The Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent North, Ruth Smeeth, says she's not worried about UKIP closing the gap on her party in the city.

Speaking to BBC Radio Stoke, she said voters had spoken "clearly" that they don't want a "city of hate and division". 

Here' are the Stoke-on-Trent central results. 

The graph shows how close it was between UKIP and the Conservatives, just 79 votes separating the two.

For the full list of results, click here.

The Labour leader has vowed he will fight on, and hailed his party's victory in Stoke.

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Chairman Paul Oakden says result is "disappointing but not desperate".  

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn say for his party it's a "day for celebration" in Stoke and a "day of disappointment" in Copeland.   

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The UKIP leader has tweeted thanks following his unsuccessful campaign in Stoke-on-Trent Central. 

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Paul Oakden, UKIP's chair, has just been in the BBC Radio Stoke office linking up live to the Victoria Derbyshire show. 

Celebrating his Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election win, Gareth Snell said: "To those who came to Stoke-on-Trent to sow hatred and division, I have one simple message: you have failed."   

He also thanked "the 100s of volunteers" who have helped in the by-election. 

"You have made our movement proud," he said.

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UKIP says their leader was victim of "smear campaign" during the Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election.  

Paul Nuttall (pictured) had hoped to become UKIP's second MP, joining colleague Douglas Carswell at Westminster. 

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Mr Nuttall was pinning his hopes on winning Stoke-on-Trent, which recorded one of the highest proportions of Leave votes anywhere in the UK in last summer's EU referendum.  

But his campaign was dogged by personal gaffes - culminating in a fierce backlash earlier this month over  false claims he lost close friends  in the Hillsborough tragedy. 

The BBC's Norman Smith says the party believes Mr Nuttall is a victim of a smear campaign:

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Political reporter, BBC Radio Stoke

The Official Monster Raving Loony Party were in fine voice and fashion last night and into this morning. 

Their candidate, The Incredible Flying Brick, received 127 votes, just behind Barbara Fielding of the Independents who gained 137 votes. 

The UK rapper said he had been making a film in the area.

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I've been out on the streets of Hanley to ask voters what they think of the by-election result. 

In case you missed it earlier, here are the full results. 

• Gareth Snell, Labour: 7,853
• Paul Nuttall, UKIP: 5,233
• Jack Brereton, Conservatives: 5,154
• Zulfiqar Ali, Lib Dems: 2,083
• Adam Colclough, Greens: 294
• Barbara Fielding, Independent: 137
• The Incredible Flying Brick, Official Monster Raving Loony Party: 127
• David Furness, British National Party Local People First: 124
• Godfrey Davies Christian People's Alliance: 109
• Mohammed Akram, Independent: 56

Turnout: 36.7%

Labour councillor for Meir North in Stoke-on-Trent,  Ruth Rosenau, , external says despite the Labour win, the fact that their majority has been halved is worrying.

Labour MP Jack Dromey, who ran the Stoke Central campaign, says his party is not yet "a credible alternative government", but its by-election victory for Gareth Snell is "a decisive moment".

He says there is a view that his party is "not listening" but the by-election win shows "what we have done in this community is precisely to do that".

It's normally all about the winner, but the difference between the parties that came second and third was extremely close. 

Second-place Paul Nuttall, of UKIP, was only 79 votes ahead of Jack Brereton (pictured), for the Conservatives, who finished third.  

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The Conservatives take Cumbrian seat from Labour but the opposition holds off UKIP in Stoke Central.

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Professor Mick Temple, from Staffordshire University, has praised the way Labour organised their campaign in Stoke Central.

He's been with the Radio Stoke breakfast show to share his expert opinion on the by-election, won by Labour's Gareth Snell (pictured). 

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Political reporter, BBC Radio Stoke

Rapper Professor Green caused a stir when he unexpectedly turned up at the Stoke-on-Trent by-election count.  

BBC Stoke's Emma Thomas found out he was busy filming a documentary.

Read more here . 

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BBC Weather presenter

Cold and bright to start with scattered showers and patchy frost and ice, especially on untreated surfaces.

Most of us will have a fine and cold day with much lighter winds and some spells of sunshine - highs of 8C (46F).