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The by-election was won convincingly by the Tory candidate, Richard Bennett, with 925 votes compared to 350 (24.34%) for Joseph Fox with the Labour candidate, David Knowles, bringing up the rear with a paltry 163 votes.
Obviously, a win for UKIP would have been the ideal outcome but isn't it satisfying to see Labour's terminal decline into electoral oblivion?