UKIP nearly pulled it off in Labour stronghold Heywood and Middleton:

Liz McInnes (Lab) 11,633 (40.86%, +0.75%)
John Bickley (UKIP) 11,016 (38.69%, +36.06%)
Iain Gartside (C) 3,496 (12.28%, -14.88%)
Anthony Smith (LD) 1,457 (5.12%, -17.59%)
Abi Jackson (Green) 870 (3.06%)

Lab maj 617 (2.17%)

17.65% swing Lab to UKIP

Electorate 79,170; Turnout 28,472 (35.96%, -21.57%)

From the Guardian live blog.

This is astounding although it is a bit disappointing to come this close and lose.  But it appears, although turnout was admittedly light, that there are a few Farage Labourites in Heywood and Middleton!

Technically this is a record percentage and maybe record votes in a Westminster race at nearly 39% for UKIP but this record will be shattered by the Clacton turnout that is still pending as of 9 pm (2am) tonight!

About Elwood Sanders

Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)

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