Local Council By-elections on 7th May 2015

[Davıd Boothroyd]

Candidates for Westminster Warwick are Mohammad Ali Bhatti (UKIP), Sophia Eglin (Lab) and Jacqui Wilkinson (C).

transact.westminster.gov.uk/docstores/publications_store/elections/warwick_notice_of_poll_and_statement_of_persons_nominated.pdf

[ColinJ]

Apr 10, 2015 9:16:16 GMT Davıd Boothroyd said:

Candidates for Westminster Warwick are Mohammad Ali Bhatti (UKIP), Sophia Eglin (Lab) and Jacqui Wilkinson (C).

transact.westminster.gov.uk/docstores/publications_store/elections/warwick_notice_of_poll_and_statement_of_persons_nominated.pdf

Mr Bhatti will be very busy on the 7th. He is also Parliamentary candidate for UKIP in Harrow West.

[middleenglander]

A total of 54 by-elections along with 32 "double" elections have been identified so far on 7th May.

All arise from a resignation unless a death (D) or disqualification (Dis)

Conservative defend - 35

- by-elections - 26
* Barnet LB, Garden Suburb - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP, Green
* Basingstoke & Deane BC, Rooksdown - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP
* Cambridgeshire CC, Whittlesey North - 3 candidates: Con, LD, UKIP
* Camden LB, Hampstead Town - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, Ind
* Cheltenham BC, Battledown - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP, Green
* Cherwell DC, Caversfield - 2 candidates: Con, Lab
* Cornwall UA, Constantine, Mawnan & Budock - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP, MK
* Craven DC, Barden Fell - 3 candidates: Con, Green, Ind
* Craven DC, Settle & Ribblebanks (D) - 3 candidates: Con, Lab, Green
* Craven DC, Upper Wharfedale (D) - 2 candidates: Con, Lab
* Derbyshire CC, Ashbourne - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green
* Durham UA, Barnard Castle West - 3 candidates: Con, Lab, Green
* Ealing LB, Northfield - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP, Green
* Hampshire CC, Andover West - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, UKIP, Green
* Kensington & Chelsea LB, Stanley - 3 candidates: Con, Lab, No Description
* Leicestershire CC, Narborough & Whetstone - 3 candidates: Con, Lab, UKIP
* Newcastle-under-Lyme BC, Clayton (D): 6 candidates - Con, Lab, LD, UKIP, Green, Ind
* Norfolk CC, Loddon - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP, Green
* Oxfordshire CC, Witney West & Bampton - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP, Green
* Reigate & Banstead BC, Reigate Hill - 3 candidates: Con, Lab, UKIP
* Suffolk CC, Haverhill Cangle - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP
* Surrey CC, Weybridge - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, UKIP, Weybridge Independent
* Wandsworth LB, Earlsfield (D) - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP, Green
* Westminster LB, Warwick - 3 candidates: Con, Lab, UKIP
* Wiltshire UA, Bromhan, Rowde & Potterne - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP
* Winchester BC, Cheriton & Bishops Sutton - 3 candidates: Con, Lab, LD

101 candidates for 26 seats: 26 Con, 24 Lab, 15 LD, 17 UKIP, 13 Green, 3 Independent, 1 Weybridge Independent, 1 MK, 1 No Description

- "double" elections - 9
** Birmingham MB, Sutton New Hall - 8 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 LD, UKIP, Green
** Bolton MB, Heaton & Lostock - 9 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 LD, 2 UKIP, Green
** Hart DC, Hartley Wintney - 5 candidates: 2 Con, 2 LD, UKIP
** Pendle BC, Barrowford - 5 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, UKIP
** Peterborough UA, Stanground Central - 7 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, UKIP, Green, Eng Dem
** Redditch BC, West sitting as Independent - 8 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 UKIP, 2 Green
** Runneymeade BC, Addlestone North - 5 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, UKIP
** Southend UA, West Shoebury - 10 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 LD, UKIP, Green, 2 Ind
** West Oxfordshire DC, Hailey, Minster Lovell & Leafield - 7 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 LD, Green

64 candidates for 18 seats: 18 Con, 16 Lab, 10 LD, 10 UKIP, 7 Green, 2 Ind, 1 Eng Dem

Labour defend - 35

- by-elections - 18
* Bridgend UA, Newcastle - 3 candidates: Con, Lab, UKIP
* Durham UA, Ferryhill - 3 candidates: Lab, Green, Ind
* Durham UA, Sherburn - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green
* Durham UA, Willington & Hunwisk - 3 candidates: Lab, Green, Ind
* Enfield LB, Jubilee - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP, Green
* Fife UA, Dunfermline South - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, SNP
* Flintshire UA, Caergwrle (D) - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP, Green
* Greenwich LB, Greenwich West - 7 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP, Green, TUSC, Ind
* Lambeth LB, Prince's - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, TUSC, SPGB
* Merthyr Tydfil UA, Gurnos - 3 candidates: Lab, 2 Ind
* Merthyr Tydfil UA, Town - 2 candidates: Lab, LD
* Neath Port Talbot UA, Cwmllynfell (D) - 3 candidates: Lab, Plaid Cymru, Green
* Newham LB, Stratford & New Town (Dis) - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, UKIP, Green, TUSC, CPA
* Southwark LB, Chaucer - 7 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP, Green, Ind, All People's
* Stroud DC, Eastington & Standish - 3 candidates: Con, Lab, Green
* Swansea UA, Crockett - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Plaid Cymru, Green, TUSC
* Swansea UA, Morriston - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Plaid Cymru
* Swansea UA, Townhill - 7 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Plaid Cymru, UKIP, Green, TUSC

81 candidates for 18 seats: 13 Con, 18 Lab, 11 LD, 1 SNP, 4 Plaid Cymru, 7 UKIP, 13 Green, 6 Ind, 5 TUSC, 1 CPA, 1 SPGB, 1 All People's

- "double" elections - 17
** Bolton MB, Westhoughton North & Chew Moor - 10 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 LD, 2 UKIP, Green, Ind
** Burnley BC, Hapton with Park - 8 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 LD, UKIP, Green
** Ipswich BC, St John's - 7 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, LD, UKIP, Green
** Ipswich BC, Sprite - 7 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, LD, UKIP, Green
** Kirklees MB, Greenhead - 10 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 LD, UKIP, 2 Green, TUSC
** Knowsley MB, Halewood West - 3 candidates: Con, 2 Lab
** Liverpool MB, Fazakerley - 9 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 LD, UKIP, 2 Green
** Newcastle-upon-Tyne MB, Denton - 8 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 LD, UKIP, Newcastle 1st
** Newcastle-upon-Tyne MB, Lemington - 8 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 LD, UKIP, Newcastle 1st
** Norwich BC, Miles Cross sitting as Independent - 9 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 LD, UKIP, 2 Green
** Norwich BC, Sewell - 9 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 LD, UKIP, 2 Green
** North East Lincolnshire UA, East Marsh sitting as Independent - 8 candidates: Con, 2 Lab, 2 LD, UKIP, Green, TUSC
** Rossendale BC, Irwell - 6 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, UKIP, Green
** Rossendale BC, Whitewell - 7 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, LD, UKIP, Green
** Rotherham MB, Boston Castle - 7 candidates: Con, 2 Lab, LD, 2 UKIP, TUSC
** Sefton MB, Ravenmeols - 8 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 Green, 2 Community Action
** St Helens MB, Haydock (D) - 6 candidates: Con, 2 Lab, 2 UKIP, Green

130 candidates for 34 seats: 30 Con, 34 Lab, 22 LD, 18 UKIP, 18 Green, 1 Ind, 3 TUSC, 2 Newcastle 1st, 2 Community Action

Liberal Democrat defend - 5

- by-elections - 5
* Cumbria CC, Cartmel - 3 candidates: Con, LD, Green
* Kingston-upon-Thames LB, Grove - 7 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP, Green, TUSC, Ind
* Kingston-upon-Thames LB, Tolworth & Hook Rise - 7 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP, Green, TUSC, Ind
* Somerset CC, Taunton North - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP, Green
* Wiltshire UA, Chippenham Hardenhuish - 3 candidates: Con, LD, Green

25 candidates for 5 seats: 5 Con, 3 Lab, 5 LD, 3 UKIP, 5 Green, 2 Ind, 2 TUSC

SNP defend - 2
* Highlands UA, Nairn - 5 candidates: Lab, LD, SNP, Ind, No Description
* Perth & Kinross UA, Perth City Centre - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, SNP, No Description

10 candidates for 2 seats: Con, 2 Lab, 2 LD, 2 SNP, 1 Ind, 2 No Description

UKIP defend - 8

- by-elections - 3
* Cornwall UA, Camborne Treswithian - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP, MK
* Kent CC, Romney Marsh - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP, Green
* Maidstone BC, Park Wood - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP, 2 Ind

16 candidates for 3 seats: 3 Con, 3 Lab, 3 LD, 3 UKIP, 1 Green, 2 Ind, 1 MK

- "double" elections - 5
** Harlow BC, Great Parndon - 6 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 UKIP
** Mole Valley DC, Holmwoods - 8 candidates: 2 Con, 2 LD, 2 UKIP, 2 Green - deferred
** Rushmoor BC, West Heath - 9 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 LD, 2 UKIP, Green
** Southend UA, St Laurence - 10 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 LD, 2 Green, UKIP, Ind
** Tunbridge Wells BC, Rusthall - 9 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 LD, 2 UKIP, Green

42 candidates for 10 seats: 10 Con, 8 Lab, 8 LD, 9 UKIP, 6 Green, 1 Ind

Green defend - 1 "double"
** Watford BC, Callowland - 11 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 LD, 2 UKIP, 2 Green, 1 No Description


So in total
233 candidates for 54 by-election seats: 48 Con, 50 Lab, 36 LD, 3 SNP, 4 Plaid Cymru, 30 UKIP, 32 Green, 14 Independent, 16 other
- others are 7 TUSC, 3 No Description, 2 Mebyon Kernow, 1 each All People's, Christion People Alliance, Socialist Party GB & Weybridge Independent
247 candidates for 64 seats in "double" elections: 60 Con, 60 Lab, 42 LD, 39 UKIP, 33 Green, 4 Ind, 9 other
- others are 3 TUSC, 2 Community Action, 2 Newcastle 1st, 1 each English Democrat and No Description

[Davıd Boothroyd]

WESTMINSTER Warwick ward

Electorate 6,668
BPs 3,862
Rejected 42

Jacqui Wilkinson (C) 2,397 (62.7%, +10.2)
Sophia Eglin (Lab) 1,216 (31.8%, +13.2)
Mohammad Ali Bhatti (UKIP) 207 (5.4%, -5.0)

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Merthyr Tydfil - Gurnos Ward
O'Neill (Lab) 706
Canavan (Ind) 698
Davies (Ind) 340

Town Ward
Slater (Lab) 2182
Griffin (LD) 1126


Labour also wins Cwmllynfell ward on Neath Port Talbot CBC - no figures


Swansea - Cockett Ward
Nicola Ann Holley (LD) 776
Elliot John King (Lab) 2741
Dai Lloyd (PC) 1345
Dave Philips (TUSC) 128
Rebecca Singh (Con) 899
Mike Whittall (Grn) 314

Townhill Ward
Cyril Anderson (Lab) 1773
Tom Giffard (Con) 143
Owen Ellis Herbert (TUSC) 56
Michael O'Carroll (LD) 82
Tim Orr (UKIP) 523
Patrick Powell (PC) 159
Kevin James Searly (Grn) 130

Morriston Ward
Ceri Rhys Evans (Lab) 3988
John Rawle Jenkins (LD) 372
Dic Jones (PC) 1344
Thomas Patrick Morgan (C) 1469

[irish observer]

SNP defended their 2 seats and gained Dunfermline South from Labour.

Perth City Centre
Andrew Parrott SNP 3589* on first count.
Chris Ahern CON 1679
Lorna Redford LAB 939
Philip Brown LIB 701
Ian Thomson IND 119

Nairn
Stephen Fuller SNP 2709* on fourth count
Ritchie Cunningham LIB 1589
Paul McIvor IND 1011
Mairi MacGregor IND 837
Chris Johnson LAB 455

Dunfermline South
Fay Sinclair SNP 5899* on first count
Andrew Verrecchia LAB 3185
David Ross CON 1324
James Calder LIB 1041

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Ritchie Cunningham came second. I suspect even the Fonz would have lost to the SNP this year

[middleenglander]

There were a total of 54 by-elections along with 31 "double" elections held on 7th May as the election in Mole Valley DC, Holmwoods was deferred following the death of a candidate.

The convention used for a "double" election is the highest placed candidate wins the annual election, the second candidate wins the by-election.

Conservatives defended 35 seats and retained all apart from the "double" election in Peterborough UA, Stanground Central

- by-elections - 26 all retained
* Barnet LB, Garden Suburb
* Basingstoke & Deane BC, Rooksdown
* Cambridgeshire CC, Whittlesey North
* Camden LB, Hampstead Town
* Cheltenham BC, Battledown
* Cherwell DC, Caversfield
* Cornwall UA, Constantine, Mawnan & Budock
* Craven DC, Barden Fell
* Craven DC, Settle & Ribblebanks
* Craven DC, Upper Wharfedale
* Derbyshire CC, Ashbourne
* Durham UA, Barnard Castle West
* Ealing LB, Northfield
* Hampshire CC, Andover West
* Kensington & Chelsea LB, Stanley
* Leicestershire CC, Narborough & Whetstone
* Newcastle-under-Lyme BC, Clayton
* Norfolk CC, Loddon
* Oxfordshire CC, Witney West & Bampton
* Reigate & Banstead BC, Reigate Hill
* Suffolk CC, Haverhill Cangle
* Surrey CC, Weybridge
* Wandsworth LB, Earlsfield
* Westminster LB, Warwick
* Wiltshire UA, Bromhan, Rowde & Potterne
* Winchester BC, Cheriton & Bishops Sutton

- "double" elections - 2 Conservatives elected in 8 wards
** Birmingham MB, Sutton New Hall
** Bolton MB, Heaton & Lostock
** Hart DC, Hartley Wintney
** Pendle BC, Barrowford
** Redditch BC, West
** Runneymeade BC, Addlestone North
** Southend UA, West Shoebury
** West Oxfordshire DC, Hailey, Minster Lovell & Leafield

** Peterborough UA, Stanground Central: Conservative retain annual election, UKIP gain by-election

Labour defended 35 seats

- by-elections - 18 seats defended, 16 retained and 2 lost
* Bridgend UA, Newcastle
* Durham UA, Ferryhill
* Durham UA, Sherburn
* Durham UA, Willington & Hunwisk
* Enfield LB, Jubilee
* Flintshire UA, Caergwrle
* Greenwich LB, Greenwich West
* Lambeth LB, Prince's
* Merthyr Tydfil UA, Gurnos
* Merthyr Tydfil UA, Town
* Neath Port Talbot UA, Cwmllynfell
* Newham LB, Stratford & New Town
* Southwark LB, Chaucer
* Swansea UA, Crockett
* Swansea UA, Morriston
* Swansea UA, Townhill

* Fife UA, Dunfermline South: SNP gain
* Stroud DC, Eastington & Standish: Conservative gain

- "double" elections - 17 seats defended, 2 Labour elected in 11 wards
** Ipswich BC, St John's
** Kirklees MB, Greenhead
** Knowsley MB, Halewood West
** Liverpool MB, Fazakerley
** Newcastle-upon-Tyne MB, Denton
** Newcastle-upon-Tyne MB, Lemington
** Norwich BC, Miles Cross
** Norwich BC, Sewell
** Rotherham MB, Boston Castle
** Sefton MB, Ravenmeols
** St Helens MB, Haydock

** Bolton MB, Westhoughton & Chew Moor: Conservative gain annual election, Labour retain by-election
** Burnley BC, Hapton with Park: Labour retain annual election, UKIP gain by-election
** Ipswich BC, Sprites: Labour retain annual election, Conservative gain by-election
** North East Lincolnshire UA, East Marsh: Labour retain annual election, UKIP gain by-election
** Rossendale BC, Irwell: Conservative gain annual election, Labour retain by-election
** Rossendale BC, Whitewell: Labour retain annual election, Conservative gain by-election

Liberal Democrat defended 5 by-election seats, retained 3 and lost 2
* Cumbria CC, Cartmel
* Kingston-upon-Thames LB, Grove
* Kingston-upon-Thames LB, Tolworth & Hook Rise

* Somerset CC, Taunton North: Conservative gain
* Wiltshire UA, Chippenham Hardenhuish: Conservative gain

SNP retained both seats defended
* Highlands UA, Nairn
* Perth & Kinross UA, Perth City Centre

UKIP defended 8

3 by-elections with all lost
* Cornwall UA, Camborne Treswithian: Labour gain
* Kent CC, Romney Marsh: Conservative gain
* Maidstone BC, Park Wood: Conservative gain

5 "double" elections
** Harlow BC, Great Parndon: Conservatives retain annual election, gain by-election
** Rushmoor BC, West Heath: UKIP retain annual election, Conservative gain by-election
** Southend UA, St Laurence: Conservative retain annual election, UKIP retain by-election
** Tunbridge Wells BC, Rusthall: Conservatives gain both annual election and by-election

** Mole Valley DC, Holmwoods: deferred election

Green defended 1 "double" election
** Watford BC, Callowland: Labour gain both annual election and by-election

[middleenglander]

A summary of the by-elections held on 7th May 2015, using the convention that the highest placed candidate in a "double" election wins the annual election and the second placed candidate wins the by-election, is given by:

Party	Defended	Retained	Gained	Lost	Won	retention rate
Conservative	35	34	10	1	44	97%
Labour	35	29	2	6	31	83%
Liberal Democrats	5	3		2	3	60%
SNP	2	2	1		3	100%
UKIP	7	1	3	6	4	14%
Green	1			1		0%
Total	85	69	16	16	85	81%

Overall 16 seats changed hands, some 19% of those contested.  This is lower than the ~30% long term proportion but consistent with previous years where a lower proportion do change hands at the time of the May annual elections.

The Conservatives gained 3 seats from Labour, 2 from the Liberal Democrats and 5 from UKIP whilst losing 1 to UKIP
- gained Ipswich: Sprites, Stroud: Easington & Standish and Rossendale: Whitewell from Labour
- gained Somerset: Taunton North and Wiltshire: Chippenham Hardenhuish from Liberal Democrats
- gained Harlow: Great Parndon, Kent: Romney Marsh, Maidstone: Park Wood, Rushmoor: West Heath and Tunbridge Wells: Rusthall from UKIP
- lost Peterborough: Stanground Central to UKIP

Labour gained 1 seat from UKIP and 1 from Green whilst losing 3 to Conservatives, 2 to UKIP and 1 to SNP
- gained Cornwall: Treswithian from UKIP and Watford: Callowland from Greens
- lost Ipswich: Sprites, Stroud: Eastington & Standish and Rossendale: Whitewell to Conservatives
- lost Burnley: Hapton with Park and North East Lincolnshire: East Marsh to UKIP
- lost Fife: Dunfermline South to SNP
 
The "double" election at Mole Valley: Holmwoods was deferred following the death of a candidate.