Huw Merriman has been re-elected as the MP for Bexhill & Battle, with an increased majority.

The Conservative candidate beat Labour's Christine Bayliss by 26,059 votes, 3,894 more votes than the majority at the 2017 election.

Martin Saunders of the Liberal Democrats came third and the Green Party's Jonathan Kent came fourth.

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Voter turnout was down by 1 percentage points since the last general election.

More than 59,000 people, roughly three-quarters of those eligible to vote, went to polling stations across the area on Thursday, in the first December general election since 1923.

One of the four candidates, Jonathan Kent (Green) lost his £500 deposit after failing to win 5% of the vote.

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Ben Spencer has been elected MP for Runnymede & Weybridge, increasing the majority of his predecessor, former Chancellor, Philip Hammond.

The new Conservative MP beat Labour's Robert King by 18,270 votes, 220 more than Mr Hammond’s majority in the 2017 general election.

Mr Hammond decided not to contest the seat again after being removed from the parliamentary Conservative Party in September after voting against the government over Brexit. He had been MP for Runnymede & Weybridge since 1997.

Rob O'Carroll of the Liberal Democrats came third and the Green Party's Benjamin Smith came fourth.

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Voter turnout was barely changed, up by just 0.1 percentage points since the last general election.

More than 53,000 people, 69% of those eligible to vote, went to polling stations across the area on Thursday, in the first December general election since 1923.

Four of the seven candidates, Benjamin Smith (Green), Stewart Mackay (independent), Lorna Rowland (independent) and Nicholas Wood (UKIP) lost their £500 deposits after failing to win 5% of the vote.

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Sir Roger Gale's tenure as MP for Thanet North began at the 1983 election, and has been extended for another five years, this time round increasing his majority by 7,000.

East Surrey's former MP Sam Gyimah defected to the Lib Dems after losing the Tory whip over Brexit.

First elected to Parliament in 1975, Sir Peter Bottomley is back for what is likely to be another five years.

Maria Caulfield has held onto her seat, although her majority from 2017 has been cut in half.

Natalie Elphicke has replaced her husband as MP for Dover, holding the seat for the Conservative Party with an increased majority.

Her husband, Charlie Elphicke, had the Tory whip removed in July after he was charged with three counts of sexual assault against two women.

Mr Elphicke denied the charges at Southwark Crown Court in October and was bailed until a trial next year.

His wife was formally selected as Tory candidate for his seat in November.

She beat Labour's Charlotte Cornell by 12,278 votes in Thursday's election.

Simon Dodd of the Liberal Democrats came third and the Green Party's Beccy Sawbridge came fourth.

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Voter turnout was down by 3.3 percentage points since the last general election.

Nearly 51,000 people, roughly two-thirds of those eligible to vote, went to polling stations across the area on Thursday, in the first December general election since 1923.

Three of the six candidates, Ms Sawbridge, Nathan Sutton (independent) and Eljai Morais (Women's Equality Party) lost their £500 deposits after failing to win 5% of the vote.

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Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has been re-elected as the MP for Esher & Walton, with a significantly decreased majority.

The Conservative candidate beat Liberal Democrat Monica Harding by 2,743 votes, less than half the majority at the 2017 election.

Peter Ashurst of the Labour Party came third and independent candidate Kylie Keens came fourth.

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Voter turnout was up by 3.8 percentage points since the last general election.

More than 63,000 people, roughly three-quarters of those eligible to vote, went to polling stations across the area on Thursday, in the first December general election since 1923.

Four of the six candidates, Peter Ashurst (Labour), Kylie Keens (independent), Baron Badger (Monster Raving Loony Party) and Kyle Taylor (Advance Together) lost their £500 deposits after failing to win 5% of the vote.

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Henry Smith has been re-elected as the MP for Crawley, with an increased majority.

The Conservative candidate beat Labour's Peter Lamb by 8,360 votes, more than double the majority at the 2017 election.

Khalil Yousuf of the Liberal Democrats came third and the Green Party's Iain Dickson came fourth.

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Voter turnout was down by 1.2 percentage points since the last general election.

Nearly 50,000 people, roughly two-thirds of those eligible to vote, went to polling stations across the area on Thursday, in the first December general election since 1923.

One of the four candidates, Iain Dickson (Green) lost his £500 deposit after failing to win 5% of the vote.

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Peter Kyle is re-elected with a slightly reduced majority.