Labour's new 'action man' in Rossendale and Darwen hails historic result - as Jake Berry bows out after 14 years as Tory MP
Labour’s Andy MacNae has been elected as MP for Rossendale and Darwen in the general election , beating Conservative Jake Berry, who had won the previous four elections.
Jake Berry’s votes fell from over 27,000 in the last election to over 12,000 yesterday. His time as an MP for Rossendale has spanned the modern Conservative government era which began in 2010 with David Cameron and then led to Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak as prime ministers. But that has now ended.
“In some ways I consider myself centre-left in the political spectrum. I voted for Labour various times in the past and once I voted Conservative. Working in the health sector, which is generally left wing, I’m probably seen as a bit of an outsider politically for standing for Reform. But in fact, Reform supporters come from all sorts of backgrounds including doctors, nurses, builders and teachers.
“Britain has got worse over the past 14 years. Everybody is struggling. Even if you earn a reasonable wage, there’s nothing left to save because of rising costs. Britain deserves better. We want to ease the burdens on people. The middle class has been eroded too. The vast majority of people are worse-off.
He said: “I’m a bit of a rebel, an anarchist. I want to create change. I’m involved with the council and want to see if I can get things done. He was born in southern England but moved with his family to Scotland, later Manchester and Cheshire. He studied at university in London then Leeds. He became a keen climber and later worked for the British Mountaineering Council in Manchester. He worked and climbed with world-renowned mountaineer Chris Bonington and Mick Fowler, a top Himalayan climber
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