Tory victory in Boston and Skegness ‘a vote to get Brexit done’

MP Matt Warman with some of his team after winning the Boston and Skegness seat. ANL-191213-065021001

Voters were perhaps not surprised Matt Warman held on to his seat for the Conservatives in the Boston and Skegness Constituency after the results of the national exit poll earlier in the evening, but those at the count were kept waiting for almost an hour before it was officially declared.

As the drama unfolded nationwide, there was frustrations in the Peter Paine Performance Centre when a recount was called over concerns two of the candidates might lose their deposit,

It was just before 5am when it was finally declared Mr Warman had won with a massive 25,632 majority and 31,963 votes.

Mr Warman was defending a 16,572 majority over the Labour candidate in the 2017 election.

The results are declared. ANL-191213-064956001

This was his third general election in five years since becoming MP in 2015.

After the result was declared, he described it as a ‘vote to get Brexit done’. He explained: “The Prime Minister has made it very clear he wants to get some legislation before Parliament so we have made some progress this year, and January will be quite an intense period of trying to get through a decent chuck of legislation so we can get Brexit done by January 31.

“I’m hugely pleased to be back in the seat and it’s a huge privilege to have that honour and also I am genuinely pleased to have a decisive majority that will allow us to get on with those manifesto commitments. to get on with not only Brexit but also the NHS, education and policing so we can deliver on the priorities that people raise on the doorstep.”

In spite of continued bad weather throughout the day, turnout for the Boston and Skegness constituency was 63 per cent.