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Have Ukip's by-election successes made you more likely to vote for them?

With two MPs now to their name, Ukip leader Nigel Farage has said he would be "very surprised" if more Tory MPs did not choose to jump ship and join his party in the run-up to the general election next year.

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But have Ukip's by-election successes made you more likely to vote for them next may?

David Cameron has vowed to win back Rochester and Strood for the Conservatives after seeing Ukip secure its second by-election triumph over the Tories in the space of six weeks.

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Amid jubilant scenes, Mark Reckless, who defected from the Tories to trigger the showdown with his former party, regained his Kent seat with a majority of 2,920 in polling on Thursday.

Among the Conservative high command, there was relief that the final result was closer than many commentators had been predicting.

In the aftermath of the vote, a number of prominent Tory Euro-sceptics - including John Baron, Philip Davies and Stewart Jackson - came out to declare their continuing allegiance to the party.

But the result was another blow for Mr Cameron, following the victory of Mr Reckless's fellow Conservative defector Douglas Carswell in Clacton.

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