Former Lord Chancellor Sir Robert Buckland has become the first Conservative MP to lose his seat as Labour’s Heidi Alexander is elected MP for Swindon South. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Heidi Alexander, Labour Party, 21,676 Robert James Buckland, the Conservative
00:11Party candidate, 12,070 and I do hereby declare that Heidi Alexander is duly
00:20elected. I wish Heidi well and I know that she will carry on the work that I
00:33have started. Now our very political system is at a crossroads. Do we value
00:40those who work to bring people together and who come into politics to do
00:45something rather than be someone or do we shrug our shoulders and accept that
00:50politics is a mere circus where people compete for attention by saying things
00:56that they either know to be untrue or which raise hopes and expectations in a
01:01way that further erodes trust. I know what side I'm on, I know what choice I
01:08would make and I believe with sincere and fierce conviction that my party has
01:14to make the right choice too if we are to inspire a new generation
01:20with the real promise of a better future. Thank you Swindon for giving me the
01:25opportunity of my life to make a positive difference to our town and our
01:30nation.