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1 March 2013 at 3:50am Vote share of four main candidates This is how the share of the vote looked for the four main candidates: Mike Thornton, Lib Dem 32.1% Diane James, UKIP - 27.8% Maria Hutchings, Cons - 25.4% John O'Farrell, Labour - 9.5% Other - 4.9% Last updated Fri 1 Mar 2013 Read more 61 updates Lib Dems win at Eastleigh Politics Eastleigh Share Tweet Plus Reddit
Clegg hails win but PM 'confident' Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has hailed his party's success in the Eastleigh by-election.
Eastleigh voters go to the polls Voters go to the polls today in the closely-contested Eastleigh by-election that is poised to heap pressure on the coalition Government.