'A difficult night for the Tories in the East'published at 05:53 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
BBC East political correspondent Andrew Sinclair has been reflecting on the night's events.
Election results 2017: 'Difficult night' for Tories in East
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'A difficult night for the Tories in the East'published at 05:53 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Media caption, Election in Beds, Herts and Bucks: The story so farpublished at 05:43 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Andy Holmes
BBC Three Counties Radio political reporterOn the surface nothing much has changed in Beds, Herts and Bucks, but dig a little deeper and in practically every seat Labour has served up a reminder to Theresa May that her plans to strengthen her hold over the country by calling this election have failed.
Personnel-wise we've one party change, with Labour's Mohammad Yasin beating Conservative Richard Fuller to take Bedford and Kempston by just 789 votes.
But in almost every other Tory seat (with the exception of the speaker's in Buckingham) whopping majorities have been eaten into, and in some cases halved, or reduced to much narrower margins.
Worth mentioning another fresh face in Hitchin and Harpenden, where Bim Alofami has been elected to replace long-serving Peter Lilley. But even there, he'll start with a majority that's a lot smaller than Mr Lilley had.
There was also an anxious evening for our Milton Keynes standing MPs, with both Iain Stewart in the South, and Mark Lancaster in the North, hanging on, but with both counts bundles were checked before a result could be called.
Result in: 'Why can't May carry on?', says MK North MPpublished at 05:40 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Alex Pope
BBC Local Live"It's great to be re-elected".
Those are the words of Mark Lancaster, who's been re-elected as the Conservative MP for Milton Keynes North.
He says majorities "go up, they go down and then they go up again".
Regarding whether Theresa May should stay or not following a bad night for the Conservatives, he says "why can't she?"
He says the Tories haven't lost and they are "still the largest party by far".
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End of twitter postHertfordshire South West: Conservative holdpublished at 05:37 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Aylesbury: Conservative holdpublished at 05:31 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Luton South: Labour holdpublished at 05:28 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Welwyn Hatfield: Conservative holdpublished at 05:26 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Result in: Conservatives hold Hertfordshire South Westpublished at 05:22 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Katy Lewis
BBC Local LiveChief secretary to the treasury, David Gauke, has held his Hertfordshire South West seat with 35,128 votes - a majority of 19,550, reduced from 23,263 in 2015.
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End of twitter postResult in: North East Bedfordshire MP says 'we've won but not in way we wanted'published at 05:21 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Alex Pope
BBC Local LiveIt's a case of last but not least for Alistair Burt in North East Bedfordshire.
It was the final result of the night for Beds, Bucks and Herts, and although the Conservative MP won by 20,862 votes he lost 11.2% of his share.
He says he's "conscious" of this loss and it was partly down to an "anti-Conservative vote".
He understands the repercussions and says he's "picked up an important message from where we started".
He added there now needs to be a "serious inquest" in the Tory party and although they have won, it's "not in the way we wanted".
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End of twitter postResult in: Conservatives hold Stevenagepublished at 05:14 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Katy Lewis
BBC Local LiveConservative Stephen McPartland has held on to his Stevenage seat with 24,798 votes - a majority of 3,384 over Labour's Sharon Taylor.
In 2015 his majority was 4,955.
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End of twitter postNo surprises in Buckinghampublished at 05:07 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Alex Pope
BBC Local LiveWhat was most probably the most predicted result of the night has finally been confirmed.
John Bercow, the current speaker in the House, has held his seat in Buckingham.
Here's how the votes came in:
- John Bercow: 34,299
- Michael Sheppard: Green 8,574
- Scott Raven: IND 5,638
- Brian Mapletoft: UKIP 4,168
Michael Sheppard, for the Green party, said he decided to stand against Mr Bercow as the people of Buckingham have "been deprived" of a proper campaign, as the main parties do not contest the speaker's seat.
He explained "anger has grown" in the area and the vote reflects that.
But the results don't quite show that, as his majority has increased by 2,783.
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End of twitter postResult in: Labour hold Luton Northpublished at 05:06 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Katy Lewis
BBC Local LiveAn MP since 1997, Labour's Kelvin Hopkins has held his Luton North seat with 29,765 votes - a majority of 14,364, up from 2015's majority of 5,504.
Here is the breakdown:
Kelvin Hopkins (Lab) 29,765
Caroline Kerswell (Con) 15,401
Rabi Martins (LD) 808
Simon Hall (Green) 648
Result in: Grieve holds Beaconsfield seatpublished at 04:57 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Katy Lewis
BBC Local LiveFormer attorney general Dominic Grieve, who's been a Conservative MP since 1997, has held on to his Beaconsfield seat with 36,559 votes.
In 2015 his majority of 26,311 was the 14th largest in the UK - his majority is now 24,543.
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End of twitter postConservatives hold North East Bedfordshirepublished at 04:57 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
BreakingAlistair Burt (Con) has held his seat for North East Bedfordshire.
Hitchin & Harpenden: Conservative holdpublished at 04:51 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Result in: Conservatives hold Watfordpublished at 04:51 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Katy Lewis
BBC Local LiveIt was a close result in Watford where Richard Harrington held on to his seat with 26,731 votes - a majority of 2,092 over Labour's Chris Ostrowski, who got 24,639 votes.
In 2015 his majority was 9,794.
Here is the breakdown:
Richard Harrington (Con) 26,731
Chris Ostrowski (Lab) 24,639
Ian Stotesbury (LD) 5,335
Ian Green (UKIP) 1,184
Alex Murray (Green) 721
Conservative hold for MK Northpublished at 04:49 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
BreakingMark Lancaster (Con) has held his Milton Keynes North seat.
Result in: Stewart wins in MK Southpublished at 04:49 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
It took some time to get the final result, but in the end Iain Stewart retained his Conservative seat for MK South.
He got 30,652 votes compared to 27,601 in 2015, which is an increase of 3,051.
The full breakdown is below.
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End of twitter postResult in: Conservatives hold Hitchin and Harpendenpublished at 04:43 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Katy Lewis
BBC Local LiveThe Conservatives have held Hitchin and Harpenden but they have a new MP in Bim Afolami, after Peter Lilley stepped down.
Mr Afolami got 31,189 votes - 4,529 fewer than Mr Lilley in 2015, but with a reduced majority from 20,055 to 12,031.
Here's the breakdown:
Bim Afolami (Con) 31,189
John Hayes (Lab) 19,158
Hugh Annand (LD) 6,236
Richard Cano (Green) 1,329
Ray Blake (Ind) 629
Sid Cordle (CPA) 242
Result in: Shapps celebratespublished at 04:39 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Alex Pope
BBC Local LiveIn Welwyn Hatfield, Grant Shapps won his Conservative seat, but there was a 4.97% swing from the Tories to Labour.
He's "delighted to be re-selected" and he's promised to "work hard for the constituency".
Image source, Welwyn Hatfield CouncilHere's a breakdown of the votes:
- Grant Shapps: Con 26,374
- Anawar Miah: Lab 19,005
- Nigel Quinton: LD 3,836
- Christianne Sayers: Green 835
- Melvyn Jones: Ind 178