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David Cameron heralds 'the end of New Labour'
A jubilant David Cameron hailed another "remarkable victory" after the Tories overturned a 7,000 Labour majority to take the Crewe and Nantwich by-election with a massive 17.6% swing from Labour.
The Conservative leader said the campaign marked the "end of New Labour".
And he vowed that he would not betray the trust of the thousands of voters who turned out to vote Conservative for the first time. He said that he would now work to put together a "broad coalition" to oust the Labour Government and secure a return to power for the Tories at the next general election.
"Just like in the local elections, just like in the London mayoralty election, thousands of people came to vote for the Conservative Party for the first time and my message to those people is 'We will not let you down'," he told reporters as he left his west London home en route for Crewe.
"I want to go on building this broad coalition for change so we can bring our country better government," he said.
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