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A candidate for the Rubbish Party has won one seat in Scotland, putting them exactly the same number of wins as Ukip in last night's local election.

The party has a single-issue platform - improving rubbish collection in the Irvine Valley, near Kilmarnock.

Sally Cogley, the party's sole candidate, was one of three candidates who won in the Irvine Valey seat on East Ayrshire Council, this morning.

The party's website says: "Sally aims to make the Irvine Valley a better place to work, live and visit. Sally is totally committed to the Valley."

Her slogan was: "Vote Sally for a better Valley."

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Meanwhile, at the time of writing, Ukip had won a total of one seat in the local elections.

Their vote share has plummeted from 22% in 2015 to just 3% this year.

Former Ukip leadership contender Lisa Duffy insisted the results had not been a "disaster" but acknowledged it was a "disappointing night so far, especially in Lincolnshire and Essex".

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The party have lost all their seats in Lincolnshire, where party leader Paul Nuttall is standing for parliament.

She told the BBC: "As a party we will learn from this, we will grow and we will move forward and we will continue to be positive."

Former Tory minister Neil Hamilton, who is now a Ukip member of the Welsh Assembly, admitted the big message from the election was that his party had collapsed.

But, he added: "We keep calm and carry on."