Conservative Grant Shapps has been elected Welwyn Hatfield MP for a second term by a landslide.
The victory puts the Tory dad-of-three back into Westminster with an increased majority.
The result is:
Conservative Grant Shapps 27,894
Labour Mike Hobday 10,471
Liberal Democrats Paul Zukowskyj 8,010
Green Jill Weston 796
Independent Nigel Parker 158
UKIP David Platt 1,643
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