So thank you for joining us over the last 18 hours or so - but perhaps Anthony Stansfeld has the right idea. Time for a large whiskey... and bed.

It's been a busy day of counting across the South, but apart from tomorrow's Winchester result, the winners have been declared.

For the most part there were no surprises - although the biggest upset was most likely West Oxfordshire's Duncan Enright's stomach after his roller coaster election night.

Elsewhere, no councils changed hands in the region - Weymouth and Portland and Portsmouth stayed in no overall control.

There were Labour holds in Oxford, Southampton and Reading, the Lib Dems kept Eastleigh and the Conservatives retained control of Cherwell.

And in the PCC elections, Thames Valley and Dorset kept their incumbents Anthony Stansfeld (Cons) and Martyn Underhill (Independent), while in Hampshire Michael Lane (Cons) was elected to the job for this first time.

A former Commodore in the Royal Navy, Michael Lane replaces Simon Hayes, who was elected Hampshire PCC in 2012 standing on an independent platform.

Anthony Stansfeld won a total of 202,396 first and second preferences, compared with his nearest challenger Laetisia Carter.

Michael Lane received a total of 153,990 first and second preferences compared with his nearest challenger, Labour's Robin Price.

Conservative Michael Lane is elected Hampshire's police and crime commissioner

So who is the man who has been Thames Valley's PCC since 2012?

A West Berkshire district councillor and former member of the Thames Valley Police Authority, Anthony Stansfeld is an Army veteran who served in Northern Ireland and Borneo. He spent two years as chief of staff intelligence in the Far East. 

On leaving the Army he worked in marketing before running the aircraft company Pilatus Britten Norman. For more read his biog here, external.

Anthony Stansfeld described his PCC win as a “very satisfactory result”, saying crime in the region had reduced “hugely” since he took over in 2012.

When asked if he would be celebrating tonight, he told our reporter: "I shall have a large whiskey and go to bed."

So in Cherwell, the last area in Oxfordshire to declare results today, the make-up of the council is: 

• Conservatives - 38 seats
• Labour - 8
• Independents - 2

The top election headlines: 

• Anthony Stansfeld has been re-elected as the Thames Valley PCC after a second round of voting
• Labour gained two seats from the Greens to strengthen their majority at Oxford City Council
• In West Oxfordshire, the make-up of the district council has remained the same, with the Conservatives keeping their 41 seats out of 49
• On Cherwell District Council, the Tories retain overall control, with 38 seats

A reminder that we're not expecting any results from the Winchester vote until tomorrow.

The Conservatives have held on to Cherwell - they now have 38 seats.

Police area returning officer David Buckle has commented on the turnout for the Thames Valley PCC election.

Anthony Stanseld has won a second term as the police and crime commissioner for the Thames Valley - but needed a second-round vote count to claim his win.

The Conservative candidate won just under 40% of the vote in the first round, going up against Labour's Laetisia Carter in the second round.

Following the count, he won 52.21% of the vote on a 25.6% turnout.

Conservative Anthony Stansfeld has been announced as PCC for the Thames Valley following a second-round count.

Banbury's Tory MP Victoria Prentis has said her party should be "very pleased" with their performance across the country in the 2016 local elections.

Hampshire will have a new PCC, either from Labour or the Conservatives, as the second preference votes are counted. 

The incumbent PCC and Independent candidate Simon Hayes is out.

 The final result is expected.

Martyn Underhill received 38% of the first preference votes for Dorset PCC. 

Turnout was nearly 23%, up from 16% in 2012.