I did not come into this to lose, but lose we did. We secured the highest swing in the country from the LibDems to the Conservatives but when faced with the mountain of a majority we had it was inevitable that it was not going to be easy. You can see the result here.
As I said at the count; it was a great honour when I was first elected a Councillor in this Borough and it has been an even greater honour to be a Parliamentary candidate in the place I was born and brought up in. It is for that reason that defeat hurts more than had I not been from this town.
I have to thank so many people for this tremendous team effort. I have had a great campaign team writing great literature for us and a vastly improved delivery network. This positive result and new organisation sets us up well for the local elections next year. But I really have to thank those many people who I met on door steps and High Streets and who voted for me.
I am off to the beach now for some fresh non-political air.
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