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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/lib-dems-humiliated-in-byelection.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-lib-dems-humiliated-in-byelection.jpg" alt="Labour's Dan Jarvis celebrates his victory in the Metrodome Complex, Barnsley"/></a></p>
<p>The Liberal Democrats have been relegated to a humiliating sixth place in the Barnsley Central by-election, in a dire result for Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.</p>
<p>Having come second in last year&#8217;s general election, the Lib Dems were overtaken by the Tories, the UK Independence Party (Ukip), the British National Party and an independent.</p>
<p>Labour candidate Dan Jarvis cruised to a resounding victory &#8211; as expected in what is one of Labour&#8217;s safest seats. The anti-Brussels Ukip came second, ahead of the Conservative Party.</p>
<p>Lib Dem candidate Dominic Carman lost his deposit, securing a meagre 4.18% of the vote. The Lib Dem vote share last May was 17.28%. Mr Carman said: &#8220;The voters here in Barnsley have given me and the Liberal Democrats a kicking. We can take it.&#8221;</p>
<p>In a major reverse the for the Tories as well, their vote share fell from 17.26% last year to 8.25% for candidate James Hockney.</p>
<p>Mr Jarvis increased Labour&#8217;s vote share from 47.26% to 60.8%, giving party leader Ed Miliband a boost.</p>
<p>Ukip, which came fifth last year, saw their share of the vote surge from 4.67% to 12.19% for their candidate Jane Collins. The BNP came fourth &#8211; the same position as last May &#8211; but with a smaller share of the vote.</p>
<p>Newly-elected MP Mr Jarvis &#8211; a single father and a former member of the Parachute Regiment &#8211; accused Mr Clegg and Prime Minister David Cameron of paying the price for their &#8220;reckless policies&#8221;. &#8220;Tonight the people of Barnsley central are sending the strongest possible message to David Cameron and Nick Clegg,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Your reckless policies, your broken promises and your unfair cuts are letting our country down.&#8221;</p>
<p>Turnout was a low 36.5%.</p>
<p>The by-election was caused by the resignation of Eric Illsley, the Labour MP who was jailed for 12 months in February for expenses fraud.</p>
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