UK Parliamentary by-elections, 2015 onwards (also devolved legislatures)

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Tooting gave UKIP 5th place (behind the Greens and the Lib Dems) in the general election too. In fact, the order of the top five did not change at this election (even if the Labour margin over the Tories has quadrupled from 47-42 to 56-36).

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Nice on the Lib Dems recovering from 7% to 30%, though of course what happens in by-elections isn't necessarily indicative of the general election or even a general trend.

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I don't see LD in Witney so much as "overperformance" than as a kind of "return to normal".

Neat to see Corbyn Anti in fifth place in B&S.

This was their best performance in Witney since 1983. By-elections have limited value in predicting general trends or general elections, but this was very clearly a massive overperformance.

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Britain does recalls now? With only 10% of the vote necessary to recall an MP?

The next time a government is unpopular without an election looming the country is going to be plunged into permanent general election mode. Really doesn't seem congruent with the British election system.