U.K Local By-Elections Thread

[minionofmidas]

Falkirk SDC, hERBERTSHIRE
snp 1019 (62.7%, +27.3%)
Lab 532 (32.7%, -21.5%)
Con 46 (2.8%, -7.6%)

bROXTOWE BC, sTAPLEFORD sOUTHwEST
Lab 466 (39.2%, -1.8%)
LD 353 (34%, - 9.7%)
CON 278 (26.8%, +11.5%)

More good showings for Labour against THE lIB dEMS. wITH THE cONS MAKING UP SOME GROUND AGAINST THE Lib Dems as well

What's wrong with your caps lock, man?

[minionofmidas]

I've alwaysed loved the irony of Grantham being a Labour inclined town

What's ironic about that?
I don't get it.

[minionofmidas]

I've alwaysed loved the irony of Grantham being a Labour inclined town

What's ironic about that?
I don't get it.

It's where Thatcher grew up

Oh, alright then.

[minionofmidas]

Lets be honest, we won't see a truly national swing for a long time now, in any election. I agree that I hope the media gets this message.

There hasn't been one (at any level) since the '70's

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We have 19 councillers in Surrey? That many? How on earth did that happen?

I think he meant, including lower-level councils inside Surrey.
I seem to recall he posted Surrey County Council's results a while ago, and there's two Labour members. (And one of them appears quite safe. )

[minionofmidas]

That's the map I remember.
The Northern one was ultra-marginal IIRC, but I'd remembered Chertsey as Labour close to 50% against a divided opposition. Maybe I'm remembering wrongly. Maybe the fact that there was a not really marginal Labour seat on that council impressed me so much that his majority got further inflated in my memory. Happens.

[minionofmidas]

New results...

Labour hold a seat in Sherwood unopposed, LibDems hold a seat in Ely on a big swing (local Tory-run council is unpopular apparently) and win a seat on Porthcawl Town Council from the Tories.

Not a lot can be drawn from any of that methinks

No, the LibDems have obviously turned a corner and are going to conquer all in the coming year! YEEHAW!

[minionofmidas]

You should advise whoever advised you that while his definition of swing is sometimes used in the US, it is mathematically incorrect and not commonly used in the UK. The swing was 6.9%.

[minionofmidas]

You should advise whoever advised you that while his definition of swing is sometimes used in the US, it is mathematically incorrect and not commonly used in the UK. The swing was 6.9%.

Are you saying that I was originally correct ?

Dave

Absolutely.

[minionofmidas]

The Tories seem not to be doing anything as well as we were made to believe they are. Perhaps a class thing, too.

[minionofmidas]

Would be hard not to, as that general pattern is "swings all over the place".

[minionofmidas]

Who won?

[minionofmidas]

Who won?

the Tories won the Lincolnshire ward

Yeah, that's the one I was asking about.

[minionofmidas]

Pity Me is a cool placename.
What was the independent candidate like - who would he have been supposed to take most votes from?

[minionofmidas]

So, in Dartford, a defacto swing from the Tories to the far right?