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https://southeastecho.jusnet.co.uk/ 04-10-2019 10:34:51
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We are here at the English Institute of Sport with just over an hour until the polls close in the #GeneralElection19 Who will be Sheffield South Easts MP? The Labour Party Clive Betts will be looking to retain his seat he has held since the constituency's creation in 2010.
THE EXIT POLL: The first prediction has come through. It is a Conservatives with 368 seats, a majority of 86. This would be the party's biggest majority since Margaret Thatcher's third term in Parliament. Will there be a change in South East Sheffield? #GeneralElection19
With a loss of 71 seats, this is set to be one of the The Labour Party heaviest defeats in modern times. Will there be a change of party in South East Sheffield?
Our reporter Kasey Smith spoke to Clive Betts MP: "It is crushing. We can't dress it up as anything else. We're going to lose a lot of very good The Labour Party MPs up and down the country, probably in traditional Labour seats we never thought we had a chance of losing." #GE2019
Conservatives Sheffield South East candidate Marc Bayliss on the exit poll: "A clear majority will allow us to get Brexit done. That's a key thing that has come across and a real rejection of Corbyn. He is desperately unpopular on the doors of Labour voters." #GE2019
#SheffieldSouthEast - Clive Betts votes down to 19,359 from 25,520, but is re-elected South East Echo.
That's it from me and South East Echo for the night. Still tired but a real honour to cover the election as part of my Sheffield Journalism degree. 🗳️📝
How does your vote compare to 2017? 🗳️ After Clive Betts and The Labour Party hold, take a look at the voting trend below. 👇 #GE2019 infogram.com/untitled-1h7z2…
Despite last nights Conservative landslide victory, Clive Betts will sit an eighth term for The Labour Party for Sheffield South East. Read our report here: 👇🗳️ #GeneralElection2019 southeastecho.jusnet.co.uk/2019/12/13/bet…