jane dodds.f giving a few instructions to the team on the ground to make sure they give a big cheer when the new liberal democrat mpfor cheer when the new liberal democrat mp for brecon and radnorshire jane dodds arrives there fairly shortly with the party leader, jo swinson. we can speak to tomos morgan who has been following events there, what we re been following events there, what were the key factors on the ground? i think no doubt brexit was a huge issue for the constituency here, as it is across the uk, really. boris johnson came to this constituency to show support to chris davies on tuesday when mrjohnson visited wales for the first time since becoming pm. but clearly that was not quite enough for chris davies to hold onto his seat here. you mention that plaid cymru and the greens chose not to stand here, pushing their vote towards the other remain party, the liberal democrats, and the margin of victory was quite small in the end, smaller than many pundits predicted, but liberal democrat

(n0 audio translation available). jane dodds, welsh liberal democrats.. liz phillips, ukip make brexit happen, 242. lady lily the pink, the official monster raving loony party, 334. i will repeat that. 334. the total number of ballot papers rejected was 73. and i do hereby declare thatjane dodds is duly elected member of parliament for the said constituency. translation: and i do hereby declare that jane dodds is duly elected member of parliament for the said constituency. good morning. and it is a very good morning here in brecon and radnorshire. 34 years ago last month, richard livesey's victory in a by—election here sparked a liberal revival across wales and the united kingdom. and tonight, we've done it again. the people of this constituency have once again chosen hope over fear. i am incredibly humbled by your support. from every walk of life and every political persuasion. and by backing that liberal vision. a powerful message to westminster. welsh farmers and small—business owners. to westminster. welsh farmers and small— business owners. working

we heard jane dodds talking about bursting borisjohnson's bubble.lected as prime minister. as we head down, critical and terms of the parliamentary arithmetic. on the behind, certainly, the parliamentary arithmetic. the lib dems may feel they did better than expected in brecon and radnor shed. they were favourites to win this by—election, the dead have a history of support in that area, and quite a well—organised ground operation. there has been a little bit of talk ofa there has been a little bit of talk of a boris bounce, shall we call it? this is an upsurge in support for the conservatives sent borisjohnson came to power, that is a little bit of evidence that in the by—election, but it wasn't massive. not enough for him to see off the brexit party and to hold onto that seat. in order to do that, i suppose, he would need a jointing to do that, i suppose, he would need ajointingjump to do that, i suppose, he would need a jointing jump rather than a boris balance. 0n the parliamentary arithmetic, significant. we talked about a working majority of on

congratulations to jane dodds, i knowl disappointed?red if tom davies had taken the seat but i look forward to working with her in parliament that there are many things we would want to agree with, and my commiserations to agree with, and my commiserations to chris davies. he did something silly but i feel for him. for the tories to put up the same candidate again, was that perhaps not the wisest? maybe, but there were quite a lot of people in the constituency who felt chris was a good representative. the biggest problem for the labour party as we nearly lost deposit, i am glad did not. that it's quite embarrassing, labour beaten into fourth place by the brexit party? i get that, some others have said for quite some time that one of the problem is about trying to be all things to all men and women is nobody ends up liking what you are offering. do you think it was the ambiguity?” what you are offering. do you think it was the ambiguity? i think of a constructive ambiguity has not helped us over the last two years, we have tried to say w

i do hereby declare that jane dodds is duly elected member of parliament for the said constituency.e constituency‘s new mp to borisjohnson. from the constituency‘s new mp to boris johnson. my very first act as yourmp, when! boris johnson. my very first act as your mp, when i arrived in westminster, will be to find mr borisjohnson, wherever he is hiding, and tell him it loud and clear, stop playing with the future of our communities. it was celebrations all around in brecon this morning. the liberal democrats victory means the party finally has a seat again in wales and it is a first boost for their new leader. this result sends the message that liberal democrats are winning again. and it comes off the back of her local election success, our best ever european election results, and it is clear that people don't have to settle for either borisjohnson orjeremy corbyn. the liberal democrats are providing a positive alternative and here in brecon and radnorshire people have voted for that in their droves. this by—election was triggered following conservative chris davies conviction in ma

just two weeks ago i was in wales celebrating the election of jane dodds. environment. just yesterday i visited green port, hull, transforming the city and the wider east yorkshire area into a world —class wider east yorkshire area into a world—class centre for renewable energy. the uk is leading the world in offshore wind generation, cutting carbon and providing jobs. and the climate emergency is the biggest fundamental threat we face. 0ur climate emergency is the biggest fundamental threat we face. our best chance to stop irreversible damage to our planet is by working with our closest allies in europe, not turning our backs. borisjohnson is playing at being prime minister, he is playing with fire. he is playing with ourjobs, our climate, our well—being, our security. just what will he say to the father who has just lost his job because of no—deal brexit? telling him to cheer up in latinjust won't wash. borisjohnson, him to cheer up in latinjust won't wash. boris johnson, stop him to cheer up in latinjust won't wash. borisjohnson, stop playing with our co

chris davies is held the seat for some years and the lid will democrats, the challenging candidate, jane doddslay as they always do in by—elections which ta ke they always do in by—elections which take place between the main general elections when the entire uk goes to the polls, it has really been the issue of exit which has been the dominating issue in this campaign and very interesting in this part of the uk because this constituency voted as the entire country did. 52% to leave, 48% to remain and we've seen something of an informal remain alliance with the liberal democrats leading the campaign in favour of remain. the green party and plaid cymru agreeing not to stand and deliver the result but on the conservative side, campaigning very much in favour of exit. we have the exit party headed by nigel for chipping away at their vote their sources tonight are talking up the prospect of them finishing in third place behind the conservatives and the liberal democrats. the only real concern is that it is going to be close and we're not going to see big margin of victory by either the tories or th

the lib dem's jane dodds overturned a majority of over eight thousand to beat the conservative candidatestood again, after being unseated by a petition following his conviction for a false expenses claim. here's our political correspondent alex forsyth. cheering. that's the sound of success. a buoyant lib dem leader and the party's newest mp fresh from a victory that makes life even harder for the government. here we stand bursting borisjohnson‘s bubble in the first week of his premiership. theirs was a campaign focused on the risk of a no—deal brexit. 0ther pro—eu parties, plaid cymru and the greens, stood aside to give them the best chance of winning. this, the first major test of a remain alliance, and it might not be the last. in most constituencies across the country, it is going to be the liberal democrats that are the strongest party of remain, but we recognise the value and cooperating in working with others for that wider national goal to protect our country's future. after a long night, the lib dems might have been celebrating, but the tory candidate was quiet after the result

jane dodds, the liberal democrat had this message for boris johnson.are desperately crying out for a different kind of politics. there is no time for tribalism. when our country is faced with a borisjohnson government and a threat of a no deal except. so my very first act as your mp, when i arrive in westminster, will be to find mr boris johnson, arrive in westminster, will be to find mr borisjohnson, wherever he is hiding, and tell him loud and clear, stop playing with the future of our communities and rule out a no deal brexit now! our political correspondentjoins us now live from brecon. this is quite bad news for the prime minister, isn't it? it certainly is. not the result he wa nted certainly is. not the result he wanted and not the result conservative party, as a whole wanted. it was always going to be close here in brecon between the conservatives and the main challenges, the liberal democrats. it really was a straight fight between the two of them. tories trying to hang onto this seed after theirmp trying to hang onto this seed after their mp

the lib dem's jane dodds overturned a majority of over 8,000 to beat the conservative candidate chris425 votes. mr davies stood again, after being unseated by a petition following his conviction for a false expenses claim. here's our political correspondent alex forsyth. cheering. that's the sound of success. a buoyant lib dem leader and the party's newest mp fresh from a victory that makes life even harder for the government. here we stand bursting borisjohnson‘s bubble in the first week of his premiership. theirs was a campaign focused on the risk of a no—deal brexit. 0ther pro—eu parties, plaid cymru and the greens, stood aside to give them the best chance of winning. this, the first major test of a remain alliance, and it might not be the last. in most constituencies across the country, it is going to be the liberal democrats that are the strongest party of remain, but we recognise the value and cooperating in working with others for that wider national goal to protect our country's future. after a long night, the lib dems might have been celebrating, but the tory candidate was qu

i do hereby declare that jane dodds is duly elected member of parliament for the said constituency. is hiding, and tell him it loud and clear, stop playing with the future of our communities. it was celebrations all around in brecon this morning. the liberal democrats victory means the party finally has a seat again in wales and it is a first boost for their new leader. this result sends the message that liberal democrats are winning again. and it comes off the back of our local election success, our best ever european election results, and it is clear that people don't have to settle for either boris johnson orjeremy corbyn. the liberal democrats are providing a positive alternative and here in brecon and radnorshire people have voted for that in their droves. this by—election was triggered following conservative chris davies conviction in march of submitting false expenses. the result means the tories have a narrow majority of just one in westminster. it is never easy having a tiny working majority but the broader point is it will not distract us from what we have explicitly promi

other remain parties, clyde comrie and the greens, choosing not to stand, handing the victory to jane doddsfered a significant blow, falling to fourth, prompting further questions about its stance on brexit. ambiguity has not helped us in the last few years. we have tried to say to brexit voters, we are in favour of brexit, but we are in favour of remain. without a doubt this is a blow for the new prime minister. he was in wales only on tuesday and came to the constituency to try and gather support for his man, but that just wasn't enough. his first electoral task failed. borisjohnson's task of getting any future brexit vote through parliament has become trickier. so how do the numbers now stack up in parliament? there are 650 seats in the house of commons. the government now comprises 320 of those seats — ten of those are members of the democratic unionist party— they've propped up the government since the 2017 general election. 319 seats now belong to opposition mps from labour, the liberal democrats, the snp, the greens, plaid cymru, change uk and independents. 11 seats in the commons be

liberal democrats sensing a chance, both sides knew it would be closelj do hereby declare that jane dodds it would be closelj do hereby declare thatjane dodds is duly elected member of parliament for the said constituency. a win for the party that campaigned against brexit, and a message to the new prime ministerfrom brexit, and a message to the new prime minister from parliament's newest member. my very first act as yourmp, wheni newest member. my very first act as your mp, when i arrive in westminster, will be to find mr borisjohnson, wherever westminster, will be to find mr boris johnson, wherever he westminster, will be to find mr borisjohnson, wherever he is hiding, and tell him loud and clear, stop playing with the future of our communities, and rule out a no deal brexit now. liberal democrats threw everything at this by—election, although they held back from their staunch stop brexit message, knowing it might cost them votes in a constituency of finely balanced between leave and remain. in the end, it was a narrow victory, but one the lib dems will say shows that they are a party o