Eastleigh 2013 by-election: full results

by liamssoft | March 1, 2013 at 12:22 am

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David Cameron suffered a humiliating defeat in the Eastleigh by-election in the early hours of this morning after his party was beaten into third place by the Liberal Democrats and Ukip.

The Lib Dems took the seat with a reduced majority of 1,771 while the Conservative candidate Maria Hutchings won just a quarter of the votes cast.

But the night’s real success story was Ukip which had its best ever Westminster election result. Its candidate Diane James increased her party’s share of the vote from 3.6 per cent in 2010 to 27.8 per cent.

Labour came a disappointing fourth (mainly because the labour candidate said he wished Margaret Thatcher had been murdered in the IRA attack on Brighton’s Grand Hotel)- undermining Ed Miliband’s claim that his party can improve its results in the south of England and represent ‘one nation’.....Read more

Candidate        Party      Votes       % vote    Change

Mike Thornton        LD         13,342     32.06     -14.48
Diane James        UKIP    11,571     27.80       24.20
Maria Hutchings     C        10,559     25.37     -13.96
John O'Farrell      Lab         4,088    9.82       0.22
Danny Stupple     Ind           768    1.85       1.56
Dr Iain Maclennan   NHA     392      0.94
Ray Hall     Beer          235 0.56
Kevin Milburn        Christian    163    0.39
Howling Laud Hope Loony   136    0.33
Jim Duggan              Peace   128    0.31
David Bishop       Elvis     72      0.17
Michael Walters       Eng Dem      70      0.17    -0.30
Daz Procter     TUSC        62    0.15
Colin Bex        Wessex Reg 30      0.07
TOTAL TURNOUT         79,004    52.68       -16.61