A blog by Luke Akehurst about politics, elections, and the Labour Party - With subtitles for the Hard of Left. Just for the record: all the views expressed here are entirely personal and do not necessarily represent the positions of any organisations I am a member of.

Friday, November 22, 2013

Council by-elections

A rather random collection of results in last night’s five council by-elections, with four of them changing hands:

Pontrilas Division, Herefordshire UA. It's OUR County gain from Con. IOC 429 (46.7%, +25.4), Ind 261 (28.4%, -4.2), Con 229 (24.9%, -21.2). Swing of 10.6% from Ind to IOC since 2011.

Golcar Ward, Kirklees MBC. LD gain from Lab. LD 1591 (47.6%, +11.2), Lab 901 (27%, -12.7), UKIP 450 (13.5%, +13.5), Green 210 (6.3%, -5), Con 189 (5.7%, -6.9). Swing of 12% from Lab to LD since 2012.

Hillmorton Ward, Rugby BC. Con hold. Con 400 (33%, -11.9), Lab 339 (28%, -1.8), UKIP 231 (19.1%, +19.1), LD 221 (18.2%, -0.4), Green 21 (1.7%, +1.7). Swing of 5.1% from Con to Lab since 2012.

Eastfield Ward, Scarborough BC. Lab gain from LD. Lab 310 (48.8%, +19.8), UKIP 175 (27.6%, +27.6), Ind 97 (15.3%, +3.9), Con 32 (5%, -4.7), Green 11 (1.7%, +1.7), Ind 10 (1.6%, +1.6). Swing of 3.9% from Lab to UKIP since 2011.

Comberton Ward, South Cambridgeshire DC. Con gain from LD. Con 378 (63.4%, +25.9), LD 96 (16.1%, -36.6), Lab 74 (12.4%, +2.6), UKIP 48 (8.1%, +8.1). Swing of 31.3% from LD to Con since 2011.

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I don't know why Paul Salveson stood down in Golcar after only 18 months - I don't think his outside commitments can have changed much in that time. Paul was a high profile local Labour/Co-op figure who defeated the LibDem who was due to be the Mayor of Kirklees when she lost her seat in 2012 and has now been returned.

11:17 am, November 25, 2013

 
Anonymous Dirty Euro said...

I am glad no one at the top of the tory party has ever taken drugs.
I respect both Cameron and Edward Miliband. They both seem nice people.

2:53 pm, November 26, 2013

 

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