UKIP slaat grote bressen in aanhang concurrentie tijdens by-election - LibDems gedecimeerd

Labour's Emma Lewell-Buck has won the South Shields parliamentary by-election, with UKIP's Richard Elvin coming second. The Conservatives finished third, but the Liberal Democrats were pushed down to seventh place. Ms Lewell-Buck, a married social worker, has become the first female MP in South Shields.

She won 12,493 votes, beating Mr Elvin by 6,505 votes in the contest triggered by former foreign secretary David Miliband's decision to quit British politics.