2013 South Shields by-election
Result

2013 South Shields by-election

Section Title: Result
Table Section Text: None

Election	Political result	Candidate	Party	Votes	%	±%

South Shields by-election, 2013 Resignation of David Miliband Electorate: 62,979 Turnout: 24,780 (39.3%) −18.4	Labour hold Majority: 6,505 (26.3%) −4.1	Emma Lewell-Buck	Labour	12,493	50.4	−1.6

Richard Elvin	UKIP	5,988	24.2	N/A

Karen Allen	Conservative	2,857	11.5	−10.1

Ahmed Khan	Independent	1,331	5.4	N/A

Phil Brown	Independent Socialist Party	750	3.0	N/A

Dorothy Brookes	BNP	711	2.9	−3.6

Hugh Annand	Liberal Democrat	352	1.4	−12.8

Alan "Howling Laud" Hope	Monster Raving Loony	197	0.8	N/A

Thomas Darwood	Independent	57	0.2	N/A

General Election 2010 Electorate: 64,084 Turnout: 36,518 (57.7%) +7.0	Labour hold Majority: 11,109 (30.4%) −10.4 Swing: -6.4% from Lab to Con	David Miliband	Labour	18,995	52.0	8.8

Karen Allen	Conservative	7,886	21.6	+4.0

Stephen Psallidas	Liberal Democrat	5,189	14.2	5.0

Donna Watson	BNP	2,382	6.5	N/A

Shirley Ford	Green	762	2.1	N/A

Siamak Kaikavoosi	Independent	729	2.0	N/A

Victor Thompson	Independent	316	0.9	N/A

Sam Navabi	Independent	168	0.5	N/A

Roger Nettleship	Fight for an Anti-War Government	91	0.2	N/A

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The UK Independence Party (UKIP) came second with 24.2% of the votes, and the Conservatives dropped to a third with 11.5% of the votes.

final_sentence: The UK Independence Party (UKIP) came second with 24.2% of the votes, and the Conservatives dropped to a third with 11.5% of the votes.