relegated to second place. we will have to leave it there. thank you both very much for joining us through the wee hours. we appreciate it. immediately after the declaration, the winning candidate helen morgan spoke to accept her victory. she thanked supporters and then said the result in north shropshire had wider significance for the country. tonight, the people of north shropshire have spoken on behalf of the british people. they ve said loudly and clearly, boris johnson, the party is over. your government, run on lies and bluster, will be held accountable. it will be scrutinised, it will be challenged, and it can and will defeated. across the country, the liberal democrats are taking on the conservatives and winning. in rural shropshire today, just like in buckinghamshire injune, we have won the support of people who have always voted conservative and people who always opposed them. thousands of lifelong conservative voters, dismayed by boris johnson s lack of decency and fed up
key parliamentary by election seen as a test of the political authority of the prime minister, borisjohnson. the minister, boris johnson. the candidate minister, borisjohnson. the candidate for the opposition liberal democrat party, helen morgan won the north shropshire by election with a decisive majority. the area has had a conservative mp for almost 200 years. this was the moment the result was declared. morgan, helen margaret lilian, liberal democrats. 17,957. cheering. therefore, i give public notice that morgan, helen margaret lilian is duly elected as the member for parliament for the north shropshire constituency. applause. immediately after the declaration, the winning candidate helen morgan thanked supporters and said the result in north shropshire had wider significance for the country. in rural shropshire today, just like in buckinghamshire injune, we have on the support of the people who have always
it will be scrutinised, it will be challenged and it can and will be defeated. across the country, liberal democrats are taking the conservatives and winning. in rural shropshire today, just like in buckinghamshire injune, we have won the support of people who have always voted conservative and people who have always opposed them. thousands of lifelong conservative voters, dismayed by borisjohnson s lack of decency and fed up with being taken for granted. and thousands of lifelong labour voters, choosing to lend their votes to the candidate who can defeat the conservatives. people who believe that our politics should be about creating a better country for us all, not unlike the soap opera of calamity and chaos. all of them casting their ballots for the liberal democrats. and let me say specifically to all those labour supporters who lent their votes today, thank you. you have shown tonight that together we can defeat the conservatives. not with deals behind closed doors, but with commo
of presiding over a nightly soap opera of calamity and chaos . the liberal democrats won with a majority of almost 6,000. the conservatives had an impressive majority of nearly 23,000 in 2019. turnout was nearly 47%, which is considered high for a by election. the area has had a conservative mp for 200 years. let s hear some of helen morgan s victory speech from the early hours of this morning. tonight are the people of north shropshire have spoken on behalf of the british shropshire have spoken on behalf of the british people. they ve said loudiy the british people. they ve said loudly and clearly, borisjohnson, the party loudly and clearly, borisjohnson, the party is loudly and clearly, borisjohnson, the party is over. your government, lies the party is over. your government, ties and the party is over. your government, lies and bluster, will be held accountable. it will be scrutinised, it will accountable. it will be scrutinised, it will he accountable. it will be scrutin