ON A night when Robert Courts was comfortably re-elected in Witney, the two other candidates were left to reflect on their own campaigns.

Charlotte Hoagland, the prospective Liberal Democrat candidate, spent the night and early hours with her team and husband, Nick.

Mrs Hoagland, who finished behind Mr Courts with 18,679 votes, said: "I'm honoured that the party put their trust in me.

"Seeing my team here is so good, I've got a great team and I'm grateful for the counters' hard work."

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Mr Hoagland said: "I'm proud of what she's done to be the strongest Remain candidate."

Meanwhile, Labour candidate Rosa Bolger finished bottom of the trio with 8,770 votes.

Labour fell back behind the Liberal Democrats in Witney following their narrow advantage in 2017 when they had 20.7% of the vote compared to the Liberal Democrats' 20.4%.

She added: "What's really clear is that it's been a difficult night nationally.

"Unfortunately this election ended up being about Brexit and I'm not sure how we will do that in a Conservative government."

Mrs Bolger also offered her "huge thanks" to everyone who lent their help at the count.