Summary

  • General election 2017 results and reaction from across Yorkshire

  • Nick Clegg loses his seat at Sheffield Hallam

  • Lib Dems Greg Mulholland loses Leeds North West seat to Labour

  • Conservatives hold Harrogate and Knaresborough

  • Brexit Secretary David Davis retains Haltemprice and Howden seat

  • Labour hold Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

  • Conservative vote holds up in rural North Yorkshire

Live Reporting

  1. Exit polls looks at possible hung parliament

    Like every other part of the country our local politicians will be reeling from the exit poll which predicts a hung parliament.

    Ahead of the 22:00 BST poll most of the talk in Yorkshire was about Labour hanging on to seats like Halifax, Dewsbury and Scunthorpe.

    The exit poll suggests that Labour could not only hang retain these seats but instead win seats like Morley and Outwood and Keighley back from the Conservatives

  2. Watch: Postal vote on par with 2015 in Doncaster

    Postal vote turnout on par with 2015 in Doncaster says Jo Miller, Chief Exec of Doncaster council.

  3. Vote counters ready for busy night

    Matthew Bone
    Video Journalist, BBC Look North

    It's me and David Harrison at the Guildhall in Hull tonight.

    All the Hull parliamentary seats will be declared here this evening.

    Hull Guildhall

    The first counters have arrived and are set up.

    And the ballot boxes have begun to arrive.

  4. Postal vote turnout on par with 2015 in Doncaster

    Doncaster council Chief Exec Jo Miller says "there's been a real throughput of people"

  5. First ballot boxes arrive

  6. A long night ahead for 'unsung' heroes

    Tim Dale
    BBC Local Live

    Spare a thought for the thousands of men and women across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire who are working to ensure every vote is counted tonight.

    From returning officers and stewards to the army of people who'll count each and every ballot paper.

    You could say they're the unsung heroes of the electoral world.

    Ballot papers being counted

  7. Exit poll predicts Conservatives largest party

    According to the BBC/ITV/Sky exit poll, the Conservatives are the largest party, but may be short of a majority.

    Exit poll illustration

  8. All over bar the counting

    Tim Dale
    BBC Local Live

    That's it! Polling stations have closed across Yorkshire.

    Registered voters were able to cast their ballots until 22:00 BST .

    Ballot box and polling station signPA

    Counting in most of the UK will take place overnight with the first results nationally expected around midnight.

    Yorkshire's first results are expected in the early hours of Friday morning.

  9. Welcome to our live coverage of the General Election 2017

    Tim Dale
    BBC Local Live

    Good evening and welcome to Yorkshire Live's coverage of election night.

    We'll have reaction from the winners and the losers as the results roll-in and bring you all the drama from the various counting areas across the region .

    Ballot box

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