05 May 2022 By-elections

[southernliberal]

Apr 7, 2022 2:00:07 GMT Khunanup said:

Apr 6, 2022 17:23:49 GMT middleenglander said:

The final count appears to be 53 by-elections on 05 May 2022, 13 single seat contests and 40 "double" elections.  Two contests were only identified after the close of nominations, a by-election for the Harrogate: Wathvale vacancy following the resignation of a Conservative Councillor and a "double" election in Fareham: Portchester East after a Liberal Democrat had resigned.

In comparison there were 56 by-elections in English seats in 2018 - 15 single seats and 41 " double" elections - and similarly 70 in 2014 - 30 single seats and 40 "double"

The R in column 3 of the following tables indicates the vacancy arose as a result of a resignation and D following a death.

Conservative defences - 18

Single seat elections		- 8		Result	Con	Lab	LD	Grn	Other
Brighton & Hove UA		Rottingdean Coastal	R		X	X	X	X	X,X	2 Independents
Carlisle DC		Longtown & The Border	D		X		X
Derbyshire Dales DC		Carsington Water	D		X	X	X	X
Epping Forest DC		Waltham Abbey North East	R		X		X
Harrogate DC		Wathvale	R		X		X	X
Sevenoaks DC		Fawkham & West Kingsdown	D		X	X	X
Vale of White Horse DC		Steventon & The Hanneys	R		X		X		X	Independent
West Lancashire DC		Wrightington	R		X	X
					8	4	7	3	3

Double seat elections	- 10		Result	Con	Lab	LD	Grn	Other
Cherwell DC	Launton & Otmoor	R		X,X	X,X	X,X
Dudley MB	Halesowen South	D		X,X	X,X	X	X	X	Independent
Harlow DC	Toddbrook	R		X,X	X,X		X
Hartlepool UA	Rural West	D		X,X	X	X		X X	Independent North East Party
Leeds MB	Horsforth	R		X,X	X,X	X,X	X,X	X	Yorkshire Party
Oldham MB	Medlock Vale	R		X,X	X,X	X,X		X	Proud of Oldham
Pendle DC	Barrowford & Pendleside	D		X,X	X,X
Pendle DC	Vivary Bridge	R		X,X	X,X	X,X	X
Worcester DC	Nunnery	R		X,X	X,X	X	X,X	X	Independent
Worthing DC	Castle	R		X,X	X,X	X,X	X
				20	19	13	8	6

Labour defences - 23

Single seat elections	- 2		Result	Con	Lab	LD	Other
Allerdale DC	St Michaels	R		X	X		X	Independent
South Ribble DC	Earnshaw Bridge	D		X	X	X
				2	2	1	1

Double seat elections	- 21		Result	Con	Lab	LD	Grn	Other
Blackburn & Darwen UA	Roe Lee	R		X,X	X,X
Cambridge DC	Arbury	R		X,X	X,X	X,X	X,X
Cambridge DC	West Chesterton	R		X,X	X,X	X,X	X,X	X	Independent
Calderdale MB	Ovenden	R		X,X	X,X	X	X,X
Exeter DC	Exwick	R		X,X	X,X	X,X	X,X	X	For Britain
Exeter DC	Heavitree	R		X,X	X,X	X,X	X,X
Exeter DC	Pennysylvania	D		X,X	X,X	X,X	X,X
Exeter DC	Priory	R		X,X	X,X	X	X,X
Hyndburn DC	St Oswalds	R		X,X	X,X			X X,X	Independent 2 Reform
Ipswich DC	St Johns	R		X,X	X,X	X	X,X
Leeds MB	Roundhay	R		X,X	X,X	X	X	X	Green Socialism
Newcastle-upon-Tyne MB	Benwell & Scotswood	R		X,X	X,X	X,X	X	X	Newcastle Ind
Preston DC	Brookfield	D		X,X	X,X	X,X
Redditch DC	Greenlands	R		X,X	X,X	X	X
Southend-on-Sea UA	Victoria	R		X,X	X,X	X,X	X,X	X X	Animal Welfare Confelicity
Southampton UA	Shirley	R		X,X	X,X	X,X		X	TUSC
South Tyneside MB	Harton	D		X	X,X		X	X	Independent
Trafford MB	Gorse Hill	R		X,X	X,X	X,X	X,X	X	Independent
Walsall MB	Willenhall South	R		X,X	X,X	X
West Lancashire DC	Burscough East	R		X,X	X,X	X
Wigan MB	Leigh East	D		X,X	X,X	X		X	Leigh East Ind
				41	42	28	24	13

Liberal Democrat defences - 8

Single seat election	- 1		Result	Con	Lab	LD	Grn	Other
South Norfolk DC	Mulbarton & Stoke Cross	R		X	X	X	X	X	Reform

Double seat elections	- 7		Result	Con	Lab	LD	Grn	Other
Cheltenham DC	College	R		X,X	X	X,X	X,X	X	Reform
Colchester DC	New Town & Christ Church	D		X,X	X,X	X,X
North East Lincolnshire UA	East Marsh	R		X	X	X,X		X	TUSC
Fareham DC	Portchester East			X,X	X,X	X,X		X	Independent
Peterborough UA	Fletton & Stanground	R		X,X	X	X,X
Three Rivers DC	Gade Valley	R		X,X	X,X	X,X	X
Welwyn Hatfield DC	Handside	R		X,X	X,X	X,X	X	X	Abolish TV Licence
				13	11	14	4	4

Independent and Other defences - 4

Single seat elections	- 2		Result	Con	Lab	LD	Other	Other
Rutland UA	Uppingham (Green)	R		X		X	X X	Independent Reform
Staffordshire Moorlands DC	Cheadle South East	D		X	X		X	Independent
				2	1	1	3

Double seat elections	- 2		Result	Con	Lab	LD	Grn	Other	Other
Basingstoke & Deane DC	Whitchurch, Overton & Laverstock	R		X	X	X,X		X,X	B&D Ind
Wirral MB	Birkenhead & Tranmere (Green)	R		X,X	X,X	X,X	X,X
				3	3	4	2	2

For the 13 single seat contests there are 13 Conservative candidates, 8 Labour, 10 Liberal Democrats, 4 Green, 6 Independents and 2 Reform - a total of 43
- Rutland: Uppingham will see a change of party as the Greens are not defending their seat.

For the 40 "double" elections there are 77 Conservative candidates, 75 Labour, 59 Liberal Democrat, 38 Green, 8 Independents and 17 Others - a total of 274 candidates for the 80 seats.
- of the 17 others, 7 are localist candidates: 2 Basingstoke & Deane Independents together with 1 each for Leigh East Independent, Newcastle Independent, North East, Proud of Oldham & Saddleworth and Yorkshire Party
- the remaining 10 are Reform (3), TUSC (2) and 1 each for Abolish TV Licence, Alliance for Green Socialism, Animal Welfare, Confelicity and For Britain.

Great summary!

Just to point out though that Portchester East on Fareham BC is not a by-election, it's a normal two member vacancy election of this cycle.

Fareham is a halfs council but has one three member ward (this one) so it elects two members every other election, this being this part of the cycle.

It all comes down to Portchester having entitlement for five seats within the borough and god forbid they have to have part of it in a ward with Fareham proper... Making it confusing for psephologists I don't think was ever a consideration unfortunately.

Good news on Portchester though, Fareham are currently undergoing boundary changes ahead of all ups in 2024 and it looks like they will be going from 31 cllrs across 15 wards to 32 cllrs across 16 wards, removing the Portchester East oddity 

[andrewteale]

The Liberal Democrat candidate for the Longtown and the Border by-election in Carlisle is currently serving as Mayor of Bury. He's standing down from Bury council this year after 22 years' service.

[Khunanup]

Apr 16, 2022 14:18:42 GMT andrewteale said:

The Liberal Democrat candidate for the Longtown and the Border by-election in Carlisle is currently serving as Mayor of Bury. He's standing down from Bury council this year after 22 years' service.

Also Chief Exec of ALDC.

It's the same lineup for the Cumberland election on the same day for the Longtown division.

[Deleted]

Given Labour won next door Peacehaven and Telscombe last May, Rottingdean Coastal in Brighton may be a curious fight.

The double seat vacancy in Castle in Worthing is one to watch too. 

[matureleft]

Apr 25, 2022 6:15:05 GMT @conservativeestimate said:

Given Labour won next door Peacehaven and Telscombe last May, Rottingdean Coastal in Brighton may be a curious fight.

The double seat vacancy in Castle in Worthing is one to watch too. 

Labour are certainly giving Rottingdean Coastal a go. They have a local candidate. Both independents are from the near-Kemptown end (it’s a bizarrely shaped ward currently). My partner says that all the candidates look “old and boring” I’m afraid! One independent (White) is getting some posters up and appears to have some local business support.

[sjorford]

One more 5th May by-election: Chelmsford, Little Baddow, Danbury and Sandon ward, due to the resignation of Bob Shepherd (Con) - candidates are Con, Lab, LD

www.chelmsford.gov.uk/voting-and-elections/upcoming-elections/

[Deleted]

Apr 25, 2022 7:04:58 GMT matureleft said:

Apr 25, 2022 6:15:05 GMT @conservativeestimate said:

Given Labour won next door Peacehaven and Telscombe last May, Rottingdean Coastal in Brighton may be a curious fight.

The double seat vacancy in Castle in Worthing is one to watch too. 

Labour are certainly giving Rottingdean Coastal a go. They have a local candidate. Both independents are from the near-Kemptown end (it’s a bizarrely shaped ward currently). My partner says that all the candidates look “old and boring” I’m afraid! One independent (White) is getting some posters up and appears to have some local business support.

Given Green strength in Pavilion, Labour may need to win Rottingdean and Woodingdean in 2023 for control of Brighton & Hove. The '15 -'19 swing was big in both.

Worthing council likely goes Labour before B&H. If you said that 20 years ago, imagine the reaction.

[cogload]

The Vale?

[carolus]

South Ribble, Earnshaw Bridge:

Labour - 626
Con - 460
LD - 86

Lab Hold

[Adam in Stroud]

May 5, 2022 23:11:36 GMT cogload said:

The Vale?

Yes.

[bungle]

Carsington Water - Derbyshire Dales

Con 343 43.8% (-15.8)
LD 274. 35.0% (+14.0)
Lab 132 16.9% (-2.5)
Green 34 4.3% (+4.3)

Changes on 2019

[Rutlander]

RUTLAND UA: Uppingham by-election:
LD GAIN (from GREEN)

Dave Ainslie, Independent – 327
Phil Bourqui, Reform UK – 36
Giles Clifton, Conservative – 205
Stephen Lambert, Lib Dem – 661

[carolus]

Allerdale, St Michael's - Lab hold
Lab 454
Ind 278
Con 179

[mej111]

Carlisle - Longtown and the Border - Lib Dem gain from Con

Con - 948
Lib Dem - 1,247

Sevenoaks - Fawkham & West Kingsdown - Con Hold

Emily Ruth Bulford (The Conservative Party Candidate) - 892 ELECTED
Jordan Selvey (Labour Party) - 202
Tristan Ward (Liberal Democrat) - 156

Staffordshire Moorlands - Cheadle South East - Con gain from Independent

ROUTLEDGE Zenobia Rose Lillian



The Conservative Party Candidate 348



SPOONER Matthew Charles

Labour Party 325



WILKINSON Abigail Laura

Independent 137

[matureleft]

www.brightonandhovenews.org/2022/05/06/labour-wins-rottingdean-coastal-by-election/

The council haven’t bothered to post this I think. Demonstrates continued Labour progress along this previously very Tory stretch of fringe Brighton communities east of the city.

[middleenglander]

The results of the 53 by-elections on 05 May 2022, 14 single seat contests and 39 "double" elections, saw 39 seats retained with 14 (26%) changing  :

Note the R below indicates the vacancy arose as a result of a resignation and D following a death.

19 Conservative defences - retained 10, lost 6 to Labour and 3 to Liberal Democrats

Single seat elections		- 9		Result	Con	Lab	LD	Grn	Ind
Brighton & Hove UA		Rottingdean Coastal	R	Lab	1185	1443	168	504	1355, 222
Carlisle DC		Longtown & The Border	D	LD	948		1,247
Chelmford DC		Little Baddow, Danbury & Sandon	R	Hold	1,494	183	480
Derbyshire Dales DC		Carsington Water	D	Hold	343	132	274	34
Epping Forest DC		Waltham Abbey North East	R	Hold	531		295
Harrogate DC		Wathvale	R	Hold	686		321	297
Sevenoaks DC		Fawkham & West Kingsdown	D	Hold	882	202	156
Vale of White Horse DC		Steventon & The Hanneys	R	LD	517		878		199
West Lancashire DC		Wrightington	R	Hold	687	601

Double seat elections	- 10		Result	Con	Lab	LD	Grn	Ind	Other
Cherwell DC	Launton & Otmoor	R	LD	1091, 958	267, 229	1477, 1322
Dudley MB	Halesowen South	D	Hold	1806, 1696	904, 874	330	437	204
Harlow DC	Toddbrook	R	Lab	659, 600	798 , 758		203
Hartlepool UA	Rural West	D	Hold	1188, 1144	626	331		496	191 North East
Leeds MB	Horsforth	R	Lab	2673, 2492	3402, 3166	1292, 974	569, 330		330 Yorkshire Party
Oldham MB	Medlock Vale	R	Lab	670, 343	2128, 2069	289, 102			604 Proud of Oldham
Pendle DC	Barrowford & Pendleside	D	Hold	1366, 1290	958, 815
Pendle DC	Vivary Bridge	R	Hold	708, 701	356, 259	371, 300	109
Worcester DC	Nunnery	R	Lab	728, 661	1156, 959	127	302, 186	171
Worthing DC	Castle	R	Lab	696, 658	1297, 1060	287, 281	188

23 Labour defences - retained 21, lost 1 to Conservative and 1 to Green

Single seat elections	- 2		Result	Con	Lab	LD	Ind
Allerdale DC	St Michaels	R	Hold	179	454		278
South Ribble DC	Earnshaw Bridge	D	Hold	460	626	86

Double seat elections	- 21		Result	Con	Lab	LD	Grn	Ind
Blackburn & Darwen UA	Roe Lee	R	Hold	680, 683	1312, 1217
Cambridge DC	Arbury	R	Hold	317, 242	1176, 1145	444, 423	366, 292
Cambridge DC	West Chesterton	R	Hold	232, 192	1390, 1229	1171, 970	389, 337	294
Calderdale MB	Ovenden	R	Hold	562, 476	997, 881	197	159, 116
Exeter DC	Exwick	R	Hold	422, 402	1356, 1208	174, 109	339, 208		192 For Britain
Exeter DC	Heavitree	R	Green	419, 383	1211, 1068	156, 98	1436, 1418
Exeter DC	Pennysylvania	D	Hold	535, 530	1400, 1310	360, 288	621, 620
Exeter DC	Priory	R	Hold	706,701	1212, 1084	225	317, 258
Hyndburn DC	St Oswalds	R	Con	1066 / 734	641, 375			285	120, 35 Reform
Ipswich DC	St Johns	R	Hold	865, 790	1290, 1228	280	243, 159
Leeds MB	Roundhay	R	Hold	1418, 1261	4165, 3898	942	1650		400 Green Socialism
Newcastle-upon-Tyne MB	Benwell & Scotswood	R	Hold	640, 444	1687, 1492	172, 154	251		295 Newcastle Ind
Preston DC	Brookfield	D	Hold	272, 258	793, 723	126, 88
Redditch DC	Greenlands	R	Hold	627, 596	740, 633	158	177
Southend-on-Sea UA	Victoria	R	Hold	421, 353	1132, 967	104, 81	183, 158		109 Animal Welfare 39 Confelicity
Southampton UA	Shirley	R	Hold	1592, 1336	2237, 1852	557, 391			94 TUSC
South Tyneside MB	Harton	D	Hold	721	853, 833		471	814
Trafford MB	Gorse Hill	R	Hold	454, 353	1871, 1611	141, 124	286, 182	188
Walsall MB	Willenhall South	R	Hold	729, 677	1653, 1462	233
West Lancashire DC	Burscough East	R	Hold	495, 476	695, 632	125
Wigan MB	Leigh East	D	Hold	734, 495	1418, 1123	215			435 Leigh East Ind

7 Liberal Democrat defences - retained 6, lost 1 to Labour

Single seat election	- 1		Result	Con	Lab	LD	Grn	Reform
South Norfolk DC	Mulbarton & Stoke Cross	R	Hold	969	402	1202	183	107

Double seat elections	- 6		Result	Con	Lab	LD	Grn	Other
Cheltenham DC	College	R	Hold	418, 397	138	1060, 1019	303. 138	47 Reform
Colchester DC	New Town & Christ Church	D	Lab	580, 524	1451, 1292	1089, 920	473
North East Lincolnshire UA	East Marsh	R	Hold	138	237	868, 635		71 TUSC
Peterborough UA	Fletton & Stanground	R	Hold	605, 566	442	1030, 928
Three Rivers DC	Gade Valley	R	Hold	349, 282	278, 243	772, 763	172
Welwyn Hatfield DC	Handside	R	Hold	726, 695	312, 268	1457, 1431	260	87 Abolish TV Licence

4 Independent and Other defences - 2 retained, Green lost 1 to Liberal Democrat and Independent lost 1 to Conservative

Single seat elections	- 2		Result	Con	Lab	LD	Ind	Reform
Rutland UA	Uppingham (Green)	R	LD	205		661	327	36
Staffordshire Moorlands DC	Cheadle South East	D	Con	348	325		137

Double seat elections	- 2		Result	Con	Lab	LD	Grn	B&D Ind
Basingstoke & Deane DC	Whitchurch, Overton & Laverstock	R	Hold	609	324	700 / 674		2082, 1734
Wirral MB	Birkenhead & Tranmere (Green)	R	Hold	86, 70	1045, 743	78, 26	1798, 1484

For the 14 single seat contests there were 14 Conservative candidates, 9 Labour, 11 Liberal Democrats, 4 Green, 6 Independents and 2 Reform - a total of 43
- Rutland: Uppingham will see a change of party as the Greens are not defending their seat.

For the 39 "double" elections there were 75 Conservative candidates, 73 Labour, 57 Liberal Democrat, 39 Green, 7 Independents and 17 Others - a total of 268 candidates for the 80 seats.
- of the 17 others, 7 are localist candidates: 2 Basingstoke & Deane Independents together with 1 each for Leigh East Independent, Newcastle Independent, North East, Proud of Oldham & Saddleworth and Yorkshire Party
- the remaining 10 are Reform (3), TUSC (2) and 1 each for Abolish TV Licence, Alliance for Green Socialism, Animal Welfare, Confelicity and For Britain.

[paulldc12]

Apr 10, 2022 11:13:04 GMT southernliberal said:

Apr 7, 2022 2:00:07 GMT Khunanup said:

Great summary!

Just to point out though that Portchester East on Fareham BC is not a by-election, it's a normal two member vacancy election of this cycle.

Fareham is a halfs council but has one three member ward (this one) so it elects two members every other election, this being this part of the cycle.

It all comes down to Portchester having entitlement for five seats within the borough and god forbid they have to have part of it in a ward with Fareham proper... Making it confusing for psephologists I don't think was ever a consideration unfortunately.

Good news on Portchester though, Fareham are currently undergoing boundary changes ahead of all ups in 2024 and it looks like they will be going from 31 cllrs across 15 wards to 32 cllrs across 16 wards, removing the Portchester East oddity 

[paulldc12]

I am looking for in depth results of all 55 by-elections from May 5th, can anyone assist in my endeavour?

Thanks

[batman]

what do you mean in-depth? it seems that middleenglander has provided a lot of detail already

[Defenestrated Fipplebox]

May 12, 2022 10:36:34 GMT paulldc12 said:

I am looking for in depth results of all 55 by-elections from May 5th, can anyone assist in my endeavour?

Thanks

The individual results will be posted on each council's website