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Conservatives feel relieved after gaining a comfortable victory on Friday over U.K. Independence Party in the Newark by-election.
Tories have celebrated 7,403 vote majority over anti-EU party after their candidate Robert Jenrick, an auction house director, has secured 17,431 votes to win the seat.
The voting turnout was 52.7%, being reduced from the 71.5% of the general election, but higher than the 2010 average.
However, the Tory majority had been reduced by a huge margin from 16,152 to just 7,403.
Although the Nigel Farage’s party had failed to come close to taking the seat, still it managed to increase its share of the vote by 22% and secured a swing from the Tories of 15%.
The Chancellor George Osborne has told the result was a “strong endorsement” of the government’s economic strategy.
Mr Osborne has said: “We have won this seat with a big majority.
“This is the first time in 25 years that the Conservatives have held a by-election in government. We can take some comfort from the result but we know the job is not done.”
Conservative leader David Cameron has hailed the recent results as very encouraging for the party as he has said: “We need to work between now and the next election to say very clearly we have got a long-term plan, we are getting Britain back to work, we are cutting people’s taxes, we are helping hard-working people. The job isn’t finished yet but we are on the right track, let’s stick at it.”
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