Local Council by-elections 22nd September 2022

[andrewp]

Bentilee and Ubberley

Lynn Watkins (Lab) 469
Sharon Edwards (Ind) 143
Matthew Bridger (Con) 138

[batman]

appalling turnout but a much stronger Labour percentage majority than generally expected.

[andrewteale]

WEALDEN, Maresfield - Grn gain from C
Grn 651 C 412

[spirit]

Llanuwchllyn

PC 368 (95.5%)
LD 16 ( 4.5%)

[timmullen1]

Sept 22, 2022 22:14:24 GMT batman said:

appalling turnout but a much stronger Labour percentage majority than generally expected.

Turnout’s always bad there and next door Abbey Hulton (in fact it was when the now resigned Cllr Funnell Tweeted that they were queuing at 8.30am at his polling station that I pretty much knew the Remain vote was in trouble in the Referendum), but I know both Labour and the Conservatives didn’t resume campaigning until Tuesday, and I’m guessing the CIndy did the same, which, like last week, will have depressed it even more than usual.

[rockefeller]

Sept 22, 2022 22:30:30 GMT spirit said:

Llanuwchllyn

PC 368 (95.5%)
LD 16 ( 4.5%)

Assad margins

[ricmk]

Sept 22, 2022 22:29:02 GMT andrewteale said:

WEALDEN, Maresfield - Grn gain from C
Grn 651 C 412

So much for Trident and NATO membership then!

[timmullen1]

Conservative GAIN in Sherbourne, Coventry

[jamie]

Sept 22, 2022 22:29:02 GMT andrewteale said:

WEALDEN, Maresfield - Grn gain from C
Grn 651 C 412

Why do the people of Maresfield hate Ukraine? 

[Deleted]

Sept 22, 2022 22:30:30 GMT spirit said:

Llanuwchllyn

PC 368 (95.5%)
LD 16 ( 4.5%)

That is such a fantastically Gwynedd result

[andrewteale]

COVENTRY, Sherbourne - C gain from Lab
C 1409 Lab 895 Grn 139 TUSC 125 LD 94 Coventry Citizens 92

[timmullen1]

Sherbourne

Des ARTHUR (Lab) 895
Cameron Ewart BAXTER (Coventry Citizens Party) 92
Jackie GARDINER (Con) 1409
Jane Elizabeth NELLIST (TUSC) 125
Jamie SIMPSON (LD) 94
Bruce Raymond TETLOW (Green) 139

[Robert Waller]

Sherbourne (Coventry) council by-election result:

CON: 53.3% (+14.3)
LAB: 29.7% (-10.2)
GRN: 5.3% (-4.0)
TUSC: 4.7% (+0.4)
LDEM: 3.6% (-1.3)
CCP: 3.5% (+0.7)

Votes cast: 2,644

Conservative GAIN from Labour.

[peterl]

Its not too suprising its a gain considering the close margins the last two years, but that's quite a swing in Sherbourne.

[middleenglander]

Coventry: Sherbourne - Conservative gain from Labour

Party	2022 B votes	2022 B share	since 2022	since 2021	since 2019	since 2018
Conservative	1,409	51.2%	+12.2%	+9.0%	+18.1%	+22.1%
Labour	895	32.5%	-7.4%	-7.3%	-2.2%	-11.8%
Green	139	5.0%	-4.2%	-3.6%	-6.4%	-3.6%
TUSC	125	4.5%	+0.2%	+3.1%	from nowhere	+1.8%
Liberal Democrat	94	3.4%	-1.4%	-1.1%	-3.0%	from nowhere
Coventry Citizens	92	3.3%	+0.6%	-0.1%	from nowhere	from nowhere
UKIP					-14.3%
Independent Batson						-9.3%
Independent Gering						-5.9%
Total votes	2,754		76%	66%	82%	84%

Swing:  Labour to Conservative 9¾% since May, 8¼% since 2021, 10¼% since 2019 and 17% since 2018

Council now:  37 Labour, 15 Conservative, 1 Green, 1 no party

Gwynedd: Llanuwchllyn - Plaid Cymru hold

Party	2022 B votes	2022 B share	2022 result	2017 result	2012 result
Plaid Cymru	368	95.8%	unopposed	unopposed	unopposed
Liberal Democrat	16	4.2%
Total votes	384		n/a	n/a	n/a

Swing:  not meaningful

Council now:  44 Plaid Cymru, 23 Independent, 1 Labour, 1 Liberal Democrat

Stoke-on-Trent: Bentilee & Ubberley - Labour hold

Party	2022 votes	2022 share	since 2019 "top"	since 2019 "average"	since 2015 "top"	since 2015 "average"
Labour	469	62.5%	+29.8%	+28.6%	+25.3%	+24.1%
City Independent	143	19.1%	-3.0%	-1.1%	-4.9%	-4.5%
Conservative	138	18.4%	+9.5%	+10.7%	from nowhere	from nowhere
UKIP			-21.9%	-23.0%	-36.0%	-35.0%
For Britain			-14.4%	-15.1%
British Voice					-2.8%	-2.9%
Total votes	750		46%	49%	26%	27%

Swing: if particularly meaningful City Independent to Labour 16½% / /15% since 2019 and 15% / 14¼% since 2015

Council now:  22 Conservative, 13 Labour, 6 City Independent, 3 Independent

Wealden: Maresfield - Green gain from Conservative

Party	2022 votes	2022 share	since 2019
Green	651	61.2%	+30.3%
Conservative	412	38.8%	-23.3%
Labour			-7.1%
Total votes	1,063		99%

Swing:  Conservative to Green 26¾% since 2019

Council now:  28 Conservative, 6 Liberal Democrat, 4 Independent Democrat, 4 Green, 3 Independent Group

[timmullen1]

Sept 22, 2022 23:08:48 GMT jamie said:

Sept 22, 2022 22:29:02 GMT andrewteale said:

WEALDEN, Maresfield - Grn gain from C
Grn 651 C 412

Why do the people of Maresfield hate Ukraine? 

They’ve not forgiven them for winning Eurovision ahead of the UK?

[greenchristian]

Sept 22, 2022 23:25:34 GMT peterl said:

Its not too suprising its a gain considering the close margins the last two years, but that's quite a swing in Sherbourne.

The Conservative candidate had name recognition. The Labour one didn't (whilst the deceased incumbent had at least some). And the suspension of campaigning almost certainly played a part, as Labour needed to get their vote out on the day and losing the last two weeks of the campaign would have made that exceedingly difficult.

[Penddu]

Sept 22, 2022 22:30:30 GMT spirit said:

Llanuwchllyn

PC 368 (95.5%)
LD 16 ( 4.5%)

Ardderchog...

[rockefeller]

If Lab get the Bentilee & Ubberley swing in Stoke in May:

LAB 32 (+19); CON 11 (-11); CIND 1 (-5); IND 1 (-2). LAB gain from NOC.

LAB gains: Abbey Hulton and Townsend; Baddeley, Milton and Norton (x2); Birches Head and Central Forest Park (x2); Blurton West and Newstead; Broadway and Longton East: Burslem Park; Dresden and Florence; Eaton Park; Fenton West and Mount Pleasant; Great Chell and Packmoor (x2); Hollybush and Longton West; Meir South; Penkhull and Stoke; Sneyd Green; Springfields and Trent Vale; Tunstall.

[John Chanin]

Sept 22, 2022 22:30:30 GMT spirit said:

Llanuwchllyn

PC 368 (95.5%)
LD 16 ( 4.5%)

Well you can see why it's normally uncontested.