North West Leicestershire chooses next MP as General Election results announced

North West Leicestershire has elected its first female MP after a tense and close fight at the ballot box. It was in the small hours of Friday (June 5) when the area’s newest Parliamentary representative was confirmed.

Labour’s Amanda Hack won the seat, becoming the party’s first MP since the late David Taylor, with 16,871 votes. She was narrowly ahead of the Conservatives Craig Smith who took in 15,879 votes.

Amanda’s win - a majority of just 1,012 - came as North West Leicestershire recorded a lower turnout than in 2019, with just 62.65 per cent of the electorate casting their ballot. The win brings to an end 14 years of Andrew Bridgen’s time as MP for the constituency.

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While the top two were tight, in a more distant, but respectable third was Reform UK’s Noel Matthews who polled 9,678 votes. It was a night to forget for Andrew Bridgen though as the former MP who came second last with just 1,568 votes. He did not attend the read through of the votes.

The full results for the North West Leicestershire election are as follows:

Carl Benfield, Green Party - 2,831

Andrew Bridgen – Independent - 1,568

Alice Delemare - Liberal Democrats - 1,629

Siobhan Dillon - Independent - 136

Amanda Hack – Labour - 16,871

Noel Matthews – Reform UK - 9,678

Craig Smith – Conservative - 15,859

You can follow all the key election night events and news from the counts themselves as they happen via our live blog.