title: Elections are opportunities for us to wield our political power.
abstract: Conservative MP Douglas Carswell has defected to UKIP and resigned his seat, sparking a by-election in his Clacton constituency.
authors.forename: Zeba
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Arif
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009729:Nursing; D011057:Politics; D012956:Societies, Nursing; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom