come on! let s go. the liberal democrats are celebrating a stunning by election victory, after winning a seat that has been conservative for almost half a century. sarah green won chesham and amersham in buckinghamshire byjust over 8,000 votes, overturning a tory majority of 16,000. speaking to our political correspondent, the lib dem leader, sir ed davey, says the conservatives blue wall of southern seats is now crumbling. i think there s a shock wave through british politics. this wasn tjust another liberal democrat by election victory, it was one of our best ever. and on the swing that we achieved, dozens of conservative seats would fall to the liberal democrats the next election, and it s notjust a one off. if you look at the local elections in places like oxfordshire and cambridgeshire, we now run them for the first time ever. we took lots of seats off the conservatives in places like hertfordshire and surrey and wiltshire, and so traditionally, liberal democrats have gained se
pans out. i m sorry you got the worst of the weather pans out. i m sorry you got the worst of the weather at - pans out. i m sorry you got the i worst of the weather at wembley. lovely a new k and newcastle this evening. you got the football, that what counts. you got the football, that what counts. the liberal democrat leader sir ed davey has said the party s historic win in the chesham and amersham by election will send a shockwave through british politics. the seat had been a conservative stronghold since its creation in 1974 but the lib dem candidate managed to overturn a 16 thousand majority and win by more than 8,000 votes. the conservatives said the result was disappointing and they d now analyse what went wrong. 0ur deputy political editor vicki young reports. finally, the liberal democrats have something to cheer about. victory in a leafy buckinghamshire seat the conservatives would never have dreams of losing. enough is enough. we will be heard, and this government will