Washington and Gateshead South MP Sharon Hodgson speaks after winning in General Election

Sharon Hodgson is Sunderland's longest-running MP, and won the new seat of Washington and Gateshead South

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00:00So I want to say thank you to the people of Washington and Gateswood South for once again

00:05putting your trust in me, sending me to Parliament to be your representative. I make that commitment

00:11that I won't let you down. I'm going to fight every day to improve this country. We made

00:16those commitments in the manifesto. We are going to stand by that. We can't do it overnight.

00:21It may take a little time, but we are going to get cracking as soon as we can and to put

00:26your trust again that politics can work. We are putting politics back in the service of people.