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Tories gain two new Devon seats | Tories gain two new Devon seats |
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The Conservatives have gained two seats in Devon in the results declared so far - one from Labour and one from the Liberal Democrats. | The Conservatives have gained two seats in Devon in the results declared so far - one from Labour and one from the Liberal Democrats. |
Oliver Colville took the Plymouth Sutton and Devonport seat - with a majority of 1,149 - from Labour's Linda Gilroy who had held it since 1997. | |
Tory Anne-Marie Morris gained Newton Abbot which had been held by Liberal Democrat Richard Younger-Ross. | Tory Anne-Marie Morris gained Newton Abbot which had been held by Liberal Democrat Richard Younger-Ross. |
In Exeter, Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw held on to his seat. | In Exeter, Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw held on to his seat. |
Mrs Gilroy said after the class="inlineText" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/d54.stm">Plymouth Sutton and Devonport defeat: "It was a very narrow majority. | |
"I greatly fear for my constituents. I am disappointed but also very proud of what I and the Labour team have done for the city." | "I greatly fear for my constituents. I am disappointed but also very proud of what I and the Labour team have done for the city." |
Mr Younger-Ross was elected in 2001 as MP for Teignbridge but ended up contesting the class="inlineText" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/d09.stm">Newton Abbot seat following a boundary review change. | |
Four redundancies | Four redundancies |
Speaking after the declaration at Newton Abbot leisure centre, Mr Younger-Ross said that losing his seat would result in four people being made redundant. | Speaking after the declaration at Newton Abbot leisure centre, Mr Younger-Ross said that losing his seat would result in four people being made redundant. |
"There's case work to wrap up, an office to be closed down and four staff will have to be made redundant," he said. | "There's case work to wrap up, an office to be closed down and four staff will have to be made redundant," he said. |
Conservative MPs Gary Streeter in class="inlineText" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/e25.stm">Devon South West and Hugo Swire in class="inlineText" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/b50.stm">Devon East , Labour's Alison Seabeck in class="inlineText" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/d53.stm">Plymouth Moor View and the Liberal Democrats' Nick Harvey in class="inlineText" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/d12.stm">Devon North and Adrian Sanders in class="inlineText" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/e74.stm">Torbay have all retained their seats. The new class="inlineText" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/a94.stm"> Devon Central seat was won by the Tories' Mel Stride. | |
class="inlineText" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/e71.stm">Tiverton and Honiton was also retained for the Conservatives, but with a new face, Neil Parish. | |
Mr Parish, who had a majority of 9,320, stood for the Tories after Angela Browning decided not to seek re-election. | Mr Parish, who had a majority of 9,320, stood for the Tories after Angela Browning decided not to seek re-election. |
Ben Bradshaw held on to his class="inlineText" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/b70.stm">Exeter seat with a decreased majority. | |
The only constituency still to declare in the county is Devon West and Torridge . Counting there is due to begin at 1000 BST. |