Friday, July 5, 2024

Labour take Clwyd East as part of election landslide

 


* Labour's Becky Gittins will be the MP for Clwyd East, which includes Llangollen.

General election news from the BBC ...

Labour wins the UK general election - Keir Starmer will be the new prime minister

·        "Change begins now," Starmer says, as Labour is forecast to win a landslide with 410 seats, and the Conservatives on 144

·        Rishi Sunak says Britain has delivered a "sobering verdict"

·        High-profile Conservatives have lost their seats, including Defence Secretary Grant ShappsJacob Rees-Mogg and Penny Mordaunt

·        Reform UK leader Nigel Farage becomes an MP for the first time, and the party's Richard Tice and Lee Anderson also win

·        Ex-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn wins Islington North as an independent, and Labour's Jon Ashworth loses to an independent

·        Green Party's Carla Denyer wins Bristol Central from Labour, while Scottish First Minister John Swinney says it's been a "very, very difficult and damaging" night for the SNP

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Results for local seat of Clwyd East (from BBC)

Counting complete

Change compared with 2019
  1. Labour,Becky Gittins

    • Votes 18,484
    • Share 38.7%
    • Share change +0.8
  2. Conservative,James Davies

    • Votes 13,862
    • Share 29.0%
    • Share change -18.9
  3. Reform UK,Kirsty Walmsley

    • Votes 7,626
    • Share 15.9%
    • Share change +11.8
  4. Plaid Cymru,Paul Penlington

    • Votes 3,733
    • Share 7.8%
    • Share change +3.1
  5. Liberal Democrat,Alec Dauncey

    • Votes 1,859
    • Share 3.9%
    • Share change -1.4
  6. Green,Lee Lavery

    • Votes 1,659
    • Share 3.5%
    • Share change +3.5
  7. Independent,Rob Roberts

    • Votes 599
    • Share 1.3%
    • Share change +1.3

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