Hannah Bewley
Reporter, BBC Radio Solent

In Portsmouth, the UKIP vote appears to have collpsed and it's a question of where that vote has gone.

In the first ward to be declared, the Lib Dems have topped the poll.

But the Conservatives are claiming the Lib Dem vote has plummeted in some of their long-held council seats.

Peter Henley
Political editor, South of England

Half the seats are up for election, and this is one of the Voter ID pilot areas.

Most of the wards have large majorities so big changes are unlikely.

There's a UKIP seat up for grabs in Rowner & Holbrook.

Liberal Democrats will be looking to hold on to second place - it will be interesting to see if Labour pushes them into third.

Peter Henley
Political editor, South of England

Conservatives should remain dominant on Havant Borough Council - they currently hold 29 seats.

The question is whether UKIP, who have four seats, will lose their representation.

Peter Henley
Political editor, South of England

Labour will hold the majority on Oxford City Council, but again it will be important to see if the Lib Dems can improve on 2014 performance. Layla Moran took Oxford West for the Lib Dems in last year's general election.

So will the Lib Dems improve from their 2014 low point? Before the Coalition they were very strong competitors here - the council was under No Overall Control between 2000 and 2010.

The Conservatives have held West Oxfordshire District Council, despite losing two seats to the Lib Dems

The Conservatives have held Havant Borough Council.

Defending a majority of 20, they were always likely to remain the dominant party.

Peter Henley
Political editor, South of England

The Conservatives are only defending seven seats and most have big majorities so they should be safe.

Labour has never held this council, but they have been campaigning hard this time.

The authority was under overall control between 1994 and 2007.

A few early results coming in from West Oxfordshire. The Conservatives are dominant here and it's mathematically impossible for them to lose their majority.

Luke De Costa
BBC Radio Solent reporter

It's that time in the evening when there is a lot of lugging ballot boxes around.

Here in Eastleigh there are more boxes than at most other counts - because of boundary changes, all the seats on the council have been contested.

Hannah Bewley
Reporter, BBC Radio Solent

The Lib Dems will be looking to reaffirm their dominance in Eastleigh – they've held the council since 1994, but they lost the parliamentary seat to the Tories in 2015.

Boundary changes mean all seats are up for election but the Lib Dems will be looking to return another large majority.

Eastleigh could give a good indication of how well the party is doing under Vince Cable’s leadership.

A total of 16 councils - both district and unitary - in the region have been voted on.

They are:

Basingstoke & Deane

Cherwell

Eastleigh

Fareham

Gosport

Hart

Havant

Oxford

Portsmouth

Reading

Rushmoor

Slough

Southampton

West Oxfordshire

Winchester

Wokingham

There is rolling BBC News coverage all night online, with BBC TV election specials running overnight from 23:45 BST on BBC One and on Friday afternoon on BBC Two. There will also be full coverage on the BBC News Channel and, on radio, on 5 live.

Good morning (just!) Welcome to our coverage of the local election results in the South of England.

Voters have been to the polls across Hampshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire electing councillors to 16 local authorities.

So grab a coffee and settle back as our reporters bring you the results and reaction as the ballot papers are counted throughout the night.