A UKIP gain, a Labour gain, a Tory loss and a Lib Dem loss. Oh, and a Tory hold.

A drubbing for the coalition parties and a boost for the opposition and the anti-establishment UKIP in tonight's by-elections. Labour gained Oxford North from the Lib Dems by a very narrow margin, the Tories lost Seasalter in Canterbury to UKIP and Labour held Coseley East with UKIP beating the Tories into third place. The only thing the coalition can be happy with is the Tories holding Four Marks and Medstead on East Hampshire.