The post you are reporting:
Labour have held on to their seat in Feltham, west London. But it threw up some interesting voting. This By Election was held following the death of the sitting Labour MP and although previously held by Labour it is considered a marginal seat in that it has been held at regular intervals by either side in the past.
The vote went like this :
Labour - 12,639 (54.42%, +10.79%)
Conservatives - 6,436 (27.71%, -6.32%)
Lib Dems - 1,364 (5.87%, -7.87%)
UKIP - 1,276 (5.49%, +3.45%)
What is most interesting above is not the voting numbers themselves but the percentage swings within the brackets. Labour secured a swing of 10.79% which is quite substantial despite the up/down leadership of Ed Miliband.
The only other gains are UKIP who's vote is up 3.45% but...but...they failed even to beat the Libdems. My feeling is that this will disappoint UKIP greatly. Despite a voting increase in their favour, it was just a slight increase, and they failed to dislodge the hugely unpopular Libdems from 3rd place. UKIP did not expect to win outright but their leadership did expect to beat the Libdems. They wanted 3rd place very badly indeed so that they could claim momentum.
So to sum up...Labour consolidate with an increased majority and UKIP fail to beat the Libdems.
Voting apathy won the day though...turnout was only 28.8%.