Council by-elections
Two by-elections yesterday:
Ormesby Ward, Redcar & Cleveland UA. LD hold. LD 1084 (73.5%, +12.4), Lab 210 (14.2%, -5.1), UKIP 103 (7.0%, +7), Con 77 (5.2%, -14.4). Swing of 8.8% from Lab to LD since 2007.
Dane Valley Ward, Thanet DC. Lab gain from Con. Lab 318 (34.2%, -3.9), LD 260 (28.0%, +28), Con 222 (23.9%, -19.7), Ind 130 (14.0%, -4.3). Swing of 16%from Lab to LD since 2007.
posted by Luke Akehurst at 1:11 pm
2 Comments:
Dane Valley ward is in North Thanet and stays in North Thanet under the boundary changes. Although oddly the wards to the north of it - Cliftonville East and Cliftonville West - are transferred from North Thanet to South Thanet as of the next general election.
5:12 pm, December 04, 2009
Oops thanks for the correction David, I will delete that from the original post.
5:59 pm, December 04, 2009
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