General Election 2024: Marie Tidball wins Penistone & Stocksbridge, unseating Miriam Cates

The Star, Sheffield

Labour's Marie Tidball's victory speech after winning Penistone & Stocksbridge from the Conservatives' incumbent Miriam Cates.

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00:00of the Penistone and Stocksbridge Constituencies.

00:05I, John Bradley, being the returning officer for the Penistone and Stocksbridge Constituencies,

00:11at the election held on the 4th...

00:18on the 4th of June 2024, do hereby declare that the total number of votes cast across

00:24the Penistone and Stocksbridge Constituencies at the UK Parliamentary Election was 44,132.

00:33The total number of votes given to each candidate is as follows.

00:38Myriam Cates, the Conservative Party candidate, 10,430.

00:50Andy Davies, Green Party, 2,044.

00:59Edward Dillinger, Reform UK, 9,456.

01:08Rob Brice, Liberal Democrats, 2,866.

01:18Maree Tickle, Labour Party, 19,116.

01:37The total number of final papers rejected was 167.

01:44Therefore, I give notice that Maree Tickle is duly elected as Member of Parliament of

01:49the Penistone and Stocksbridge Constituencies.

01:52I would like to give the first of my congratulations to Maree Tickle and invite her for a short speech.

02:08I want to thank the returning officer, the people counting here tonight and the police

02:12for the great job you have all done.

02:14Thank you too to my fellow candidates in the Outgoing MP, Myriam Cates, for conducting

02:19their campaigns with civility.

02:22Politics can be different.

02:24Politics can be better.

02:27Most of all, I want to thank you, the wonderful people of our beautiful, special constituency,

02:34for putting your trust in me.

02:37For those who may not have voted for me, I will work hard to be a strong voice for all

02:42our communities here and in Westminster.

02:45It's time to end the chaos and start to rebuild our country together.

02:54To know hope once again.

02:58I also want to thank my fabulous family, our fantastic, hard-working campaign team and

03:04my Honourable Agent, Matt Dwyer.

03:11Winning here, the vote today, is a vote for a Labour Party focused on the priorities of

03:17working people.

03:19In 1984, a brave girl was born in Boundary Hospital.

03:24No one knew how long she'd live for or what operations she might lead.

03:29Her communities nurtured her growing up.

03:32World-class NHS care at Boundary and Sheffield Children's Hospital enabled her to walk and

03:38follow her ambitions.

03:39Her local state education in Pedistin helped her catch up and go on to university to fulfil

03:47her potential.

03:49That baby girl was me.

03:51Almost 40 years later to the week, it is the honour of my life that our communities have

03:58elected me to be our Member of Parliament for Pedistin and Southbridge.

04:08I'm the first person in over 100 years to have grown up in our constituency to go on

04:15to represent it as our MP.

04:18Our communities gave me so much.

04:20It will be a great privilege to use my skills and experiences to give back to the place

04:26that made me.

04:27As your MP, I'll work hard to ensure that people growing up here and growing old here

04:33have the same opportunities I had.

04:35I'll work hard for economic stability, cheaper bills, safer streets, getting the NHS back

04:41on its feet, secure borders, better opportunities for our children and tackling our climate

04:46and nature crisis.

04:48Labour government changed my life.

04:52Thank you for voting for change today.

04:55It's our job now to deliver that change and get our country's future back.

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