{"id":3733,"date":"2024-07-05T13:37:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T13:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/?p=3733"},"modified":"2024-08-09T14:10:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T14:10:36","slug":"general-election-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/?p=3733","title":{"rendered":"General Election 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thank you to the people of Maldon for re-electing me as their MP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This has been, without doubt, the most difficult election campaign of my career. Despite what has obviously been a very tough night for the Conservative Party, I am hugely grateful that the people of Maldon have continued to place their trust in me at the ballot box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is a tremendous privilege to serve as your Member of Parliament and there are some very big issues presently facing our area, not least the <a><\/a>future of Maldon\u2019s Health Services and the closure of St Peter\u2019s Hospital, issues which I will continue to campaign vigorously on in Westminster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I would like to thank the returning officer, my fellow candidates, my election agent, all the counting staff at last night\u2019s count and of course all my supporters and volunteers without whom this campaign would not have been possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sir John is pictured below at the count awaiting the result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/election-victory-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/election-victory-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/election-victory-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/election-victory-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/election-victory-1024x1365.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/election-victory.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is a video of Sir John making his victory speech following re-election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Sir John Whittingdale makes victory speech after being re-elected Member of Parliament for Maldon.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PeWJVUpHxLw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you to the people of Maldon for re-electing me as their MP. 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