Lichfield general election result: Michael Fabricant defeated as Labour take seat
Michael Fabricant has been ousted as Lichfield MP after holding the seat for 27 years.
The Conservative MP had held the Staffordshire seat since 1997, but lost out to Labour's Dave Robertson who won by just over 800 votes.
Analysis showed Labour and Reform enjoyed vote share swings of +14 and +20 per cent respectively, while the Conservative vote share plummeted by 31 per cent.
To demonstrate just how much things have changed since the last election, Mr Fabricant won in 2019 with 64.5 per cent of the vote compared to 20.8 per cent for Mr Robertson.
The full results are:
Michael Fabricant - Conservative: 16,422
Richard Howard - Reform UK: 9,734
Pete Longman - Independent: 322
Heather McNeillis - Green Party: 1,724
Paul Ray - Liberal Democrats: 3,572
Dave Robertson - Labour: 17,232
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