Interestingly enough – lots of people who had voted Labour came up to me yesterday and today and said how glad they were that I had won. Funny really – the pull of a lifetime of Labour support or fears whipped up by Labour that the Tories would somehow win if they voted Lib Dem had meant some had actually stuck with Labour – but it was quite clear that they were absolutely delighted that even though they hadn’t voted for me – I had won.

A day of flowers, cards and emails (around 500) of congratulations. Of trying to thank everyone, clearing up and in the end I crash out on the sofa watching a DVD with the kids…