News about Tom Gordon
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey says party is on course for its 'best result in a century' with the scalp of education secretary Gillian Keegan among more than 60 seats it is predicted to win
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July 5, 2024
Sir Ed spoke out after the exit poll suggested the Lib Dems are set to increase their presence in Parliament more than five-fold, compared with the General Election result in 2019. They are on course to win 61 seats, though the party has so far set a slightly more conservative target of 47. Tom Gordon has won Harrogate and Knaresborough in the party's first victory of the night. The party won just 11 seats almost five years ago running on a pro-EU ticket when the Conservative Party secured an 80-seat majority in the House of Commons under Boris Johnson . Arriving at the count in his Kingston and Surbiton seat Sir Ed, who garnered headlines with a selection of stunts, told reporters: 'Sorry I didn't paraglide in.'