By-Elections on December 11th 2014

[maxque]

Something is wierd with the by-election in Elgin. Candidates are almost all quite young. 70, 32, 29, 25, 21, 19.

Also, the PSP leader claims he deflected to them having defected to "United People's Party" (now PSP) in 2012.

[carlton43]

Dec 10, 2014 5:13:30 GMT maxque said:

Something is wierd with the by-election in Elgin. Candidates are almost all quite young. 70, 32, 29, 25, 21, 19.

Also, the PSP leader claims he deflected to them having defected to "United People's Party" (now PSP) in 2012.

Everything about Elgin and that coast is a bit weird.

[AdminSTB]

Andrew Teale's previews:
blog.englishelections.org.uk/2014/12/by-election-previews-11th-december-2014.html
blog.scottishelections.org.uk/2014/12/by-election-previews-11th-december-2014.html
blog.welshelections.org.uk/2014/12/by-election-preview-11th-december-2014.html

I'm catching up on my websites. All results up to 27th November now online. Of course, now I'm working the next four days so probably nothing else will get done before Sunday night at the earliest...

[La Fontaine]

Dec 10, 2014 11:16:21 GMT carlton43 said:

Dec 10, 2014 5:13:30 GMT maxque said:

Something is wierd with the by-election in Elgin. Candidates are almost all quite young. 70, 32, 29, 25, 21, 19.

Also, the PSP leader claims he deflected to them having defected to "United People's Party" (now PSP) in 2012.

Everything about Elgin and that coast is a bit weird.

There is a great whisky shop.

[greatkingrat]

Am I missing something? What has the Patriotic Socialist Party got to do with the Elgin by-election?

[Arthur Figgis]

The Elgin Marble Company is next to Elgin station. Which amused me.

[Devil Wincarnate]

Dec 11, 2014 21:23:26 GMT greatkingrat said:

Am I missing something? What has the Patriotic Socialist Party got to do with the Elgin by-election?

I was slightly confused by that too.

[Devil Wincarnate]

Looking at the name of the Green candidate- the Greens appear to have chosen a service station on the M1 to fight the Elgin by-election.

[maxque]

Dec 11, 2014 22:09:07 GMT Devil Wincarnate said:

Dec 11, 2014 21:23:26 GMT greatkingrat said:

Am I missing something? What has the Patriotic Socialist Party got to do with the Elgin by-election?

I was slightly confused by that too.

He was claimed to have defected in 2012, when he was a community councillor in the Glasgow area.

[Old Fashioned Leftie]

Labour Hold Washington East

Lab - 775
Con - 595
UKIP - 506
Green - 93
LD - 52

[maxque]

Washington East:

Lab 38.3% (-3.0)
Con 29.4% (+4.1)
UKIP 25.0% (-1.1)
Grn 4.6% (+4.6)
LD 2.6% (-2.2)

[mark1968]

Rawcliffe Parish Council, Rawcliffe ward (City of York UA)
LD 237
Ind 236
LD Gain from Ind
Lib Dems now have 4 out of 9 seats on Rawcliffe Parish Council, all four gained in by-elections over the last 3 years.

[marksenior]

Broxtowe , Conservative hold

Con 952 Lab 454 UKIP 340

[maxque]

Broxtowe (2011; 2012 by):

Con 54.5% (+5.8; +6.9)
Lab 26.0% (-3.5; +3.9)
UKIP 19.5% (+9.8; +6.4)

[marksenior]

Argyll and Bute 1st preferences

SNP 942 Lib Dem 214 Con 203 Lab 156

[Robert Waller]

Argyll is quite a swing .... C candidate was from 50 miles away, I now find.

[maxque]

Dec 11, 2014 23:37:02 GMT marksenior said:

Argyll and Bute 1st preferences

SNP 942 Lib Dem 214 Con 203 Lab 156

Those numbers would be more than enough to elect SNP by first count.

It's, in %

SNP 62.2% (+37.2)
LD 14.1% (-0.1)
Con 13.4% (-32.5)
Lab 10.3% (+10.3)

It's an huge swing (and proves than Tory vote is most likely the Conservative incumbent personal vote).

[marksenior]

Lincs Stamford North UKIP gain from Ind

UKIP 400 Lab 268 Con 261 Linc Ind 199 Lib Dem 142

Carmarthenshire Plaid gain from Ind

Plaid 598 Ind 181 Lib Dem 96

[Pete Whitehead]

Some pretty wild swings tonight - think its going to be a fault heavy evening!

[maxque]

Lincolnshire:

UKIP 31.5% (+31.5)
Lab 21.1% (+0.1)
Con 20.6% (-11.0)
Lind 15.7% (-31.7)
LD 11.2% (+11.2)

Carmarthenshire:

PC 68.3% (+33.6)
Ind 20.7% (-30.2)
LD 11.0% (-3.4)