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[[Douglas Carswell]] was a [[Conservative Party]] MP for Harwich from 2005 to 2010, and MP for Clacton from 2010<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/douglas-carswell/31685 Douglas Carswell], parliament.uk, accessed 14 october 2012</ref> until in August 2014 he defected to join [[UKIP]] (the [[United Kingdom Independence Party]]).<ref>Nicholas Watt, [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/aug/28/douglas-carswell-ukip-defects-tory-mp-byelection Tory MP Douglas Carswell defects to UKIP and forces byelection], ''The Guardian'', 28 August 2014, accessed 11 September 2014.</ref>
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[[Douglas Carswell]] was a [[Conservative Party]] MP for Harwich from 2005 to 2010, and MP for Clacton from 2010.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/douglas-carswell/31685 Douglas Carswell], parliament.uk, accessed 14 october 2012</ref> In August 2014 he defected to join [[UKIP]] (the [[United Kingdom Independence Party]]).<ref>Nicholas Watt, [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/aug/28/douglas-carswell-ukip-defects-tory-mp-byelection Tory MP Douglas Carswell defects to UKIP and forces byelection], ''The Guardian'', 28 August 2014, accessed 11 September 2014.</ref> He resigned his seat to force a bye-election which he won in October 2014.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-29549414 UKIP gains first elected MP with Clacton win], BBC News, 10 October 2014.</ref>
  
 
==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==

Revision as of 02:45, 10 October 2014

Douglas Carswell was a Conservative Party MP for Harwich from 2005 to 2010, and MP for Clacton from 2010.[1] In August 2014 he defected to join UKIP (the United Kingdom Independence Party).[2] He resigned his seat to force a bye-election which he won in October 2014.[3]

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  1. Douglas Carswell, parliament.uk, accessed 14 october 2012
  2. Nicholas Watt, Tory MP Douglas Carswell defects to UKIP and forces byelection, The Guardian, 28 August 2014, accessed 11 September 2014.
  3. UKIP gains first elected MP with Clacton win, BBC News, 10 October 2014.