Council by-election results
Last night's council by-election results:
Cheam Ward, LB Sutton. Con hold with swing to LDs - in an LD parliamentary marginal.
Sideslow Ward, Bromsgrove. Con gain from LD despite an 11% reduction in Tory vote, Labour took 27% having not stood. LDs did not defend the seat.
Hexham Gilesgate Ward, Tynedale. Con hold with a large swing to LD.
Westminster Ward, Ellesmere Port. Lab hold with 11% drop in vote and low turnout.
Lerwick South Ward, Shetland. Ind hold.
posted by Luke Akehurst at 1:14 pm
1 Comments:
Cheam result has its own explanation - expulsion of a sitting Tory councillor by the iniquitous Standards Board for (shock horror) using "brash" language. Undoubtedly that - and a standard LibDem by-election campaign augmented by their strong SW London organisation - counted.
As I believe someone said elsewhere, if the good people of Cheam chose to elect a poisonous old boot as their councillor, then that is their choice and not the Standards Board's.
5:24 pm, March 01, 2008
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