FRIDAY morning's results marked the end to a thrilling General Election campaign but just how many hours did candidates put in?

Conservative David Mowat, who claimed the Warrington South seat, carried out around three, two-hour doorstep sessions each day once the 'official' campaign began when Parliament dissolved on March 30.

After completing more than 230 hours talking to residents, Mr Mowat has earned a well-deserved break.

"I am quite superstitious so I have not planned anything for the week - I will be resting up a bit," he said.

Labour's Nick Bent, who played his part in the tight race for the seat despite falling short following Mr Mowat's 2,750 majority, also had a hectic schedule during the campaign but speaking to voters was an opportunity he relished.

"More hours went into the campaigning than go into a full-time job," he said.

"Me and my volunteers were doing 16-18 hour days - it was very intense."

Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition's Kevin Bennett is determined to raise his party's profile after securing 238 votes from the electorate.

He welcomed the past weekend to take some time out to recharge his batteries after all the effort put into the campaign.

"I had to campaign around my work commitments and therefore found it testing and tiring but I put in as much effort as I could," he said.

"During the campaign, I would start straight after work at around 5.15pm until about 8pm and over the weekends I would be out from 11pm until 1pm putting out a stall then would go leafleting for about three hours.

"On a Sunday it would be from 1pm until 3pm leafleting.

"This continued right through until the last week when I was then able to go knocking on doors.

"I booked off holidays so that I could have a stall in the afternoon from 1pm until 4pm and then went knocking on doors, after a small comfort break, until around 8pm."

A large number of residents have enjoyed the campaign trail but the candidates will be somewhat pleased that they can get back to normality, until 2020 at least.