NEW Brecon and Radnorshire MP Fay Jones has said no Labour seat in Wales is safe now.

Ms Jones regained the Brecon and Radnorshire seat the Conservatives lost to the Liberal Democrats in August with a 7,131 majority.

Ms Jones credited the party’s firm stance on Brexit with its success that’s set to give Boris Johnson a comfortable majority.

She said: "I’m over the moon the majority is well beyond our expectations and wildest dreams, I’m absolutely delighted it just underlines how hard everyone in the Brecon and Radnor Conservative Association has worked over the last two months.

"I think the message about getting Brexit done has really cut through and people realised the Conservative party are the only party willing to do what people asked us to.

"People feel let down right across the country and we’ve taken the fight direct to Welsh Labour, there is no such thing as a safe Labour seat in Wales now."

The Conservatives will have their biggest majority since Margaret Thatcher in 1987 and with 646 of 650 seats across the UK declared the Tories have 362, Labour 203 and the SNP have 48 with the Liberal Democrats on 11.

In Wales, with all 40 seats declared, Labour won 22 seats and Plaid Cymru four but the story of the night, as it was in England, was the Conservative success winning 14 seats and Ms Jones became one of the first three female Tory MPs elected in Wales.

Previously reliable Labour seats such as Wrexham and others in north east Wales fell to the Conservatives.

Ms Jones claimed people she spoke to feared Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn - despite criticism of Mr Johnson who during the campaign refused to apologise for articles he’d written using racist terms and condemning various groups such as single mothers. During the campaign Ms Jones had also criticised Mr Johnson for ’politicising’ the London Bridge terror attack.

"People were genuinely scared about Jeremy Corbyn on the doorstep. He is a far scarier proposition than Boris Johnson and we can’t afford a Labour government’s spending again.

"I’m looking forward to working with Boris Johnson."

Ms Jones said the Conservatives would allocate £2.2 billion "to the Welsh NHS". However it will be for the Labour Welsh Government to decide how it any additional money is spent.

"We want to make sure that comes to rural areas," said Ms Jones who also said a teaching union had identified a £645 spending per pupil gap between Wales and England.

That figure had been disputed during the campaign but Ms Jones stuck by it and said she wanted to work with Brecon and Radnorshire Liberal Democrat AM Kirsty Williams who is the education minister in the Welsh Government.

"I’m afraid the Lib Dems don’t like it as it is their AM in charge but I want to work with her to try and address that."

Ms Jones, whose father Gwilym, was the Tory MP for Cardiff North from 1983, was 11 years old when he lost his seat in the Labour landslide in 1997, also paid tribute to Lib Dem opponent Jane Dodds.

"I take my hat off to Jane Dodds, it takes real guts to put yourself forward. She stuck firmly to her principles."

Ms Jones celebrated her victory with dad Gwilym and mum Linda.

Mr Jones said: "I’m absolutely thrilled, it’s been a pleasure to come and work for her and to see her achieve this. I don’t think anyone thought she’d have a majority of 7,000."

Mum Linda said: "I’m thrilled to bits, she’s worked ever so hard. It was lovely and we had a wonderful time when Gwilym was an MP. Somebody said to me, when he lost, you’ve done lots of things people dream about and I hope she has a wonderful time.

"I think you can see on her face she’s had a wonderful night."