2014 Rochester and Strood by-election
Result

2014 Rochester and Strood by-election

Section Title: Result
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

UKIP	Mark Reckless	16,867	42.1	N/A

Conservative	Kelly Tolhurst	13,947	34.8	14.4

Labour	Naushabah Khan	6,713	16.8	11.7

Green	Clive Gregory	1,692	4.2	2.7

Liberal Democrat	Geoff Juby	349	0.9	15.5

Monster Raving Loony	Hairy Knorm Davidson	151	0.4	N/A

Independent	Stephen Goldsbrough	69	0.2	N/A

People Before Profit	Nick Long	69	0.2	N/A

Britain First	Jayda Fransen	56	0.1	N/A

Independent	Mike Barker	54	0.1	N/A

Independent	Charlotte Rose	43	0.1	N/A

Patriotic Socialist Party	Dave Osborn	33	0.1	N/A

Independent	Christopher Challis	22	0.1	N/A

Majority	2,920	7.3

Turnout	40,065	50.6	14.3

UKIP gain from Conservative	Swing	28.3 %

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Reckless polled 42.1% of the vote as the UKIP candidate.

final_sentence: Reckless polled 42.1% of the vote as the UKIP candidate.