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Nottingham Post
Nottingham Post
National
Dan Russell & Ben Reid

Sherwood General Election 2019 results in full

It proved an incredibly successful night for the Conservatives in Sherwood as MP Mark Spencer increased his majority.

Mr Spencer took 32,049 votes and increased his majority from 5,198 to a huge 16,186.

The Conservative candidate beat Labour's Jerry Hague by 16,186 votes, more than double the majority at the 2017 election.

Timothy Ball of the Liberal Democrats came third and the Green Party's Esther Cropper came fourth.

Since the 1980s the Sherwood constituency has been held by a mix of both Labour and Conservative MPs.

However, the Tory party has held the seat since 2010 when Mark Spencer was elected.

Mr Spencer became Chief Whip for the Conservatives in July 2019.

He held the Sherwood seat in 2017 by a majority of 5,198 votes or 51.5% of the vote. His nearest competitor last time out was Labour with 41.8% of the vote.

Voter turnout was down by 2.4 percentage points since the last general election.

Mr Spencer's success was echoed nationally by the Conservatives who stormed to 365 seats with a majority of 80 the party's largest since 1987.

The electoral map of Nottinghamshire now shows an enclave of red in the city, and a sea of blue surrounding it.

Every single seat outside the city was won or held by the Conservatives, increasing their vote share across the board.

Full result:

Mark Spencer, Conservative: 32,049

Jerry Hague, Labour: 15,863

Tim Ball, Liberal Democrats: 2,883

Ester Cropper, Green: 1,214

Simon Rood, Independent: 700

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