Tuesday 9 April 2013

UKIP win in North East Lincolnshire

UKIP had another by-election win on Thursday with Stephen Harness gaining a second seat on North East Lincolnshire Council.

Cllr Harness secured 42% of the vote to take the seat off the Tories.  He will join Cllr Ron Shepherd who was elected to represent Scartho last year to form a UKIP group.

CandidatePartyVotes%
Stephen HarnessUKIP1,09842
Harry HallCon73828
Ashley SmithLab47018
Stephen SteadLib Dem31112

Turnout: 30%