All of Gloucestershire’s six Parliamentary constituencies are now blue after two political shocks last night in the General Election.
The Tories’ Siobhan Baillie was able to oust Labour’s David Drew in Stroud, while Cheltenham’s Liberal Democrat candidate Max Wilkinson lost by 700 votes to stop Conservative Alex Chalk being re-elected.
The final results means this is the first time Gloucestershire has been true blue, meaning all the county’s seats are represented by Tories, since 2010, when Neil Carmichael won Stroud.
Tewkesbury, Gloucester, Forest of Dean and The Cotswolds achieved comfortable Conservative holds.
WHAT WERE THE FINAL GLOUCESTERSHIRE RESULTS?
Cheltenham
Alex Chalk (Tory): 28,486
Max Wilkinson (LD): 27,505
George Penny (Lab): 2,921
George Ridgeon (MRLP): 445
Stroud:
Siobhan Baillie (Conservative): 31,582
David Drew (Labour): 27,742
Molly Scott Cato (Green): 4,954
Desi Latimer (Brexit Party): 1,085
Glenville Gogerly (Libertarian Party): 567
The Cotswolds
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con): 35,484
Liz Webster (LD): 15,270
Alan MacKenzie (Lab): 7,110
Sabrina Poole (Green): 3,312
Tewkesbury
Laurence Robertson (Con): 35,728
Alex Hegenbarth (LD): 13,318
Lara Chaplin (Lab): 9,310
Cate Cody (Green): 2,784
Forest of Dean
Mark Harper (Con): 30,680
Di Martin (Lab): 14,811
Chris McFarling (Green): 4,681
Julian Burrett (Independent): 1,303
Gloucester
Richard Graham (Con): 29,159
Fran Boait (Lab): 18,882
Rebecca Trimnell (LD): 4,338
Michael Byfield (Green): 1,385
WHAT’S THE NATIONAL PICTURE?
The Conservatives have won the biggest Tory majority since 1987 General Election.
Jeremy Corbyn says he will not lead the Labour Party in a future election. It is expected to have 203 MPs.
Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson loses her East Dunbartonshire seat to the SNP by 149 votes, and interim leadership of the party will pass to Ed Davey MP and Baroness Sal Brinton.
There will be a minor reshuffle on Monday and the Brexit bill will go before MPs next Friday.
The Tories have taken a string of former Labour strongholds such as Blyth, Darlington and Workington
The SNP are expected to advance strongly in Scotland, with 48 MPs projected
Predicted results put the Lib Dems on 12 seats, Green Party one, Plaid Cymru four, Brexit Party.
ENDS
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