The British National Party has lost its final county council seat, leaving Nick Griffin's party on just two councillors in the country.
The far-right outfit had gained a foothold in Lancashire in 2009, with the election of Sharon Wilkinson - but she did not stand again and her replacement in Padiham and Burnley West, Paul Robinson, plunged to last place.
In the South Shields by-election, the BNP's candidate, Lady Dorothy MacBeth Brooke, had proved a hit on Twitter because of her fake tan.
The BNP finished sixth in South Shields
But her performance at the ballot box had less impact, and she finished sixth.
Griffin was left complaining about electoral fraud after a defeat for his candidate in Cumbria.
The party still has two borough councillors in England, one each on Charnwood and Pendle councils.