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00:00Oliver, what's it like where you are?
00:04Westgate Hall is packed all, packed out.
00:08Obviously, votes being verified at the moment.
00:11Ballot boxes still coming in.
00:13A few of the candidates have arrived.
00:14Amelia Randall for Reform UK, a Herne Bay and Sandwich
00:19candidate.
00:20She is one of five candidates for that seat.
00:24And there's a few others.
00:25Angie Kerwin, also Herne Bay and Sandwich.
00:28The mood on the floor, it's just quite a hectic night.
00:31We're seeing all the different camps coming in.
00:33And obviously, those local exit polls
00:36are showing that Labour's set to have quite a good night
00:39if the polls come to pass.
00:4299% plus that Labour hold Canterbury.
00:45Good news for Rosie Duffield and her camp.
00:48And also, 86% chance that Helen Whitehead unseats Roger Gale
00:53and takes Herne Bay and Sandwich.
00:56Formerly North Thanet, this seat has been in Conservative control
01:01for decades.
01:02Roger Gale has been a Conservative MP since 1983.
01:08So it could be a shock result later today.
01:11Only a few of the pollsters thought
01:13Herne Bay could go to Labour.
01:15So it's going to be an interesting night here
01:17and also a very long one.
01:19So we'll have to wait till around 5.30 in the morning
01:22to find out about Herne Bay and Sandwich.
01:25Oliver, thank you very much.
01:27I'm sure we'll be coming to you a few times through the night
01:29as it all unravels.
01:30So stay awake and stay alert.

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