Congratulations to our terrific new MP Chloe Smith – the youngest in the House of Commons – who achieved an outstanding result in Norwich North beyond our wildest 
dreams.
Chloe won 13,591 votes in the by election – more than twice as many as Labour candidate Chris Ostrowski, with a swing from Labour to the Tories of 16.5% on a turnout of 45%. Labour was down 26.7 per cent on the general election; it was an humiliating defeat.
Here is a link to Chloe’s victory speech in which she describes the honest way she plans to represent the local community – or they can boot her out if she feels she hasn’t kept her promise at the next election.
Hopefully this victory in Norwich North will be followed by the same result in the neighbouring constituency of Norwich South at next year’s general election when Chloe will be joined in parliament by our excellent candidate there Antony Little.
The full results were:
Chloe Smith (C) 13,591 (39.54%, +6.29%)
Chris Ostrowski (Lab) 6,243 (18.16%, -26.70%)
April Pond (LD) 4,803 (13.97%, -2.22%)
Glenn Tingle (UKIP) 4,068 (11.83%, +9.45%)
Rupert Read (Green) 3,350 (9.74%, +7.08%)
Craig Murray (Honest) 953 (2.77%)
Robert West (BNP) 941 (2.74%)
Bill Holden (Ind) 166 (0.48%, -0.17%)
Howling Laud (Loony) 144 (0.42%)
Anne Fryatt (NOTA) 59 (0.17%)
Thomas Burridge (Libertarian) 36 (0.10%)
Peter Baggs (Ind) 23 (0.07%)
Yes, I wish her well in what could be the start of a new era in British Politics.
Maalie, let’s hope so.
And yet better news , UKIP has taken a Tory seat on Cambridgeshire County Council and Huntingdon District Council .
Susan Normingtons CC seat .
Well done UKIP , roll on next years election.
It’s wonderful to see young people getting involved and on their way to make the world a better place. My best wishes.
Lady Macleod. The young people could hardly do a worse job than the baby boomers did of running this country.
In barely forty years they managed to turn it from a model of civility into a lawless dump. And for this they want us to support them into old age or stand aside while they hold down plum jobs into their seventies so they can continue to go on cruises and play golf.
disaffected, yes, it was a good day for UKIP too who beat Greens, and very disappointing for us to lose our local council seats.
Kevin, Chloe demonstrates a new breed of young politicians who will ensure she works closely with her constituents. She is totally decent through and through.
It was very good stuff.
Very good news!
Well done, Chloe.