Jacob Rees-Mogg loses seat as Labour mayor Dan Norris wins

Labour mayor of the West of England Dan Norris has won the North East Somerset and Hanham constituency, defeating former Tory cabinet member Jacob Rees-Mogg.

Norris returns to parliament after being ousted by Rees-Mogg in 2010. He beat his Conservative opponent by almost 5,000 votes and with a majority of just over 10%.

Rees-Mogg’s vote collapsed by almost half – losing 24.5% of the vote and landing on just over 30%.

Coming into the night the new seat was one Labour was set to win if it was on for a majority, ranking 164 on LabourList’s unofficial target list.

The seat is a redrawing of the boundaries of the seat of North East Somerset, which Rees-Moggs had held since its creation in 2010.

Rees-Mogg’s loss of seat had been touted as a potential “Portillo moment” – named after then-cabinet minister Michael Portillo’s loss of seat in the Labour landslide of 1997.

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