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He said false statements about him laughing at Kim Leadbeater as she was harassed also derailed his campaign.

The by-election was seen as a straight fight between Labour’s Kim Leadbeater and the Tories’ Ryan Stephenson - but then Galloway happened.

The voting was being closely scrutinised as a litmus test of whether the anti-immigration National Rally was gaining in acceptability.

Last month, Nicola Sturgeon said Boris Johnson will have to take the Scottish government to court to stop her second referendum.

The case is thought to be the first time that sitting MPs or peers have taken legal action against the Government on the grounds of national security.

Have the NIMBYs spoken or was it something else that led to defeat?

It comes as polling expert Sir John Curtice told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that he made it the “worst Labour performance in any by-election”.

It is the party's worst result in a parliamentary by-election ever, according to reports.

In a stunning result, the Liberal Democrats took 56.7 per cent of the vote to secure a majority of 8,028.