Keir Starmer: “I'm proud to have turned the Labour Party around, to have won a general election, and to put the party on a good…”

Our public services are on the up, with the biggest fall in waiting times for 17 years. Children are being lifted out of poverty every single day.

Immigration is down significantly. Our defence and security are on a far stronger footing and our international reputation is greatly enhanced.

It has been a huge honour and privilege to represent the best constituency in the country and to have taken over from Frank Dobson, who was such a great constituency MP and a member of the last Labour government.

I will also continue, as I have done for a long time now with others, to work on combating violence against women and girls; that is an issue that matters to me hugely.