We've not seen many seats changed hands so far and Stafford is the latest constituency to be held by the Conservatives.

Jeremy Lefroy has seen his majority fall from 9,177 at the last election to 7,729.

Culture Secretary Karen Bradley has held onto the Staffordshire Moorlands for the Conservatives.

Conservative candidate Christopher Pincher has held onto the Tamworth constituency.

Burton Constituency Result Griffiths-Cons-28,936 Hales-Green-824 Hardwick-Lib Dems-1,262 McKiernan-Lab-18,889 Elected - Griffiths

Amanda Milling has held her seat in Cannock Chase with 26,318 votes.

Emma Thomas
Political reporter, BBC Radio Stoke

It's just over 100 days since the last polling day in Stoke-on-Trent Central for the by-election.

Labour has held and represented the area (give or take boundary moves) since 1930s.

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However, Gareth Snell won with just a 2,600 majority in February, compared to 20,000 the party had in 1997.

Even so, I’d still say this is probably the safest of the three Stoke seats...famous last words.

Keele Students Union Council says up to 100 students have contacted it about problems.

Postal voters in Newcastle-under-Lyme faced problems with voting as well as some students at Keele, it is claimed.

Up to 100 students were turned away from polling stations despite having polling cards with them at the time.

Keele University Biomedical sciences undergraduate, Andrew Niblett, 18, said in his group of five friends who applied to vote in the Newcastle-Under-Lyme area, just one had been correctly registered.

Image source, Keele University

Mr Niblett said despite complaining to the staff at the polling station that he had not received prompts, he was told: "Next time just check your mail and make sure you go through the process again."

A spokeswoman for the Electoral Commission said they had been in contact with electoral officers in Newcastle-under-Lyme about what students should do to cast their vote by the 22:00 deadline.

The chairman of Keele Student Union Council, Tom Snape, 21, said plenty of students have been in touch about problems so far.

A spokesman for Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council said those affected by out-of-date printed electoral lists at polling stations had been able to vote after polling station staff phoned council offices to verify they were on the register.

He added: "We've had quite a few people claiming that they've not had postal votes but when we've looked into it that just hasn't been the case either."

The Labour candidate for Newcastle-under-Lyme has criticised the electoral services department after reports of voting difficulties in the Staffordshire constituency.

The Facebook page for Keele's Media, Communication & Culture, external notified students of the problem on Thursday evening.

Paul Farrelly, speaking to the Guardian, external criticised the electoral services department.

"The electoral services department here in Newcastle is a shambles and there is chaos, which is denying people votes on a scale unprecedented in my 30 years fighting and organising elections.

"I will be referring tomorrow to the Electoral Commission and other bodies for an independent, outside investigation."

The electoral commission said on Twitter , externalthey were in contact with electoral officers in the constituency.

Nick Watson
Sunday Politics Midlands

You’ll hear a lot about swing on election night so what is it?

In a nutshell it’s an expression in percentage terms of the number of voters who need to swap sides in an election for a seat to change hands.

For example – the Conservatives need a swing of 3% to take Blanktown from Labour.

To put it another way three voters in every hundred need to switch (or swing) to the Conservatives from Labour in Blanktown to put it into the blue column.

Marginal seats (or swing seats as they are sometimes known) are the ones where the contest is so close that only a small percentage of voters need to switch to decide the outcome.

These are the ones journalists and politicians get excited about on election night and there are a lot of them in the West Midlands region.

In two straight two party contests calculating the swing is fairly straightforward but in an increasingly complicated multi-party world swing can sometimes be difficult to calculate!

Emma Thomas
Political reporter, BBC Radio Stoke

In the wake of the recent terror attacks, security is being stepped up at polling stations.

Here at the Stoke-on-Trent counts armed police officers are in attendance.

There's also armed police at the count in Leek, with two armed officers, two other officers and a police van.

In Lichfield, there's two armed at the entrance, four in total. The other two are carrying tasers and batons.

There's been reports about voting difficulties in the Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency.

Students at Keele University say some of them have been stopped from voting.

Student Lucy Walker thought she would be able to vote after registering before the deadline in May and added she didn't think to double check her application had been accepted.,

"I tried to vote around 14:30 today at a polling station at Keele Village Hall," she said.

Image source, Jonathan Hutchins

"I was told my name wasn't on the list and to go to Keele Student Union polling station.

"But when I went there they said I was not on the list there either."

She added a "ridiculous number of students were saying they could not vote."

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council says it understands that those affected haven't fully completed the registration process, so aren't eligible to vote.

The council also said that when people haven't filled in the forms properly it does contact them about what extra information is needed.

We'll be back from 22:00 with all the results and reaction from the general election.

BBC Radio Stoke

Three people have been charged with child sexual exploitation offences after being arrested in Burton earlier this week. , external

Staffordshire Police says the trio, two aged 18, one 17, have appeared before magistrates and been remanded into custody.

The force said the arrests were made after two victims came forward earlier this year., external

Officers say the victims are now getting support from specially trained officers.

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

A few more photos of today's Women's Tour in Staffordshire.

Image source, Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Image source, Women's Tour

Image source, Women's Tour

Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

A car smashed into another vehicle as it was being chased by police yesterday in Stoke-on-Trent. , external

Staffordshire Police says they were called to the Asda on Wolstanton Retail Park yesterday afternoon after reports of two men "acting suspiciously" on the car park.

Image source, Google

The force says that turned into a pursuit after patrols arrived and involved a white Seat Ibiza.

During the chase, officers says it collided with another vehicle on Grange Lane and was last seen on May Place, May Bank.

They add that no-one was seriously hurt in the collision.