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Boot wins Glenfaba by a whisker

Close contest sees recount

One of the closest results in House of Keys election history has decided the Glenfaba by election.

The seat was won tonight by Geoffrey Boot by just three votes.

He polled 424 votes to his rival David Talbot's 421.

Turnout in the election, to replace David Anderson as constituency MHK, was 54 per cent.

Deputy returning officer Chris Callow held a recount to confirm the winning margin and then made the declaration:  

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