Conservative win for South Holland and the Deepings after Sir John Hayes retains seat

Conservative candidate Sir John Hayes has once again retained the South Holland and the Deepings seat.

He has been elected with a total of 17,462 votes. The turn-out was 58.7% with just 46,063 ballot papers being issued.

Earlier in the evening Sir John said he was not feeling worried but was optimistic after getting a good response.

Sir John first won the seat in 1997 when he gained 49.3% of the vote and a majority of 7,991.

During the last election in 2019 - which was dominated by Brexit - his share of the vote rocketed to 75.9% with a majority of 30,838.