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LABOUR candidate Keir Mather has been elected MP for Selby.

The candidate who held the seat for Selby and Ainsty, until boundary commission reviews last year, was returned with 22,788 votes, or 46.3 per cent of the votes successfully cast.

Charles Richardson, candidate for the Conservative party, came second, receiving 25.6 per cent of the vote, or 12,593 votes.

Reform UK candidate David Burns gained 9,565 crosses in the ballot box, or a 19.4 per cent share.

Angela Oldershaw of The Green Party and Christian Vassie for the Liberal Democrats received 5 per cent and 3.6 per cent share respectively.

Acting returning officer Richard Flinton said the turnout for Selby was 63.3 per cent.

'People's mortgages are still sky-high, energy bills are still up and the price of food still is through the roof'

 

 


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