#GE2019 #trustednews CHIPPENHAM COUNT 12 midnight Follow the link for a very quick walk through of the count x.com/i/status/12052…

#GE2019 #trustednews CHIPPENHAM COUNT 00.01am Dr Carlton Brand, the Returning Officer, tells me he's been working on General Elections for ten years and this is his 4th. He says: "It's good fun. I enjoy them. It's good to be part of democracy."

#GE2019 #trustednews CHIPPENHAM COUNT 00.04am We're expecting the result of the first stage count to be announced at around 00.30am. Then, they will move onto counting the votes for each candidate in each of the two constituencies. The second stage is expected to be quicker.

#GE2019 #trustednews CHIPPENHAM COUNT 00.50am - still waiting for the first stage count figures to be announced. There are still at least two ballot boxes unopened and waiting to be counted for the Chippenham constituency and several for North Wilts, which is a more rural area.

#GE2019 #trustednews CHIPPENHAM COUNT 00.56am - the last ballot box has just arrived! The first stage should finish in about half an hour.

#GE2019 #trustednews CHIPPENHAM COUNT 11.58am - there are a lot of glum faces among the Lib Dem and Labour contingents. They haven't conceded defeat yet but neither party are expecting to win in either constituency.

#GE2019 #trustednews CHIPPENHAM COUNT 01.01am - party agents have just been told they can look at the counting figures for the Chippenham constituency. This will give them the total number of people who voted and the turn-out.

#GE2019 #trustednews CHIPPENHAM COUNT 01.33am - the total number of votes cast for the Chippenham constituency was 57,437 - turn-out is 74.38%. For North Wilts, the figures are 54,982 votes cast and 75.03% turn-out.

#GE2019 #trustednews CHIPPENHAM COUNT 01.40am - the second stage count has begun! Not loing now, we hope!

#GE2019 #trustednews CHIPPENHAM COUNT 01.47am - some people have been keeping an eye on the national situation by watching General Election coverage on a large TV screen.

#GE2019 #trustednews CHIPPENHAM COUNT 01.49am - just had my first cup of coffee of the morning. It's going to be a long one!

#GE2019 #trustednews CHIPPENHAM COUNT 02.21am: - Just been chatting to Bonnie Jackson, the Green Party candidate for North Wilts. She says: "We managed to beat Labour in Sherston, near Tetbury, which has become a Green stronghold."

#GE2019 #trustednews CHIPPENHAM COUNT 02.24am - This is what Returning Officer, Dr Carlton Brand, thinks of the evening so far. x.com/i/status/12053…

#GE2019 #trustednews CHIPPENHAM COUNT 02.48am - some of the 'big guns' have just arrived for the end of the count. Here's a selection of photos of Bonnie Jackson, James Gray and Brian Mathew (North Wilts) and Helen Belcher and Michelle Donelan (Chippenham).

#GE2019 #trustednews CHIPPENHAM COUNT 03.27am - The Returning Office, Dr Carlton Brand, says we have only about half an hour to go before the declaration of results. Most of the counting seems done and dusted. It's now just a matter of totting up the figures..

#GE2019 #trustednews CHIPPENHAM RESULT 4.31am - Chippenham results: Martha Anachury (Labour) 6,399 votes; Helen Belcher (Liberal Democrat) 19,706 votes; Michelle Donelan (Conservative) 30,994 votes. Michelle Donelan (Con) is elected MP for Chippenham

#GE2019 #trustednews NORTH WILTSHIRE RESULT 4.34am - Jonathan Fisher (Labour) 5,699 votes; James Gray (Conservative) 32,373 votes; Bonnie Jackson (Green Party) 1,939 votes; Brian Mathew (Liberal Democrat) 14,747 votes. James Gray (Con) is elected MP for North Wiltshire.