Lib Dem Annette Brooke re-elected as MP for Dorset Mid and Poole North

Lib Dem Annette Brooke has been re-elected as MP for Dorset Mid and Poole North.

But it was the narrowest of victories over her Conservative rival Nick King.

The Lib Dem won 21,100 votes compared to the Tory's 20,831.

In third place came Labour's Darren Brown with 2,748 votes.

The results in full:

Annette Brooke (Lib Dem) 21,100 votes (45.1 per cent)

Nick King (Con) 20,831 votes (44.5 per cent)

Darren Brown (Labour) 2,748 votes (5.9 per cent)

Dave Evans (UKIP) 2,109 votes (4.5 per cent)

Phew, what a night, and what a close one! Just a couple of hundred votes in it. Turnout was 46,788 which is 64.4 per cent.