Lee Anderson has become Reform UK’s first elected MP after retaining the seat of Ashfield in Nottinghamshire. 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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00:00Lee Anderson, Reform UK, 17,062
00:13Alexander Coates, The Green Party, 1,100
00:19Daniel Coates, Liberal Democrats, 619
00:24Ria Keane, Labour Party, 11,553
00:33Gerry Solomon, Conservative Party Candidate, 3,271
00:42Jason Zdrosny, The Ashfield Independent, Putting People Before Politics, 6,276
00:54The number of ballot papers rejected was 102. The vacant seat is 1, the electorate was 68,929.
01:05Ballot papers issued, 39,986 and the turnout was 58.1%.
01:15I do hereby declare that Lee Anderson is duly elected.
01:24Thank you. First of all, a massive thank you to all the staff that's been here tonight.
01:35They've worked incredibly hard and all the people that's worked throughout this election campaign.
01:40Special thanks to the Ashfield District Council.
01:43But the biggest thanks of the night goes to my wonderful team over there who have stood by my side and watched me being grumpy over the past six weeks.
01:52They've been fantastic and I could not have done it without them.
01:56I stood in this town, my hometown, four and a half years ago as a Conservative candidate and I won.
02:02And I won comfortably and the people of Ashfield backed me and they've now backed me again as a Reform candidate for Ashfield.
02:09I said a few weeks back that there was going to be a reckoning on election night and Ashfield, which is the capital of Consensus, they are part of that reckoning.
02:18Now, this wonderful place which I call my home is going to have a massive say in how this country is shaped in the future.
02:25I want my country back and Ashfield can play their part in that. Thank you.