Nicola Blackwood
NEWLY elected Oxford West and Abingdon MP Nicola Blackwood said she had not expected to win the seat.
The 30-year-old Conservative won her place as an MP after gaining 176 more votes than Liberal Democrat Evan Harris.
Ms Blackwood said: "I feel rather elated. I have to say this wasn't the result I expected when I came over in the car this evening.
"This was a seat where every single vote counted."
Miss Blackwood won the seat by 176 votes just after 4am.
Dr Harris, speaking on a televised BBC interview, said: "I lost by 176 votes. It wasn't comprehensive.
"It was a marginal seat. I accept a week ago we certainly were not expecting it to be that marginal."
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