General Election 2019: Conservative hold as Huw Merriman retains seat
Mr Merriman, who was first elected in 2015, gained a total of 37,590 votes.
Labour’s Christine Bayliss got 11,531 votes, Lib Dem candidate Martin Saunders, 7,280 and Jonathan Kent, for the Greens, gained 2,692 votes.
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Hide AdMr Merriman paid tribute to all of the candidates who stood for the election in the constituency.
He said: “We have always as candidates tried to work together and show respect to each other and focus on the policy differences.”
Turnout was 72.53 per cent.
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