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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