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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/byelection-blow-for-coalition.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Labour's Dan Jarvis celebrates his victory in the Metrodome Complex, Barnsley" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/min-byelection-blow-for-coalition.jpg" alt="Labour's Dan Jarvis celebrates his victory in the Metrodome Complex, Barnsley"/></a></p>
<p>The coalition has been dealt a major by-election blow as the Liberal Democrats finished a woeful sixth place and the Tories were overtaken by the UK Independence Party (Ukip).</p>
<p>In a humiliating result for Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg in Barnsley Central, his party finished behind not only Labour and the Conservatives but also Ukip, the British National Party and a local independent.</p>
<p>There was also embarrassment for Prime Minister David Cameron as the Tories saw their vote share slump dramatically and the anti-Brussels Ukip beat them into third. However, Labour cruised as expected to a resounding victory in what is one of the party&#8217;s safest seats.</p>
<p>Newly-elected MP Dan Jarvis, a former army major, increased Labour&#8217;s majority from 11,093 to 11,771, despite a much lower turnout than in last May&#8217;s general election.</p>
<p>Only 36.5% of registered voters cast their ballots, down from 56.45% last year.</p>
<p>The Lib Dems &#8211; whose candidate Dominic Carman lost his deposit after securing a meagre 4.18% vote share &#8211; admitted they had been given a &#8220;kicking&#8221;.</p>
<p>Party president Tim Farron said: &#8220;It was a poor result for us. It was a poor result for the Tories. The coalition parties didn&#8217;t do very well here. Surprise, surprise.&#8221;</p>
<p>The extent of the Lib Dems&#8217; slide surpassed all predictions, with advance speculation suggesting that one or both of the BNP and Ukip might overhaul Mr Clegg&#8217;s party. To be beaten also by an independent candidate with no party machine behind him &#8211; unemployed ex-miner Tony Devoy &#8211; is particularly embarrassing for the Lib Dems.</p>
<p>Ukip leader Nigel Farage said the result marked a major shift in the electoral landscape with the Lib Dems losing their status as the established third party. &#8220;This marks a big change for us. We are now the voice of opposition in British politics. The Lib Dems have lost that mantle,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>Mr Jarvis &#8211; a former member of the Parachute Regiment who has served in Iraq and Afghanistan &#8211; said Mr Cameron and Mr Clegg were paying the price for their &#8220;reckless policies&#8221;. &#8220;The people of Barnsley Central are sending the strongest possible message to David Cameron and Nick Clegg,&#8221; he said in his acceptance speech. &#8220;Your reckless policies, your broken promises and your unfair cuts are letting our country down.&#8221;</p>
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