• Tracey Crouch keeps her seat expanding her majority with a 66.5% share
• She's played down joining the cabinet
• The turnout was 60.7%.

After weeks of campaigning, voters have now decided who they want to represent them in parliament following the first December General Election since 1923.

There were five candidates on the ballot paper in Chatham and Aylesford as Tracey Crouch extended her majority with a massive 66.5% share of the vote.

Follow our live blog for details on the results across Kent as they come in.

Our reporters Matt Leclere and Katie May Nelson will be at the Medway count.

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And that's all folks - full reaction across the county is on the KentOnline homepage and we'll have a full story on the night on the Medway page.

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RESULT

Tracey Crouch holds the seat for the Conservative and like her two Tory colleagues in Medway it's by an enormous majority

Here's the rest of the results:

John Gibson (CPA) 212

Vince Maple (Lab) 10316

David Naghi (Lib Dem) 2866

Geoff Wilkinson (Green) 1090

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Meanwhile, the snacks are still keeping us going

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Here's the picture across Kent so far

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Conservative candidate Tracey Crouch says Brexit has been the dominating issue on the doorstep in this election

Ms Crouch said remain voters have been telling her they feel "the deadlock has been going on too long".

"There is so much more we need to do," she says.

She has also played down taking up a role in the cabinet if she's re-elected and the Conservatives take control.

2.40am

Cllr Andy Stamp (Lab) says Brexit dominated during his campaign in Gillingham and Rainham.

The ward councillor Gillingham North said: "Clearly there was an underlying issue and that was Brexit, that has been the dominant feature of this election and that's ultimately decided the outcome of this election despite their concerns about the NHS, despite their concerns about education, despite the fact that record numbers of people are having to use foodbanks, the number of rough sleepers has more than doubled over the last nine years, the fact that record numbers of children are living in poverty.

"All of those issues are still there regardless of whether Brexit was an issue or not."

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The turnout figure for Chatham and Aylesford has just been announced.

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Anna McGovern, chair of Medway Youth Council, says climate change has been top of the agenda for young people voting in this year's election.

She said: "In a recent national ballot for young people called Make Your Mark, 40% of young people in Medway prioritise climate change as something they want to be put forward as a national campaign."

The 18 year old recently spoke to KentOnline about young people's role in politics.

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Alan Bullion, who is contesting the Gillingham and Rainham seat, says Brexit isn't the only thing people have been raising their concerns about this election.

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Hearing it's going to be a long night still with counts still being verified and checked including postal votes

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WATCH: Cllr Tristan Osbourne speaks about Labour's prospects after tonight

Cllr Tristan Osbourne (Lab), who represents Luton and Wayfield, says in response tonight's exit poll – which predicts 191 seats for Labour – that the results are a "a warning message.

"Labour has lost momentum. It is losing ground in many areas of the north and west midlands.

"There's a whole agenda here and the party really needs to review why we have lost this election what messages we need to be re-focussing (on) and really look at our agenda where we have failed over the last four years."

Mr Osbourne will be among guests on the KMTV sofa later this morning.

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