Labour suffers worst defeat in 70 years as it loses Copeland by-election to Tories

Trudy Harrison (C) 13,748 (44.25%, +8.46%)

Gillian Troughton (Lab) 11,601 (37.34%, -4.92%)

Rebecca Hanson (LD) 2,252 (7.25%, +3.80%)

Fiona Mills (UKIP) 2,025 (6.52%, -9.00%)

Michael Guest (Ind) 811 (2.61%)

Jack Lenox (Green) 515 (1.66%, -1.32%)

Roy Ivinson (Ind) 116 (0.37%) 

Conservative Party candidate Trudy Harrison celebrates with her husband Keith, after winning the Copeland by-election