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00:00I need to not get this right, so I'll have to double check.
00:20I, Joanne McIntosh, being the Deputy Acting Attorney to Officer at the above election,
00:37do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for each candidate at said election
00:44is as follows.
00:45Jennifer Nadia Alemano, Workers' Party of Britain, 211 votes.
00:51Stephanie Patricia Harvey, Labour Party, 12,894 votes.
00:58Alan Bell, Conservative Party candidate, 12,986 elected.
01:07Jonathan Prideaux-Perry, Reform UK, 9,959 votes.
01:13Diane-Marie Safranack, Liberal Democrats for a Fair Deal, 3,275 votes.
01:21Jeanette Alder-Sheppard, Green Party, 2,861 votes.
01:28The number of ballot papers rejected was 133.
01:35The electorate was 72,323.
01:40Ballot papers 42,390.
01:45Turnout 58.51%.
01:50I do hereby declare that Alan Mack is duly elected.
01:57Thank you very much.
02:04Thank you very much.
02:05It is a great honour to be elected to Parliament for the fourth time.
02:08I want to thank the residents of the Havant constituency for their continued support.
02:13I want to thank you, Deputy Acting Attorney to Officer, and also your team of staff for
02:18your hard work throughout the election process, and also for tonight.
02:21We're particularly grateful for all the counselling agents and staff for staying a little bit extra.
02:26So thank you for your hard work.
02:28I will continue to work hard for the residents of the Havant constituency, getting things
02:33done, campaigning on the issues that matter, and being an effective voice for all of you
02:37in Parliament.
02:38I want to thank my wife, Cathy, for her support.
02:40I want to thank my agent, my campaign team, and all the volunteers who have taken part
02:44in the campaign over the last six weeks.
02:47Together we have achieved a huge amount, and I look forward to working with and for local
02:51people in the months and years ahead.
02:53Thank you very much.
02:56Thank you.
03:12I'd also like to congratulate Mr Mack, and I just wanted to say a massive thank you to
03:18everyone who's been involved in democracy tonight here.
03:22When I was selected for Havant, I was told this is one of the safest seats in the country,
03:27and to come within less than 100 votes is phenomenal.
03:31And for every single person, all the volunteers, and people who've donated to my ground funder,
03:36I cannot thank you enough.
03:39I'm sorry that it wasn't enough to get us over the line, but for everyone who has helped,
03:44Havant, you are a phenomenal place, and I'm totally grateful for the support I've had
03:48over the last six weeks.
03:49Thank you.
03:53Thank you.
04:01Thank you everyone.
04:02I just want to say a final thank you to all our staff that have helped us this evening.
04:06It's been a long evening, but we've got there.
04:09It's a quarter to four, so thank you for all your hard work and the time and effort we've
04:13put in.
04:14Thank you.