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Kerry McCarthy retains Bristol East

By Milan Perera  Friday Jul 5, 2024

Kerry McCarthy has retained her Bristol East seat for Labour but her vote share has decreased almost by 8 per cent from 2019.

The Labour incumbent fought off stiff competition from the Green rival Ani Stafford-Townsend who became the candidate for the Greens after Naseem Talukdar stepped down citing family reasons.

“After 14 years of exile this is the sweetest victory,” she said after the declaration of results at Oasis Academy in Brislington in the early hours of Friday morning (July 5).

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Referencing to the landslide victory of Labour nationwide, McCarthy expressed her optimism for the future Labour government.

She thanked her team of volunteers who had been canvassing for the last few weeks. During her speech, she singled out her agent, Kelvin who has been with her since 2005 whose support McCarthy hailed as “invaluable”.

Here are the full results from Bristol East:

  • Kerry McCarthy, Labour: 20,748 (45%)
  • Ani Stafford-Twonsend, Green Party:14,142 ( 30.7%)
  • Dan Conaghan, Conservative: 6,435 (14.0%)
  • Tony Sutcliffe, Lib Dem: 2,713 (5.9%)
  • Farook Siddique, Independent: 1,259 (2.7%)
  • Claire Dunnage, Social Democratic Party: 555 (1.2%)
  • Wael Arafat, Independent: 257 (0.6%)

Main photo: Milan Perera

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