A Labour councillor who thought he had lost his seat has been re-elected after a bundle of votes was found under a pile for his Conservative rival.

Duncan Enright, a candidate for a Witney constituency in Oxfordshire, has described his relief following the discovery. He tweeted throughout the experience and initially announced he had lost.

He posted: "Lost by 70 votes or so. Thanks for the opportunity to serve. The fight goes on." He soon after followed up by announcing: "Miscount in Witney East, result now in, I win by 70! Thank you! Bunde of my votes under a Tory pile! Delighted! Thanks Witney!"

Mr Enright stood against David Cameron in last year's general election as the Labour party's candidate. He lost with 10,046 votes to the Prime Minister's 35,201 votes.

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