Marie Tidball has been elected the Labour MP for Penistone & Stocksbridge, unseating Conservative Miriam Cates in a significant victory.
She spoke with The Star about the win after the results.
She spoke with The Star about the win after the results.
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00:00Congratulations. Thank you very much. Talk to me about how you're feeling this
00:06afternoon. I'm feeling really excited and really proud that the constituency
00:12that I grew up in and voted for me with a resounding majority on a platform for
00:18change and I am so grateful to them for trusting me and I really can't wait to
00:25serve our constituency. I'm the first Member of Parliament for our constituency in
00:30over a hundred years who's grown up in our constituency and that's really
00:33special to me and it's meant so much having so many lovely messages of
00:37support and congratulations from school friends and from family members and
00:42people in our communities so just getting ready and excited to crack on now.
00:47And well just in terms of messages of support of course I know for the
00:51star at least you know our post saying that you've won today have been very
00:56very well received and there's lots of lots of lovely messages and so so talk
01:01to us about your supporters and people that have voted for you and what that kind of
01:04support does for you. I think that kind of support really lifts you and for me our
01:09campaign has been a really positive one. We have focused on what I can offer as a
01:14representative in the service of people in our constituency and what we as a
01:18party nationally can offer in the service of our country and our message
01:24for change delivering economic stability, cutting NHS waiting times, making sure
01:30that we're switching on Great British Energy. You know the cost of living has
01:34been such an issue that's come up on the doorstep and can't wait for us to get on
01:37with some of those things and many many more you know it's thanks to the state
01:41education in our constituency that I was able to catch up and and get on and so
01:46the fact that we've said that we want to recruit six and a half thousand more
01:49teachers so that all young people growing up across our country can thrive
01:53is is just really important and we just can't wait to get going.
01:59Thank you.