Conservative candidate Peter Fleet admitted he had not foreseen his byelection loss to the Liberal Democrats' Sarah Green. Fleet said the 'absolutely extraordinary result' had been driven by the Lib Dems directing the full force of their campaigning machine at the constituency

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