:00:00. > :00:09.Hello I'm Stewart White. First from us. Now
:00:10. > :00:13.Hello I'm Stewart White. First tonight. UKIP are the big winners in
:00:14. > :00:15.the local elections in the East. Winning dozens of seats. The
:00:16. > :00:19.Conservatives lost overall control of three councils in Essex. Labour
:00:20. > :00:23.lost their majority at Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. Nikki Fox has
:00:24. > :00:28.been looking at what the results mean. For councils in this region.
:00:29. > :00:31.The UKIP leader talked about a political earthquake. And the
:00:32. > :00:34.tremors were felt strongly in our region. Out of ten councils
:00:35. > :00:39.contested in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex. This is how many seats each
:00:40. > :00:45.party now holds across the three counties. The Conservatives still
:00:46. > :00:51.have the highest number.158. Labour has the second highest. While the
:00:52. > :00:59.Liberal democrats won 51 seats. UKIP now has the fourth highest number of
:01:00. > :01:03.seats. And this is why the other parties are worried. UKIP have gone
:01:04. > :01:06.from having just one seat to 40. A gain of 39 seats. They've taken them
:01:07. > :01:10.mostly off the Conservatives.but the other parties have also lost out.
:01:11. > :01:14.UKIP still hasn't done enough to control any one council. But what
:01:15. > :01:17.their increase in popularity does mean is that three conservative
:01:18. > :01:23.councils in Essex and the Labour council in Great Yarmouth are now in
:01:24. > :01:26.no overall control. In Basildon and Great Yarmouth the gains were
:01:27. > :01:31.particularly high with a ten fold increase in seats. Andrew Sinclair
:01:32. > :01:37.has been assessing the impact of what's happened.
:01:38. > :01:40.The UKIP leader in Basildon this afternoon congratulating his new
:01:41. > :01:44.councillors. What we have to do is win clusters of seats, if you can
:01:45. > :01:51.show people in a constituency that you can win at a council level you
:01:52. > :01:55.can win at a parliamentary level. Basildon was supposed to be a place
:01:56. > :02:03.to see Labour gains last night but they could only watch seat after
:02:04. > :02:06.seat get taken. It is not just a flash in the pan, these are real
:02:07. > :02:09.people standing for real issues. They're listening to people. People
:02:10. > :02:13.want change and I think the message UKIP has been sending out nationally
:02:14. > :02:16.as well as locally is what people want. The Tories have run this
:02:17. > :02:20.counsel for the last 11 years could not believe it either. There is no
:02:21. > :02:23.doubt UKIP have tapped into what the public are feeling particularly with
:02:24. > :02:33.immigration and the point that they are very frustrated with Europe and
:02:34. > :02:39.want a referendum. Fried is more open a bit more flamboyant. I don't
:02:40. > :02:48.agree what is going on in this country. I think we are being oval
:02:49. > :02:51.one. Overrun. And then came Great Yarmouth. Until today, you could did
:02:52. > :02:54.not have a single seat, this afternoon they gained ten, five from
:02:55. > :02:58.the Tories and five from Labour. W we knew this was on the cards and
:02:59. > :03:04.that they were campaigning well so it is not surprised. Why people
:03:05. > :03:07.voting for them and offer you? `` not for you. People voting for a
:03:08. > :03:12.national issue and that is why. It is a protest vote, this is a party
:03:13. > :03:16.that is made up of a ragtag of people, some of whom of whom have
:03:17. > :03:23.very unsavoury past. UKIP now has a major presence on a number of the
:03:24. > :03:26.region's councils. What has been interesting is UKIP have taken
:03:27. > :03:30.Conservative seat as well as labour. This has halted the Labour
:03:31. > :03:35.advance in places like Basildon, Great Yarmouth. This would be a
:03:36. > :03:37.worry for the Labour leadership at the general election in under a year
:03:38. > :03:50.away. The Conservatives still have the
:03:51. > :03:53.biggest number of seats in this region. But for some sitting MPs.
:03:54. > :03:55.With small majorities. People like Ben Gummer in Ipswich. The rise of
:03:56. > :04:01.UKIP will be a worry. Return Well I'm not sure you can take much
:04:02. > :04:04.from council elections in the way you might suggest. But what I did
:04:05. > :04:08.draw from that, is that Labour should have been doing a lot better.
:04:09. > :04:12.They did not, they did not take their target seats. The Conservative
:04:13. > :04:15.vote has hold held up and UKIP has sent a strong message to all of us.
:04:16. > :04:19.That sounds very upbeat, but actually it was a bad night wasn't
:04:20. > :04:22.it? We lost the seat which we won at the high watermark of when the
:04:23. > :04:26.Conservatives were in opposition. These things happen. The grim faces
:04:27. > :04:29.were on the candidates of the Labour Party. I was delighted we held two
:04:30. > :04:34.marginal seats which was their targets. It shows when you have
:04:35. > :04:41.strong candidates with strong policies, which are known locally,
:04:42. > :04:44.people will vote for them. People do want answers to the question of
:04:45. > :04:47.immigration, you say the Tories are listening and do have answers but
:04:48. > :04:51.obviously people don't think you do have the answers? Obviously people
:04:52. > :04:54.are very frustrated, we need to turn over a huge supertanker, you know
:04:55. > :04:58.this is immigration that has been going on since the early 2000.
:04:59. > :05:03.People feel understandably that this change their communities and it has
:05:04. > :05:08.been too quick. You hear it on the Fox you heard it on the Vox box
:05:09. > :05:13.earlier. Sorry to interrupt you but you have had four for years. These
:05:14. > :05:17.things take time. All I can say to you is Stewart, who is offering a
:05:18. > :05:20.referendum who is likely to win the next election? It is only the
:05:21. > :05:24.Conservative Party. At the next election people have a clear choice,
:05:25. > :05:27.do they want to see our plan for the economic recovery continue, for safe
:05:28. > :05:30.and secure and financially viable future for families in Ipswich and
:05:31. > :05:34.elsewhere or do they want Ed Miliband, the man who helped crash
:05:35. > :05:38.the car in the first place back in office? At that point I think
:05:39. > :05:47.people's minds will be focused on the real choice ahead of them. Ben
:05:48. > :05:50.Gummer. Elsewhere. Labour held onto Norwich. Ipswich and Harlow. The
:05:51. > :05:53.Conservatives held on to Rochford. In Colchester and Brentwood there is
:05:54. > :05:58.still in no overall control. Let's start in Norwich. With Alex Dunlop.
:05:59. > :06:05.Until today, Labour had control of Norwich City Council. The Green
:06:06. > :06:08.Party, the main opposition. CROWD CHEERING
:06:09. > :06:12.And tonight, no change. Every party held their seat. Labour still have
:06:13. > :06:16.an overall majority of three, however UKIP made a strong showing.
:06:17. > :06:20.Clearly, it is a shot against our back, we need to be aware that they
:06:21. > :06:23.are there but it is the Tories who have suffered the most. The Green
:06:24. > :06:27.Party were delighted to hold onto the three wards they contested. The
:06:28. > :06:30.Lib Dems also retained a seat. But the Conservatives are yet to get a
:06:31. > :06:34.single seat on Norwich City Council. Let's go to Kevin Birch, who spent
:06:35. > :06:38.the day in Ipswich. A third of the 48 seats on the
:06:39. > :06:42.council were on the line plus one more through a bi`election. Labour
:06:43. > :06:45.has a firm hold of power and the council leader David Elsmere was
:06:46. > :06:53.looking for more scalps. Holy Wells, the very first declaration was won
:06:54. > :06:55.but the Conservatives held firm. CROWD CHEERING
:06:56. > :06:59.But Labour would make two gains at the expense of the Tories on the
:07:00. > :07:02.night. People were predicting dire results, actually we have a couple
:07:03. > :07:06.of gains. People are pretty happy with what we are doing here in
:07:07. > :07:09.Ipswich and they have voted for us as a result. In Colchester, just one
:07:10. > :07:13.ward changed hands. A Labour gain from the Lib Dems. But the Lib Dems
:07:14. > :07:18.remain the largest party on what is a hung council. There was a strong
:07:19. > :07:23.challenge from UKIP, the party came within 80 votes of gaining a
:07:24. > :07:26.councillor. The good news is, UKIP did not win any seats in Colchester
:07:27. > :07:31.and indeed their leader came fifth in the ward in which he stood.
:07:32. > :07:38.Colchester withstood the Farage barrage, unlike the much of the rest
:07:39. > :07:41.of Essex. BBC Look East. Just to make it clear. The votes for
:07:42. > :07:45.the European parliament will be counted on Sunday. And we'll have
:07:46. > :07:49.more analysis in Look East on Bank Holiday Monday. With extended
:07:50. > :07:53.bulletins across the day. In football. Neil Adams says he's
:07:54. > :07:56.immensely proud to be named as the new manager of Norwich City. He has
:07:57. > :08:00.signed a three year contract. After taking charge for the last five
:08:01. > :08:03.games of the season. He was unable to stop the club being relegated.
:08:04. > :08:15.But says he's determined to get them back to the Premier League. I've
:08:16. > :08:17.been given this job to go back into the Premier League and it's
:08:18. > :08:22.something I look forward to with relish. I'm a supporter of the club
:08:23. > :08:27.and I know how the fans are hurting. It is the same way I am hurting to
:08:28. > :08:31.which is why it is important we give it the best possible season. That's
:08:32. > :08:35.it from me have a great weekend. it the best possible season. That's
:08:36. > :08:42.it from me Good evening mainly dry across the region. As we go through
:08:43. > :08:45.the night will be increasing cloud. It'll turn cloudy with rain in the
:08:46. > :08:51.southern parts. Cloudy and wet in Essex especially. Temperature wise,
:08:52. > :08:55.around 10 Celsius and lights out easily breeze to night. The rain
:08:56. > :09:01.will move north with tomorrow with this area of low pressure keeping us
:09:02. > :09:01.and settled through the day. Rain moving from south to north through
:09:02. > :09:06.the morning and then sunny spells and scattered showers developing in
:09:07. > :09:12.the afternoon. Especially in western parts, some of those showers will be
:09:13. > :09:18.heavy with thunder and hail in the afternoon. Temperatures reaching up
:09:19. > :09:21.to 14`15dC and that'll be with a moderate to light south easterly
:09:22. > :09:25.breeze. Quite chilly towards the coast. In the evening they showers
:09:26. > :09:30.will carry on northwards and it'll start drying out. Peter will have
:09:31. > :09:31.your National forecast here is the outlook. Scattered showers on
:09:32. > :09:34.you over to Peter Gibson and National forecast.