SCHOOL pupils who won MP Rachel Gilmour’s design a Christmas Card competition this year have been announced.

Mrs Gilmour invited youngsters from across her Tiverton and Minehead constituency to design a front cover for a Christmas card on the theme of ‘Christmas in Devon and Somerset’.

The winner and runners-up, chosen from hundreds of entries, came from schools in Milverton, Dulverton, and Sampford Peverell.

The winning design went on the front of of Mrs Gilmour’s Christmas cards, which have been distributed across the constituency, and the two runners-up were used on the back.

Mrs Gilmour said: “I would like to thank all pupils and schools from across Devon and Somerset for sending in their designs, they were all amazing and got me in the festive spirit.

“It was a pleasure to hand-deliver a certificate of achievement and a voucher to each pupil to say a big thank you for their amazing efforts.”