bolsover in derbyshire is made up of former pit villages.ur since it was created, and held by lifelong socialist dennis skinner for 45 years. it were only £700 a time when jim callaghan... this time, it went conservative. i do hereby declare that mark peter fletcher will be elected to serve as member of parliament for the constituency of bolsover. applause. 34—year—old mark fletcher is the constituency‘s first—ever tory mp. we spoke to him just before he set off for his house of commons induction on sunday afternoon. we were talking to predominantly labour voters historically, but we also, we found that this was an election that was very unusual because there were people who supported the conservative party here for 30 years who didn't necessarily support our position on brexit, and so they were going elsewhere. so it wasn't like you could define it by any previous election. what were they saying when you were knocking on labour doors in labour areas? well, the overwhelming message was that the values of this labour party strayed a long way

we have bolsover.ervatives have won their biggest majority since 1987. boris johnson's gamble to hold a december election has paid off — with a majority of 78. the prime minister says it gives him a mandate to "get brexit done".

rob, i wonder if the news has sunk in amongst people in bolsover?ves. the answer was one word. brexit. that was in almost every instance. the message that boris kept hammering away, that catchphrase, get brexit done, it's over and ready, people were repeating get brexit done to me on the streets here, it clearly resonated with a high leave voting area. around the corner from here resonated with a high leave voting area. around the cornerfrom here is bolsover castle, a symbol of fortress labour, this was a labour stronghold. even a few years ago if you had suggested this would go red to blue, i don't think many people would have believed you. now dennis skinner is 87. there are some people here who say he should have retired. david cameron once taunted him in the house of commons and said, you've got a good pension, it's time you've got a good pension, it's time you went. he was a very colourful character, whatever your political colours. i don't think anybody could doubt that. extraordinary. joining us now former cabinet secretary lord 0'donnell. ni

box set that's all we've had and you know what will happen is a lot of people in blood valley bolsover and leigh and dawn valley are going to find out pressure isn't done in the 31st just in the start with a dreadful tory government and it in a box at the christmas that perhaps they didn't want but i mean what about now for the people's vote it's all over isn't it it's just really i mean in a sense on the rocks was possible was system boris was a big majority it doesn't of course have a 50 percent majority but that's the way the system works in this country he should be majority in parliament he's got all the candidates signed up to whatever he wants he is of a suitable not to use a political term and he will do what he wants the real question is what does he want because we don't know what he wants he's been almost content free all the cabinets been kept out of the media he said of the tool as possible from nonsensical short slogans but he's now got 5 years to shape the country so what will he do with it he says either one nation tory but i'm not convinced but let's find no well let's

from wrexham to redcar, bolsover to blyth valley — dozens of seats which traditionally belonged to theent from red to blue. speaking earlier today, the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell confirmed he wouldn't be part of the next shadow cabinet. there is always an interim before a new leader is elected so what better than to put the current team in, because there will be a queen's speech and a budget as well, use that expertise for the interim period, but also allow the rest of the party to engage in that thorough debate about the future and the new leader, and it will be a constructive debate. we will learn lessons and listen to people about what went right and wrong, and then be ready. my fear is that we've got a long haul now, possibly five years. the two choices that we face are still there — huge, grotesque levels of inequality and, secondly, the issue that never really emerged in the election campaign, which was kind of this existential threat. that must be our priority. with brexit, we will see what the government brings back in terms of the negotiations, but the people decided we n

the house after the departure of ken clarke and we lost another in the defeat of dennis skinner in bolsoverlection landslide means sir peter bottomley, who entered the commons in 1975, has now become the father of the house. we can talk to him now. in guildford, how do you feel about taking on the mantle? it's a job you do not apply for, there is no merit and no responsibility so it's not exactly a great burden, but it is a great honour to have been around for some time. but i must recognise dane margaret beckett, who was elected before me but because she was elected before me, but because she had a broken period of service, but i will still refer to her as the senior member of the house. i'm not sure how flattering that is. in the last few months we have seen some fairly unedifying scenes in the commons and it came to the fore in october when some of the language was really quite unsettling between members in the house. do you think you will return to something as toxic as that, is there still the potential for that level of divide? i don't think so. i think the mood will calm down. the er

we've got banff and bolsover, dennis skinner, the beast of bolsover‘s seat, he leaves the commons andour seats. 199. we will go to the end of the line and just read them off if we can: some of these are marginals whether defence will be tight. let's have a look at the end of the conservative line and this brings in projections. we have not got results from these but we are calling them as conservatives, we will see what happens in the next few hours. marcus 15 staying in their stop —— marcus 15 staying in their stop —— marcus staying in there. batley and spent, we cannot be certain about it but it looks like that would be a conservative gain as well. that is how they did it. fa ncy fancy that. thank you for underlining the fact that dennis skinner is no longer in the house of commons. he would have been father of the house. peter bottomley will now become the new senior member, the most long—standing member of the house of commons. bolsover, we're talking about a former mining area in derbyshire and this has only had two mps since its creation in 1950 and dennis skinner was elected in

but it isa the former mp for bolsover.to make. when we chose lindsay hoyle to make. when we chose lindsay hoyle to be our speaker, someone back home said to me, i can't believe that he was said to me, i can't believe that he wa s a llowe d said to me, i can't believe that he was allowed to do it. we can and chorley are right next door to each other, they are towns where people have felt for a very long time that things are not working for them. i just let that sink in for a moment. i can't believe that he was allowed to do it. what does it say about how people feel in those communities, communities that have sent shock waves through the political system, many changing hands for the first time in100 years, many changing hands for the first time in 100 years, what does it say that they see parliament as a bastion of privilege where ordinary people like them cannot wield power? so for all of us in this house, whether we have won lost, we have done this place a service by electing someone to be our face and our voice for peopl

point from the veteran labour man dennis skinner, who was not re—elected at the general election for bolsoveren the father of the house, the most senior and longest serving member had he been elected. so the serving mps, including john mcdonnell, andrea leadsom, making their way, following black rod and their way, following black rod and the speaker. through the central lobby, down back to the house of lords will stop a rather grim —looking jeremy corbyn, with the prime minister, we may get another glimpse of them to see if they are chatting. laura? this is always the shot to look for. it looks like jeremy corbyn is absolutely determined not to exchange one single word with the prime minister. doesn't look like there is much love lost between the two of them. jeremy corbyn looks like he would rather be anywhere but here as they walk through central lobby. borisjohnson appears to be nodding to some members of the public. whether they area members of the public. whether they are a friendly crowd or people who have come to watch him on this day jeremy corbyn resolutely staring ahead grim faced,

dennis skinner's seat bolsover.nd still they come. we had sedgefield, tony blair's old seat going blue, phil wilson was the mp. how can that be going conservative? bradford south. successful defence in coventry south. and we go to the first result here, majority 8000 and blyth valley, conservatives take it. that is seats 91. if you order them by how marginal, blyth valley ‘s seat 91. i'm tempted to see if we can move the camera bit further and if you go further into the hundreds, you go further into the hundreds, you see labour starting to make more successful defences and it may be the biggest majority the conservatives overturn. what is going on? if i asked the battleground is to show me seats that voted leave, big margins. 55% leave or more, as far as i can tell, they've all gone blue. i'm going back through them and i'm removing the seats that didn't have the big brexit majority and you can see, can't you, they are all going blue. so yes, those who said this is the brexit election, maybe not the only factor but