THE Conservatives have held their Bromsgrove seat with Bradley Thomas being elected as MP.

Mr Thomas, the successor to Sajid Javid, received 16,533 votes in Thursday’s election, and has a majority of 3,016.

Labour’s Neena Gill received a total of 13,517 votes.

The voter turnout in Bromsgrove was 66.10%.

Reform UK candidate Glen Brampton received 9,584 votes, with David Nicholl of the Liberal Democrats receiving 7,391 votes.

Green Party candidate Talia Ellis received 1,675 votes, independent candidate Sam Ammar received 1,561 votes and Aheesha Zahir of the Workers Party received 144 votes.