In Rotherham Labour gained 9866 votes to win for a party shamed by corrution and sleaze where 4,648 voters had at least seen the light and voted for UKIP to put that so maligned party into a firm second place, read a Guardian report from here. The LibDems lost their deposit and came in eighth behind the English Democrats - yet another anti EU Party.
UKIP gained second place in Middlesborough and came in third in Croydon North; The full results and percentages will be posted on this blog when available. Here is a quote from Nigel Farage, UKIP Party Leader on the results:
"It looks as though this will be our best by-election by a
country mile. It's a big night for Ukip."