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

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.

I go with good grace, I go with a smile, and I go proud of everything we have achieved.

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.