greens, Brexit Party and three independents are standing.

Speaking at the count at the Ferneham hall in Fareham, Conservative Suella Braverman said the broadcasters' exit poll predicting a big win for the Tories is “very encouraging”.

She is defending a majority of 21,555 in Fareham.

We expect the result from the Windrush Leisure Centre at about 03:15 GMT.

A quick look at the ballot boxes arriving in Eastleigh.

Most of Berkshire's seats are set to stay with the same parties, apart from Reading East, which has been dubbed "too close to forecast" by the BBC's exit poll.

Labour's Matt Rodda gained the seat in 2017 from the Conservative's Rob Wilson, but could lose the seat to the Tories this time round.

The exit poll predicts Alok Sharma will hold his seat in Reading West, who won in 2017 with a majority of just 2,876 votes.

Dominic Blake
BBC Radio Solent reporter

I've been talking to activists here at Portsmouth Guildhall - Labour is still saying it's too early to say, but Stephen Morgan is doing well in Portsmouth South - a lot of students and public sector workers there, so the Labour may not affected by the Bexit backlash as much as it has experienced in the Midlands and North.

Everyone seems confident Penny Maurdant will hold Portsmouth North for the Conservatives.

Tristan Pascoe
BBC Radio Solent political reporter

It’s unlikely there will be any huge electoral surprises in Dorset, with all eight seats held by the Conservatives, and none considered as marginal.

Two constituencies (Christchurch, North Dorset) have Tory majorities of more than 25,000. But it doesn’t mean there won’t be anything of interest to watch for.

Take Christchurch which Sir Christopher Chope has held since 1997. During the last Parliament, was branded a "dinosaur" after blocking bills on upskirting and demale genital mutilation - his own constituency association was split over him being adopted again as the Conservative candidate.

The Lib Dems say Mid Dorset and North Poole (held for them by them Annette Brooke 2001 - 2015) is a key target seat for them.

The national Labour narrative of the NHS has featured locally with many candidates in the Bournemouth Poole Christchurch conurbation opposed to the reorganisation of health services locally and the moving of A&E from Poole to Bournemouth.

There will definitely be at least one new MP in the county though. Sir Oliver Letwin, chief agitator for extending Article 50 and delaying Brexit until No Deal had been ruled out, has stepped down from his West Dorset seat after 22 years.

Boris Johnson’s main message of Get Brexit Done was in many senses preaching to the converted in Dorset - where every single electoral district in the county voted to Leave in the 2016 referendum.

Award for the best ceiling adornment at a counting venue probably goes to the BIC where counting is underway for the Bournemouth East and West seats...

Conservative Sir John Redwood and former Tory Phillip Lee go head to head tonight after Mr Lee resigned over Brexit and joined the Liberal Democrats.

Sir John has held the Wokingham seat since 1987, with his latest victory in 2017 securing a large majority of 18,798, with Labour coming second.

Mr Lee said tactical voting is the "only way" to unseat his former colleague but he is competition for votes with Annette Medhurst of Labour, the Green Party's Kizzi Johannessen and Annabel Mullin of Advance Together.

Despite Sir John being a leader Brexiteer, his constituents voted 57.3% in favour of remaining in the European Union.

Emily Hudson
BBC Radio Solent, Hants and IoW political reporter

With the broadcasters' exit poll predicting a 99% likelihood Conservative Royston Smith will hold Southampton Itchen, leader of the Tory group on the city council Dan Fitzhenry is remaining cautious here at the count at Southampton Guildhall.

Not ideal.