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Post by middleenglander on Apr 9, 2016 15:36:14 GMT
There are now 79 known council vacancies where the by-election is being held on 5th May. There are 235 candidates contesting the 53 by-election seats, with a Conservative being returned unopposed in one of these, whilst there are 186 candidates contesting the 26 "double" elections where the casual vacancy is being filled in the same contest as the annual elections.
Also now shown is the % age majority (average in multi-member wards / divisions) over nearest opponent at the latest election highlighting if that election produced a split ward.
Conservative held seats - 37
By-elections - 30 seats
Barrow-in-Furness BC, Dalton South - 3 candidates: Con, Lab, UKIP - split ward, Lab 3.0% majority over Con
Braintree DC, Witham South - 3 candidates: Con, Lab, Green - 29.1% majority over Lab
Breckland DC, Attleborough Queens & Besthorpe - 3 candidates: Con, Lab, Ind - 15.0% majority over UKIP
Canterbury BC, Reculver - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP - 42.0% majority over Lab
Castle Point BC, St George's - 3 candidates: Con, Lab, UKIP - 12.1% majority over UKIP
East Hants DC, Clanfield & Finchdean - 3 candidates: Con, LD, UKIP - 42.8% majority over LD
East Riding of Yorkshire UA, East Wolds & Coastal - 3 candidates: Con, Lab, UKIP - 17.5% majority over UKIP
Forest Heath DC, Brandon West - 4 candidates: Con, UKIP, West Suffolk Ind, Ind - split ward, 11.2% majority over West Suffolk Ind
Forest Heath DC, South - 2 candidates: Con, UKIP - 31.8% majority over West Suffolk Ind
Guildford BC, Stoke - 3 candidates: Con, Lab, LD - split ward, 3.9% majority over Lab
Hampshire CC, Fareham Town - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, UKIP - 4.6% majority over UKIP
Hampshire CC, Headley - 3 candidates: Con, LD, UKIP - 33% majority over UKIP
Kensington & Chelsea, Abingdon - 2 seats - 8 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 LD, 2 UKIP - 53.0% majority over Green
Lancaster BC, Carnforth & Millhead -5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, UKIP - 22.6% by-election majority over Lab
Melton DC, Melton Egerton - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, UKIP, 2 Ind - split ward, 0.3% majority over Ind
North Dorset DC, Blanford Hilltop - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP - 25.9% majority over Lab
North Dorset DC, Hill Forts - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP - 19.3% majority over Green
Redbridge LB, Roding - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, UKIP, All People's - split ward, LD 3.4% majority over Con
Rutland UA, Greetham - Conservative elected unopposed
St Edmundsbury BC, Haverhill North - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP - split ward, 5.2% majority over UKIP
South Buckinghamshire DC, Farnham & Hedgerley - 3 candidates: Con, Green, UKIP - 56.3% majority over UKIP
South Kesteven DC, Deeping St James - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green - split ward, Con, Lab, Ind elected unopposed
Spelthorne BC, Ashford North & Stanwell South - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, UKIP, TUSC - 5.6% majority over UKIP
Stafford CC, Uttoxeter Town - 3 candidates: Con, Lab, UKIP - 3.5% majority over Lab
Suffolk CC, Bixley - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP - 33.7% majority over Lab
Suffolk CC, Haverhill Cangle - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP - 8.9% by-election majority over Lab
Torbay UA, Tormohun - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, UKIP, TUSAC - split ward, 2.0% majority over LD
Waveney DC, Wrentham - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, UKIP - 25.3% majority over UKIP
Wiltshire UA, Amesbury - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, UKIP, Ind - 2.4% majority over UKIP
29 of these vacancies are being contested with Rutland UA, Greetham seeing the Conservative being returned unopposed.
The 29 contested seats have 116 candidates (an average of 4 per seat):
- 29 Conservatives, 25 UKIP, 24 Labour, 19 Liberal Democrat, 10 Green, 5 Independents contesting 4 seats, 2 TUSC / TUSAC, 1 West Suffolk Independent, 1 All People's.
"Double" elections - 7 seats
Brentwood BC, Tipps Cross - 6 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 No Description - 37.4% majority over UKIP
Dudley MB, Pedmore & Stourbridge East - 9 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 LD, 2 UKIP, Green - 30.5% majority over Lab
Ipswich BC, Castle Hill - 7 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, LD, Green, UKIP - 22.7% majority over Lab
Pendle BC, Barrowford - 6 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, Green, UKIP - 21.9% majority over Lab
Runnymede BC, Woodham - 3 candidates: 2 Con, UKIP - 47.3% majority over Lab
Southampton UA, Harefields - 10 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 LD, 2 Green, 2 TUSC - 14.2% majority over Lab
Three Rivers DC, Carpenders Park - 7 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 LD, UKIP - 22.7% majority over UKIP
There are 48 candidates contesting these 7 "double" elections (an average of almost 3.5 per seat):
- 14 Conservatives, 12 Labour, 7 Liberal Democrat, 6 UKIP, 5 Green, 2 TUSC, 2 No Description.
Labour held seats - 32
By-elections - 18 seats
Barnet LB, Underhill - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, UKIP - 10.4% majority over Con
Brent LB, Kilburn - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, UKIP, Ind - 34.2% majority over Green
Croydon LB, West Thornton - 7 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, UKIP, English Democrats, Independence from Europe - 46.5% majority over Con
Doncaster MB, Kirk Sandall & Edenthorpe - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP - 6.7% majority over UKIP
East Sussex CC, St Helens & Silverhill - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green - 7.3% majority over Con
Glasgow UA / Anderton / City - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, SNP, Green, UKIP - SNP 19.5% by-election majority over Lab
Greenwich LB, Glyndon - 7 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, UKIP, All People's, Ind - 42.8% majority over Green
Hackney LB, Hackney Downs - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green - 38.1% majority over Green
Hackney LB, Stoke Newington - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, TUSC - 29.9% majority over Green
Lancaster BC, John O'Gaunt - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, UKIP - 17.2% majority over Con
Lancashire CC, Lancaster East - 4 candidates: Lab, LD, Green, TUSC - 3.9% majority over Green
Merton LB, Figge's Marsh - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, UKIP - 66.7% majority over Con
Middlesbrough UA, Coulby Newham - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Ind
Southwark LB, College - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, UKIP, All People's - 23.4% majority over Con
Southwark LB, Newington - 7 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, UKIP, All People's, Ind - 28.3% majority over LD
South Ribble BC, Seven Stars - 3 candidates: Con, Lab, LD - 22.6% over Con - 7.8% over Con
Swansea UA, Mynyddbach - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Plaid Cymru, Independent@ Swansea, Ind - 20.0% majority over Ind
Westminster LB, Church Street - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP, Pirate - 38.6% majority over Con
There are 93 candidates contesting these 118 seats (an average of some 5.2 per seat):
- 18 Labour, 18 Liberal Democrat, 17 Conservative, 13 Green, 11 UKIP, 5 Independents, 3 All People's, 2 TUSC and 1 each SNP, Plaid Cymru, English Democrat, Independence from Europe, Independent @ Swansea and Pirate.
"Double" elections - 14 seats
Hastings BC, Old Hastings - 7 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, LD, Green, UKIP - 25.8% majority over Con
Liverpool MB, Belle Vale - 9 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 LD, 2 TUSAC, Green - 67.2% majority over UKIP
Liverpool MB, Norris Green - 8 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 Green, UKIP, TUSC - 71.9% majority over UKIP
Milton Keynes UA, Bletchley East - 7 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 LD, UKIP - 2.7% majority over Con
Nuneaton & Bedworth BC, Exhall - 8 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 UKIP, Green, TUSAC - 18.4% majority over UKIP
St Helens MB, West Park - 5 candidates: 2 Lab, Con, LD, Green - 48.1% majority over UKIP
Salford MB, Little Hulton - 7 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 UKIP, Green - 28.9% majority over UKIP
Sefton MB, St Oswalds - 5 candidates: 2 Lab, Con, Green, Socialist - 76.7% majority over Green
Southampton UA, Woolston - 10 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 LD, 2 Green, 2 TUSC - 10.4% majority over Con
Tameside MB, Mossley - 10 Candidates: 2 Lab, 2 Green, Con, LD, 4 Ind - 20.8% majority over Ind
Three Rivers DC, South Oxhey - 8 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 LD, 2 UKIP - 5.8% majority over UKIP
Weymouth & Portland BC, Wyke Regis - 9 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 LD, Green, UKIP, Ind - Con 4.0% majority over Lab
Wirral MB, Liscard - 7 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, LD, Green, UKIP - 43.5% majority over UKUIP
Wokingham UA, Bulmershe & Whitegates - 8 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 LD, Green, TUSC - Con 9.1% majority over Lab
There are 108 candidates contesting these 14 "double" elections (an average of 3.9 per seat)
- 28 Labour, 25 Conservative, 16 Liberal Democrat, 15 Green, 11 UKIP, 7 TUSC / TUSAC, 5 Independents contesting 2 seats, 1 Socialist
Liberal Democrat held seats - 3
By-elections - 1 seat
Gloucestershire CC, Churchdown - 3 candidates: Con, Lab, LD - 19.1% majority over Con
"Double" elections - 2
Fareham BC, Fareham East - 6 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 LD - 10.7% majority over Con
Pendle BC, Craven - 6 candidates, 2 Con, 2 LD, Lab, UKIP - 10.3% majority over Con
UKIP held seats - 3
All by-elections
Havering LB, Heaton - 8 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, UKIP, BNP, National Front, Ind - split ward, 10.2% majority over Lab
Surrey CC, Staines South & Ashford West - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, UKIP, TUSC - 0.2% majority over Con
Tendring DC, St Pauls - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, UKIP, Ind - split ward, 0.3% over Tendring First but Con second seat
Independent held seats - 4
By-elections - 1 seats
Cambridgeshire CC, St Neots Eaton Socon & Eynesbury - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, 2 Ind - 16.7% majority over Con
"Double" elections - 3 seats
Epping Forest DC, Loughton Forest - 5 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Independent Loughton Residents, LD - 19.7% majority over Con
Huntingdonshire DC, St Neots Eynesbury - 6 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 Ind - Con 22.1% majority over LD
Mole Valley DC, Ashtead Common - 7 candidates: 2 Con, 2 Green, 2 Ashtead Ind, Lab - 26.6% majority over Con
The Conservatives have 101 candidates for the 105 seats (79 by-elections plus 26 annual elections) or 96%, Labour 93 candidates (89%), Liberal Democrat 68 (65%), UKIP 57 (54%), Green 47(45%)
- the remaining 55 candidates are 21 Independents contesting 16 seats, 15 TUSC / TUSAC, 6 local resident groups (2 Ashtead, 2 Loughton, Swansea & West Suffolk), 4 All People's, 2 No Description
together with 1 each of SNP, Plaid Cymru, BNP, English Democrat, Independence from Europe, National Front, Pirate
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