By-elections - 31st January 2013

[Pete Whitehead]

He sounds like a bit of a twat, but obviously appealed to some

[iainbhx]

Jan 31, 2013 23:38:29 GMT AdminSTB said:

I know the Greens are stereotypically bad at by-elections, but that's surely a typo...

Christ, I bet even in 1986, I could have got more Green votes than that out of the lefty middle-classes around the Town end of Brook Street and Clifton Street.

[Pete Whitehead]

Bryncoch

Lab 222 62.5%
PC 54 15.2%
Ind C 41 11.5%
LD 24 6.8%
Ind Q 14 3.9%

[hempie]

The Dudley result is very emabarassing in our Deputy Leader's area.

[middleenglander]

Bridgend BC, Bryncoch

Labour 222 - 62.5%, down 11.6% on May 2012
Plaid Cymru 54 - 15.2% from nowhere
Independent 1 41 - 11.5% from nowhere
Lib Dem 24 - 6.8%, down 19.1%
Independent 2 14 - 3.9% from nowhere

Swing Lib Dem to Labour 3.7% although both parties suffered double digit drops in share

Dudley MB, Wollaston & Stourbridge Town

Labour 847 - 35.8%, down 2.1% on "top" May 2012 share and down 3.1% on "average"
Conservative 787 - 33.3%, up 0.4% on "top" and up 1.2% on average
UKIP 249 - 10.5%, up 0.6% on "top" and up 0.2% on "average"
Independent 211 - 8.9% from nowhere
Lib Dem 169 - 7.1%, down 5.9% on both "top" and "average"
BNP 96 - 4.1% from nowhere
Green 7 - 0.3%, down 5.9% on "top" and 5.3% on "average"

Swing Labour to Conservative some 1.2% on "top" candidate share and 2.2% on "average"
- the Norton by-election in June 2012 saw a 2.0% swing Labour to Conservative.

[Deleted]

In Dudley when you faill to get all your nominees to vote for you something haas gone badly wrong

[greatkingrat]

Yes, it is very strange, they have consistently got 200+ votes for the last 3 years in this ward so even if they didn't bother to campaign at all you would expect them to get more than 7 votes.

[The Bishop]

Is the 7 vote figure absolutely confirmed then??

[middleenglander]

Feb 1, 2013 17:41:58 GMT The Bishop said:

Is the 7 vote figure absolutely confirmed then??

It is the figure on the Council's website.

[Deleted]

been confirmed by local politcos

[middleenglander]

BRIDGEND - Bryncoch (Labour died)

2012 - Lab 313, LD 109
2008 - Lab 258, Ind 151, Ind 123
2004 - Ind 278, Lab 177, LD 78

Shawn CULLEN (Independent) 41
Anita DAVIES (Welsh Liberal Democrat) 24
Janice LEWIS (Welsh Labour / Llafur Cymru) 222 Elected
Michael QUICK (Independent) 14
Tim THOMAS (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) 54

DUDLEY - Woolaston and Stourbridge Town (Conservative died)[/u]

2012 - Lab 1397/1317, Con 1213/1025, LD 478/435, UKIP 365/353, Grn 229/164
2011 - Con 1772, Lab 1500, LD 656, UKIP 394, Grn 264
2010 - Con 2545, LD 2138, Lab 1778, UKIP 412, Grn 223
2008 - Con 1505, LD 1268, Lab 775, UKIP 326
2007 - Con 1406, LD 1199, Lab 850, UKIP 581
2006 - Con 1642, LD 1392, Lab 1014

Christopher BRAMALL (Liberal Democrat) 169
Barbara DEELEY (UK Independence Party) 249
Russell EDEN (Independent) 211
Ken GRIFFITHS (British National Party) 96
Matt ROGERS (Conservative Party Candidate) 787
Ben SWEENEY (Green Party Candidate) 7
Barbara SYKES (The Labour and Co-operative Party Candidate) 847 Elected

[gwynthegriff]

Feb 1, 2013 9:30:10 GMT hempie said:

The Dudley result is very emabarassing in our Deputy Leader's area.

[paulypaul]

It would seem that the Dudley result cost the leader of the council his position too.

www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/02/04/councillor-les-jones-resigns-his-post-as-tory-group-leader/