AlexBritton published Election 2015: Newark expecting a quieter campaign than a year...

It was nearly 12 months ago that Westminster decamped en masse to Newark as the prospect of a by-election caused a few jitters in the political circles.The European elections a few weeks before had seen people turning to UKIP in their masses and there was the prospect of their first MP being returned in Nottinghamshire.To shore up the Conservative vote, more than 300 Tory MPs were required to make at least three visits to the constituency.David Cameron, Boris Johnson and George Osborne were...