Ashley Fox has been elected as the new MP for Bridgwater and Burnham-On-Sea at Thursday’s General Election.
The new MP said he is “delighted and enormously proud” to have won.
“It was a narrow victory. We ran a good local campaign but at the same time there was a very difficult national backdrop which interfered with what we wanted to say to people but we got our message across.”
“The national result is a terrible result for the Conservative party,” he added. “From a local point of view, it was like ‘noises off stage left’. It’s a relief that the national campaign is now over.”
He added that “putting forward a Town Deal bid on behalf of Burnham and Highbridge will be one of the first activities I plan to take forward, working with Somerset Council, the Town Council, and others.”
Full result of election in Bridgwater constituency:
- Ashley Fox (Conservatives) 12,281 votes
- Leigh Redman (Labour) 10,932 votes
- William Fagg (Reform UK) 8,913 votes
- Claire Sully (Liberal Democrats) 5,781 votes
- Charles Graham (Green Party) 1,720 votes
- Pelé Barnes (Independent) 334 votes
- Gregory Tanner (Workers Party) 168 votes
