know her at all, kind of mpc will be? i don t know her at all, but - kind of mpc will be? i don t know her at all, but i - kind of mpc will be? i don t know her at all, but i think| kind of mpc will be? i don tl know her at all, but i think it has been clear in this campaign that she is local, she is a chartered accountant, she is committed to the area. she actually stood in the last general election with a10% vote. it is a sign, a real kind of ability to need a ground walker with support from party hq to just get out there and persuade the voters that even though this is a historically blue seat, a conservative seat, it is the 75th safest seat in the country, to persuade them that she can be a voice, a person of integrity and an improvement on both an mp who was stood down as a result of a scandal and they conservative party that seems to mostly be involved in having parties instead of sticking to
communities through this new wave of covid. as your mp, i promise i will work for you and only you. i will always put local people and our communities first. whether you supported me or supported someone else, i want to let you know that i am here to represent you and stand up for everyone in north shropshire. thank you. everyone in north shropshire. thank yon- everyone in north shropshire. thank ou. ., ., ., . “ thank you. you are watching bbc news, thank you. you are watching bbc news. and thank you. you are watching bbc news, and that thank you. you are watching bbc news, and that was thank you. you are watching bbc news, and that was helen - thank you. you are watching bbc| news, and that was helen morgan speaking there, who hasjust been declared the winner in the north shropshire by election. she is from the liberal democrat party. that is traditionally a safe conservative seat, so quite the news headline there that the conservatives have lost that seat. i am joined conse
ability to repel and to see off things that other politicians would affect badly, interesting you talk about brexit. you could make an argument that one of his problems in a way, and it could be a problem in the next general election is brexit may long be the issue solely as it was in 2019. he won the election with get brexit done, he said again and again. brexit is done, it is done as a serious political issue, it would be impossible to campaign at the next election. at least he would know the process, and you have seen here in north shropshire a seat which is very heavily, voted over 60% believe. you might looks like they have elected a liberal democrat member of parliament who went into the last election pledging a second referendum
new member of parliament for the constituency. it looks like has really paid them dividends, both impotently taking the 22% of the vote they got last time and coming from third, and a miserable third at that to going first in a seat that has been a conservative seat. haw been a conservative seat. how much of a been a conservative seat. how much of a calculated been a conservative seat. how much of a calculated vote - been a conservative seat. how much of a calculated vote was therebetween labour and lib dems voters to make sure anyone but conservatives got in? we don t know but conservatives got in? - don t know yet because we haven t seen the results. it seems likely, i was talking to a lib dems tonight, and they said they had worked very hard to make sure the labour vote stayed 10% which would allow them to win,. is stayed 10% which would allow them to win,. stayed 10% which would allow them to win,. is going out to shrewsbury them to win,. is going out to shrewsbury for t
party. how will this go down in party headquarters? party headquarters? it is an extremely party headquarters? it is an extremely disappointing - party headquarters? it is an l extremely disappointing vote for the extremely disappointing vote for the conservatives, and my congratulations to the new mp that we congratulations to the new mp that we have now, but this will io that we have now, but this will go down that we have now, but this will go down very badly because it was such go down very badly because it was such a long held and safe conservative seat and because it was conservative seat and because it was leave voting as well. the it was leave voting as well. the brexit argument was such a fundamental part of the last election that i think real questions will be asked. if you are now questions will be asked. if you are now an questions will be asked. if you are now an mp and a seat that the lib are now an mp and a seat that the lib dems are chasing, you will be