Returning officer Neil Jack announces the result of the Blackpool South by-election which was won by Labour's Chris Webb
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00:00We've now got the results for the Blackpool South constituency.
00:03I, Neil Jack, Acting Lieutenant Officer for the Blackpool South constituency declare that
00:09the total number of votes for each candidate is as follows.
00:12Black, Stephen Justin, commonly known as Stephen, Independent, 163.
00:18Butcher, Mark Antony, Form UK, 3,101.
00:24Cregan...
00:25APPLAUSE
00:29Cregan, Andrew Kevin, Liberal Democrat, 387.
00:35Hope, Alan, commonly known as Howling Lord, the Official Monster Raving Loony Party, 121.
00:41CHEERING
00:47Jones, David, Conservative Party candidate, 3,218.
00:52CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
00:58Knight, Kim Sherry, Alliance for Democracy and Freedom, 147.
01:05Sharp, Damon Lee, New Open Non-Political Organised Leadership, 45.
01:10WHISTLE BLOWS
01:13Thomas, Benjamin Scott, commonly known as Ben, Green Party, 368.
01:18CHEERING
01:22Kristen, Paul, commonly known as Chris, Labour Party, 10,825.
01:27CHEERING
01:39The number of ballot papers rejected is as follows.
01:43Did not bear the official mark zero.
01:46Voting for more than one candidate, 16.
01:48Writing unmarked by which the vote could be identified, zero.
01:51Unmarked or void for uncertainty, 57.
01:54I declare that Christopher Paul Webb is duly elected as the Member of Parliament of the Blackpool South constituency.
02:00CHEERING AND APPLAUSE