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
BBC Radio Derby
Hope it's not a cold night!
Here's Roger Jackson of the Lib Dems at Derby - he's the snappiest dresser here...
He said he delivers election leaflets in his kilt too.
Geeta Pendse
Arts reporter, BBC East Midlands Today
Eighteen-year-old Green Party candidate, Arran Rangi, has gone home from the Ashfield count because he has an A-level history exam at 09:00.
He says he is the the first non-white candidate to stand in Ashfield.
Liam Barnes
BBC News Online
If the polls are right the Liberal Democrats will be making modest gains, but will Jayne Phoenix be one of those helping the party rise from the ashes of their disastrous results two years ago?
Not very likely, she said, given the size of Ken Clarke's majority in Rushcliffe, but she hopes to "build a base" for the party here.
She told me: "I never came into this election thinking Ken's majority could be overturned in one go, but I hope we will have something so the Lib Dems can be established."
Peter Saull
BBC Radio Nottingham Political Reporter
The Nottingham returning officer reports around 4,000 new voters registered in each of the city's three seats.
Tim Parker
BBC Radio Leicester political reporter
The lights have gone out in Aylestone Leisure Centre where they are counting the Leicester votes - they carry on in the dark...
What stalwarts.
Giles Taylor
BBC East Midlands Today reporter
Counting for the three Nottingham seats is taking place here at Harvey Haddon Sports Village tonight.
There's been a much better reaction from Labour to the exit poll here... Conservative supporters look (mildly) concerned.
The Conservatives haven't had an MP in Nottingham since Margaret Thatcher was prime minister.
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
The counting of votes has begun across the East Midlands - here is Bosworth...
Ashfield...
North East Derbyshire...
Matt Hewitt
BBC East Midlands Today
The agent for Rushcliffe Conservative candidate, Ken Clarke, says the exit poll putting the Tories short of an overall majority doesn't reflect the mood he's witnessed in Nottingham - even in the more traditionally Labour areas.
Image source, PAMr Clarke is standing for Parliament for the last time. As Father of the House he was the longest serving MP in the Commons at the end of the last parliament.
BBC Radio Derby
Navtej Johal
East Midlands Today reporter
Busy night ahead for the counters at Derby Arena. Postal votes have arrived...
Ballot boxes expected in five minutes.
Quentin Rayner
East Midlands Today chief news reporter
The BBC Exit Poll is predicting the Conservative Party will be the largest party but may not have overall majority...
Calum McKenzie
BBC Local Live
Here's Nottinghamshire grandmother Jean Brooks braving the rain earlier to cast her vote.
Jean "went viral" online after a video of her using a hairdryer as a pretend speed gun outside her home in Hucknall was viewed more than 33 million times on BBC Radio Nottingham's Facebook page., external
She's since been hailed a "national hero" by local school kids and is often stopped in the street for selfies.
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
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