Three interesting results... in Coleraine, the Alliance sprung an upset and took the seat of a disgraced (and now jailed for electoral fraud) former DUP Mayor. The APNI polled 28%, the DUP 28% and the UUP 25%.
In Lancaster, Labour easily held the safe Skerton West ward with the BNP (who had put a lot of effort into it and who had made sure a by-election was called to fill the vacancy was called in the first place; this close to an election there has to be a request to hold a by-election) polling just 93 votes.
But in Epping Forest, the BNP polled about a fifth of the vote in the Grange Hill ward (which they didn't even bother to contest earlier this year) and in doing so nearly helped the LibDems beat off a Tory challenge to the seat; but not quite.
A good result for Labour in Lancaster, 7.45% swing from Con to Lab.