A couple of hours before the result of the West Lancashire by-election was declared shortly before 2am, senior Tories at the count were prepared for the worst, writes Sky's joncraig
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As for West Lancashire, it has a new MP who on the evidence of this morning - in her victory speech and subsequent interview with Sky News - will be a powerful and extremely vocal advocate for the constituency. There had long been plans to rebuild a train station, but the government rejected these proposals last year - a move West Lancashire's previous MP, Rosie Cooper, described as a"cruel joke".
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