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Journal of Liberal History

On This Day

28 February 2013

Mike Thornton wins the Eastleigh by-election

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Chris Huhne, former Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and saw Thornton beat Diane James of the UK Independence Party with a majority of 1,771 to record the first by-election victory for the Liberal Democrats since 2006 and provided a rare example of a governing party successfully defending a seat.