In his Tory stronghold of Horsham, Conservative candidate Jeremy Quin will be returning back to Westminster.

With a victory of 36,906 votes, an increase of 2.2% on 2015’s votes, Quin earned a staggering 59.5% of the vote.

In his winning speech, the 48 year old primarily thanked the police for their efforts, both in the local area and nationwide.

“It’s a huge privilege to serve as an MP here, and tonight I did so with a higher share of the vote and an increase of my vote.

“There’s a lot to get your teeth stuck into as the MP of Horsham.”

He added: “We’ve got a lot of issues in Horsham; the trains, fair funding for our schools, supporting our local infrastructure including our local NHS provision.”

Second place went to Susannah Brady of the Labour Party, who received 13,422 votes and a 21.7% share of the vote.

Doubling the Labour’s vote from 2015, Ms Brady praised the ‘Corbyn effect’ for her success.

She warned the many Conservatives in the crowd to “Watch out” as “the tide is turning.”

Morwen Millson of the Liberal Democrats received 7644 votes, a 12.3% share. The Green Party, and first time candidate Catherine Ross, gained 1844 votes.

Losing 11.5% of their 2015 share, and gaining 1533 votes, Roger Arthur’s UKIP fell to fifth place.

The something new party, with Raymond James Smith as their candidate earned 375 votes.

Jim Duggan of The Peace Party received 263 votes.