Election night update: 3am – some good news, but more bad

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Election night update: 3am – some good news, but more bad

By Mary Reid | Fri 8th May 2015 - 3:01 am

The first good news of the night came when Mark Williams held on to his seat in Ceredigion.

Then sadly we lost Jo Swinson in Denbartonshire East (to the SNP), and both Bob Russell in Colchester and Roger Williams in Brecon & Radnorshire (both to the Tories). Gordon Birtwhistle was beaten by Labour in Burnley.

Follow the election night live blog here.

* Mary Reid is a contributing editor on Lib Dem Voice. She was a councillor in Kingston upon Thames, where she is still very active with the local party, and is the Hon President of Kingston Lib Dems.

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