UKIP gets its first MP ever election win

Former Tory MP Douglas Carswell became the first UKIP candidate to be elected to the House of Commons.

16:28 10 October 2014

The UKIP Independence Party celebrated gaining its first MP as former Tory MP Douglas Carswell took the seat of Clackton by 12,404 votes. UKIP leader Nigel Farage said he had "shaken up British politics".

Meanwhile, Labour held on to Heywood and Middleton but UKIP slashed its majority to 617. Mr Farage told BBC Breakfast that UKIP’s second place in the abovementioned places was “even more significant” than its win in Clacton as the party becomes the main opposition of Labour in northern cities.

He added: "Something big is happening here. People want change, they have had enough of career politicians in three parties."

Meanwhile, Labour leader Ed Miliband said: "There won't be a shred of complacency from us as we reach out to all those voters who didn't vote Labour and those who didn't vote at all."

"To my new party I offer these thoughts: humility when we win, modesty when we are proved right. If we speak with passion, let it always be tempered by compassion."