LIBERAL Democrat Lorely Burt
has failed to regain Solihull at the General Election while Conservative Caroline
Spelman retained Meriden
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Conservative Julian Knight
took a 12,902 majority with 26,952 votes compared to Mrs Burt’s 14,054.
The seat was a key target for
the Conservatives after she won over Conservatives with a 175 vote majority in
2010 and 279 majority in 2005, when she took the seat for the first time.
It represents a 17.2 per cent
loss for the Lib Dem.
Television cameras showed a
tearful Mrs Burt and The Birmingham Mail reported that “photographers and
camera crews were jostled out of the way by friends and colleagues” of the
former MP.
She tweeted: “Thank you so
much everyone who gave amazing support to my campaign. Congratulations to @julianknight15
the new MP for Solihull .”
Conservative Mrs Spelman
increased her share of the vote by 3.1 per cent to 54.7 per cent in Meriden
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