Former Conservative MP 'cautiously optimistic'published at 00:02 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Alberto Costa, who has been the Leicestershire South MP since 2015, said he's "very cautiously optimistic" about the upcoming election result.
He said: "The British people had to make up their mind - did they want a Conservative majority government, that could get Brexit done and allow the country to calm down and move forward, or was it going to be another hung parliament."
If the exit poll prediction is correct he said it will allow the leavers and remainers to be "brought back together".