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The Clacton by-election was held on 9 October 2014〔(Clacton by-election to be held on 9 October, BBC News, Accessed 6 September 2014 )〕 for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of Clacton.〔(Chancellor makes Douglas Carswell's resignation official, ITV, accessed 6 August 2014 )〕〔(BBC News "Stuart Wheeler: More Tory defections to UKIP 'odds on'" Accessed 6 September 2014 )〕〔(Daily Telegrapph: ''Douglas Carswell's shock defection to UKIP triggers by-election battle'' Accessed 6 September 2014 )〕〔(ITV News Carswell and Farage in Clacton Ahead of by-election Accessed 6 October 2014 )〕 The by-election was triggered by the Conservative MP for Clacton, Douglas Carswell, defecting to the UK Independence Party (UKIP) and subsequently resigning his seat to seek re-election as its candidate.〔(Tory MP Douglas Carswell defects to Ukip and forces byelection, ''The Guardian'' 28 August 2014, accessed 6 September 2014 )〕 Standing for UKIP, Carswell retained the seat with 59.7% of the vote, becoming UKIP's first elected MP. The Conservatives came second, and Labour third. According to John Curtice, professor of politics at Strathclyde University, the result was the biggest increase in the share of a vote for any party in any by-election in history. ==Background== On 28 August 2014 Carswell, a Eurosceptic backbencher, announced his defection to UKIP and said that he was resigning his seat in order to fight a by-election. He said he did not think Prime Minister David Cameron was "serious about the change we need", adding that "many of those at the top of the Conservative Party are simply not on our side" and "Of course they talk the talk before elections. They say what they feel they must say to get our support when they want our support, but on so many issues – on modernising our politics, on the recall of MPs, on controlling our borders() on less government, on bank reform, on cutting public debt, on an EU referendum – they never actually make it happen".〔(BBC News: ''Tory MP Douglas Carswell switches to UKIP'' 28 August 2014, Accessed 6 August 2014 ).〕 He also said: "...local issues regarding planning and overcrowding of GP surgeries were a factor in my decision to resign".〔(Clacton and Frinton Gazette: ''Local issues affected my decision...'' Accessed 6 August 2014 )〕 Responding to the news that Carswell had defected and would trigger a by-election, Cameron said the contest would be held "as soon as possible". He also confirmed that the Conservatives would contest the by-election.〔(BBC News 28 August 2014, accessed 6 September 2014 )〕 It was later announced that the by-election would be held on 9 October, which is also Cameron's 48th birthday. The poll was one of two parliamentary by-elections the same day, with an election also being held in the constituency of Heywood and Middleton following the death of its MP, Jim Dobbin. Analysis of demographics for the constituency prior to the by-election were said to make it the most UKIP-friendly in the country. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clacton by-election, 2014」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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