Swinging south-west: Lib Dems buoyant after Devon byelection win

Party hopes Tiverton and Honiton victory could be start of shift away from Tories in yellow hedge' seats

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Surrounded by a bobbing sea of orange placards, the Liberal Democrat leader, Ed Davey, gleefully pops his head around a bright blue door emblazoned with the slogan: It's time to show Boris the door."

The Lib Dems have always loved a cheeky byelection photocall, but this one on Friday morning was particularly sweet after their extraordinary victory in the rural constituency of Tiverton and Honiton - a third political earthquake after Chesham and Amersham a year ago and North Shropshire in December.