The biggest General Election night stories in the Midlands
The exit poll at 10pm proved to be accurate, with the Conservatives sweeping to their biggest majority since the time of Thatcher.
For that to happen, many traditional Labour seats in the Midlands turned blue, with some big names losing their jobs.
The Conservatives made 17 gains across the Midlands - here is the full list of results for the East Midlands and West Midlands.
East Midlands
Here's how the East Midlands election map is looking this morning.
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In the East Midlands, the most famous casualty was Dennis Skinner who has lost his seat in Bolsover in Derbyshire.
The 87-year-old had held it since 1970 but the Conservatives have now taken control - it's the first time ever that the Tories have won the seat. Mark Fletcher has been elected.
People in Bassetlaw in Nottinghamshire have elected a Conservative MP for the first time in over a hundred years.
In an historic night, the Tories took the seat for the first time since 1910. Brendan Clarke-Smith receiving the highest number of votes.
The Conservatives took Ashfield in Nottinghamshire for just the second time in the seat's history.
It was last held by the Tories in the 1977 by-election. Other than that it's always been a Labour-held seat. Lee Anderson has now been elected.
One familiar face in East Midlands won't be back in the new parliament.In Broxtowe, Anna Soubry left the Conservatives for the Independent Group for Change over her anti-Brexit stance.
The seat stays Conservative with Darren Henry elected new MP.
Derby North, which Labour had won two years ago, went back to the Conservatives.
Analysis from Political Reporter Gareth Owen
West Midlands
Here's how the election map is looking in the West Midlands
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In the West Midlands people in West Bromwich have elected Conservative MPs for the first time since the seats were established.
The Tories have gained both the East and West seats. Both had previously been held by Labour since their formation in 1974.
And it's been a similar story in Wolverhampton. The Tories have gained both the North East and South West seats but Labour's Pat McFadden held on to his seat in Wolverhampton South East.
Stoke-on-Trent too went entirely blue.
There was a lot of anger at the scale of the defeat among some Labour politicians tonight, including Jess Phillips. She won her Birmingham Yardley seat, but says the national defeat was devastating.
Here's the full picture for Birmingham
Analysis from Political Reporter Gareth Owen