The Liberal Democrats received less than 5% of the vote in Thursday's Newark by-election, meaning they they forfeited the £500 deposit all candidates must provide in order to get onto the ballot.
This is the ninth time the Lib Dems have lost their deposit in a by-election during this parliament. While that's bad news for the party, that's a gain of £4,500 for the public purse.
Here's how that money could be spent, if it was diverted to frontline services: