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| Wythenshawe by-election: Labour hold seat as Ukip surge from fifth to second place | Wythenshawe by-election: Labour hold seat as Ukip surge from fifth to second place |
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| Labour won the Wythenshawe and Sale East parliamentary by-election today while the Conservatives were pushed into third place by Ukip and Lib Dem support was decimated. | Labour won the Wythenshawe and Sale East parliamentary by-election today while the Conservatives were pushed into third place by Ukip and Lib Dem support was decimated. |
| Former councillor Mike Kane held the seat for the party, polling 13,261 votes. | Former councillor Mike Kane held the seat for the party, polling 13,261 votes. |
| Ukip surged from fifth place in 2010 to second despite leader Nigel Farage complaining the campaign had been “as dirty as they come”. | Ukip surged from fifth place in 2010 to second despite leader Nigel Farage complaining the campaign had been “as dirty as they come”. |
| The party's success and the demise of the Tory vote is yet another by-election blow to Prime Minister David Cameron. | The party's success and the demise of the Tory vote is yet another by-election blow to Prime Minister David Cameron. |
| But the Liberal Democrats were dealt a humiliating blow when they polled just 1,176 votes - not enough to hold their deposit. | But the Liberal Democrats were dealt a humiliating blow when they polled just 1,176 votes - not enough to hold their deposit. |
| The by-election was brought about by the sudden death of the serving MP, Paul Goggins, on January 7, at 60. | The by-election was brought about by the sudden death of the serving MP, Paul Goggins, on January 7, at 60. |
| In his victory speech, Mr Kane said voters had “sent a very clear message” to the Government. | |
| “They have rejected the failed policies of the out-of-touch Tories, they have rejected the isolationism and scaremongering of Ukip. | |
| “It's a result which emphatically demonstrates that people here know the NHS is not safe in David Cameron's hands, and that we've had enough of his utterly out-of-touch government.” | |
| The result | The result |
| Mike Kane (Lab) 13,261 (55.34 per cent, +11.21 per cent) | Mike Kane (Lab) 13,261 (55.34 per cent, +11.21 per cent) |
| John Bickley (Ukip) 4,301 (17.95 per cent, +14.50 per cent) | John Bickley (Ukip) 4,301 (17.95 per cent, +14.50 per cent) |
| The Rev Daniel Critchlow (C) 3,479 (14.52 per cent, -11.03 per cent) | The Rev Daniel Critchlow (C) 3,479 (14.52 per cent, -11.03 per cent) |
| Mary Di Mauro (LD) 1,176 (4.91 per cent, -17.44 per cent) | Mary Di Mauro (LD) 1,176 (4.91 per cent, -17.44 per cent) |
| Nigel Woodcock (Green) 748 (3.12per cent) | Nigel Woodcock (Green) 748 (3.12per cent) |
| Eddy O'Sullivan (BNP) 708 (2.95 per cent, -0.90 per cent) | Eddy O'Sullivan (BNP) 708 (2.95 per cent, -0.90 per cent) |
| Captain Chaplington-Smythe (Loony) 288 (1.20 per cent) | Captain Chaplington-Smythe (Loony) 288 (1.20 per cent) |
| Lab majority: 8,960 (37.39 per cent) | Lab majority: 8,960 (37.39 per cent) |
| Electorate 85,058; Turnout 23,961 (28.17 per cent, -22.82 per cent) | Electorate 85,058; Turnout 23,961 (28.17 per cent, -22.82 per cent) |
| PA | PA |