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Liz Kendall, who has been re-elected for Leicester West, said she's "devastated at what five years of the Tories is going to mean" for her constituents in Leicester and the UK.

"I'm scared," she said. "We've got 40,000 children in this city growing up in poverty, 6,000 people on the housing waiting list, and we've got food bank use spiralling out of control.

"I'm very worried about the future but I'm determined to play my role to hold these Tories to account and get the Labour party back on the right track."

Liam Barnes
BBC News

In other news, three men have been arrested after they were found in possession of dozens of mobile phones after a Libertines gig in Nottingham.

Nottinghamshire Police said about 30 mobile phone thefts were reported from Rock City on Thursday.

A force spokesman said following its investigations, officers from West Midlands Police stopped a Lexus near Birmingham, where they found 40 phones and some cash.

The men - aged 27, 41 and 44 respectively - are all being questioned on suspicion of theft.

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Ken Clarke, a Tory Remainer who was expelled from the Conservative Party after rebelling against Boris Johnson's government over Brexit, did not seek re-election in Rushcliffe this time round.

He told the BBC Mr Johnson has achieved a "remarkable victory" and now has "an amazing opportunity".

He said, if Mr Johnson wishes, he is now free from the influence of the "extreme right" of the Tory party, who were his allies just months ago.

"His strong majority means he will have little difficulty getting his Brexit deal through Parliament," the former MP added.

However, he said he's certain Boris Johnson won't be able to negotiate a trade deal with the European Union by the end of 2020.

"The serious grown-up negotiations will take quite some time. 'Get Brexit Done' was a bit of a joke, but a brilliantly successful slogan."

Derby County player-coach Wayne Rooney says he would play "tomorrow" if he was allowed to do so for the Championship side.

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BBC News Online

Friends Wendy O'Brien (left) and Roalise Welton (right), from Bolsover, have given their thoughts on the election result.

Ms O'Brien, 68, a Tory voter, said she was amazed at the result.

"People said nice things about Dennis," she said. "He worked for the people - or he did, maybe not recently. He should have left."

Ms Welton, a retired hospital worker, said she had voted Labour for 50 years but this year voted Independent.

"I felt like a traitor, I really did," she said. "But I was not going to vote for him [Jeremy Corbyn]. He wanted another referendum when we've already had one."

Veteran Labour politician Dennis Skinner, 87, has lost the seat he had held since 1970 after being defeated by Conservative Mark Fletcher.

Why did 2019 prove to be an election too far for the so-called Beast of Bolsover?

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Dennis Skinner, known as the Beast of Bolsover, has lost his seat after 49 years. What went wrong?

Rob Sissons
East Midlands Today Reporter

For 49 years Dennis Skinner was part of the House of Commons furniture - straight talking and controversial.

Whatever your political colours there's no denying one of the most colourful MPs will no longer be there.

Resident Andy McNeill told me he didn't think he would see Bolsover become Conservative in his lifetime.

"People seem to forget that Mr Skinner gave a year of his salary to the miners when they were on strike so people are forgetting what he has done for this community," he said.

David Pittam
BBC News Online

Back to the election, and here's some more reaction to veteran Labour MP Dennis Skinner losing his Bolsover seat after 49 years.

He was beaten by Conservative candidate Mark Fletcher.

Liam Barnes
BBC News

Meanwhile, two men have been taken to hospital with stab wounds after a fight outside a pub in Stapleford.

Nottinghamshire Police said officers were called to the scene outside the Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren on Derby Road at about 21:00 last night after receiving reports of a fight involving a group of men.

Both men, who are both aged 26, are not believed to have life-threatening injuries but were taken to the Queen's Medical Centre for treatment.

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Liam Barnes
BBC News

Away from election news, a man has been arrested after a 12-year-old girl was hit by a car in New Basford this morning.

The crash happened on Nottingham Road at about 08:15.

Nottinghamshire Police said the girl is being treated in hospital for injuries that are not life-threatening or life-altering.

Officers detained a 22-year-old man on suspicion of leaving the scene of a collision after making inquiries in the area.

They have issued an appeal for witnesses.

Image source, Google

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BBC News

As well as the general election, there was a council by-election for Cosby and Countesthorpe - which saw a high turnout of 73.54%.

The results were:

• Leslie Phillimore (Conservative) - 4,535

• Sandra Parkinson (Labour) - 1,290
• Royston Bayliss (Liberal Democrat) - 1,139
• Christ Startin-Lorent (Green Party) - 543

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Losing your deposit - the ultimate sign of failure in an election - befell two former MPs in the East Midlands.

Every candidate must pay £500 to stand and this is lost if they get less than 5% of the vote.

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Former Labour MP Chris Williamson, expelled from the party following an anti-Semitism row, suffered this ignominy in the Derby North seat - finishing a distant last with 635 votes (1.35%).

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The Independent Group for Change candidate Chris Leslie, also ex-Labour and first elected in 1997, was another faller at the 5% hurdle, mustering only 1,447 votes (3.36%) in Nottingham East.

Nationally the biggest financial losers were the Green Party, with 465 candidates losing their deposits at a cost of £232,500.

New primary school league table data for England has been published by the Department for Education.

Jennifer Harby
BBC News

Dennis Skinner's loss of his Bolsover constituency after 49 years to Conservative Mark Fletcher reflects major changes in British politics, according to one expert.

Phil Burton-Cartledge, a sociology lecturer at the University of Derby, said: "Dennis Skinner has always been something of a folk hero within the Labour Party, even during the Blair years when there were considerable political differences at play.

"But it's emblematic of the wider result that a guy who was elected in 1970 is passing from the political scene.

"It marks a sea-change in what's going on in the wider Labour Party and in traditional working-class areas where political identities have been fragmented."

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Labour's Natalie Fleet was tearful as she apologised to voters in a BBC interview.

Natalie Fleet, the losing Labour candidate in Ashfield, cannot hide her emotion at the result.

She said she was "absolutely heartbroken" over the number of people who said they could no longer vote for her party.

Amy Orton
Local Democracy Reporter

Queenie Tea didn’t want votes. Loughborough’s quirky independent candidate’s main message was to vote responsibly.

As the results were read out she was disappointed to hear that 235 people opted to put a cross in the box next to her name.

“I didn’t vote because as a piece of art I don’t exist, I’m not on the electoral roll," she said.

“I wanted to get zero, a vote for me would be a wasted vote really but I realise people might have done it out of sheer frustration.”

Banned from bringing her beloved tea trolley to the count, Queenie instead opted to gaffer tape a packet of chocolate digestives to her handbag.

“I was expecting a party, this is the worst party I’ve ever been to."

As the clocks ticked by and the ballot papers were counted, Queenie - a tea enthusiast as her name would suggest - read tea leaves in an attempt to predict what might happen.

She spied a whale, a sad clown and a chaotic scene.

But not the 235 votes she got, which was not enough to claim back her £500 deposit – paid entirely in 20p coins.

What’s next for Queenie?

“She’s going back in her bag now, “ she tells me. “She’s had lots of fun though.”

Neil Heath
BBC News Online

Nadia Whittome, the new MP for Nottingham East, says she "utterly rejects" the idea that Labour's defeat was the "fault of the left" or down to the fact the party is "too remain".

Ms Whittome, who at 23 will be one of the youngest Members of Parliament, won her seat by 17,393 votes.

She also thanked "hero" Jeremy Corbyn.

League tables go live and the BBC reveals how long it could take for poorer pupils to do as well as the rest.