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"He fought a good fight; caught me early. No excuses, man. Congrats to him - he did a great job," Garcia said.

She rose to prominence for her investigations into human rights abuses in Chechnya - a region in southern Russia that fought two wars for independence in the 1990s and early 2000s.

Dame Andrea said she had "fought to the bitter end" but the Conservative Party was now "beyond salvage".

On average its vote was down by 25 points since the last time these seats were fought in May 2021, falling most heavily where Reform did best.

In the Hull & East Yorkshire mayoral contest, it could be a closely fought race between the Tories, Labour, the Lib Dems and Reform's candidate, former Olympic boxer Luke Campbell.