UKIP win by-election in Humberston & New Waltham

UKIP got some great by-election results yesterday: one win and two second places which made up for the one last place.

Humberston & New Waltham
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %	Change
UKIP	Stephen Harness	1,098	42.0%	+6.6%
Conservative	Harry Hall	738	28.2%	-15.3%
Labour	Ashley Smith	470	18.0%	-3.1%
Lib Dem	Stephen Stead	311	11.9%	+11.9%

Pemberton
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %	Change
Labour	Sam Murphy	1,084	57.4%	-22.7%
UKIP	Alan Freeman	451	23.9%	+23.9%
Community Action	Peter Franzen	203	10.7%	-1.0%
Conservative	Jonathan Cartwright	89	4.7%	-3.5%
BNP	Dennis Shambley	63	3.3%	+3.3%

Bilborough
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %	Change
Labour	Wendy Smith	1,542	67.2%	+5.9%
UKIP	Irenea Marriott	347	15.1%	+15.1%
Conservative	Ian Culley	176	7.7%	-11.9%
Green	Katharina Boettge	103	4.5%	+4.5%
Lib Dem	John Calvert	96	4.2%	-5.8%
Elvis Loves Pets	David Bishop	31	1.4%	+1.4%

Wollaton East and Lenton Abbey
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %	Change
Labour	Sam Webster	627	52.9%	+10.0%
Lib Dem	Tony Sutton	368	31.0%	+1.4%
Conservative	Jeanna Parton	116	9.8%	-14.3%
UKIP	Andrew Taylor	75	6.3%	+2.8%

Congratulations on the win Cllr Harness and well done to the other three candidates for putting themselves forward and achieving two second places.