Local Elections: Major Rotherham gains for UKIP
The results from local elections around the region:
Yorkshire: UKIP won seats, Labour held councils
UKIP is celebrating election success after making large gains in Rotherham, where it's now the largest opposition party in the Labour run authority.
Elsewhere in the Calendar region Labour held onto the councils it controlled, and took overall control of Bradford. But there's been criticism from some within the party that it should have done better.
UKIP says it's now a real political force to be reckoned with, as Chris Kiddey reports:
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Local Elections: The results in your area
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Rotherham now Westminster target for UKIP
UKIP are likely to make Rotherham a key target for 2015 after a storming result in the local elections.