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A Tory MP was left with 'blood spewing everywhere' after a dog attacked her as she campaigned the day before the general election .

Former Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt was pushing leaflets through letterboxes in her constituency when she was bitten by the animal.

The canine sunk its teeth into the politician's finger as she dished out the last batch of campaign leaflets in Portsmouth, Hants.

The wound was so deep it 'exposed the nerve' on the middle finger of the Royal Navy reservist's right hand, forcing her to seek emergency treatment and get a tetanus jab.

Portsmouth North MP Ms Mordaunt got 28,172 votes in the safe seat, with Labour's Amanda Martin winning 12,392 votes on a 64.4 per cent turnout.

The 46-year-old - whose finger was bandaged up at her election count - said: "This is the second time I've been bitten by a dog in 17 years and it hurt.

"The dog was in stealth mode behind a letterbox. I was delivering my last batch of leaflets and I could see the finishing line.

(Image: Portsmouth News/Solent News)

"I attempted to carry on but it was very bad. There was a pharmacy at the bottom of the road and I staggered in there with enormous amounts of blood spewing everywhere.

"They patched me up initially then I went to A&E and had a tetanus jab."

She now plans to approach the dog owners and reveal how the dog attacked her.

(Image: Portsmouth News/Solent News)

The politician added: "In all seriousness, a lot of our activists do get hurt like this. When it's happened to other people I always go round and make a point because quite often the owners don't realise their dog does this when they go out."

It was the second time Ms Mordaunt - who was defence secretary under Theresa May - has arrived at an election count sporting an injury.

She turned up to the 2017 count on crutches after an operation on her ankle.