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The Conservatives have won the Norwich North by-election with a majority of more than 7,000.The Conservatives have won the Norwich North by-election with a majority of more than 7,000.
The winning candidate Chloe Smith, 27, will become the House of Commons' youngest MP when she takes her seat after the summer recess. Tory candidate Chloe Smith won with 13,591 - more than twice as many votes as the Labour candidate Chris Ostrowski who had 6,243 votes.
It was the first Westminster election since the MPs' expenses furore. The Lib Dems came third with 4,803, narrowly ahead of UKIP on 4,068.
The former MP, Labour's Ian Gibson, quit when the party barred him from standing at the next general election over his expenses claims.The former MP, Labour's Ian Gibson, quit when the party barred him from standing at the next general election over his expenses claims.
It was the first Westminster election since the MPs' expenses furore.