going to move on now. 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. the lib dem leader, sir ed davey, says the conservatives have ignored local voters, and their blue wall of southern seats is now crumbling. 0ur political correspondent iain watson reports from chesham. the liberal democrat party is duly elected. the lib dems say they ve created a political shock wave, their candidate, sarah green, defeated the conservatives peter fleet by a wide margin, gaining more than half the votes cast. thank you. know what happens when a really powerful, strong orange force goes against a blue wall? the liberal democrats are claiming they can demolish conservative majorities in the same way as borisjohnson s party tore through labour strongholds in the north of england at the la
government will listen. how are you feeling, mr davey? very happy. and a rare chance for the lib dem leader to make the headlines. do you know what happens when a really powerful, strong orange force goes against a blue wall? let me show you. cheering. polls suggest just 7% of voters back his party, but sir ed davey insists this isn t a one off, and lib dems could knock down other conservative strongholds in southern england. i think there is 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 in the next election. so the lib dems we know are good spectacular by election wins, and they will see this as a sign that they are the main challengers to the tories in many southern seats, not labour. and there are conservative mps concerned that there has been too much emphasis on the north
during his side s defeat by finland in copenhagen on saturday. he visited the team today and will now return home with his family. the liberal democrat leader, sir ed davey, has said the party s historic win in the chesham and amersham by election will send a shock wave through british politics. the conservatives had held the seat since its creation in 197a but the lib dem candidate managed to overturn a 16,000 majority and win by more than 8,000 votes. 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 dreamt of losing. enough is enough. we will be heard, and this government will listen. how are you feeling, mr davey? very happy. and a rare chance for the lib dem leader to make the headlines. do you know what happens when a really powerful, strong orange force goes
thank you. know what happens when a really powerful, strong orange force goes against a blue wall? the liberal democrats are claiming they can demolish conservative majorities in the same way as borisjohnson s party tore through labour strongholds in the north of england at the last election. what was really noticeable at the beginning of this campaign was when we knocked on doors in chesham and amersham, people kept saying to us, you re the first politicians to knock on our doors and ask our opinions since i ve lived here, and i ve lived here 40 years or 30 years or 20 years. people in this area have been taken for granted by the conservatives, and that s why they ve turned to the liberal democrats in such huge, huge numbers. the conservatives didn t expect to lose here. the liberal democrats grabbed a brick from the blue wall by relentlessly campaigning on local issues. their candidate opposed to a high speed rail line, hs2. well, nationally, the party supports it. and they also