The Conservative Jacob Rees Mogg has thanked voters after being re-elected to the seat of North East Somerset with 28,360 votes, a share of 50.4 per cent.

Mr Rees Mogg posted on Twitter. " Many thanks to the constituents of North East Somerset for re-electing me. It is an honour to serve you."Labour's Mark Huband came second with 13,631 votes and Nick Coates for the Liberal Democrats in third place with 12,422, an increased share of the vote of over 13 per cent. The Green's Fay Whitfield won 1,423 votes while Shaun Hughes, an Independent got 472 votes. The turnout was 76.4 per cent, up 0.7 per cent on the last election.

Mr Rees Mogg was first elected in 2010.