Labour gain Plymouth Sutton and Devonport from Conservatives
Tories hold Newton Abbot, Torbay, Devon East, North Devon, Totnes, Devon South West, Plymouth Moor View, Tiverton and Honiton, Devon West and Torridge, Central Devon
Conservatives hold Camborne and Redruth, Truro and Falmouth, St Ives, St Austell and Newquay, South East Cornwall and Cornwall North
UKIP candidate defects to Conservatives
Ben Bradshaw is returned as Exeter MP for a 20th year
In Devon and Cornwall: CON 16, LAB 2
Across the country there is one seat to declare: CON 318, LAB 262, SNP 35, LD 12, DUP 10, OTH 13
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Sian Davies
BBC News Online
Counts will be coming in the night across the region.
Patrick Clahane
Inside Out South West
Counting is under way in Torbay, as well as many constituencies across Devon and Cornwall
Counting votes in Torbay
Martyn Oates
BBC South West Political Editor
Both Labour and Tory sources at Plymouth count reckon Sutton and Devonport has fallen to Labour.
Serving MP Oliver Colvile has a majority of 523 votes.
There has been a turnout of more than 70% in Camborne and Redruth. The turnout across the UK in 2015 was 66.1%.
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Harriet Bradshaw
Reporter
The count begins in Exeter.
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BBC Radio Devon
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The St Austell and Newquay count is under way in Polkyth, with declaration for the seat thought to be around 6am.
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BBC's election guru John Curtice is being talked about on Twitter and not just about his predictions.
As well as the account "Is John Curtice on TV", which tweets a picture every time he appears on the election special, people are talking about his position on the gallery - with one user calling him Juliet to David Dimbleby's Romeo - and people saying that he's their favourite part of election night.
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People have been turned away, external at Plymouth polling stations despite having polling cards, The Herald understands.
Sian Davies
BBC News Online
During the election campaign, we spoke to people visiting a coffee morning in Plymouth about what #GetsMyVote.
June Lovelady, 55, Charlotte Worsley, 28 and Royston Davies, 70 shared what issues are important to them in the General Election 2017.
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Harriet Bradshaw
Reporter
All the ballot boxes have arrived in Exeter and counting has begun
Postal ballot papers for Exeter have gone as far afield as Queensland in Australia.
A total of 51 polling stations were open in Exeter with 153 staff working at them and queues reported.
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It's not in our region, but the first result of the night has been announced.
Newcastle Central beats Sunderland to being the first to declare, with Labour's Chi Onwurah holding on to her seat.
We've got reporters at counts across the region ready to bring you the latest results - and any gossip from behind the scenes.
If you want to get in touch or share photos, you can email us.
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Sian Davies
BBC News Online
In 2015, both Plymouth seats were won by Conservatives with a majority of less than 5%.
Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport, won by just 523 votes, is one of the most marginal seats in the country.
Why then, when other urban areas have strong party allegiances, is Plymouth a swing city?
"Plymouth is a city that's had quite a different history to many cities," says Mike Sheaff, Associate Professor of Sociology at Plymouth University.
"It has the social class composition of what you would expect to have a high Labour vote.
"But historically naval towns are more conservative than their class composition might suggest."
Martyn Oates
BBC South West Political Editor
In its previous guise as Falmouth and Camborne, this seat has the rare distinction in the South West of having been won at different times by the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats.
Held by former Olympic athlete Sebastian Coe until 1997, it has since passed to Labour, then the Lib Dems and finally back to the Tories in 2010.
Image source, GoogleDefending Tory George Eustice went into the 2015 election with a majority of just 66 votes, making it the most marginal seat in the South West.
He emerged with a majority of 7004, with Labour second and UKIP third, while the Lib Dems vote collapsed, putting them in fourth place.
The candidates are George Eustice (Conservative), Geoff Garbett (Green Party), Geoff Williams (Liberal Democrat), Graham Winter (Labour).
Sian Davies
BBC News Online
According to the BBC/ITV/Sky exit poll, the Conservatives are the largest party, but may be short of a majority.
Let's take a look at the seats in Devon and Cornwall to see where gains or losses might be made.
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The exit poll indicates that the Conservatives will be the largest party but will lose 17 seats with a projection of 314 seats.
The poll suggests Labour will get 266 seats - a rise of 34 seats.
It puts the Liberal Democrats at 14 - an increase of six, SNP 34, Plaid three and Greens one, and UKIP will lose their only seat. The other parties will account for 18 seats between them.
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Sian Davies
BBC News Online
While we're waiting for local results to come in, here's the latest on the national picture.
According to the BBC/ITV/Sky exit poll, no party has the magic 326 seats.
