Penny Mordaunt loses seat to Labour

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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.

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