IT was a night of celebrations for the Worcestershire Conservatives as they increased their majority across the county.

Worcester was the first seat to declare with Robin Walker retaining his seat and almost doubling his majority.

As the national picture was beginning to take shape with the Conservatives looking as if they were going to retain Number 10, there were celebrations for Worcestershire's Tory campaigners too.

Mr Walker received 22,534 votes which is an increase of more than 3,000 compared to 2010.

Labour had battled hard to take the city away from the Conservatives with high profile visits including leader Ed Miliband but it was not enough with candidate councillor Joy Squires coming second with 16,888 votes.

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Labour did manage to increase its votes in the city with Coun Squires receiving 500 more than former MP Mike Foster did in 2010.

She said the party would "fight another day", adding that her party would "hold Robin to his promises" and keep on campaigning on the NHS and low pay.

Mr Walker said of his win: "It's amazing, incredible, I never expected to see this result - the people of Worcester will never know how much this means to me."

The turnout was 68.8 per cent in Worcester, with 49,860 votes cast and 137 spoilt papers.

Next up was the West Worcestershire seat where Harriet Baldwin managed to retain her seat with an additional 3,000 votes on top of her 2010 tally.

It was a landslide for Ms Baldwin who received 30,342 of ballots cast while her nearest rival, UKIP's Richard Chamings, received 7,764 votes.

Speaking to the Malvern Gazette, she said: “I’m astonished. I thought the result in 2010 was really good. I didn’t think I’d get 3,000 more today.

"It’s a ringing endorsement of the Conservative’s track record for the country, but I’m also really delighted personally for the confidence people have put in me.”

It was bad news for the Lib Dems in West Worcestershire who were shunted from second to fourth with 5,245 votes - down more than 15,000 on 2010.

A total of 54,314 votes were cast and 199 rejected ballots.

Turnout was up slightly, from 73.8 per cent in 2010 to 74.002 per cent.

There was a new MP for one Worcestershire constituency albeit for the same party after Sir Peter Luff retired.

Nigel Huddleston managed to hold on to mid-Worcestershire for the Conservatives having received 29,763.

In Wyre Forest, Conservative Mark Garnier retained his seat with a majority of 12,871.

Kidderminster voters reported having to wait for up to two hours to get their chance to vote after the decision was taken to reduce the number of polling stations.

Everyone managed to get their vote, however, as long as they had joined the queue by 10pm.

In Bromsgrove, culture secretary Sajid Javid retained his seat receiving 28,133 votes - more than half of the votes cast in his constituency (53.8 per cent).

Speaking moments after the result was announced, Mr Javid told the Bromsgrove Advertiser he was delighted with increasing his majority.

He said it was a honour to continue to serve as the town's MP and when asked about his personal ambitions, he said being "Minister of Bromsgrove" would always be his number one priority. 

Runner up in the Bromsgrove result was Labour's Tom Ebbutt, who polled 11,604.

Overall 52,426 constituents voted, with the turnout being 71 per cent - the same percentage as the 2010 general election.

Redditch also saw Conservative Karen Lumley holding on to her seat with 20,771 while nearest rival Rebecca Blake, Labour, received 13,717.

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During her acceptance speech at Redditch Town Hall, she told those gathered: "I'm ready to fight our corner here and in Westminster."

Votes cast in Redditch in this year's general election were 44,222 an increase on the 2010 election where the number was 44,018.

Turnout in this year's general election had also increased with 67.5 per cent turnout compared to 64.2 per cent in 2010.