HASTINGS AND RYE RESULT: Conservative holdpublished at 04:26 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019Breaking
Sally-Ann Hart replaces the retiring Amber Rudd as MP for Hastings and Rye.
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The Conservatives have increased their grip on the South East
Only one seat has changed hands - Caroline Ansell is the Eastbourne MP after replacing Lib Dem Stephen Lloyd
Bucking the trend, Labour's Rosie Duffield has increased her majority
Brighton Pavilion Green MP Caroline Lucas has been re-elected
Polls closed at 10pm on Thursday 12 December
Sally-Ann Hart replaces the retiring Amber Rudd as MP for Hastings and Rye.
The UK's only Green Party MP has held onto her seat with an increased majority.
Caroline Ansell has been elected as the MP for Eastbourne, beating Liberal Democrat Stephen Lloyd by 4,331 votes.
Eastbourne has been closely fought by the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives for many years.
Mrs. Ansell and Mr. Lloyd have contested the seat since the 2015 election, when she won with a majority of just 733 votes.
Mr. Lloyd won back the seat in 2017, with a 1,609 vote majority.
In this election, Jake Lambert of the Labour Party came third and the Brexit Party's Stephen Gander came fourth.
Voter turnout was down by 3.4 percentage points since the last general election.
More than 55,000 people, 69.5% of those eligible to vote, went to polling stations across the area on Thursday, in the first December general election since 1923.
Two of the five candidates, Stephen Gander (The Brexit Party) and Ken Pollock (independent) lost their £500 deposits after failing to win 5% of the vote.
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Adam Holloway has increased his majority by 6,000.
Mims Davies, formerly MP for Eastleigh in Hampshire, is elected to replace Sir Nicholas Soames.
Damian Green has been re-elected as the MP for Ashford, with an increased majority.
The Conservative candidate beat Labour's Dara Farrell by 24,029 votes, 6,551 more votes than the majority at the 2017 election.
Adrian Gee-Turner of the Liberal Democrats came third and the Green Party's Mandy Rossi came fourth.
Voter turnout was down by 1.5 percentage points since the last general election.
More than 60,000 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.
Two of the five candidates, Mandy Rossi (Green) and Susannah De Sanvil (independent) lost their £500 deposits after failing to win 5% of the vote.
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Angela Richardson has been elected MP for Guildford, meaning that the Conservative Party holds the seat with a significantly decreased majority.
The new MP beat Liberal Democrat Zoe Franklin by 3,337 votes. This was less than a quarter of Anne Milton’s 17,040 vote majority in the 2017 general election.
Ann Milton was removed from the parliamentary Conservative Party in September after rebelling against the government over Brexit. She decided to stand as an independent, but came fourth, behind Anne Rouse of the Labour Party, who came third.
Voter turnout was up by 1.7 percentage points since the last general election.
Nearly 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 five candidates, John Morris (The Peace Party) lost his £500 deposit after failing to win 5% of the vote.
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Gordon Henderson has increased his majority by 9,000 in this heavily leave-supporting seat.
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Michael Gove has been re-elected as the MP for Surrey Heath, with a decreased majority.
The Conservative candidate, whose government role includes overseeing Brexit preparations, beat Liberal Democrat Alasdair Pinkerton by 18,349 votes, 6,594 votes less than the majority at the 2017 election.
Brahma Mohanty of the Labour Party came third and the Green Party's Sharon Galliford came fourth.
Voter turnout was slightly up, by 0.5 percentage points, since the last general election.
Nearly 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.
Two of the five candidates, Sharon Galliford (Green) and David Roe (UKIP) lost their £500 deposits after failing to win 5% of the vote.
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Nus Ghani has been re-elected as the MP for Wealden, with an increased majority.
The Conservative candidate beat Liberal Democrat Chris Bowers by 25,655 votes, 2,027 more votes than the majority at the 2017 election.
Angie Smith of the Labour Party came third and the Green Party's Georgia Taylor came fourth.
Voter turnout was down by 0.9 percentage points since the last general election.
Nearly 61,000 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.
All four candidates keep their deposits, after receiving more than 5% of the votes.
This story was created using some automation.