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Conservative Damian Collins won through early this morning with a good majority which means that he succeeds Michael Howard as Folkestone and Hythes MP.

The count starting last night at just after 10am in the Leas Cliff Hall - and at around 2.30am this morning an annoucement was made to say that Damian Collins had won with a 10,122 majority - with nearest other result being for Lib Dems.

• Cons 26,109
• Lib Dem 15,987
• Labour 5,719

Conservative supporters cheered and applauded when the annoucement was made - and Damian Collins thanked the election staff for their hard work and his supporters and said he would get to work straight away by running his first surgery on Saturday.

“It’s a fantastic honour to be elected as the new Member of Parliament.

“I will give it all my energy and passion to be a new champion in Parliament for everyone in the constituency, whether they voted for me or not.

“Tonight is a night for celebration and rest after a hard campaign. But at the weekend the work starts again – I’ll be holding my first surgeries on Saturday and intend to get down to work as the new MP straight away. If anybody wants to join me in Brookland at 8.45 on Saturday morning they’d be more than welcome.

“I look forward to starting work on the change we need in our community and in our country at Westminster.”

Just over an hour later came the result that Charlie Elphick Conservatives had taken Dover, previously a Labour seat. This result was also cheered loudly by Folkestone & Hythe Conservative supporters as they had also supported Charlies election efforts.

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