Kent Online

"Labour have taken the coastal constituency of Dover and Deal with a majority of over 7,000 votes.

Mike Tapp received 18,914 votes seeing off the Reform challenge in second with 11,355 while the Conservatives came in third with 10,370."

"Voter turnout has been confirmed as 63%, down from 66.4% at the last election in 2019."

"In Kent, Labour have won 11 seats, the Conservatives have kept hold of six and the Lib Dems have gained one.

It means the Tories have lost in 10 seats in the county they previously held - and even came third in Dover, with Reform finishing second.

At the 2019 general election, Conservative Natalie Elphicke was elected with a majority of more than 12,000.

However, Ms Elphicke shocked the political world by defecting to the Labour Party in May, just weeks before the election was called, despite being considered firmly on the right of the Tory party."

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I guess my vote made all the difference.