Metropolitan Borough By-elections - 06 May 2021
Apr 1, 2021 14:22:38 GMT
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Post by middleenglander on Apr 1, 2021 14:22:38 GMT
There are 54 seats being contested in 28 out of 36 Metropolitan Boroughs - 48 "double elections, 4 single seat by-elections in Birmingham and a "triple" election in Walsall where all 3 seats are up for election. Conservatives defend 14 seats, Labour 33, Liberal Democrats 2 along with 4 Independents and 1 Green.
37 of the vacancies arose following the resignation of the former Councillor, including 6 after being elected as an MP, whilst 16 died and 1 was disqualified.
^ The Conservatives are defending both seats / 3 in the case of Pelsall in all the wards with the exception of Kingswinford North & Wall Heath where Labour is defending the seat won in 2016 and 2012 and in 2007 and 2004 by the same individual standing as a Liberal Democrat.
^^ Labour is defending both seats in all the wards with the exceptions of:
- Keighley Central where an Independent won in 2016, the deceased Labour Councillor in 2018 and a Conservative in 2019
- Golcar where Liberals Democrats won in both 2016 and 2019 with the resigning Labour in 2018
- Flixton where a Conservative won in 2016, as well as previous years, but Labour won in 2018 and 2019
The Liberal Democrats defend both seats in the two wards.
^^^ The only ward where an Independent is defending both seats is Chapel. The position in the other 3 wards is:
- Halewood South returned 3 Labour councillors in 2016, with the highest placed defending in May, but Independents gained in 2018 (deceased) and 2019
- Clayton & Openshaw elected 3 Labour councillors in 2018, second defending in May, with Labour winning in 2019 and the Independent 2020 by-election
- Airedale & Ferry Fryston elected Labour in 2016 and 2018 but the disqualified Independent in 2019
^^^^ Washington South elected Labour in 2016 and 2018 but the resigning Green in 2019
There are 103 seats in total being contested in these Metropolitan Borough wards, 99 in the "double" / "triple" elections and 4 in the Birmingham by-elections.
Labour has 103 candidates, Conservatives 98 (95% of seats), Liberal Democrats 66 (64%) and 70 Greens (68%). There are 22 Independent candidates contesting 14 wards, 7 for both UKIP and Reform, 3 "Localists" and an assortment of 23 Others - a total of 399 candidates or nearly an average of 4 per seat.
The current Labour Councillor in Kingswinford North & Wall Heath, the Conservative in Flixton nor the Independent in Keighley Central is defending their seat.
| Authority | Ward | 2019 majority | Over | ||||
| Conservative | Bolton | Aspley Bridge | Died | 7.2% | Liberal Democrat | ||
| Bradford | Bingley Rural | Died | 36.0% | Labour | |||
| Bradford | Wharfedale | 26.1% | Labour | ||||
| Bury | North Manor | 22.6% | Labour | ||||
| Calderdale | Brighouse | MP | 36.7% | Labour | |||
| Dudley | Belle Vale | 22.7% | Labour | ||||
| Dudley | K'winford N & Wall Heath | MP | 46.5% ^ | Labour | |||
| Kirkless | Birstall & Birkenshaw | 31.0% | Labour | ||||
| North Tyneside | St Mary's | 26.4% | Labour | ||||
| Trafford | Bowden | 45.4% | Green | ||||
| Walsall | Pelsall (2 seats) | MP | 30.9% | UKIP | |||
| Wigan | Orrell | Died | 2.6% | Labour | |||
| Wolverhampton | Tettenhall Wightwick | MP | 35.8% | Labour | |||
| Labour | Bradford | Keighley Central | Died | ^^ | |||
| Bury | Moorside | 14.5% | Conservative | ||||
| Coventry | Wyken | Died | 21.0% | Conservative | |||
| Gateshead | Birtley | Died | 17.2% | Liberal | |||
| Gateshead | Lamesley | MP | 31.7% | Conservative | |||
| Kirklees | Golcar | ^^ | |||||
| Knowsley | St Gabriel | 73.6% | Conservative | ||||
| Leeds | Roundhay | 32.0% | Independent | ||||
| Liverpool | Croxteth | 63.7% | Green | ||||
| Manchester | Brooklands | Died | 32.4% | Conservative | |||
| Newcastle upon Tyne | Byker | Died | 38.0% | UKIP | |||
| North Tyneside | Chirton | 18.0% | UKIP | ||||
| North Tyneside | Preston | MP | 14.7% | Conservative | |||
| Sandwell | Old Warley | 21.4% | Conservative | ||||
| Sandwell | Rowley | Died | 11.3% | Independent | |||
| Sandwell | Wednesbury South | 29.1% | Independent | ||||
| Sefton | Blundellsands | 22.3% | Conservative | ||||
| Sefton | Derby | Died | 77.4% | Conservative | |||
| Sheffield | Richmond | Died | 19.9% | UKIP | |||
| South Tyneside | Horsley Hill | 21.5% | UKIP | ||||
| South Tyneside | Monkton | 10.6% | Independent | ||||
| St Helens | Earlestown | 12.0% | Green | ||||
| Sunderland | Copt Hill | 6.2% | UKIP | ||||
| Sunderland | Shiney Row | Died | 13.0% | UKIP | |||
| Trafford | Flixton | 34.2% ^^ | Conservative | ||||
| Trafford | Longford | 54.4% | Green | ||||
| Trafford | Priory | Died | 26.9% | Green | |||
| Wirral | New Brighton | 39.7% | Conservative | ||||
| Wolverhampton | Heath Town | 37.4% | Conservative | ||||
| Liberal Democrat | Calderdale | Greetland & Staniland | Died | 22.3% | Conservative | ||
| Solihull | Elmdon | 8.2% | Conservative | ||||
| Independent | Knowsley | Halewood South | Died | 8.0% ^^^ | Labour | ||
| Manchester | Clayton & Openshaw | ^^^ | |||||
| Newcastle upon Tyne | Chapel | 51.1% | Labour | ||||
| Wakefield | Airedale & Ferry Fryston | Disqualified | ^^^ | ||||
| Green | Sunderland | Washington South | ^^^^ | ||||
| 2018 majority | |||||||
| Labour | Birmingham | Billesley | 10.0% | Conservative | |||
| Birmingham | Hall Green North | 34.3% | Independent | ||||
| Birmingham | Oscott | Died | 11.2% | Conservative | |||
| Birmingham | Quinton | 2.2% | Conservative |
37 of the vacancies arose following the resignation of the former Councillor, including 6 after being elected as an MP, whilst 16 died and 1 was disqualified.
^ The Conservatives are defending both seats / 3 in the case of Pelsall in all the wards with the exception of Kingswinford North & Wall Heath where Labour is defending the seat won in 2016 and 2012 and in 2007 and 2004 by the same individual standing as a Liberal Democrat.
^^ Labour is defending both seats in all the wards with the exceptions of:
- Keighley Central where an Independent won in 2016, the deceased Labour Councillor in 2018 and a Conservative in 2019
- Golcar where Liberals Democrats won in both 2016 and 2019 with the resigning Labour in 2018
- Flixton where a Conservative won in 2016, as well as previous years, but Labour won in 2018 and 2019
The Liberal Democrats defend both seats in the two wards.
^^^ The only ward where an Independent is defending both seats is Chapel. The position in the other 3 wards is:
- Halewood South returned 3 Labour councillors in 2016, with the highest placed defending in May, but Independents gained in 2018 (deceased) and 2019
- Clayton & Openshaw elected 3 Labour councillors in 2018, second defending in May, with Labour winning in 2019 and the Independent 2020 by-election
- Airedale & Ferry Fryston elected Labour in 2016 and 2018 but the disqualified Independent in 2019
^^^^ Washington South elected Labour in 2016 and 2018 but the resigning Green in 2019
There are 103 seats in total being contested in these Metropolitan Borough wards, 99 in the "double" / "triple" elections and 4 in the Birmingham by-elections.
Labour has 103 candidates, Conservatives 98 (95% of seats), Liberal Democrats 66 (64%) and 70 Greens (68%). There are 22 Independent candidates contesting 14 wards, 7 for both UKIP and Reform, 3 "Localists" and an assortment of 23 Others - a total of 399 candidates or nearly an average of 4 per seat.
The current Labour Councillor in Kingswinford North & Wall Heath, the Conservative in Flixton nor the Independent in Keighley Central is defending their seat.
