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History made as Bournemouth elected its first Labour MPs

Tom Hayes and Jessica Jade Toale have been elected to be the MPs for Bournemouth.


Tom Hayes, who will represent Bournemouth East beat Tobias Ellwood, the previous Conservative MP, by 5,479 votes.

Mr Hayes has described the result as "phenomenal".

He added that his first step would be to set up his office in the heart of his constituency and recruit local people to help with issues.

He said: "Being able to represent Bournemouth East in parliament, fighting our corner for investment and attention, because the town desperately needs both."

Jessica Jade Toale, who has been elected for Bournemouth West, beat Conservative candidate, Conor Burns, by 3,224 votes

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Jessica said: "It's been an extremely long but positive campaign."

She spoke about her aims: "We've proposed to hire 13,000 community officers around the country and give them the powers that they need to tackle anti-social behaviour, I will certainly be fighting for our fair share."

As well as talking about the housing mission to 'Get Britain Building Again'.

She said: "Building 1.5 million homes over the next parliament and delivering the biggest increase in social and affordable housing in a generation, building these extra homes is the first part. Also making sure we introduce a rentals charter to make renting fairer and more affordable and doing things like banning no fault evictions as well."

Poole was too close to call and did a total of three recounts before announcing the final result.

Neil Duncan-Jordan (Labour) won by just 18 votes.

Sir Robert Syms, the Conservative candidate, had held the Poole constituency since 1997.

In his acceptance speech, Mr Duncan-Jordan thanked the other candidates, as well as those working at the polling stations, the police and others involved in the electoral process.

He said: “But I tell you something, we’ve made history tonight."

He added: "The fact that I got in by 18 votes shows how important it is that you exercise your democratic right and get out there and vote."

While most the night was Labour dominated, Sir Christopher Chope, Conservative MP, managed to hold on to his constituency.

He held on to Christchurch winning by a massive 18,224 votes, he had a total of 28,887

Labour only had 7,762, meaning the Liberal Democrats came in second.

Full results:

Bournemouth East

Tobias Ellwood (The Conservative Party) 12,837

Tom Hayes (Labour Party) 18,316

Martin James Houlden (Reform UK) 6,268

Jon Martin Nicholas (Liberal Demoncrats) 3,082

Miles Penn (Social Democratic Party) 88

Joe Angus Salmon (Green Party) 2,790

Kieron Wilson (Independent) 1,529

45,054 ballot papers,

72,354 electorate,

143 rejected ballot papers,

a turnout of 62.27%

Bournemouth West

Ben Aston (Reform UK) 6,647

Conor Burns (Conservative and Unionist Party) 11,141

Jeff Hanna (Liberal Democrats) 4,311

Darren Jones (Green Party) 2,614

Jessica Jade Toale (Labour Party) 14,365

Julie Vivienne (Christian Peoples Alliance) 201

David Warden (Social Democratic Party) 139

39,555 ballot papers

70,259 electorate

137 rejected ballot papers

a turnout of 56.30%

Christchurch

Robin Thomas Adamson (Reform UK) 8,961

Christopher Robert Chope (Conservative Party) 16,941

Mike Cox (Liberal Democrat) 9,486

Susan Graham (Green Party) 1,900

Joanna Claire Howard (Labour Party) 7,762

Sasha Jolliffe Yasawi (Animal Welfare Party) 335

Simon Jonathon McCormack (Independent) 1,728

Trevor Parsons (Social Democratic Party) 59

Steve Unwin (UK Independence Party) 163

47,478 ballot papers

71,060 electorate

143 rejected ballot papers

a turnout of 66.81%

Poole

Leanne Barnes (UK Independence Party) 325

Joe Cronin (Independent) 698

Andrei Silviu Dragotoniu (Reform UK) 7,429

Neil Duncan-Jordan (Labour Party) 14,168

Robert Andrew Raymond SYMS (The Conservative Party) 14,150

Oliver John Walters (Liberal Democrat) 5,507

Sarah Catherine Ward (Green Party) 2,218

44,642 ballot papers

72,509 electorate

148 rejected ballot papers

a turnout of 61.57%



All photos are taken by Cat Lindsay

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