Liberal Democrats enjoy double Stockport victory on good night in General Election

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The Liberal Democrats enjoyed a good night at the General Election including Lisa Smart winning Hazel Grove and Tom Morrison coming out on top in Cheadle.

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00:00So it's the biggest honour of my life to be elected to represent the wonderful people of Hazel Grove constituency

00:06and I couldn't be prouder of my campaign team, the team you've run

00:10and just a huge thank you to absolutely everybody who voted Lib Dem in Hazel Grove

00:15and whether you voted for me or not, I am going to work tirelessly, year in, year out

00:20taking an absolute test of myself for standing up for this community. Thank you.

00:25So we've seen, it's kind of looking like quite a good night for the Lib Dems.

00:29How does it feel for you to know that you're heading back to Parliament

00:32knowing that you'll have a lot more colleagues and candidates kind of standing beside you?

00:36Heading back to Parliament, it's my first election win

00:39so I look forward to joining a big, thriving, vibrant group of Liberal Democrats in Parliament

00:46and being that Liberal voice that our country needs.

00:49We're going to be standing up for the things that people have told me on the doorstep

00:52time after time that they care most about, standing up to get our health and social care system

00:57the funding it needs, the attention it needs

01:00but also to do things like stop the water companies from dumping more sewage into our rivers and our waterways

01:06and take real action on the cost of living that too many people are still struggling with.

01:11So yeah, I look forward to getting cracking after a little bit of a kick.

01:15I'm absolutely delighted and overwhelmed

01:19that people have thrown their support behind me and the Liberal Democrat campaign here.

01:23I think we've got a lot of work to do and I'm really excited to start the job.

01:29So is it a case now of you kind of getting some rest and then cracking on with the job in hand as soon as possible?

01:35I want it, yeah. I want to get on with the job as soon as possible.

01:38We've got a lot to do. I've been talking about stepping into a hospital and getting the money to get the repairs done

01:43and that's going to be my key priority so yeah, got to get to work.

01:47So obviously we've seen across the country that Lib Dems have had quite a good night and there's been a lot of seats won.

01:53Is it nice knowing that you're going to Parliament with lots of other Lib Dem colleagues around you?

01:59Yeah, absolutely and I think this has shown the testament that the campaign nationally that Ed Davies has been running

02:05where he's been getting the media attention for some of the stunts he's been doing

02:09but he's been talking about issues that people really care about like the sewage being dumped into our rivers

02:14talking about social care and that's really resonated with people

02:17so I'm delighted that we're going to be able to take that agenda and fight for those things in Parliament.

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