Nigel Farage, the party’s leader, was jubilant after it emerged that one in four voters supported Ukip in the elections in 35 councils in England and Wales.
The rise of the party cost the Conservatives three local authorities, although Ukip did not win control of any councils.
The party was even second in the South Shields by-election in the north east of England, where the Tories were third and the Liberal Democrats a distant seventh.
By late on Friday Ukip had seen 147 councillors elected, of whom 139 were gains. The party had
several hundred candidates in second place candidates. More than one million people voted for Ukip, according to a party spokesman.
Mr Farage was mobbed by well-wishers as he toured the television studios in Westminster, stopping off for a pint at his favourite pub the Marquis of Granby.
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