Rupert Lowe wins Great Yarmouth in another gain for Nigel Farage's Reform UK
Rupert Lowe has won Great Yarmouth for Reform UK in another victory for leader Nigel Farage.
Rupert Lowe has won in Great Yarmouth in another gain for Reform UK.
The Brexit stalwart, a farmer and businessman who previously represented the West Midlands as a Member of the European Parliament, became Reform UK's third elected MP of the night in the coastal seat.
It will come as a huge boost to Nigel Farage, who hoped to unseat the Tories in the seat, despite them defending a huge majority of 17,663 votes.
Mr Lowe won with a majority of 1,426 over the Labour Party.
He won with 35.3% with an enormous -41.2% drop in the Tory vote.
The seat was the former constituency of ex-Tory Chairman Brandon Lewis.
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At the time of writing Labour had won 348 seats with a 35.9% share of the vote with 500 constituency results declared.
The Conservatives were on 76 seats and had a 22.4% vote share.
The Liberal Democrats had triumphed in 46 constituencies with 11.1% of the overall vote, while Reform UK had 14.6% of the vote, translating to success in four seats.
The SNP had four seats, Plaid Cymru was on four, and the DUP had three. The Green Party had 6.8% of the votes and two seats.
