Local Council By-elections - 3 May 2018

[froome]

May 4, 2018 7:49:10 GMT peterl said:

Weymouth is also not in.

I've just been sent the result:

Con 558
Green 508
Lab 354

So for us it was a much improved vote from last time the ward voted, but just short of winning.

[middleenglander]

With all the results for the 15 single seat by-elections and 41 "double" elections now available, the outcome of the individual contests is shown below indicating where a seat changed hands; using a convention that in a "double" election the highest placed candidate won the annual election and the second placed the by-election.

^ indicates arising from the death of the previous councillor

Conservative defending - 28
- 11 single seat by-elections: 9 holds, 1 Labour gain, 1 Liberal Democrat gain
^ Aylesbury Vale DC, Quainton - Liberal Democrat gain
Braintree DC, Bocking North - Labour gain
Braintree DC, Hatfield Peveral & Terling - Conservative hold
Daventry DC, Walgrave - Conservative hold
Epping Forest DC, Moreton & Fyfield - Conservative returned unopposed
^ Leicestershire CC, Stoney Stanton & Croft - Conservative hold
St Edmunsbury BC, Haverhill East - Conservative hold
St Edmunsbury BC, Haverhill North - Conservative hold
^ South Holland DC, Donington, Quadring & Gosberton - Conservative hold
Swale BC, Sheppey East - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP
Weymouth & Portland BC, Weymouth West - Conservative hold
- 17 "double" elections: 15 holds, 1 Green gain, 1 Independents gain
Basildon BC, Pitsea South East - Conservatives win both seats, gaining one from UKIP
Bolton MB, Bromley Cross - Conservatives hold both seats
Cherwell DC, Cropedy, Sibfords & Wroxton - Conservatives hold both seats
Epping Forest DC, Waltham Abbey Honey Lane - Conservatives win both seats, gaining one from UKIP
Havant BC, Hayling West - Conservatives hold both seats
Kirklees MB, Birstall & Birkinshaw - Conservatives hold both seats
Preston BC, Greyfriars - Conservatives hold both seats
Reading BC, Kentwood - Conservatives win both seats, gaining one from Labour
Reigate & Banstead BC, Horley West - Conservatives hold both seats
Runnymede BC, Chertsey South & Row Town - Conservative hold both seats
Runnymede BC, Foxhills - Independents gain both seats
Trafford MB, Altrincham - Greens gain both seats
Walsall MB, Paddock - Conservative hold both seats
^ Welwyn & Hatfield BC, Hatfield Villages - Conservatives hold both seats
Welwyn & Hatfield BC, Northaw & Cuffley - Conservatives hold both seats
West Oxfordshire DC, Freeland & Handborough - Labour gains one seat, Conservative holds second (by-election) seat
Wirral MB, Hoylake & Meols - Conservative hold both seats

Labour defending - 19
- 2 single seat by-elections: 2 holds
^ Cheshire West & Chester, Ellesmere Port Town - Labour hold
Warwickshire CC, Leamington Willes - Labour hold
- 17 "double" elections: 17 holds
Cambridge BC, East Chesterton - Labour hold both seats
Gateshead MB, Ryton, Crookhill & Stella - Labour holds both seats
Halton BC, Halton View - Labour hold both seats
Great Yarmouth MB, Central & Northgate - Labour win both seats, gaining one from UKIP
Liverpool MB, Knotty Ash - Labour hold both seats
^ North East Lincolnshire UA, Immingham - Conservative gains one seat, Labour holds second (by-election) seat
North Hertfordshire DC, Letchworth Grange - Labour hold both seats
^ Oldham MB, Chadderton Central - Labour holds both seats
^ Oldham MB, Hollinwood - Labour holds both seats
Reading BC, Church - Labour hold both seats
Reading BC, Katesgrove - Labour hold both seats
Sandwell MB, Greets Green & Lyng - Labour hold both seats
Sandwell MB, St Pauls - Labour holds both seats
^ Wolverhampton MB, Graiseley - Labour hold both seats
Wolverhampton MB, Oxley - Labour hold both seats
Sefton MB, Ford - Labour hold both seats
Worcester MB, Warndon - Labour hold both seats

Liberal Democrat defending - 4
- 1 single seat by-elections: 1 Labour gain
Hertfordshire CC, St Albans North - Labour gain
- 3 "double" election: 3 holds
Gosport BC, Leeslands - Liberal Democrats hold both seats
Milton Keynes BC, Newport Pagnell South - Liberal Democrats hold both seats
Welwyn & Hatfield BC, Welham Green & Hatfield South - Liberal Democrats hold both seats

UKIP defending - 2
- 1 single seat by-election: 1 Conservative gain
^ Torridge DC, Bideford East - Conservative gain
- 1 "double" election: 1 Conservative gain
Rushmoor BC, West Heath - Conservatives win both seats, gaining one from UKIP

Other Parties - 3
- 3 "double" elections; 2 Conservative gains, 1 Resident Association hold
Cheltenham BC, Leckhampton - Liberal Democrat gain seat from Conservative, Conservative gains second seat (by-election) from Independent
Epping Forest DC, Loughton Broadway - Loughton Residents Association hold both seats
Rochford DC, Hockley - Conservatives win both seats, gaining second seat (by-election) from Resident Group

[Tony Otim]

May 4, 2018 5:06:44 GMT andrewteale said:

Torridge, Bideford East: C gain from UKIP
C 383 Lab 273 LD 236 Gubb 231 Grn 62 Davies 56

I think, unless I've missed a change somewhere, that this gain gives the Tories majority control over Torridge.

[middleenglander]

There were 15 single and 41"double" elections on 3 May with 9 (16%) changing hands based on a convention that for double" elections the highest placed candidate won the annual election with the second placed winning the by-election. The results can be summarised by:

Party	Defended	Retained	Gained	Lost	Won	retention rate
Conservative	28	24	4	4	28	86%
Labour	19	19	2		21	100%
Liberal Democrat	4	3	1	1	4	75%
Green			1		1
UKIP	2			2		0%
Independent	1		1	1	1	0%
Resident Groups ^	2	1		1	1	50%
Total	56	47	9	9	56	84%

^ Loughton Residents and Hockley Residents

Conservatives gained 2 seats from UKIP along with 1 from an Independent and 1 from a Resident Group
- whilst losing 1 each to Labour, Liberal Democrat, Green and an Independent
* gained Cheltenham: Leckhampton from an Independent; "double" election with former Liberal Democrat MP top of the poll and retiring Conservative second
   - 2 member ward voting alternate years won by Independent (former Liberal Democrat) in 2016, Conservative in 2014 & 2012 andLiberal Democrat in 2010
* gained Rochford: Hockley from Hockley Resident who only had one candidate in this "double" election
   - 3 member ward won by 2 Rochford Residents and 1 Conservative in 2016 following boundary changes
* gained Rushmoor: West Heath from UKIP in a "double" election with retiring Conservative top of the poll ahead of running mate whilst single UKIP poor third
   - 3 member ward won by UKIP in 2016, UKIP and Conservative in 2015 "double" election, UKIP in 2014 and 3 UKIP in all-out elections in 2012
* gained Torridge: Bideford East from UKIP in a single seat by-election UKIP did not contest
   - 3 member ward electing single Conservative and the 2 UKIP candidates in 2015 and 2 Conservatives and an Independent in 2011
* lost Aylesbury Vale: Quainton to a Liberal Democrat who did not contest the seat in 2015 whilst coming a poor third in 2011 and 2007
   - single member ward easily won by Conservative in each previous election since created in 2003
* lost Braintree: Bocking North to Labour in a single seat by-election which saw a "split" vote when last fought
   - 2 member ward electing Conservative / Labour in 2015 but previous ward of same name elected 2 Labour in 2011, 2007 and 2003
* lost Runnymede: Foxhills to an Independent in a "double" where Independents gained both seats in a ward they had not previously contested
   - 3 member ward electing annually which was previously "safe" for the Conservatives since at least 2002
* lost Trafford, Altrincham to a Green in a "double" election where the Greens gained both seats in a ward they did come narrowly second in 2016
   - 3 member ward electing annually which was previously "safe" for the Conservatives since at least 2004

Labour also gained Hertfordshire: St Albans North from a Liberal Democrat on a swing of some 4% since last May
   - single member division that the Liberal Democrats won in 2017 with Labour winning ward of same name in 2013 but Liberal Democrat in 2009 & 2005

[andrewteale]

Swale, Sheppey East - C hold
C 522 Lab 388 UKIP 235 LD 23