Chloe Smith wins Norwich North by-election

The Conservative candidate, Chloe Smith, has won the Norwich North by-election with a majority of 7,348.

She received 13,591 votes, with the Labour candidate in second place on 6,243 and the Lib Dem candidate in third with 4,803.

Labour had previously held the seat with a majority of 5,459, which means there was a swing to the Conservatives of 16%.

Chloe paid tribute to her predecessor, Dr Ian Gibson, who she described as a “strong, independent, local voice”.

But she stressed that the by-election had been "a victory for honest politics”, with the people of Norwich North electing to "vote for change”.

Chloe, who is 27-years-old, will become the youngest MP in the House of Commons when she takes her seat.

Cameron hails "historic result" in Norwich North

David Cameron described Chloe Smith’s victory in the Norwich North by-election as a “historic result” and praised the “positive way” in which she had conducted her campaign.

David went to Norwich to congratulate Chloe on her win, and told a crowd that she will make a “first-class Member of Parliament”.

He also stressed, “She’s fought a campaign that she can be proud of and the whole Conservative Party can be proud of.”

David condemned the “utterly despicable” tactics used by Labour campaigners in the by-election, and attacked them for spreading "untruth after untruth" about Conservative policies.

He said that Labour should learn a lesson from the result: that the country has had enough of Gordon Brown’s "dividing lines and misleading claims", and want a Government that is “frank and honest” instead.