Leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt has lost the seat of Portsmouth North to Labour’s Amanda Martin. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Amanda Louise Martin, Labour Party, 14,495.
00:13Penelope Mary Morden, commonly known as Penny Morden, the Conservative Party candidate, 13,715.
00:31To those disappointed at the result tonight, let me cheer you up. Democracy is never wrong.
00:39I want to add my thanks to all those who have facilitated this election, the count, the police,
00:46those who ran polling stations, the electoral team at Portsmouth City Council,
00:51and also to all candidates who've run in North and South,
00:56and in particular my running mate in the South, Sina Biddle.
01:01Congratulations, Amanda. You have my assurance that I and my team will do everything we can
01:09to assist you in setting up your office and having a smooth transfer of our casework
01:16so that the people of Portsmouth have a good service throughout that period.
01:24Amanda, you will know that you are now working for the best employer ever.
01:30The people of Portsmouth are wonderful, hard-working, big-hearted,
01:36and anything that I ever achieved was made possible by them,
01:41and I thank them for the opportunities they have given me.
01:45I will never stop caring for these people or this place.