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Jacob Rees-Mogg will return to Parliament as the MP for North East Somerset, after holding his seat in the 2019 General Election.

The controversial Tory saw his vote share dip by 3.3%, as the Lib Dems experienced a surge.

But that was mostly at the expense of Labour, who still finished second in the seat.

Mark Huband lost 10% of his vote share from 2017, with the Labour candidate being hit by growth of almost 14% in the Lib Dem share.

Mr Rees-Mogg then made a quick getaway from the count at the University of Bath.

Meanwhile nearby Bath will be represented again by a Liberal Democrat MP, after the city re-elected Wera Hobhouse to Parliament.

Mrs Hobhouse improved her vote share by just over 7% on her result in 2017, seeing off a challenge from Conservative Annabel Tall.

The Conservative vote share fell by almost 5%, to 16,097 votes, in the Somerset city which voted strongly in support of remaining in the European Union.

Turnout in Bath was 77%, up almost 3% on 2017.

On being re-elected, Mrs Hobhouse said she will continue to “tirelessly fight” for “an open, tolerant and outward looking society” in Bath and beyond.

The results come on a night of huge gains for the Conservatives.

North East Somerset election results 2019

Jacob Rees-Mogg, Conservative - 28,360

Nick Coates, Liberal Democrats - 12, 422

Mark Huband, Labour - 13, 631

Shaun Hughes, Independent - 472

Fay Whitfield, Green - 1, 423

Bath election results 2019

Lib Dem, Wera Hobhouse - 28,419

Conservative, Annabel Tall - 16, 097

Labour, Mike Davies - 6, 639

Brexit Party, Jimi Ogunnusi - 642

Independent, Bill Blockhead - 341

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