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Ukip gains first MP
Tory defector Douglas Carswell sails to victory in Clapton by-election
THE xenophobic UK Independence Party secured its first ever parliamentary seat yesterday following a by-election in Clacton.
The by-election was triggered after sitting Tory MP Douglas Carswell defected to Ukip and resigned from his seat in August.
Mr Carswell comfortably topped the poll with 21,113 votes — a majority of 12,404.
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