UKIP on warpath as Labour claim Oldham by-election

UKIP leader Nigel Farage has hit out strongly after Labour won a crushing victory in the by election for Oldham West and Royton.

Labour actually increased their share of the vote in the seat vacated by the death of veteran MP Michael Meacher. They won by more than ten thousand votes.

UKIP were a distant second - but their leader's come out fighting today. Nigel Farage blamed postal voting and mass immigration for his party's failure.