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Originally Posted by Damien
The Tories were expected to lose the two by-elections but not on the scale they did. Especially the Liberal Democrat win, the Tories had a small hope the majority was so big they could hold it but I don't think they expected for the Liberal Democrats to win so easily.
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Most of the time Tiverton seemed to be a narrow win for the Conservatives from the reports I had read, except yesterday when it looked likely it would fall.
Apparently, the Conservative candidate Helen Hurford was so convinced she would win that she had no concession speech ready! So she dashed out at 4am without making one and did not speak to the press.