Labour’s Stephen Twigg won the Liverpool West Derby seat with a solid 52% majority after replacing veteran MP Bob Wareing.
Twigg, 43, received 22,953 votes, an enormous 18,467 more ballots than Liberal Democrat runner-up Paul Twigger.
A delighted Mr Twigg took to the stage to pay tribute to his predecessor Mr Wareing, who stepped down after 27 years in Parliament.
Thanking his supporters, he said: “"I’m not going to take that support for granted. I promised when I was selected I would be an active MP.
"This has been a constructive and amicable election campaign and I now look forward to the very challenging job I have in front of me working with the other four MPs and councillors to stand up for Liverpool in what will be difficult, challenging times ahead."
Liverpool West Derby: Full Result
Kai Andersen (SLP) – 614
Pamela Hall (CON) – 3,311
Hilary Jones (UKIP) – 1,093
Stephen Radford (LIB) – 3,327
Stephen Twigg (LAB) – 22,953
Turnout - 64.63%
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