Watch: Alan Mak retains his Conservative seat in Havant by less than 100 votes.

The News, Portsmouth

The results are declared

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00:00I need to not get this right, so I'll have to double check.

00:20I, Joanne McIntosh, being the Deputy Acting Attorney to Officer at the above election,

00:37do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for each candidate at said election

00:44is as follows.

00:45Jennifer Nadia Alemano, Workers' Party of Britain, 211 votes.

00:51Stephanie Patricia Harvey, Labour Party, 12,894 votes.

00:58Alan Bell, Conservative Party candidate, 12,986 elected.

01:07Jonathan Prideaux-Perry, Reform UK, 9,959 votes.

01:13Diane-Marie Safranack, Liberal Democrats for a Fair Deal, 3,275 votes.

01:21Jeanette Alder-Sheppard, Green Party, 2,861 votes.

01:28The number of ballot papers rejected was 133.

01:35The electorate was 72,323.

01:40Ballot papers 42,390.

01:45Turnout 58.51%.

01:50I do hereby declare that Alan Mack is duly elected.

01:57Thank you very much.

02:04Thank you very much.

02:05It is a great honour to be elected to Parliament for the fourth time.

02:08I want to thank the residents of the Havant constituency for their continued support.

02:13I want to thank you, Deputy Acting Attorney to Officer, and also your team of staff for

02:18your hard work throughout the election process, and also for tonight.

02:21We're particularly grateful for all the counselling agents and staff for staying a little bit extra.

02:26So thank you for your hard work.

02:28I will continue to work hard for the residents of the Havant constituency, getting things

02:33done, campaigning on the issues that matter, and being an effective voice for all of you

02:37in Parliament.

02:38I want to thank my wife, Cathy, for her support.

02:40I want to thank my agent, my campaign team, and all the volunteers who have taken part

02:44in the campaign over the last six weeks.

02:47Together we have achieved a huge amount, and I look forward to working with and for local

02:51people in the months and years ahead.

02:53Thank you very much.

02:56Thank you.

03:12I'd also like to congratulate Mr Mack, and I just wanted to say a massive thank you to

03:18everyone who's been involved in democracy tonight here.

03:22When I was selected for Havant, I was told this is one of the safest seats in the country,

03:27and to come within less than 100 votes is phenomenal.

03:31And for every single person, all the volunteers, and people who've donated to my ground funder,

03:36I cannot thank you enough.

03:39I'm sorry that it wasn't enough to get us over the line, but for everyone who has helped,

03:44Havant, you are a phenomenal place, and I'm totally grateful for the support I've had

03:48over the last six weeks.

03:49Thank you.

03:53Thank you.

04:01Thank you everyone.

04:02I just want to say a final thank you to all our staff that have helped us this evening.

04:06It's been a long evening, but we've got there.

04:09It's a quarter to four, so thank you for all your hard work and the time and effort we've

04:13put in.

04:14Thank you.

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