Helen Morgan Retains Her Seat in North Shropshire

Shropshire Star

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00:00I, Brian Welty, being the returning officer at the election of a Member of Parliament

00:16for the North Shropshire constituency, declare that the total number of votes given to each

00:21candidate was as follows.

00:23Baines, Simon Robert Morris, the Conservative Party candidate, 10,903.

00:31Clevengole, Samuel Mark Lyman, Independent, 133.

00:38Emery, Craig Davin, the Green Party candidate, 1,234.

00:46Morgan, Helen Margaret Lillian, Liberal Democrats, 26,243.

01:02Raohe, Nathui, Labour Party, 3,423.

01:08Whittle, Mark, Reform UK, 7,687.

01:15The total number of rejected ballot papers was 120.

01:24Therefore, I give public notice that Morgan, Helen Margaret Lillian is duly elected as

01:31the Member of Parliament for the North Shropshire parliamentary constituency.

01:46Thank you. Thank you first of all to the returning officer, the police and everyone

01:53both here at the camp this evening and at organisations across North Shropshire who

01:57has worked so hard today to bring us this result safely and safely.

02:02And thank you to my fellow candidates for making this a campaign we can all be proud of.

02:07A special thank you to my family, Bob and Ben, to my brilliant election agent David

02:12Walker and to my incredible and tireless campaign team and to all the Liberal Democrat

02:17volunteers who have given up so much of their own time to come to North Shropshire and help

02:22us win this evening.

02:24This is your victory and this is a historic evening for Liberal Democrats.

02:29I also want to thank Ed Davey who has led from the front throughout this campaign.

02:34Whether charming alpacas here in Crime or paddled wadding in Windermere, he's injected

02:40some much needed fun into this election, while also putting front and centre the urgent

02:45crisis in the NHS and the need for reform of our care system.

02:50But most of all, thank you to the people here in North Shropshire, from Ward to Western

02:56Wrynn, Punt to Preece and in our beautiful towns of Oswestry, Ellesmere, Wem, Whitchurch

03:01and Market Drayton.

03:03Thank you for talking to me about your lives and your communities, for sharing your experiences

03:09and your worries and your hopes for the future.

03:12I've spoken to families and pensions who are struggling to make ends meet, small business

03:17owners at the heart of the local economy who need more support, and I've met hundreds

03:23of people who are waiting for weeks to see a GP or an NHS dentist, or have had a traumatic

03:28experience without an individual's vaccine and emergency care service.

03:32People of all walks of life have been let down and taken for granted again and again

03:37by an out-of-touch Conservative government, but tonight they've made their views clear.

03:42To everyone here in North Shropshire, regardless of your politics, I will listen to you, I

03:49will fight for you all year round and I promise to be a strong voice in Parliament.

03:55It's been the honour of a lifetime to represent our area for the last two and a half years.

04:00I was elected in the wake of a political scandal and a sense that North Shropshire would be

04:05taken for granted.

04:07I've worked as hard as I can to repay the trust placed in me and ensure that we are

04:12taken for granted no longer, and I'm truly humbled by the faith that people of North

04:17Shropshire have put in me again tonight.

04:20I love our community and to be re-elected to represent you in Parliament is truly a

04:25privilege and a responsibility I will continue to take very seriously.

04:31I won't let you down.

04:33You've told me the issues you want me to fight on.

04:35Tackling the cost of living, bringing services such as buses and decent mobile signal to

04:40Shropshire, but most of all, fixing the health and care crisis.

04:45So I will work as hard as I can every day to make it happen.

04:50I will be a strong voice for our local economy, our local environment and our local health

04:54services, and I will fight for the fair deal you deserve.

04:58Thank you.

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