LABOUR has snatched the North Somerset seat from ex-Conservative MP Liam Fox, who had held the seat since 1992.

The declaration took place at around 5.30am on Friday (July 5).

Labour's Sadik Al-Hassan won with 19,138 votes.

Conservative Liam Fox lost his seat but came runner-up with 18,499 votes 

The Liberal Democrats won 7,121, Reform 5,602, Green 3,273 and the Worker's Party 133. 177 ballots were rejected and the turnout was 72.48 per cent.

Once the vote was announced, Mr Al-Hassan took to the stage to deliver a speech to the crowd. He started off by thanking his friends and family who supported him through the process, and his supporters then applauded him.

He also said that he would work for the people of North Somerset and that he looks forward to getting started as an MP.

He ended by saying: "I told you so, to the people who said he wouldn't stand a chance, and that the North Somerset seat is a safe Conservative battleground."

Liam Fox also gave a speech, he said: "I'm very proud of Sadik for winning the seat fair and square from me, I wish him well. Although that is a bitter pill to swallow after being your MP since 1992, but that's the game of politics I suppose.

"But be warned that if  a bill ever comes up about reforming the planning law though, we would expect you to vote against it."

After boundary changes across the country, the North Somerset constituency remained mostly the same but with its size reduced as its southern boundary will now begin at the south edge of Clevedon and will cut Yatton and villages such as Claverham and Kingston Seymour, of the electoral area.

The boundary was split down the middle between Weston-super-Mare and North Somerset, with towns and villages becoming the Wells and Mendip constituency, with counts being made in Taunton. The count for Weston-super-Mare and North Somerset took place at Hutton Moor Leisure Centre in Weston.

Sir Liam Fox had held the seat for the Conservatives since 1992, when the constituency was called Woodspring but followed largely the same boundaries.

Sir Liam was Secretary of State for International Trade from July 2016 to July 2019.