General Election 2019 result sees Conservative Andrew Jones retain his Harrogate & Knaresborough seat

Andrew Jones has been re-elected for a fourth term as MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough, beating Liberal Democrat challenger Judith Rogerson, and Labour’s Mark Sewards.

By Finola Hart

Published 13th Dec 2019, 02:07 GMT

Updated 13th Dec 2019, 02:14 GMT

Conservative candidate Andrew Jones has been re-elected for Harrogate & Knaresborough.

Constituents elected Mr Jones with a 9,675 vote majority as he gained 29,962 votes against his nearest rival Judith Rogerson on 20,287.

Labour's Mark Sewards took 5,480 votes and Kieron George of the Yorkshire Party 1,208.

General Election 2019 LIVE blog from the Harrogate & Knaresborough count

General Election 2019 live results and reaction from Harrogate district and across the country

A look back at 2017's General Election results for Harrogate and Knaresborough:

* Conservative: 31,477 (55.5 per cent)

* Lib Dems: 13,309 (23.5 per cent)

* Labour: 11,395 (20.1 per cent)

* Independent: 559 (1 per cent)