Wyre and Preston North has elected its new MP and it is Ben Wallace.

Conservatives hold the seat and have a majority of 16,781 votes compared to 14,151 at the 2017 general election.

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Wallace, who is Secretary of State for Defence, has been the constituency’s MP since it was created in 2010.

The full results from the Wyre and Preston North count are below:

Joanne Lyndsey Ainscough – Labour – 14,808 votes
Ruth Norbury – The Green Party – 1,729 votes
John James Potter – Liberal Democrats – 4,463 votes
David Richard Ragozzino – Independent – 336 votes
Ben Wallace – Conservatives – 31,589 votes

Turnout in the general election in Wyre and Preston North was 71.09 per cent, compared to 72.97 per cent in 2017.

Read more:

Live updates from Preston for the general election

Full results for Fylde

Full results for Preston

Full results for South Ribble