Sandys South constituents yesterday returned Progressive Labour Party MP Terry Lister as their representative in Parliament.The veteran MP won 516 votes to claim victory over Toni Spring, a new face on the political scene who campaigned on behalf of the One Bermuda Alliance and garnered 397 votes.Terry Lister has represented Constituency 33, Sandy's South, since he was first elected to Parliament in 1998.His long and distinguished parliamentary career began when, in 1993, he was appointed PLP Senator and Opposition Spokesman on Finance, Tourism and Marine Services, Technology and Information, Works and Engineering, Parks and Housing.In the landmark year, 1998, when the PLP won its first majority at the polls, he successfully contested the seat in the Constituency number 33, Sandys South and has been successful in retaining the seat in all general elections since then.His business and professional skills merited his appointment to the first PLP Cabinet as Minister of Development, Opportunity and Government Services. Since then has held a number of important portfolios which included Labour, Home Affairs and Public Safety - 2001-2003; Works and Engineering - 2003 - 2004; Education and Development - 2004 - 2006; Energy, Telecommunications and E-Commerce 2007-2009; Transport - 2010-2011.Within the PLP, he served as campaign chairman of the PLP's Sandy's Branch in the 1989 General Election and in 1993 as the Party's National Campaign co-chairman.Ms Spring, a veteran educator with 30 years of teaching experience, managed to reduce Mr Lister’s majority by nearly 100 votes. The PLP MP’s 117-vote margin of victory compared to a 210-vote victory in 2007.Ms Spring worked as a certified teacher in the Atlanta public school system and returned to Bermuda in 1995 to teach at Northlands and then at Sandys Secondary Middle School, where she taught for over ten years.A total of 913 voters cast their ballot, representing a turnout of 68.9 percent.RESULTS:Terry Lister (PLP): 516Tonetta Spring (OBA): 397