Council by-elections
Last night's council by-election results - two very useful Labour gains in the marginal parliamentary seats of Crawley and Rossendale & Darwen.
Saxondale Ward, Blaby DC. LD hold. LD 701 (52%, -17.8), Con 311 (23%, -7.2), Lab 243 (18%, +18), BNP 94 (7%, -7). Swing of 5.3% from LD to Con since 2007.
Tilgate Ward, Crawley BC. Lab gain from Con. Lab 764 (50.8%, +12.2), Con 656 (43.6%, -1), UKIP 79 (5.2%, +5.2), Justice Party 6 (0.4%, +0.4). Swing of 6.6% from Con to Lab since 2008.
Seiont Ward, Gwynedd CC. Llais Gwynedd gain from Ind. LG 399 (40.9%, +40.9), PC 279 (28.6%, +5.7), Lab 184 (18.9%, -8.8), Ind 91 (9.3%, -40.1), Con 23 (2.4%, +2.4) . Swing of 17.6% from PC to LG since 2008.
Harbour Ward, Lancaster City Council. Morecambe Bay Ind hold. MBI 287 (47.7%, +10.6), CON 161 (26.7%, +7.5), UKIP 86 (14.3%, +14.3), LD 68 (11.3%, +11.3). Swing of 1.6% from Con to MBI since 2007. Labour did not field a candidate here due to a clerical error with the nomination papers.
Healey and Whitworth Ward, Rossendale BC. Lab hold. Lab 346 (51.1%, +18.3), Community First 165 (24.4%, -9.5), Con 156 (23%, +0.8), LD 10 (1.5%, -9.7). Swing of 13.9% from Community First to Lab since May this year.
Irwell Ward, Rossendale BC. Lab gain from Con. Lab 277 (37.2%, +0.5), Con 220 (29.6%, -13.5), LD 183 (24.6%, +24.6), Community First 64 (8.6%, +8.6). Swing of 6.5% from Con to Lab since May this year.
St James' Ward, Tunbridge Wells BC. LD hold. LD 649 (62%, -2.9) Con 294 (28.1%, -7) Green 103 (9.8%, +9.8). Swing of 2.1% from Con to LD since May this year.
Maidenbower Division, West Sussex CC. Con hold. Con 1,036 (64.4%, -7.9), Lab 417 (25.9%, +11.9), LD 82 (5.1%, -8.6), UKIP 61 (3.8%, +3.8), Justice Party 12 (0.7%, +0.7). Swing of 9.9% from Con to Lab since 2009.
Tithebarn Ward, Wyre BC. Con hold. Con 847 (73.4%, +0.6), Lab 307 (26.6%, -0.6). Swing of 0.6% from Lab to Con since 2007.
posted by Luke Akehurst at 9:46 am
9 Comments:
Good to see another poor result for the BNP. This time in Blaby where they do have some support and organisation (or did have).
12:16 pm, October 08, 2010
"Labour did not field a candidate here due to a clerical error with the nomination papers" - you mean they ballsed up?
12:29 pm, October 08, 2010
I believe that is the technical description.
1:31 pm, October 08, 2010
Which simply isn't on. Its not a difficult prooess and this is usually a Labour ward - we would certainly have won this time. There is really no excuse for throwing away council seats in this sort of way
The Crawley and Rossendale results were encouraging, and the West Sussex result showed a good increase too fir us at the expense of the FibDems which is why we MUST always stand a candidate unless there is a very good reason not to
3:49 pm, October 08, 2010
Maybe they made a clerical error accidentally on purpose to help the independent. I would never countenance such an act but if it keeps out a ConDem in favour of someone half-decent where we don't stand a chance then you can see why they might be tempted.
4:35 pm, October 08, 2010
Unlikely as the ward is a Lab vs Ind marginal. We hold the other 2 seats in the ward.
4:37 pm, October 08, 2010
Great result in Crawley. Given that we lost those by-elections in Kent last month, I was worried that perhaps we would struggle to make inroads in the Southeast.
4:39 pm, October 08, 2010
Agree with Luke - I know this ward and its essentially a safe Labour ward held even last time when Labour did appallingly in Lancaster & Morecambe.
There are all out elections next year when we should win all 3 seats but letting someone get 6 months incumbency is not a good idea particularly as the MBI's tend to be a bit like a local version of the FibDems - claiming credit for everything, populist appeals to prejudices within one ward whilst saying the exact opposite in another , etc.
11:31 am, October 09, 2010
Who are the Justice Party? I'm always impressed when a new outfit manages to get fewer votes than the number of signatures it needed to get on the ballot. Not much comes up on Google for them. Is it a Sussex thing?
Also, what's up with all the by-elections in Gwynedd? That's three since May by my count. I could understand it if it was just Llais Gwynedd collapsing under the weight of its own insanity, but that's a gain they made.
1:27 am, October 10, 2010
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