Local elections 2013: UKIP arrives on the mainstream scene (results only).

OVERALL COMPOSITION

Party	Vote	Councils		Councillors
CON	25%	18	(-10)	1116	(-335)
LAB	29%	3	(+2)	538	(+291)
LD	14%	0		352	(-124)
UKIP	23%	0		147	(+139)
GRN		0		22	(+5)
OTH	9%	0		187	(+24)
NOC	n/a	13	(+8)	n/a

NOC = no overall control (i.e. no party has a majority)

FULL RESULTS
UNITARY
Bristol (⅓)
Cornwall
Durham
Isle of Wight - NOC gain from Con
Northumberland
Shropshire
Wiltshire

COUNTY COUNCILS
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire - NOC gain from Con
Cumbria
Derbyshire - LAB gain from Con
Devon
Dorset
East Sussex - NOC gain from Con
Essex
Gloucestershire - NOC gain from Con
Hampshire
Hertfordshire
Isle of Angelsey
Kent
Lancashire - NOC gain from Con
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire - NOC gain from Con
Norfolk - NOC gain from Con
North Yorkshire
Northamptonshire
Nottinghamshire - LAB gain from Con
Oxfordshire - NOC gain from Con
Somerset
Staffordshire
Suffolk
Surrey
Warwickshire - NOC gain from Con
West Sussex
Worcestershire

MAYORAL
Doncaster - Ros Jones - LAB gain from Ind
North Tyneside - Norma Redfearn - LAB gain from Con

SOUTH SHIELDS BY ELECTION LAB hold

Emma Lewell-Buck Labour	12,493	50.5% (-1.6%)
Richard Elvin UKIP	5,988	24.2%
Karen Allen Conservatives	2,857	11.6% (-10.1%)
Ahmed Khan Independent	1,331	5.4%
Phil Brown Independent Socialist	750	3.0%
Dororthy MacBeth Brookes BNP	711	2.9% (-3.6%)
Hugh Annand Liberal Democrats	352	1.4% (-12.8%)
Howling Laud Hope Monster Raving Loony	197	0.8%
Thomas Darwood Independent	57	0.2%

Total votes: 24,780 Turnout: 39.3% Majority: 6,505