UK local by-elections, 2018

[Leftbehind]

Cheers to your & Andrew's work then.

[Leftbehind]

Cheers to your & Andrew's work then.

It's Andrew who does the legwork; I just plug numbers into a spreadsheet.

Even if Andrew's is 90% of the work, your effort recording the year's results should be acknowledged.

Anyway, that's a pretty decisive win for Labour considering the crowded field (who seem to have made little impact).

[Leftbehind]

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...and so they did. Labour would be lucky to have held this regardless of local circumstances, but it couldn't be helped by the nature of the vacancy.

Edit: With the exception of the non-appearance in Rochford, those are some deceptively strong results for Labour that appear weak.

[Leftbehind]

A game of two halves, those two!

[Leftbehind]

That's a frustrating pair of results in Dorset.

[Leftbehind]

Despite the deluge there wasn't much to get hopeful about from Labour's perspective, with Labour holding all four seats where they're competitive (with three retained comfortably and one much less so).    

[Leftbehind]

I think the most interesting part of these by-elections will be the comedy turnouts.

[Leftbehind]

Would've been an excellent night for Labour if not for the shocking Bolton result.