Former Labour home secretary Charles Clarke lost his Norwich South seat to the Liberal Democrats today.
Mr Clarke, an MP since 1997, said he was ''sad'' but accepted the ''decision of the people''.
He said Labour had done ''tremendous things'' in the city.
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