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UKIP wins Rochester and Strood Bye-election

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Post by Irn Bru Fri Nov 21, 2014 8:46 am

UKIP wins Rochester and Strood Bye-election _79168509_de27

That is a big win for UKIP but that gap is nowhere near enough for them to hold it in a general election. The Tories will win that seat back again and if the betting odds are good enough I'll put some money on that.

I would think also that any Tories who were thinking of jumping ship may be having second thoughts.

Mark Reckless, a former Tory MP whose defection to Ukip triggered the byelection, received 16,867 votes, or 42.1% of the poll.

His Conservative opponent, Kelly Tolhurst, took 13,947 votes (34.8%). The Tory vote fell by 14.4%.

Labour’s Naushabah Khan came third with 6,713 (16.8%, down 11.7%) and the Liberal Democrats just 349 (0.9%, down 15.4%).

The Lib Dems came behind the Greens, who polled 1,692 (4.2% up 2.7%).

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/nov/21/ukip-win-in-rochester-and-strood-piles-pressure-on-david-cameron
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