Conservatives have held the seat of Hertford & Stortford, with Julie Marson being elected to replace Mark Prisk.
Despite a reduced share of the vote, Ms.Marson polled 33,712 votes - 56.1% of the poll, with Labour's Chris Vince coming in second with 14,092 votes (23.4%). Chris Lucas for the Liberal Democrats increased their share of the vote by 6.2% with 8,596 votes.
Posting on Twitter, M.Marson said: "Thank you so much to the people of Hertford and Stortford for placing your trust in me. I will be your voice in Parliament and put you at the heart of everything I do."
Former constituency MP Mark Prisk announced in September that he would not be standing for re-election after 18 years.
The full results from yesterday's poll are shown below.
| Name | Party | Votes | Share | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Julie Marson | Conservative | 33712 | 56.1% | -4.2% |
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Chris Vince | Labour | 14092 | 23.4% | -5.1% |
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Chris Lucas | Liberal Democrat | 8596 | 14.3% | +6.2% |
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Lucy Downes | Green | 2705 | 4.5% | +1.5% |
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Alistair Lindsay | UKIP | 681 | 1.1 | +1.1 |
| Brian Percival | Independent | 308 | 0.5% | +0.5% |