Attacker 'asked French pupils to identify teacher'. The perception that the constituency had been neglected - particularly in the town of Shirebrook, the home of Mike Ashley's Sports Direct headquarters - rang true with many voters. In the old Derbyshire mining town, a Labour stronghold for 40 years, the party suffered one of the biggest defeats in its history, losing control of the local district council for the first time since its inception. “I feel absolutely fantastic, but it has been a long, hard road. His humorous heckles at the State Opening of Parliament became one of the endearing features of Commons life, where he became well-known for expressing his republican beliefs by heckling during the Queen's Speech ceremony. ", She said she felt "surprised" Mr Skinner lost his seat but added: "No-one round here has any faith in Jeremy Corbyn.". The man waited for Samuel Paty, who showed Prophet Muhammad cartoons in class, and beheaded him. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. I never see Dennis Skinner around.". MP for Bolsover I'm Mark Fletcher, the Member of Parliament for Bolsover. Last modified on Fri 3 May 2019 17.05 EDT. “People feel brutally let down and there is a sense of betrayal but still the critical reason we won this vote is because we are not tied to party politics. Has an incumbent ever gone from winning almost half the votes in one election, to picking up just 1.4% of the votes in the next one? "I'm very sad he can't be here because I haven't found a street in this constituency where Dennis hasn't helped somebody.". Elsewhere in Derbyshire, Labour's Ruth George lost her High Peak seat to Conservative Robert Largan. Local lockdown rules: What Covid tier is my area in?

Former miner Alan Gascoyne, now the charity secretary, said: "We're all in here slitting our wrists. In this new dawn of politics in the Derbyshire town, the task will now begin of bringing together at least nine different factions of independents, along with the one Liberal Democrat and two Conservatives, to form a coalition.

Are white women voters wavering on Trump? A newly-elected Tory MP who replaced Dennis Skinner has called for a statue of the veteran Labour MP to be erected in the constituency he served for 49 years. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking. All rights reserved. It's clear in the seats that wanted Brexit the most, the Conservatives have performed well - Amber Valley, Bolsover and North East Derbyshire all swung sharply towards Boris Johnson's party. We are the victims of indecision by MPs on both sides. "I've voted Labour all my life but I just didn't like Corbyn or his cronies.

On Friday morning, former childminder Deborah Watson, 56, who held on to her seat in Tibshelf as an independent, remained somewhat surprised by her successful result. But in the Derby seats, the Conservatives didn't pick up many more votes than in 2017 - Labour's disappearing voters instead went to other parties or didn't vote at all. "If we lived down south, we'd not have this problem but they don't spend money here.".

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