UKIP/Veritas Split - Disaster in Derby

David Black leader of the two man Derby UKIP Party went down to a crashing defeat when he contested the local council election in Abbey ward Derby city on the 14th July . Returning a vote of 88 he remarked to the local press that this was his last attempt to get back into local politics. Labour went on to win back the council house for themselves and now have a majority of one in the council chamber with 26 seats . The lib/dem – tory alliance 24 seats and Frank Leeming , Veritas ( who had previously kept the alliance in power for some 13 months ) .