Conservative-controlled Staffordshire Moorlands District Council is providing live coverage of the counting and result for today's Council byelection in Leek East Ward. You can see it on their website from 9pm. Cllr Stephen Ellis, Cabinet Member for Planning, Development and Property Services says: "We’re not aware of any other Council that has done this previously. […]
Here are the results from yesterday’s contests: Rainhill ward, St Helens Lab – 46% (-6)LD – 31% (+17)Con – 15% (-11)BNP – 6% (-3)Green 2% (+2)Lab hold Parr ward, St HelensLab – 48% (-15)LD – 31% (+5)BNP – 10% (+10)Ind – 6% (+6)Con – 3% (-8)Green – 2% (+2)Lab hold Bowthorpe ward, NorwichCon – 36% […]
North Warwickshire.Atherstone Central Neil Dirbeiaks, Lab 320 37.07% Jill Davies, Con 221 25.60% Matthew Mason, BNP 186 21.55% Ray Jarvis, Ind 136 15.75% Lab Majority 99 11.47% Lab Gain From Con Swing from Conservative to Labour of 7.76% Broadland DC Buxton Lib Dem 555 71.4%Conservative 201 25.8% Green 22 2.8%Lib […]
Cllr William Keen who was elected last week in a Council byelection in Epsom & Ewell, gaining a seat from the Residents Association, also won a bet on himself. He bet £50 on himself and won back £450. He decided to place the bet because he "knew" he was going to win. Hats off to […]
Rushall – Shelfield, Walsall MBC (Aldridge-Brownhills) Con hold. Con vote 50% -11, Lab 25% +6, LD 11% -1, Greens 4% -3, UKIP 10% from nowhere. Greasley, Broxtowe DC (Broxtowe) Con hold. Con vote 49% -1, Lab 26% +4, LD 10% no change, BNP 13% -4, UKIP 1% from nowhere. Honiton St Michaels, East Devon (Tiverton […]
Michael Fallon, MP for Sevenoaks, has provided me with this background on yesterday’s BNP gain from Labour in his Sevenoaks constituency: "Swanley St Mary’s was Labour’s safest seat on Sevenoaks District Council. There are three Swanley wards; we won all three seats in Swanley Christchurch, leaving Labour with three councillors in Swanley Whiteoak and two […]
Yesterday’s council by-election results show electoral advances for the BNP around the country – with the party gaining its first council seat in the south east of England, in Sevenoaks. Swanley St Mary’s, Sevenoaks district councilBNP – 41% (+41)Lab – 34% (-21)Con – 25% (-)(UKIP did not stand, having previously secured 20%)BNP gain from Lab […]
A mixed bag of results from yesterday’s local authority by-elections. Congratulations in particular to Clare Hilley (pictured), the chairman of London Conservative Future, on her election to Croydon council. Waddon, London Borough of Croydon Con – 46% (+3)Lab – 38% (+1)BNP 5% (+5)LD – 5% (-2)Green – 4% (-5)UKIP – 2% (+2)People’s Choice 0.4%(+0.4)Loony – […]
Tynemouth, North Tyneside MBC (Tynemouth) Con hold. Con vote was 62% -5, Lab 28% -4, LD 9% from nowhere. Hyde Newton, Tameside MBC (Stalybridge and Hythe) Lab hold. Con vote 16% -3, Lab 46% +9, LD 6% -6, BNP 29% +3, Green 2% -4, UKIP 1% from nowhere. Heath Town, Wolverhampton MBC (Wolverhampton North East) […]
This leaflet is being distributed in the London Borough of Redbridge by the anti-Israel Liberal Democrats ahead of a looming by-election. Click on image to enlarge. Hat tip to Justin Hinchcliffe.
I’ve got the results in percentage terms for these two: East Wickham, Bexley LBC (Old Bexley and Sidcup) Con hold. Con vote 27% -6, Lab 23% +2, LD 19% +4, BNP 27% +11, Eng Dem 4% -6, UKIP did not stand -6. We won by 8 votes. In 2002 we were third here with Labour […]
In November I reported that the BNP were campaigning hard to gain a seat on Bexley Council. In yesterday’s election they were defeated in East Wickham Ward in Bexley with the Conservatives holding the seat with a majority of eight. The new Conservative councillor for the Ward, Steven Hall, polled 798, the BNP 790, Labour […]
Labour have won the Haringey Council byelection in Seven Sisters Ward by just 64 votes. Their candidate polled 1,032 against 968 for the Conservatives, 581 for the Lib Dems and 166 for the Green Party. Last time Labour had roughly twice as many votes as the Conseravtives. More details on this and other Council byelections […]
Two results from contests held yesterday: Bush Hill Park, Lonodn Borough of EnfieldCon – 63% (+27)Lab – 20% (+8)LD – 6% (-4)UKIP – 6% (+3)Green – 5% (-6)Con hold Drypool, Kingston upon Hull Unitary AuthorityLD – 52% (-12)Lab – 36% (+8)NF – 7% (+7)Con – 5% (-4)LD regain after previous LD councillor defected to the […]
Just two results from local council by-elections yesterday: Bush Hill Park, London Borough of EnfieldCon – 63% (+27%)Lab – 20% (+8%)LD – 6% (-4%)UKIP – 6% (+3%)Green- 5% (-6%)Con hold Drypool, Kingston upon Hull unitary authorityLD – 52% (-12%)Lab – 36% (+8%)NF – 7% (+7%)Con – 5% (-4%)LD regain from Con, after previous LD councillor […]