Ukip And Conservative Candidates Prepare For By-Election In Clacton-On-Sea [Getty Images]

FRINTON-ON-SEA, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 08: United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) candidate Douglas Carswell receives a hug from supporter Asma Jackson as he canvasses for votes on October 8, 2014 in Frinton-on-Sea, England. A by-election is being held in Clacton-on-Sea after the sitting Conservative party Member of Parliament Douglas Carswell defected to UKIP. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

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