Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
1967 Cambridge by-election
Table title:
Result of the by-election on 21 September 1967
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Party </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Candidate </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Votes </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > % </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > ± </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Conservative </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > David Lane </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 20,488 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 51.61 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > +8.19 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Labour </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > George Scurfield </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 14,510 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 36.55 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 8.92 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Liberal </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > David Spreckley </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 4,701 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 11.84 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > +1.64 </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Majority </th><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 5,978 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 15.06 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Turnout </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 39,699 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 65.7 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Conservative gain from Labour </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Swing </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
What was the outcome of the 1967 Cambridge by-election for the conservatives?
Answer:
In the 1967 Cambridge by-elections, a swing of more than eight percent to the Conservatives saw their candidate David Lane win by 5,978 votes.