Fylde Conservative candidate Andrew Snowden says its looks like its going to be tight

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00:00Andrew Snowden, Conservative candidate for Fylde, I just wondered what your hopes and

00:03expectations for tonight were at this stage of the count, about three and a

00:07half hours in? Well I think at this stage of the count it's very very clear, as we've

00:11suspected all along, it's going to be a much closer, much much closer race than

00:15normal in Fylde and our hopes and expectations are that we as a Conservative

00:20party hold this seat, or we know we will if we do, by a very very slim majority.

00:25But the votes are being counted right behind us, we don't know what the

00:29result's going to be at this point, it's clearly very tight, so we will just have

00:32to wait and see for that little bit longer. Any thoughts on the exit polls as

00:37far as the Conservatives nationally are concerned? I think from the exit poll

00:41perspective, obviously some of the polls were showing us going down to as far as

00:4550 and 60 seats, so at 131 which the exit poll shows, that will be a relief to

00:51many, but it's clearly and unavoidably a very very bad night for the Conservative

00:55party and once the dust has settled on tonight there will be time to think, to

01:00regroup and to decide the right path on what is next for the Conservative party.