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Wyre Forest general election result: Tory Mark Garnier clings on as majority is slashed

The Conservatives have held onto Wyre Forest, but with a greatly reduced majority.

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Mark Garnier was re-elected for a fifth time but saw his advantage over Labour slashed from more than 21,000 to just over 800.

Mr Garnier polled nearly 14,500 votes, while his Labour rival attracted just over 13,500, with Reform coming a comfortable third.

The full results are:

John Davis - Green Party: 2,443

Mark Garnier - Conservative: 14,489

Mark Garnier MP has been elected once again in Wyre Forest

Nigel Geary - Independent: 523

Bill Hopkins - Reform UK: 9,682

Shazu Miah - Liberal Democrats: 2,809

Vicki Smith - Labour: 13,677

Leigh Waterhouse - Independent: 1,535

In neighbouring Bromsgrove, the Tories held on as Sajid Javid's replacement emerged victorious.

Bradley Thomas finished with a 3,000-vote majority over Labour's Neena Gill. The full results are:

Sam Ammar - Independent: 1,561

Glen Brampton - Reform UK: 9,584

Talia Ellis - Green Party: 1,675

Neena Gill - Labour: 13,517

David Nicholl - Liberal Democrats: 7,391

Bradley Thomas - Conservative - 16,533

Aheesha Zahir - Workers Party of Britain - 144