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Tory candidate Sir Greg Knight found nationwide fame after his campaign video was widely shared across the the internet.

With its low production values and cheesy music, many scoffed at the 80s style advertorial – with some likening it to a scene from Alan Partridge.

But Knight got the last laugh as he won his constituency of East Yorkshire by a landslide.

He increased his majority by nearly 8% to just over 15,000 as he won 31,442 votes.

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Labour challenger Alan Clark mustered 16,436.

There are now calls on social media for Knight to become Tory leader after his success bucked the trend on a horror night for the Conservatives and Theresa May.

The PM had called the snap election to gain an overwhelming mandate for Brexit, but instead saw her party’s majority disappear and is now faced with a hung parliament.

It is believed she will try to crack a deal with the DUP party in Northern Ireland to form a government after insisting she will not resign.

But it remains to be seen if senior members of the Tory party try a leadership bid following criticisms of May’s campaign in the light of the election result.

Meanwhile the Labour Party is also looking to see if it could form a government under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn.