South East Forum For Sustainability

As David Dimbleby said on numerous occasions during the election coverage last night “this is quite an extraordinary election”. Swings went this way and that, but with most of the seats now decided we have a clear picture of how things look for the South East.

There was a 2% swing from the Liberal Democrats, who lost 2 seats, to the Conservatives who gained 14 seats. The Labour party lost 13 seats and of course remarkably  and historically the region gained a Green seat when Brighton Pavilion elected its first Green MP Caroline Lucas.

So overall the region has 75 Conservative, 4 Liberal Democrat, 4 Labour and 1 Green MPs.

We will watch with interest as the hung parliament develops and what deals are brokered particularly in relation to Regional Planning.

Full coverage of the election including a detailed breakdown of the results can be found on the BBC website