CLACTON BY ELECTION

CLACTON RESULT FROM 2010

Douglas Carswell	Conservative	22,867	53.0	+8.6
Ivan Henderson	Labour	10,799	25.0	-10.9
Michael Green	Liberal Democrat	5,577	12.9	-0.6
Jim Taylor	British National Party	1,975	4.6	+4.6
Terry Allen	Tendring First	1,078	2.5	+2.5
Chris Southall	Green	535	1.2	+1.2
Christopher Humphrey	Independent	292	0.7	+0.7
Majority		12,068	28.0
Turnout		43,123	64.2	+1.6

CLACTON by election to happen due to the tweets below.

Douglas Carswell MP defects to #UKIP
— General Election (@UKELECTIONS2015) August 28, 2014

Douglas Carswell to resign as MP and will stand for re election as UKIP candidate in his own current seat
— General Election (@UKELECTIONS2015) August 28, 2014

Clacton by election. Due to the fact that Douglas Carswell resigns from the Conservatives and joins UKIP and will stand as a UKIP candidate
— General Election (@UKELECTIONS2015) August 28, 2014