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Humiliating byelection defeat for Brown

Posted by Jack On July - 24 - 2009

smith_thumbDavid Cameron has inflicted a humiliating byelection defeat on Gordon Brown as the Conservatives beat Labour into second place in Norwich North.

In the first electoral test since the MPs’ expenses scandal rocked Westminster, the Tories’ Chloe Smith won the Norfolk seat with a majority of 7,348 and, aged just 27, becomes the youngest MP in the Commons.

Labour’s defeat, in a seat held comfortably by the party since 1997, is the fifth byelection blow Brown has suffered since he took over at No 10.

If the result was repeated across the country in a general election, the Tories would be swept to power with a Commons majority of 218, analysis by the Press Association news agency showed.

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  1. Mac Says:

    Slowly, Brown’s grip on power weakens…

    Posted on July 24th, 2009 at 10:11 pm

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