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Post by middleenglander on Jun 1, 2012 21:57:55 GMT
There were 8 by-elections held during May after the main Council elections on May 3rd. In addition there was one delayed contest for 3 seats following the death of a candidate shortly after nominations closed but this contest has not been included in the analysis below. | Contested | Defended | Retained | Gained | Lost | Won | | Conservative | 8 | 6 | 5 | - | 1 | 5 | | Labour | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | | Lib Dems | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | | BNP | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | | Greens | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | | UKIP | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | | Independents* | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | | TUSAC | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | | Total | 35 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
* Three Independents contested one seat in Bournemouth. One seat changed hands, 12½% of those contested, with Labour gaining a seat in the London Borough of Barnet from the Conservatives. |
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Post by middleenglander on Jun 28, 2012 23:41:57 GMT
There were 18 by-elections held during June with just the one seat changing hands - a Labour gain from a Lib Dem. In addition there was one delayed contest in Elmbridge following the death of a candidate which the Conservatives held along with a seat in Gwynedd where there was no candidate in May but an Independent won in a 5 way contest thereby replacing an Independent who won in 2008. | Contested | Defended | Retained | Gained | Lost | Won | | Conservative | 17 | 12 | 12 | - | - | 12 | | Labour | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 4 | | Lib Dems | 17 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | | BNP | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | | Greens | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | | UKIP | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | | Independents | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | | Others | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | | Total | 75 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
One seat changed hands, 5½% of those contested, with Labour gaining a seat in Durham, Peterlee West from the Lib Dems. |
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Post by middleenglander on Jun 29, 2012 18:10:32 GMT
There have been 26 by-elections held since the May main elections with just two seats changing hands. In addition there have been 3 contests (one for 3 seats) held over from May 3rd, 2 delayed because of the death of a candidate and 1 because there were no nominations. | Contested | Defended | Retained | Gained | Lost | Won | | Conservative | 25 | 18 | 17 | - | 1 | 17 | | Labour | 23 | 5 | 5 | 2 | - | 7 | | Lib Dems | 23 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | | BNP | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | | Greens | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | | UKIP | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | | Independents* | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | | Others | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | | Total | 110 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 26 |
* Three Independents contested one seat during May. Two seats changed hands, 8% of those contested: - Labour gained a seat in Barnet, Brunswick Park previously held by the Conservatives - Labour regained a seat in Durham, Peterlee West lost to Lib Dems in 2008. |
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Post by middleenglander on Aug 1, 2012 23:02:33 GMT
There were 23 by-elections held during July with 6 seats (26%) changing hands. | Contested | Defended | Retained | Gained | Lost | Won | | Conservative | 21 | 12 | 10 | - | 2 | 10 | | Labour | 20 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | | Lib Dems | 16 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | | BNP | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | | Greens | 10 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | | UKIP | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | | Plaid Cymru | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Independents* | 11 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Others | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | | Total | 104 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 23 |
Independents, including a City Independent in Stoke-on-Trent, had 11 candidates contesting 9 seats. Conservatives, Labour and Lib Dems did not contest 2 seats on the Isle of Anglesey. Labour gained Maldon, Tollebury and Thanet, Westgate-on-Sea from the Conservatives and Liverpool, Allerton & Hunts Cross from the Lib Dems - but lost Stoke-on-Trent, Springfields & Trent Vale to City Independents Plaid Cymru did not defend their Isle of Anglesey, Gwyngyll seat that was won by an Independent - but did gain a seat from an Independent in Isle of Anglesey, Llanbedrgoch. |
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Post by middleenglander on Aug 1, 2012 23:27:14 GMT
There have been 49 by-elections held since the May main elections with 8 seats (16%) changing hands. In addition there have been 3 contests (one for 3 seats) held over from May 3rd, 2 delayed because of the death of a candidate and 1 because there were no nominations. | Contested | Defended | Retained | Gained | Lost | Won | | Conservative | 46 | 30 | 27 | - | 3 | 27 | | Labour | 43 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 14 | | Lib Dems | 39 | 6 | 4 | - | 2 | 4 | | BNP | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | | Greens | 19 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | | UKIP | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | | Plaid Cymru | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Independents* | 21 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Others | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | | Total | 214 | 49 | 41 | 8 | 8 | 49 |
* Includes City Independents in Stoke-on-Trent. Independents contested 17 seats with more than one Independent in some seats Labour gained seats from: - Conservatives in Barnet, Brunswick Park as well as Maldon, Tollesbury and Thanet, Westgate on Sea and - Lib Dems in Durham, Peterlee West and Liverpool, Allerton & Hunts Cross but - lost Stoke-on-Trent, Springfields & Trent Vale to a City Independent Plaid Cymru did not defend a seat in Isle Of Angelsey, Gywngyll won by an Independent but - gained Isle of Anglesey, Llanbedrgoch from an Independent. |
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Post by middleenglander on Aug 30, 2012 23:36:00 GMT
There were 8 by-elections held during August with 2 (25%) changing hands. | Contested | Defended | Retained | Gained | Lost | Won | | Conservative | 8 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | | Labour | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Lib Dems | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | | Plaid Cymru | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | | Greens | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | | UKIP | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | | Residents | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | | Independents | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | | Eng Dem | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | | TUSC | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | | Total | 29 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
Labour regained a seat on Lincolnshire County Council from the Conservatives that had been lost in 2009 but lost a seat to Plaid Cymru in the Vale of Glamorgan. |
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Post by middleenglander on Aug 31, 2012 0:01:07 GMT
There have been 57 by-elections held since the May main elections with 10 seats (17½%) changing hands. In addition there were 3 contests (one for 3 seats) held over from May 3rd, 2 delayed because of the death of a candidate and 1 as there were no nominations. | Contested | Defended | Retained | Gained | Lost | Won | | Conservative | 54 | 33 | 29 | - | 4 | 29 | | Labour | 48 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 16 | | Lib Dems | 42 | 7 | 5 | - | 2 | 5 | | BNP | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | | Greens | 20 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | | UKIP | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | | Plaid Cymru | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Residents | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | | Independents* | 26 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | Others | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | | Total | 243 | 57 | 47 | 10 | 10 | 57 |
* Includes City Independents in Stoke-on-Trent. Independents contested 23 seats with more than one Independent in some seats Labour gained seats from: - Conservatives in Barnet, Brunswick Park; Lincolnshire, Lincoln East; Maldon, Tollesbury as well as Thanet, Westgate on Sea and - Lib Dems in Durham, Peterlee West and Liverpool, Allerton & Hunts Cross but - lost Stoke-on-Trent, Springfields & Trent Vale to a City Independent as well as Vale of Glamorgan, Buttrills to Plaid Cymru Plaid Cymru did not defend a seat in Isle Of Angelsey, Gywngyll won by an Independent but - also gained Isle of Anglesey, Llanbedrgoch from an Independent. |
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Post by middleenglander on Sept 28, 2012 18:26:45 GMT
There were 21 by-elections held during September with 8 (38%) changing hands. | Contested | Defended | Retained | Gained | Lost | Won | | Conservative | 21 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 13 | | Labour | 20 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | | Lib Dems | 17 | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | | SNP | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | | Greens | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | | UKIP | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | | BNP | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | | Independents* | 7 | 5 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | | Eng Dem | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | | Others | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | | Total | 92 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
* includes "Its Our County" contesting a seat in Herefordshire. Conservatives gained 2 seats in West Lindsey: Nettleham and Lincolnshire: Nettleham & Saxilby from the Lib Dems, Charnwood: Southfields from Labour as well as Cornwall: St Kerverne & Meneage from an Independent. Labour gained a seat in Norfolk: Clenchwarton & Kings Lynn South from the Conservatives along with 3 seats from Independents in Breckland: Thetford Abbey, Nottinghamshire: Rufford and East Dunbartonshire: Camsie & Kirkintilloch North. |
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Post by middleenglander on Oct 26, 2012 17:45:00 GMT
There were 11 by-elections held during October with 3 (27%) changing hands. | Contested | Defended | Retained | Gained | Lost | Won | | Conservative | 11 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | | Labour | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 4 | | Lib Dems | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | | Plaid Cymru | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | | Greens | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | | UKIP | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | | Local Groups | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | | Independents * | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | | Eng Dem | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | | TUSAC / LPBP | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | | Total | 51 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
Local Groups are Putting Hartlepool First and Sutton on Sea 1st, East Lindsey and Lewisham People Before Profit* Independents had 5 candidates contesting 4 by-elections Labour won a seat on Lewisham LB from the Lib Dems that was a "split" ward in 2010 Lib Dems regained a seat from the Conservatives in Windsor & Maidenhead BC that was also a "split" ward in 2011 Putting Hartlepool First gained a seat from an Independent in Hartlepool UA. |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Oct 26, 2012 17:51:24 GMT
I would put Lewisham PBP in some kind of Far Left category along with TUSC etc rather than as a local residents kind of group. I know they have Lewisham in the name but they actuallys tood int he Feltham & Heston by-election. I think its the same crowd who had coucnillors under the SOcialist Alternative banner in the north of the borough
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Post by middleenglander on Oct 26, 2012 18:25:46 GMT
There have been 89 by-elections held since the May main elections with 21 seats (24%) changing hands. In addition, there were 3 contests (one for 3 seats) held over from May 3rd, 2 delayed because of the death of a candidate and 1 as there were no nominations. | Contested | Defended | Retained | Gained | Lost | Won | | Conservative | 86 | 45 | 39 | 4 | 6 | 43 | | Labour | 79 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 26 | | Lib Dems | 66 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 9 | | BNP / NF / Eng Dem | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | | Greens | 28 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | | UKIP | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | | Plaid Cymru / SNP | 4 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Local Groups | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | 5 | | Independents * | 36 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | | Others | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | | Total | 386 | 89 | 68 | 21 | 21 | 89 |
Local Groups are City Independents in Stoke, Holland on Sea Residents in Tendring, Its Our County in Herefordshire, Putting Hartlepool First and Sutton on Sea First in East Lindsey. Independents contested 32 seats with more than one Independent in some seats Conservatives gained both Lincolnshire: Nettleham & Saxilby and West Lindsey: Nettleham from the Lib Dems (03 / 09), Charnwood: Southfields from Labour (10 / 09) and Cornwall: St Keverne & Meneage from an Independent (17 / 09). Labour gained: - 5 seats from Conservatives in Barnet: Brunswick Park (31 / 05), Maldon: Tollesbury and Thanet: Westgate on Sea (both 05 / 07), Lincolnshire: Lincoln East (02 / 08) lost in 2009 and Norfolk: Clenchwarton & Kings Lynn South (27 / 09) which the Conservatives gained from Lib Dems in 2009. - 3 seats from Lib Dems in Durham: Peterlee West (21 / 06) lost in 2008, Liverpool: Allerton & Hunts Cross (05 / 07) and Lewisham: Whitefoot (11 / 10) - 3 seats from Independents in Breckland: Thetford Abbey and East Dunbartonshire: Campsie & Kirkintilloch North (both 13 / 09) and Nottinghamshire: Rufford (20 / 09) lost in 2009. Lib Dems regained Windsor & Maidenhead: Pinkney Green from Conservatives (25 / 10) The other seats to change hands were: - City Independents gained Stoke-on-Trent: Springfields & Trent Vale from Labour (26 / 07) '- Putting Hartlepool First gained Hartlepool: Seaton from an Independent (25 / 10) - Plaid Cymru gained Vale of Glamorgan: Buttrills from Labour (02 / 08) and Isle of Anglesey: Llanbedgroch from an Independent (12 / 07) but did not defend Isle Of Anglesey: Gywngyll won by an Independent (also 12 / 07). The Conservatives contested 97% of the by-elections (having no candidate in the 2 Anglesey contests, along with Labour and Lib Dems, and also a seat in Oldham, Failsworth East) whilst Labour contested 89% and Lib Dems 74% with UKIP having candidates in 56% of the contests. The Conservatives retained 39 of the 45 seats defended, a retention rate of 87%, whereas the retention rate for Labour was 83%, Lib Dems 62% and 25% for an assorted range of Independents. |
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Post by slicesofjim on Oct 26, 2012 21:07:10 GMT
Pete - I think you are right to bracket LPBP with TUSC, though strictly speaking they are not the same - LPBP is effectively an SWP front, with the Socialist Party locally usually standing as Socialist Alternative (rather than TUSC, even though they are part of TUSC).
However, SP members have stood as LPBP in areas where this banner has been more prevalent and we have been less active. LPBP is not technically part of the TUSC coalition in the same way the Cambridge Socialists, or the Walsall Democratic Labour Party is though.
Given the crossover between TUSC and LPBF in Lewisham, it makes sense to bracket them together in a way it wouldn't with TUSC and the Communist Party or Respect.
What a tangled web!
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Post by middleenglander on Nov 18, 2012 20:30:23 GMT
There were 37 by-elections held on November 15th with 11 (30%) changing hands. | Contested | Defended | Retained | Gained | Lost | Won | | Conservative | 37 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 18 | | Labour | 33 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 10 | | Lib Dems | 30 | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | 6 |
[/td] [tr][td]Plaid Cymru[/td][td]2[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][/tr] [tr][td]SNP[/td][td]1[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Greens[/td][td]17[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][td]1[/td][td]-[/td][td]1[/td][/tr] [tr][td]UKIP[/td][td]25[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Local Groups[/td][td]3[/td][td]1[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][td]1[/td][td]-[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Independents *[/td][td]8[/td][td]1[/td][td]-[/td][td]2[/td][td]1[/td][td]2[/td][/tr] [tr][td]BNP / Eng Dem[/td][td]4[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][/tr] [tr][td]TUSAC[/td][td]3[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Others[/td][td]2[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Total[/td][td]165[/td][td]37[/td][td]26[/td][td]11[/td][td]11[/td][td]37[/td][/tr] [/table] Local Groups are Merthyr Independents, Newcastle 1st and Poole People * Independents had 8 candidates contesting 7 by-elections The Conservatives gained 3 seats, 2 from Labour and 1 from Independent - Conwy, Deganwy from an Independent where the Conservatives won the second seat behind the retiring Independent in both 2008 and 2012 - Dumfries & Galloway, Annandale North from Labour in a 4 member ward where the Conservative vote was 20% head of Labour in both 2007 and 2012 - Waveney, Beccles South from Labour in a ward they won the seat in both 2007 and 2008 but Labour took both seats in 2011 The Conservatives lost 5 seats, 3 to the Lib Dems, 1 to the Greens and 1 to an Independent - Central Bedfordshire, Silsoe & Shillington to an Independent who had represented the ward prior to reorganisation as a Lib Dem - Eden, Penrith Pategill to a Lib Dem in a seat narrowly won in 2011 ahead of a Lib Dem but returned an Independent unopposed in 2007 - Harrogate, Rossett to a Lib Dem where the Conservatives had won the ward elections for a decade - Ryedale, Norton West where a Lib Dem regained a seat lost to the Conservatives in 2011 when the other seat was gained from an Independent - St Edmundsbury, Ribysgate won by a Green in a ward returning an Independent and a Conservative for the second seat in both 2007 and 2011 Labour gained the Merthyr Tydfil, Cyfarthfa seat by 21 votes from the Merthyr Independents where a second Independent polled 289. Labour, in addition to losing 2 seats to the Conservatives, also lost a seat to the Lib Dems and another to an Independent - Melton, Egerton to an Independent in a ward Labour had won both seats in 2003, 2007 and 2011 - North Tyneside, Wallsend to a Lib Dem who won the seat for much of the time Labour were in government but lost in 2011 and again in 2012 by 6 votes |
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Post by middleenglander on Dec 21, 2012 23:37:58 GMT
There have been 16 by-elections for 17 seats in the period November 22nd to December 20th, with 7 (41%) changing hands - Vale of White Horse, Sunningwell & Wootton saw a "double" election when both seats became vacant. | Seats | Contested | Defended | Retained | Gained | Lost | Won | | Conservative | 15 | 10 | 4 | - | 6 | 4 | | Labour | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 4 | | Lib Dems | 15 | 2 | 2 | 5 | - | 7 |
[/td] [tr][td]SNP[/td][td]1[/td][td]1[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][td]1[/td][td]-[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Greens[/td][td]4[/td][td]1[/td][td]1[/td][td][/td][td]-[/td][td]1[/td][/tr] [tr][td]UKIP[/td][td]9[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Local Groups[/td][td]2[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Independents *[/td][td]5[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][td]1[/td][td]-[/td][td]1[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Total[/td][td]65[/td][td]17[/td][td]10[/td][td]7[/td][td]7[/td][td]17[/td][/tr] [/table] Local Groups are Mebyon Kernow in Cornwall together with People First in Shepway * Independents had 5 candidates contesting 2 by-elections, 3 in Cornwall, Gwinear - Gwithian St Erth and 2 Western Isles, Uig & North Lochs The Conservatives lost 6 of the 10 seats they defended, 1 to Labour and 5 to the Lib Dems - all following either the resignation or disqualification for non attendance of councillors with all but one first elected in 2011 * Stratford-upon-Avon, Shipston gained from Lib Dems in 2011 was lost to Labour when a local supermarket controversy played a significant part. - the Lib Dems won this seat in 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010 by-election & 2012 with the Conservatives winning in 2004 and 2011. * Lib Dems gained a seat in Brentwood, Shensfield, previously a safe Conservative ward until May 2012 when the Lib Dems gained their first seat - swing Conservative to Lib Dem was 22½% 2011 to May 2012 but a small 1.7% Lib Dem to Conservative since May 2012 * Lib Dems regained Harrogate, Bilton lost to the Conservatives in 2011 on a swing of 12½% since then - a Lib Dem ward from 1998 apart from 2002 (split double election), 2003 & 2011 * Lib Dems regained Shepway, Folkestone Park with former councillor regaining seat lost in 2011 on a 16% swing where car parking charges played a part - 2011 saw 3 Conservatives elected, 2007 2 Conservative / 1 Lib Dem whilst 2003 saw 3 Lib Dems * Lib Dems also regained 2 seats lost in 2011 in Vale of White Horse, Sunningwell & Wootton on a 17½% swing following a resignation and a disqualification - Lib Dems won both seats with average majority of ~28% in 2007 and ~34% in 2003 The 7th seat to change hands was in Western Isles, Uig & North Lochs where an Independent gain followed the death of an SNP councillor in a 3 member ward |
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Post by middleenglander on Dec 22, 2012 20:17:48 GMT
There have been 142 by-elections for 143 seats since the May main elections with 39 seats (27%) changing hands. Not included are 3 contests (one for 3 seats) held over from May 3rd, 2 delayed because of the death of a candidate and 1 as there were no nominations. | Seats | Contested | Defended | Retained | Gained | Lost | Won | | Conservative | 138 | 75 | 58 | 7 | 17 | 65 | | Labour | 126 | 34 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 40 | | Lib Dems | 111 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 22 | | BNP / NF / Eng Dem | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | | Greens | 49 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | | UKIP | 84 | - | - | - | - | - | | Plaid Cymru / SNP | 8 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | | Local Groups | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | | Independents * | 49 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | | Others | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | | Total | 616 | 143 | 104 | 39 | 39 | 143 |
* Independents contested 41 seats with more than one Independent in some seats Local Groups are City Independents in Stoke, Holland on Sea Residents in Tendring, Its Our County in Herefordshire, Merthyr Independent, Newcastle (upon Tyne) 1st, People First in Shepway, Poole People, Putting Hartlepool First, Sutton on Sea First in East Lindsey along with Mebyon Kernow in Cornwall Conservatives gained 7 seats - 3 from Labour as well as 2 each from Lib Dems and Independents* from Labour - Charnwood: Southfields (10 / 09), Dumfries & Galloway: Annandale North (15 / 11) and Waveney: Beccles South (15 / 11) * from Lib Dems - Lincolnshire: Nettleham & Saxilby (03 / 09) and West Lindsey: Nettleham (03 / 09) * from Independents - Cornwall: St Keverne & Meneage (17 / 09) and Conwy: Deganwy (15 / 11) but lost 17 seats - 6 to Labour, 9 to Lib Dems, 1 to an Independent and 1 to Green Labour gained 13 seats - 6 from Conservatives, 3 from Lib Dems and 4 from Independents* from Conservatives - Barnet: Brunswick Park (31 / 05), Maldon: Tollesbury (05 / 07), Thanet: Westgate on Sea (05 / 07), Lincolnshire: Lincoln East (02 / 08), Norfolk: Clenchwarton & Kings Lynn South (27 / 09) and Stratford upon Avon: Shipton (29 / 11) * from Lib Dems - Durham: Peterlee West (21 / 06), Liverpool: Allerton & Hunts Cross (05 / 07) and Lewisham: Whitefoot (11 / 10) * from Independents - Breckland: Thetford Abbey (13 / 09), East Dunbartonshire: Campsie & Kirkintilloch North (13 / 09), Nottinghamshire: Rufford (20 / 09) and Merthyr Tydfil: Cyfarthfa (15 / 11) but lost 7 seats - 3 to Conservatives and 1 to Lib Dems, a Local Group, Independent and Plaid Cymru Lib Dems gained 10 seats - 9 from the Conservatives (including 6 regained that had been lost in 2011) and 1 from Labour* from Conservatives - Windsor & Maidenhead: Pinkney Green (25 / 10), Eden: Penrith Pategill (15 / 11), Harrogate: Rosett (15 / 11), Ryedale: Norton West (15 / 11), Shepway: Folkestone Park (22 / 11), Brentwood: Shensfield (06 / 12), 2 seats in Vale of White Horse: Sunningwell & Wootton (06 / 12) and Harrogate: Bilton (13 / 12) * from Labour - North Tyneside: Wallsend (15 / 11) but lost 5 seats - 2 to Conservatives and 3 to Labour Local Groups gained 2 seats - 1 from Labour and 1 from Independent* City Independents gained Stoke-on-Trent: Springfields & Trent Vale from Labour (26 / 07) * Putting Hartlepool First gained Hartlepool: Seaton from an Independent (25 / 10) Independents gained 4 seats - 1 each from Conservative, Labour, Plaid Cymru and SNP* Central Bedfordshire: Silsoe & Shillington from Conservative (15 / 11) * Melton: Egerton from Labour (15 / 11) * Anglesey: Gywngyll from Plaid Cymru who did not contest the seat (12 / 07) * Western Isles, Uig & North Lochs gained from SNP (29 / 11) but lost 7 - 2 to Conservatives, 4 Labour and 1 Plaid Cymru The other seats to change hands were: * Plaid Cymru gained Isle of Anglesey: Llanbedgroch from an Independent (12 / 07) and Vale of Glamorgan: Buttrills from Labour (02 / 08) * Greens gained St Edmundsbury: Ribysgate from Conservative (15 / 11) The Conservatives contested 97% of the by-elections (having no candidate along with Labour and Lib Dems in 2 Anglesey and a Western Isles contest and also seats in Oldham, Failsworth East and Neath Port Talbot, Neath South) whilst Labour contested 88% and Lib Dems 78% with UKIP having candidates in 59% of the contests. The Conservatives retained 58 of the 75 seats defended, a retention rate of 77%, whereas the retention rate for Labour was 79%, Lib Dems 71% and 41% for an assorted range of Independents / Others. 52% of the seats being contested were previously held by the Conservative, compared to 43% of all councillors. Labour have 32% of Councillors but held 24% of the seats falling vacant whilst the proportion of Lib Dems and Others was very similar to the 12% of councillors both have. |
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