Friday, November 21, 2014

UKIP WIN SECOND SEAT, CONSERVATIVES VOW TO WIN IT BACK

The anti-EU, anti-immigration UK Independence Party has won its second seat at Westminster after a by-election.

Mark Reckless - who defected from the Conservative Party - will be UKIP's MP for Rochester and Strood.

It's a blow for the established Westminster parties with the Conservatives losing their seat, Labour's vote in the constituency also declining, and the Liberal Democrats coming in fifth behind the Green Party.

And it follows a byelection in Clacton in which UKIP secured its first Westminster MP.

Conservative Party Chairman Grant Shapps says Rochester remains in play for May's general election.

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