By-elections - 30th July

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Or 30rd July, if you prefer.

Hilton / Woodside / Stockethill – Aberdeen – Resignation of Kirsty Blackman (SNP), the new MP for Aberdeen North.
Ward was formely named Hilton / Stockethill

2012: Lab 1421/271, SNP 823/512, Con 203, LD 145, Ind 101/87/55, Grn 99, NF 41 (winners: Lab, SNP, Lab on 9th count; final count Lab 797, SNP 587 (with another SNP candidate with a surplus of 20))
2007: SNP 1761, Lab 1589/444, LD 1068, Con 329 (winners: SNP, Lab, LD on 2nd count)

Roy Begg (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
Neil Copland (Scottish National Party (SNP))
Peter Kennedy (Scottish Green Party)
Charlie Pirie (Scottish Labour Party)
Jonathan Waddell (Scottish Liberal Democrats)

Kincorth / Nigg / Cove – Aberdeen – Resignation of Callum McCaig (SNP), the new MP for Aberdeen South.
Ward was formely named Kincorth / Loirston

2012: SNP 1389, Lab 1250/291, Ind 471/120, LD 331, Con 219 (winners: SNP, Lab, Ind on 6th count; final count Ind 860, Lab 681)
2007: SNP 1883, LD 1190/239, Lab 1162/748, Con 423, Ind 179, Sol 58(winners: SNP, LD, Lab on 6th count)

Donna Clark (Scottish Labour Party)
Stephen Flynn (Scottish National Party (SNP))
Ken McLeod (Scottish Liberal Democrats)
Philip Sellar (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
Dan Yeats (Scottish Green Party)

North Hykeham Mill – North Kesteven DC – Resignation of Jill Wilson (Lincolnshire Independent) due to ill health.

2015: Con 1478/1005, Lincs Ind 1013
2011: Con 495/314, Ind 463, Lincs Ind 458
2007: LD 396, Con 315/304, UKIP 157

Elizabeth Bathory-Porter (Green Party)
John Bishop (Hykeham Independents)
Diana Catton (Liberal Democrats)
Mike Clarke (Conservative Party Candidate)
Terence Dooley (Labour Party)

College - Northumberland UA – Jimmy Sawyer (Labour) died.

2013: Lab 878, Con 90
2008: Lab 671, LD 538, Con 73
2005 County: Lab 1189, LD 702, Con 144

(Northumberland was rewarded in 2011 but that division wasn’t changed at all)

Peter Curtis (Uk Independence Party (UKIP))
Chris Galley (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Andy McGregor (Liberal Democrat)
Mark Purvis (Labour Party)

Droitwich East – Wychavon DC – Glenise Noyes (Conservative) died. She is a former mayor of Droitwich.

2015: Con 1587/1201, Lab 775, UKIP 724, LD 534
2011: Con 1033/998, Lab 585/538, LD 343
2007: Con 899/859, Lab 577/555, LD 408
2003: Con 788/716, Lab 691/667

Andy Morgan (UK Independence Party (UKIP))
Jacqui O’Reilly (Labour Party Candidate)
Rory Roberson (Liberal Democrats)
Karen Tomalin (The Conservative Party Candidate)

[middleenglander]

714 votes cast in North Kesteven, North Hykeham Mill - 19.1% turnout

[Davıd Boothroyd]

NORTH KESTEVEN North Hykeham Mill

Mike Clarke (Conservative Party Candidate) 286
John Bishop (Hykeham Independents) 180
Terence Dooley (Labour Party) 161
Elizabeth Bathory-Porter (Green Party) 64
Diana Catton (Liberal Democrats) 22

[Sibboleth]

The Green candidates name has to be a joke...

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North Hykeham Mill

Con 40.1% (-19.2)
Hykeham Ind 25.2%
Lab 22.6%
Grn 9.0%
LD 3.1%

[maxque]

Jul 30, 2015 22:13:59 GMT Sibboleth said:

The Green candidates name has to be a joke...

No. Elizabeth Saffron Bathory-Porter.

But, yeah, "Elizabeth Bathory" is a quite disastrous combination, but I don't think many people ever heard of the Hungarian one.

[maxque]

Conservative hold in Droitwich East with 52% of votes.

[middleenglander]

Conservative holds Wychavon, Doitwich East

[Davıd Boothroyd]

Never mind that, the big news is that the new Tory councillor's twitter handle is @bigbralady.

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Jul 30, 2015 23:57:09 GMT doktorb🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ said:

How things have changed, as Conservative ladies would be distinguished by their handbags.

[Davıd Boothroyd]

WYCHAVON Droitwich East

TOMALIN, Karen Lesley (The Conservative Party Candidate) 495
O`REILLY, Jacqueline Ann (Labour Party Candidate) 175
MORGAN, Andrew Roger (UK Independence Party (UKIP)) 171
ROBERSON, Rory Leslie (Liberal Democrats) 108

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Jul 30, 2015 22:11:46 GMT Davıd Boothroyd said:

NORTH KESTEVEN North Hykeham Mill

Mike Clarke (Conservative Party Candidate) 286
John Bishop (Hykeham Independents) 180
Terence Dooley (Labour Party) 161
Elizabeth Bathory-Porter (Green Party) 64
Diana Catton (Liberal Democrats) 22

I think I am right in assuming that the new Councillor Clarke is Ken Clarke's brother?

[Davıd Boothroyd]

College ward apparently due to declare in the next five minutes.

[Davıd Boothroyd]

NORTHUMBERLAND College

Mark Purvis (Labour Party) 508
Peter Curtis (Uk Independence Party (UKIP)) 102
Andy McGregor (Liberal Democrat) 82
Chris Galley (The Conservative Party Candidate) 39

[andrewteale]

Jul 30, 2015 22:13:59 GMT Sibboleth said:

The Green candidates name has to be a joke...

Oh, I wish I had spotted that.

[Davıd Boothroyd]

In Kincorth/Nigg/Cove ward, 3,205 ballots have been verified (turnout 25.25%).

In Hilton/Woodside/Stockethill ward, 3,099 ballots have been verified (turnout 25.72%).

[Davıd Boothroyd]

SNP hold Kincorth/Nigg/Cove on first count. Stephen Flynn (SNP) has 1,939 votes so about 60%.

[Davıd Boothroyd]

ABERDEEN Kincorth / Nigg / Cove

Stephen Flynn (Scottish National Party (SNP)) 1,939
Donna Clark (Scottish Labour Party) 606
Philip Sellar (Scottish Conservative and Unionist) 313
Ken McLeod (Scottish Liberal Democrats) 207
Dan Yeats (Scottish Green Party) 114

[Davıd Boothroyd]

SNP hold Hilton/Woodside/Stockethill with 1,690 votes so about 54.5%.