New lawyers have were elected to Parliament as the country voted in yesterday’s General Election.
Pinsent Masons lawyer Paul Masterson pulled off a surprise win for the Conservatives in East Renfrewshire, with an 18 per cent increase in the vote share, defeating the Scottish National Party.
Fiona Onasanya also pulled off a shock win in Peterborough. The solicitor at St Ives firm DC Law, who has previously worked for Howes Percival and Eversheds, won for Labour, beating the Conservative incumbent.
In the marginal Bristol North West seat, Labour’s Darren Jones, a lawyer at BT, beat the Conservative incumbent Charlotte Leslie.
Simon Clarke, a solicitor standing for the Conservatives, narrowly took Middlesbrough & South East Cleveland from Labour.
Bim Afolami, a former lawyer at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, was elected in the safe Conservative seat of Hitchin and Harpenden.
Employment barrister Ellie Reeves won the safe Labour seat of Lewisham West & Penge, while in Manchester Gorton, solicitor Afzal Khan also won for Labour.
But in Kingston & Surbiton, barrister James Berry, standing for the Conservatives, was ousted by Lib Dem Ed Davey.
Full results to follow…
