UKIP group leader leaves election count after losing Chichester seat
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Sandra James, standing for re-election in Bourne district, came second to Conservative cllr Viral Parikh with 865 votes to 1357.
Shortly after the result was announced, Ms James left the election count room and turned to a BBC reporter present.
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Ms James then left the building without waiting for a reply.
The Conservative Party won a landslide victory in West Sussex with 56 seats to the Liberal Democrats’ nine with five for Labour.
UKIP lost all of its ten West Sussex seats to Tory candidates, including two in the Chichester District.
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