Ex-BBC Leicester presenters guilty of historic sex offences
Labour lose Mansfield after 94 years
Out of 32 East Midlands seats, 18 have gone to the Tories and 14 are Labour
Conservatives gain Mansfield and NE Derbyshire
Labour gains High Peak and reclaims Derby North
Veteran MPs Ken Clarke and Dennis Skinner keep seats
No change to Leicestershire's seats
Live updates for Friday 9 June 2017
James Roberson
Reporter, East Midlands Today
Conservative Party chairman Sir Patrick McLoughlin has declined to comment on national results so far, as he arrived at his count in Matlock for his Derbyshire Dales constituency.
Sir Patrick said it appeared to be a "confused situation" at the moment, and would comment later.
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
The Green Party in South Leicestershire - reminds me of the song "four green bottles sitting on a wall"...
I love how colour coordinated they are as well...
Peter Saull
BBC Radio Nottingham Political Reporter
A turnout of 78.24% in Rushcliffe - you've got to go back to 1997 to match that.
Ken Clarke said it's down to locals being "quite sensible people".
He also claims he is definitely well enough to serve another five years.
Tim Parker
BBC Radio Leicester political reporter
Keith Vaz arrives at the Leicester count...
He's been the Labour MP for Leicester East since 1987.
BBC Radio Nottingham
They do look really comfortable...
Mike McCarthy
BBC Radio Leicester
As counts go the exhibition hall at the Cattle Market in Melton Mowbray is one of the more pleasant settings.
Chandeliers no less...
BBC Radio Derby
The Beast of Bolsover gives his views following the exit polls, which said the Conservatives are set to lose their overall majority...
He compares Theresa May's snap election over Brexit to one called by Conservative prime minister, Ted Heath, during the Miners' Strike.
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Former Conservative Chancellor Ken Clarke says it was "worthwhile" going to the polls to try to get a better majority.
He says having the general election in 2020, as was planned, when Brexit would really be kicking in would not have been wise.
His guess is the Conservatives look as though they are "going to have a small overall majority".
"We're obviously going to have a very interesting Parliament," he says, adding that the worst possible outcome for the country would be a hung parliament.
Mr Clarke, a staunch Remain supporter, says if the Tories secure a small overall majority, it will enable "some deeper debate on a lot of issues", especially Brexit.
Giles Taylor
BBC East Midlands Today reporter
The Labour candidate for Nottingham East, Chris Leslie, has arrived...
He told me he's not surprised by exit polls, but it's a long night ahead.
Peter Saull
BBC Radio Nottingham Political Reporter
Mansfield turnout 64.58% - an increase on last time's 60.9%.
Christian Hill
BBC Leicester Reporter
The votes are literally pouring in at the North West Leicestershire count...
Navtej Johal
East Midlands Today reporter
The Conservative candidate for Derby North, Amanda Solloway, tells me she "doesn't know" how she's feeling, but is "philosophical" about the result.
She said she was shocked by the exit poll and wants Theresa May to continue as Prime Minister.
Nigel Cash
BBC Radio Derby Sport
Erewash Independent candidate, Roy Dunn, has made an interesting clothing choice...
Dave Wade
BBC Local Live
Our highly scientific system of logging who wins where is ready...
No expense spared here at BBC Nottingham.
We may have to adapt the board if there's a shock Lib Dem, UKIP or Green win...
Nigel Cash
BBC Radio Derby
Verification is now complete at Erewash and counting can commence.
Turnout is 68.3%, around 0.5% up on last time.
BBC Radio Nottingham
The sight of Hush Puppies at an election count can only mean one thing....
That's right, Conservative candidate, Ken Clarke, has arrived in Rushcliffe.
Ed Collard
East Midlands Today producer
I'm not sure they were expecting an exit poll like that...
Jonathan Josephs
BBC business producer
Dennis Skinner is here sipping coffee at The Arc leisure centre, in typically rumbustious form.
The longest-serving Labour MP won't be drawn on how he has done tonight or the implications of the exit poll for Brexit, but does say that if the exit poll was right Theresa May is getting her "comeuppance" as he warned she would.
He is drawing parallels with the 1974 snap election which saw Ted Heath lose out to Harold Wilson. Labour activists are confident they will retain a majority of 10,000 or more - Dennis Skinner has never had less.
No Conservative activist or candidate is here yet. Turnout is suggested to be around 60% which should favour Labour despite the huge resources that Helen Harrison and her team have been able to deploy here in area where about 71% of people voted in favour of Brexit.
Khia Lewis-Todd
BBC Derby
...we'd all be home before sunrise.
Sandish Shoker
BBC Radio Nottingham
Labour's Mike Pringle said he is "excited and nervous" to find out the Sherwood result.
He said it's been a "powerful campaign in a short space of time" with the NHS and education being the big talking point for people in the constituency. In case anyone wanted to know.... he is holding out throughout the night without a single snack. He's got a beer waiting for him for him afterwards instead.