UK local by-elections 2013

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I always smile when the Holy Word introduces non-British people to such place names as "Tufnell Park", "Stour Provost" and "Margaret Marsh".

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"Dacorum, Adeyfield West

Lib Dem 32.6 (+18.0)
Lab 25.0 (-17.5)
Con 20.6 (-22.3)
UKIP 17.3 (+17.3)
Eng Dem 4.6 (+4.6)"


LibDem gain, go from third to first....!



Havering, Gooshays

UKIP 39.0 (+23.6)
Lab 26.7 (-0.6)
Con 13.1 (-13.2)
Harold Hill Res 10.6 (+2.4)
BNP 9.5 (-13.2)
London Res 1.1 (+1.1)


First UKIP councillor in Greater London

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It may interest regular posters that "middleenglander" is collating all those by-elections to be held on May 2nd, starting with Conservative defences: http://vote-2012.proboards.com/thread/1633/local-council-elections-2nd-2013?scrollTo=64498&page=1

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Not all by-election days can be interesting

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Wow, someone won with 25%.

And *still* people defend FPTP!

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Waveney, Oulton

Lib Dem 1.9 (-4.7)

Swindon, Haydon Wick

Lib Dem 3.0 (-3.7)

Merton, Colliers Wood

Lib Dem 2.2 (-14.0)

Redcar and Cleveland, Skelton

Lib Dem 2.5 (-11.5)

Hmm...

Win or lose, 2015 will be a victory for all those who've wanted to see the back of the Liberals (even pre-2010).

No it won't. Reports of our demise have been exaggerated since I were a boy and will continue to be so.

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Oh, TUSC

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"Mickleham, Westhumble and Pixham" is enough justification for why we don't go in for "District No. 4" or "5th Division" over here.

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Labour gained Swanscombe by one vote.

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This week's Holy Word comes in English, Welsh and Scottish sections.

This "Welsh" section appears to be in English.

This is from Google Translate, so therefore almost certainly entirely wrong, but regardless -

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