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11 Sep 2014:Giles Watling playing catch-up against Douglas Carswell, who was the town's MP before defecting from Tory ranks to Ukip
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11 Sep 2014: Actor Giles Watling and Sue Lissimore, who works at an electrical firm, go head to head in runup to byelection
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4 Sep 2014:
Roger Lord: I was the candidate for Ukip in Clacton until Douglas Carswell came calling. Farage has replaced democracy with a casting couch
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4 Sep 2014: Conservative party says it will hold public meeting at which residents will vote from a shortlist selected by local association
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2 Sep 2014: Essex vote triggered by former Conservative MP Douglas Carswell's shock defection to Ukip will be held on 9 October
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31 Aug 2014:
Nigel Evans suggests Conservatives should not fight Douglas Carswell in next month's Clacton byelection
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31 Aug 2014: 44-point lead predicted for Douglas Carswell, whose defection from the Tories to Nigel Farage's party shocked Westminster
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Video
(1min 25sec),
29 Aug 2014:
Douglas Carswell, the Tory MP who has defected to Ukip, says on Friday he is taking a risk by calling a byelection in his Clacton constituency
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29 Aug 2014:
Tory whips scramble to secure party against further departures after hardline Eurosceptic MP triggers Clacton on Sea byelection
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28 Aug 2014: Follow live updates after Tory MP Douglas Carswell announced he is defecting to Ukip forcing a crucial byelection in his Clacton constituency
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28 Aug 2014: Eurosceptic MP says he is resigning from parliament and standing for Ukip at a byelection in his Essex seat of Clacton
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Video
(3min 04sec),
28 Aug 2014:
The Tory MP for Clacton, Douglas Carswell, announces his resignation from the Conservative party as he joins the UK Independence party
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