Two wins for UKIP while Elvis beats the Lib Dems

More popular than the Lib Dems

UKIP won two council seats from the Conservatives in Haverhill yesterday:

St Edmundsbury Borough Council (Haverhill East)
Name	Party	Votes	%
Tony Brown	UKIP	529	54%
Pat Hanlon	Lab	240	24%
David Roach	Con	157	16%
Ken Rolph	LD	54	5%
UKIP gain from Con

Haverhill Town Council (Haverhill East)
Name	Party	Votes	%
Paul Firman	UKIP	630	64%
Ken Rolph	LD	107	11%
Liz Smith	Lab	229	23%
UKIP gain from Con

The best result of the day. though, was in the Clifton North by-election in Nottingham where the Lib Dems were relegated to last place by the Bus Pass Elvis Party.

Nottingham City Council (Clifton North)
Name	Party	Votes	%
Patricia Ferguson	Lab	1,179	41%
Andrew Rule	Con	1,025	36%
Kevin Clarke	UKIP	536	19%
David "Lord Biro" Bishop	Bus Pass Elvis	67	2%
Tony Marshall	LD	56	2%

Big UKIP win in Haverhill East

UKIP candidate Tony Brown has won the Haverhill East by-election for a seat on St Edmundsbury District Council with over half the vote.

The LibLabCon vote collapsed whilst UKIP's vote share went from zero to 54%.

Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %	Change
UKIP	Tony Brown	529	54.0%	+54.0%
Labour	Pat Hanlon	240	24.5%	-12.7%
Conservative	David Roach	157	16.0%	-31.9%
Lib Dems	Ken Rolph	54	5.5%	-9.4%