2013 South Shields by-election

The 2013 South Shields by-election was for the UK Parliament constituency of South Shields. The by-election happened because the previous MP, David Miliband, decided he didn't want to be MP anymore. Miliband had the seat since 2001. The by-election happened on 2 May 2013. This was the same day as the local elections around England.
Emma Lewell-Buck of the Labour Party won the by-election. She got 50.4% of the vote. The UK Independence Party (UKIP) came second. The Conservatives lost many votes. They had the third most amount of votes in the by-election.