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Monday 17 November 2014

Further Tory defector to UKIP now odds-on

David Cameron should be steeling himself for further Tory MPs to defect to UKIP in the wake of expected defeat in Thursday's Rochester & Strood by-election, according to Ladbrokes. With UKIP now red-hot 1/33 favourites to return a second MP, speculation has continued to mount about which Conservative will be next to jump ship, and the bookies make it odds-on that at least one does so before Christmas,

The rebellious MP for Kettering, Philip Hollobone, is now the 2/1 favourite to be next to join fellow Dulwich College old boy Nigel Farage in the UKIP ranks. Next in the betting come Basildon & Billericay Member John Baron and Crawley's Henry Smith. Matthew Shaddick of Ladbrokes said: "The Rochester by-election is now a one-horse race and the only question in punter's minds is who's next"

Ladbrokes' latest betting

Any Further Tory MP to defect before December 25th
Yes 8/11
No Evens


Next Tory MP to defect to UKIP
Philip Hollobone 2/1
John Baron 3/1
Henry Smith 4/1
Mark Pritchard 6/1
Peter Bone 8/1
George Eustice 8/1
Gordon Henderson 10/1
Grant Shapps 100/1
David Cameron 500/1


Rochester & Strood by-election
UKIP 1/33
Conservative 14/1
Labour 100/1
Others on request.