"It is humbling to be trusted with the votes of more people this year than ever before in North East Hampshire," he said, in a statement, on Friday.
"Thank you to local Conservatives for campaigning alongside me every step of the way - knocking on doors and delivering our newsletters - without which it would have been even more challenging to take our positive local message across the whole constituency.
And now, as your Member of Parliament, I stand ready to represent the whole constituency. That doesn't mean that I am suddenly going to agree with everyone. No two people agree on everything. It does mean that I will always do what I believe is best for North East Hampshire and best for Britain.
In the campaign, I said that I'd started my work for you, but there was more to do. I'm now going to get on and do it," he added.
