Elections: at a glance - Telegraph A poor turnout of 32 per cent makes it difficult to tell how a general election would play out. Some wards reported that fewer than 20 per cent of voters turned up. The miserable weather kept many people away from polling stations UKIP had its best local election ever, as its share of the vote was five points higher than a year ago. It has translated this into significantly more council seats, but the party claimed a significant scalp when it ousted the Tory leader of Tunbridge Wells. Labour did not have an unmitigated success, as its leader of Bradford council lost his seat to George Galloway's Respect party. Conservatives are also pointing out that the opposition did not gain 40 per cent of the vote - the supposed amount required for a majority in a general election. Respect Party followed up its shock by-election victory by winning five seats on Bradford Council Some Conservative backbenchers and losing council chiefs are unhappy and blaming the Lib Dems for watering down Conservative polices. Two ministers, Gerald Harmsworth and Damian Green, plus MPs Gary Streeter, Martin Vickers and Bernard Jenkin, have so far expressed concern that the Government needs to do better. Pressure is also growing on Nick Clegg to do more than say he is "really sad" about the results. Lembit Opik, the former MP, has repeated calls for him to stand down as party leader. Lib Dem MP Lembit Opik said Nick Clegg should quit Four cities - Bradford, Manchester, Coventry and Nottingham - rejected the idea of elected mayors in a blow to David Cameron's plans to boost local democracy. Birmingham elected a Labour mayor, while the Glasgow results are not yet in. Boris Johnson appears to be well ahead in the race to be London mayor, according to the London Elect website. Polls shows Mr Johnson on around 45 per cent, Ken Livingstone at about 39 per cent and Liberal Democrat candidate Brian Paddick way down in 5th at 4 per cent.