2014 Rochester and Strood by-election
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A by-election was held on 20 November 2014 for the UK parliamentary constituency of Rochester and Strood in Kent, England.[1] The sitting Member of Parliament (MP) Mark Reckless called it on joining the UK Independence Party (UKIP), from the Conservatives. He resigned his seat.[2]
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Turnout | 50.6% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Reckless retained the seat, and polled 42.1% of the vote as the UKIP candidate. The Conservative Party came second with 34.8%, and Labour third with 16.8%. The other ten candidates lost their deposits, including the Liberal Democrats whose 0.87% vote share was a record low for them, and the lowest ever for a party in government.[3]
This was the last by-election of the 2010–2015 Parliament.