In 60-seconds: UKIP's night of triumph
The UK Independence Party has gained its first elected MP, with Douglas Carswell taking the seat of Clacton by 12,404 votes.
5 live's chief political correspondent John Pienaar summarised the result of the by-election in Clacton: "The UKIP party, and now UKIP MP Douglas Carswell won by a landslide, majority of 12 000 plus".
Labour held on to Heywood and Middleton but UKIP slashed its majority to 617: "Enough to give Ed Miliband a bit of a sleepless night".
John Pienaar added: "The shape of politics is changing and swirling like some great psychodelic kaleidoscope".
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