Labour's Chris Webb is elected MP for Blackpool South

Returning officer Neil Jack announces the result of the Blackpool South by-election which was won by Labour's Chris Webb

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00:00We've now got the results for the Blackpool South constituency.

00:03I, Neil Jack, Acting Lieutenant Officer for the Blackpool South constituency declare that

00:09the total number of votes for each candidate is as follows.

00:12Black, Stephen Justin, commonly known as Stephen, Independent, 163.

00:18Butcher, Mark Antony, Form UK, 3,101.

00:24Cregan...

00:25APPLAUSE

00:29Cregan, Andrew Kevin, Liberal Democrat, 387.

00:35Hope, Alan, commonly known as Howling Lord, the Official Monster Raving Loony Party, 121.

00:41CHEERING

00:47Jones, David, Conservative Party candidate, 3,218.

00:52CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

00:58Knight, Kim Sherry, Alliance for Democracy and Freedom, 147.

01:05Sharp, Damon Lee, New Open Non-Political Organised Leadership, 45.

01:10WHISTLE BLOWS

01:13Thomas, Benjamin Scott, commonly known as Ben, Green Party, 368.

01:18CHEERING

01:22Kristen, Paul, commonly known as Chris, Labour Party, 10,825.

01:27CHEERING

01:39The number of ballot papers rejected is as follows.

01:43Did not bear the official mark zero.

01:46Voting for more than one candidate, 16.

01:48Writing unmarked by which the vote could be identified, zero.

01:51Unmarked or void for uncertainty, 57.

01:54I declare that Christopher Paul Webb is duly elected as the Member of Parliament of the Blackpool South constituency.

02:00CHEERING AND APPLAUSE