South Shields parliamentary by-election in UK - Thursday May 02,2013

Labour Party has won the South Shields parliamentary by-election, retaining a seat it has held since 1935.
The UK Independence Party(UKIP) finished a clear second, with a 24% share of the total vote.

The Conservatives were pushed into third while their Liberal Democrat coalition partners finished seventh.

Labour Party candidate Emma Lewell-Buck said she was "absolutely ecstatic" about her by-election victory.

Vote Details:

Emma Lewell-Buck (Labour Party) 12,493

Richard Peter Elvin (UK Independence Party) 5,988

Karen Allen (Conservative Party) 2,857

Ahmed Khan (Independent) 1,331

Phil Brown (The Independent Socialist Party) 750

Lady Dorothy MacBeth Brookes (British National Party) 711

Hugh Annand (Liberal Democrat) 352

Howling Laud Hope (The Official Monster Raving Loony Party) 197

Thomas Faithful Darwood (Independent) 57

Note
The South Shields contest was triggered by the resignation of former Labour Foreign Secretary David Miliband as an MP.