UK local by-elections 2012

[BritishDixie]

Can't we just have a General Election now? There won't be any Tory support left by 2015.

[ObserverIE]

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Maldon, Tollesbury

Lab 44.9 (+9.0)
Con 42.6 (-5.4)
Ind 12.4 (+12.4)

Fylde, Heyhouses

Con 33.4 (-25.5)
Ind 26.1 (+26.1)
Lib Dem 13.6 (-27.5)
Green 12.5 (+12.5)
UKIP 12.3 (+12.3)
Integrity UK 2.1 (+2.1)

Chesterfield, St Helen's

Lab 45.5 (-17.0)
Lib Dem 32.4 (-5.1)
UKIP 16.1 (+16.1)
Green 4.2 (+4.2)
Con 1.8 (+1.8 )

Liverpool, Riverside

Lab 76.8 (-4.6)
Green 8.8 (+3.0)
TUSC 6.2 (+2.9)
Lib Dem 4.4 (+4.4)
Con 3.8 (-0.4)

Liverpool, Allerton and Hunts Cross

Lab 57.4 (-4.3)
Lib Dem 22.3 (+4.5)
Con 9.5 (-)
Lib 6.5 (+1.5)
Green 3.0 (-2.9)
TUSC 1.2 (+1.2)

Malvern Hills, West

Green 44.3 (-4.6)
Con 29.6 (-10.4)
Ind 11.7 (+11.7)
UKIP 8.2 (-2.9)
Lab 6.1 (+6.1)

Thanet, Westgate-on-Sea

Lab 30.9 (+9.6)
Con 24.2 (-6.8 )
Ind 20.3 (-15.5)
UKIP 19.0 (+7.1)
Lib Dem 4.1 (+4.1)
Thanet Ind Group 1.4 (+1.4)

Kingston-upon-Thames, Grove

Lib Dem 34.5 (-8.8 )
Con 33.4 (+6.2)
Lab 21.4 (+10.3)
Green 6.0 (-7.3)
UKIP 2.7 (+2.7)
BNP 1.1 (+1.1)
CPA 1.0 (+1.0)

Tonbridge and Malling, West Malling and Leybourne

Con 48.3 (-4.0)
Lib Dem 29.7 (+11.3)
UKIP 8.0 (-5.2)
Lab 7.7 (-8.4)
Eng Dem 3.6 (+3.6)
Green 2.7 (+2.7)

[You kip if you want to...]

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Liverpool, Riverside

Lab 76.8 (-4.6)
Green 8.8 (+3.0)
TUSC 6.2 (+2.9)
Lib Dem 4.4 (+4.4)
Con 3.8 (-0.4)

The nicest and most horrible ward in the city, probably.

[Sibboleth]

Rather striking result in Essex.

[Leftbehind]

Strong performances from Labour all over the place, there. Probably their best by-election night for a long time.

[You kip if you want to...]

I know these results are nearly worthless, but it means quite a bit if Labour are doing well in places like Essex and Thanet.

[Leftbehind]

Malvern Hills, West

Green 44.3 (-4.6)
Con 29.6 (-10.4)
Ind 11.7 (+11.7)
UKIP 8.2 (+8.2)
Lab 6.1 (+6.1)

Should be (-2.9) for UKIP change, I think?

Can't we just have a General Election now? There won't be any Tory support left by 2015.

Here's hoping.

[ObserverIE]

Malvern Hills, West

Green 44.3 (-4.6)
Con 29.6 (-10.4)
Ind 11.7 (+11.7)
UKIP 8.2 (+8.2)
Lab 6.1 (+6.1)

Should be (-2.9) for UKIP change, I think?

My bad. Done.

[Supersonic]

My friend was the Conservative candidate for the Malling West and Leybourne by-election!

Also, that's not a good result from Thanet at all, that's my home Council and it's literally held by a knife edge Labour minority administration, 27 Labour Councillors to 27 Tory, with 5 Independents (roughly). The Tory loss there is quite unfortunate and the UKIP candidate obviously hurt us.

[ObserverIE]

My friend was the Conservative candidate for the Malling West & Leybourne    by-election!

She won, but there are no figures available. Unless you can oblige...

[Supersonic]

My friend was the Conservative candidate for the Malling West & Leybourne    by-election!

She won, but there are no figures available. Unless you can oblige...

There we go.

Tonbridge and Malling Borough - West Malling and Leybourne:

C 769, Lib Dem 472, Ukip 127, Lab 123, English Democrats 57, Green 43.
(May 2011: C 1234, Lib Dem 489, Lab 361, Ukip 296).

C hold. Swing 7.6% C to Lib Dem.

[ObserverIE]

My friend was the Conservative candidate for the Malling West & Leybourne    by-election!

She won, but there are no figures available. Unless you can oblige...

There we go.

Tonbridge and Malling Borough - West Malling and Leybourne:

C 769, Lib Dem 472, Ukip 127, Lab 123, English Democrats 57, Green 43.
(May 2011: C 1234, Lib Dem 489, Lab 361, Ukip 296).

C hold. Swing 7.6% C to Lib Dem.

Cheers.

[ObserverIE]

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Ashford, Tenterden South

Con 45.9 (-12.9)
Ashford Ind 29.6 (-11.6)
UKIP 11.9 (+11.9)
Lib Dem 6.6 (+6.6)
Lab 6.0 (+6.0)

Oxfordshire, Cowley and Littlemore

Lab 64.6 (+22.4)
Con 15.4 (-6.2)
Green 13.3 (-8.5)
Lib Dem 6.7 (-7.7)

Hammersmith and Fulham, Town

Con 49.4 (-7.8 )
Lab 26.8 (+6.6)
Lib Dem 21.3 (-1.3)
UKIP 2.5 (+2.5)

Waltham Forest, Larkswood

Con 67.0 (+10.6)
Lab 22.7 (-4.1)
Lib Dem 3.8 (-13.0)
Green 3.4 (+3.4)
Lib 3.1 (+3.1)

Isle of Anglesey/Ynys Môn, Llanbedrgoch

PC 42.0 (+16.2)
Ind Cotterell 20.2
Ind Kilkelly 20.2
UKIP 19.6 (+19.6)

Corby, East

Lab 71.2 (+7.2)
Con 16.9 (-8.6)
BNP 9.4 (-1.1)
Lib Dem 2.5 (+2.5)

East Hampshire, Horndean Downs

Con 43.4 (-21.1)
Lib Dem 37.8 (+13.6)
Lab 10.1 (-1.3)
UKIP 8.7 (+8.7)

Isle of Anglesey/Ynys Môn, Gwyngyll

Ind 80.3
UKIP 19.7 (+19.7)

[ObserverIE]

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Breckland, Queen's

Con 51.9
Lab 48.1

New Forest, Milford

Con 80.0 (+2.0)
Lab 20.0 (-2.0)

Calderdale, Warley

Lib Dem 41.7 (+4.3)
Lab 35.1 (-6.0)
Con 17.8 (-3.7)
Green 5.5 (+5.5)

[Sibboleth]

Good result in Norfolk.

[Leftbehind]

Decent set of results for Labour in general. Interesting how Warley's now a Lab-Lib marginal with the Greens syphoning a chunk off Labour, and the Liberals benefiting from doing the same with the Tories - struggle to be any different from its 2004 result (and similar following results) of Ind 27.6%, Con 23.3%, BNP 20.4%, Lib 19.9%, Lab 8.7%!

[ObserverIE]

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Stoke-on-Trent, Springfields and Trent Vale

City Ind 34.9 (+14.2)
Lab 23.1 (-16.9)
Lib Dem 14.3 (-9.6)
Con 10.3 (+10.3)
UKIP 9.9 (-5.5)
Ind 3.4 (+3.4)
BNP 2.5 (+2.5)
TUSC 1.3 (+1.3)
Dem Nat 0.2 (+0.2)

Breckland, Mid Forest

Con 63.0
Lab 37.0

Breckland, Haring and Heathlands

Con 48.5 (-20.6)
UKIP 19.7 (+19.7)
Lab 18.0 (-12.9)
Lib Dem 13.8 (+13.8 )

[Leftbehind]

Mixed bag for Labour. A poor result in Stoke (with the disclaimer: it's a basket case - but still traditionally a Labour area), an underwhelming performance in Breckland, H&H but a strong result in Mid Forest ward (with the disclaimer: although, not an area they have much hope in winning). Personally I'd think there's more reason to be disappointed in the result in Stoke than there is to be happy about Mid Forest.   

[YL]

Looks like Stoke's relatively normal election last year may have been a blip, then.  At least the BNP didn't make an impact.

[Sibboleth]

If this ward is where I think it is (I'm still not used to the new map), then it's been one of Labour's weaker ones in Stoke for ages

Mid Forest is a very agricultural area, btw. I think at least 15% of the workforce still employed as such in 2001.

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Lincolnshire, Lincoln East

Lab 48.8 (+14.5)
Con 27.2 (-11.8 )
Lib Dem 8.2 (-18.5)
TUSC 6.8 (+6.8 )
UKIP 6.8 (+6.8 )
Eng Dem 2.1 (+2.1)

Vale of Glamorgan, Buttrills

PC 44.5 (+16.5)
Lab 41.4 (-8.2)
Con 7.4 (-5.4)
Ind 6.7 (-2.9)

Wealden, Polegate North

Lib Dem 37.7 (+11.0)
Ind 20.4 (-20.2)
Con 20.0 (-4.9)
UKIP 16.2 (+16.2)
Lab 5.8 (-2.0)

South Holland, Fleet

Con 55.0 (-3.9)
Ind 45.0 (+3.9)

South Holland, Long Sutton

Ind 55.5 (-6.7)
Con 44.5 (+6.7)

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Central Bedfordshire, Stotfold and Langford

Con 55.6 (+7.1)
Lab 24.3 (+8.7)
UKIP 12.0 (+12.0)
Lib Dem 8.0 (-4.5)

Tendring, St Bartholomews (changes since Mar 2012 by-election in italics)

Residents 87.8 (+14.5) (+15.1)
Con 12.2 (-14.5) (-7.1)

[Leftbehind]

This month's been sh**te for by-elections.

[joevsimp]

whichever party thinks they've the most to loose always complain whenever a byelection happens during the school holidays, normal service should be resumed in september

[Vasall des Midas]

Tendring, St Bartholomews (changes since Mar 2012 by-election in italics)

Residents 87.8 (+14.5) (+15.1)
Con 12.2 (-14.5) (-7.1)

Fascinating. One wonders about the national ramifications of this result.