By-elections - October 6th

[maxque]

Basing - Basingstoke and Deane BC - Clive Pinder (Conservative) resigned. He was first elected in 2015.
2015-2019 term

2016: Con 1594, LD 311, UKIP 298, Lab 297
2015: Con 2921, UKIP 754, Lab 697, LD 684
2014: Ind 1368, Con 695, UKIP 458, Lab 212, LD 198
2012: Con 1676, Lab 321, LD 290
2011: Con 2325, LD 524, Lab 448
2010: Con 3288, LD 1187, Lab 530
2008: Con 1962/1821/1725, LD 1161/1042/928, Lab 149
2007: Con 1864, LD 906, Lab 93
2006: Con 1724, LD 1239, Lab 162
2004: LD 1675, Con 1363
2003: Con 1214, LD 1153, Lab 171, Ind 38
2002: LD 1511/1387/1260, Con 1195/1181/1173

The Independent elected in 2014 was the incumbent (Conservative) councillor.

Paul Gaskell (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Richard Lilleker (Liberal Democrats)
Andrew Toal (Labour Party)

Rumworth - Bolton MBC - Rosa Kay (Labour) died at the age of 79. She was a councillor since 1999, representing Derby ward until 2004 and was a Cabinet member. Before being a councillor, she was an Union official for Council employees.
2016-2020 term

2016: Lab 2568, Con 373, UKIP 354, Grn 179, LD 82
2015: Lab 4555, Con 747, Grn 457, LD 136
2014: Lab 2876, UKIP 492, Con 317, Grn 200, LD 66
2012: Lab 2394, Con 294, Grn 274, LD 88
2011: Lab 2677, Con 374, Grn 300, LD 119
2010: Lab 3928, LD 855, Con 825
2008: Lab 1875, LD 647, Left List 444
2007: Lab 2079, Con 668, LD 480
2006: Lab 2028, Con 932
2004: Lab 1734/1706/1683, LD 1316/1228/991, Con 633/598/567, Respect 540, Socialist Lab 136

Left List (also known as Left Alternative) was a Respect splinter, backed by the SWP.

Shamim Abdullah (Labour Party)
Jonathan Baxendale (UK Independence Party (UKIP))
Becky Forrest (Liberal Democrats)
Alan Johnson (Green Party)
Mohammed Waqas (The Conservative Party Candidate)

Gilfach - Caerphilly - Harry Andrews (Labour) resigned due to ill health. Aged 79, he was a long-serving councillor, first elected in 1967, on the Gelligaer Urban District until its abolition in 1974, the Rhymney Valley District council in (representing Bargoed at first, then Gilfach when the ward was created in 1987) and the Caerphilly County Borough since the move to unitary authorities in 1996. He was leader of the Labour group from 2004 to 2014 and, as such, Leader of the Council from 2004 to 2008 and from 2012 to 2014.

2012: Lab 553, PC 91
2008: Lab 555, PC 157
2004: Lab 674, PC 115

Andrew Creak (Wales Green Party / Plaid Werdd Cymru)
Glenys Griffiths (UKIP Wales)
Lindsey Harding (Welsh Labour / Llafur Cymru)
Ken Houston (Plaid Cymru / The Party of Wales)

Risca East - Caerphilly - Rhianon Passmore (Labour Co-op) resigned due to her election as the Assembly Member for Islwyn. She was a councillor since 2004 and served in the Council Cabinet. She was also a candidate for the Welsh Assembly in 2003, for Ceredigion, but lost (with 13% of the vote). In the past, she worked as a teacher and a lecturer.

May 2013 by: Lab 529, Ind 299/209, PC 119, Con 36
2012: Lab 953/789/769, Ind 399, PC 312/275/186
2008: Lab 755/708/703, PC 548/502, Ind 516
2004: Lab 905/819/815, PC 578, LD 454

Matthew Farrell (Plaid Cymru / The Party of Wales)
Matthew Kidner (Welsh Liberal Democrats / Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol Cymru)
Arianna Passmore (Welsh Labour / Llafur Cymru)
Joe Smyth (UK Independence Party (UKIP))

Exmouth Brixington - East Devon DC - David Chapman (Conservative) died at the age of 71. He was a councillor since 2007 and also a member of the Exmouth Town Council. He was the Champion for Sports of the East Devon DC and worked in the Merchant Navy and in banking.

2015: Con 1644/1599/1511, Independent East Devon Alliance 1281, LD 855, Lab 733
2011: Ind 894/730, Con 800/777/714, LD 408/407, UKIP 366, Lab 335
2007: LD 486/345/316, Con 466/456/433, Lab 185
2003: LD 826/666/613, Con 534/533/521, Ind 513

The winning Independent of 2011 was the incumbent (Liberal Democrat) councillor.

Robin Humphreys (Independent East Devon Alliance)
Darryl Nicholas (The Conservative and Unionist Party Candidate)
Alex Sadiq (Liberal Democrats)

St. Ann’s - Haringey LBC - Peter Morton (Labour) resigned, as he took a politically restricted job as Head of News for Public Health England. First elected in 2014, he immediately entered Cabinet as the member for Health and Wellbeing. In the past, he was also Head of Press for the Labour Party and a Press Officer for Labour Party and the Ministry of Defence.

2014: Lab 1829/1508/1491, Grn 757/530/497, TUSC 271/236, Con 251/194/175, LD 243/217/210, UKIP 212
2010: Lab 2469/2315/2241, LD 1201/1129/1088, Con 601/596/558, Grn 432/427/371, TUSC 202
2006: Lab 1195/1184/1064, Respect 579/468, Grn 500, LD 390/348/285, Con 337/329/283
2002: Lab 1010/981/950, Grn 368, Socialist Alliance 324, LD 273/257/248, Con 223/213/177

Josh Dixon (Liberal Democrats)
Janus Polenceusz (UK Independence Party (UKIP))
Ronald Stewart (Green Party)
Noah Tucker (Labour Party)
Ellis Turrell (The Conservative Party)

London elections 2016:
Mayor: Lab 2181, Grn 379, Con 372, LD 94, WEP 91, Respect 46, UKIP 37, CISTA 30, Zylinski 21, BF 13, BNP 12, OLP 8
List: Lab 1956, Grn 571, Con 289, WEP 175, LD 133, UKIP 66, Respect 44, CPA 31, AWP 29, BF 18, House 13, BNP 10
Constituency: Lab 2167, Grn 571, Con 303, LD 162, UKIP 90, APP 36

Garscadden/Scotstounhill - Glasgow - John Kelly (Labour) died. He was first elected in 2012 and was the assistant branch secretary and political officer of CWU in Glasgow and Motherwell.

2012: Lab 2295/2220/541, SNP 1820/400, Grn 221, Con 215, Ind 151, Christian 135, LD 90, UKIP 69, TUSC 29, Glasgow First 22 (elected Lab, SNP, Lab, Lab on 9th count; final count: Lab 1491, SNP 654, Grn 309, Con 286, Ind 239)
2007: Lab 2744/1895/1115, SNP 2333, Con 534, LD 483, Grn 402, Solidarity 318, Unionist 191, Socialist 145 (elected: Lab, SNP, Lab, Lab on 8th count; last count: Lab 1681, Grn 820, Con 746)

Glasgow First was a Labour splinter by deselected Labour councillors and their supporters.

Ian Cruikshank (Scottish Labour Party)
Chris Cunningham (Scottish National Party (SNP))
Ary Jaff (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
Gillian MacDonald (Scottish Green Party)
Donald MacKay (UKIP)
James Speirs (Scottish Liberal Democrats)

Headland & Harbour - Hartlepool UA - Peter Jackson (Labour) resigned to focus on his work as electrical engineer and family. He was first elected as Liberal Democrat in 2003 for the Throston ward, but was reelected as Labour in 2004 and switched to Headland & Harbour after ward boundaries changed in 2012. He was a Cabinet member Performance, Neighbourhoods and Policy.
2014-2018 term

2016: UKIP 619, Lab 617, Con 117
2015: Lab 1100, UKIP 892, Putting Hartlepool First 378, Con 284, Ind 147, National Health Action 91
2014: Lab 674, Putting Hartlepool First 559, Con 187, LD 51
2012: Lab 763/713/647, Putting Hartlepool First 525/484/465, Con 120/88/84

Chris Broadbent (Independent)
Tim Fleming (UK Independence Party (UKIP))
Steve Latimer (Putting Hartlepool First)
Benjamin Marshall (Local Conservatives)
John Price (Patients not profits in our NHS)
Trevor Rogan (Labour Party)

Culloden and Ardersier - Highland - John Ford (Labour) died at the age of 85. He was a councillor since 2003 for the single-member Culloden ward and for the multi-member Culloden and Ardersier and was an engineer in electricity supply.

2012: Ind 1023/165/36, SNP 566/375, Lab 479, LD 475, Grn 170, Con 154 (elected Ind, LD, SNP, Lab on 6th count; final count: SNP 678, Lab 586, SNP 455 with a LD surplus of 39 for 2 seats)
2007: Ind 1308/213, SNP 1335, Lab 816, LD 663, Con 318 (elected: Ind, SNP, Lab, LD on 3rd count; last count: Lab 924, LD 825, Con 393, Ind 392 for 2 seats)

Andrew Jarvie (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
Thomas Lamont (Independent)
Andrew MacKintosh (Scottish Labour Party)
Isla MacLeod-O’Reilly (Scottish Greens)
Duncan MacPherson (Independent)
David McGrath (Independent)
Pauline Munro (Scottish National Party (SNP))
Trish Robertson (Scottish Liberal Democrats)
John Ross (Independent)

[Robert Waller]

Andrew Teale's previews

election-data.co.uk/by-election-previews-6-10-16

[Sharon]

Labour hold:

    

[marksenior]

Gilfach

Lab 254
Plaid 150
UKIP 28
Green 7

[maxque]

Gilfach, Caerphilly, in votes:

Lab 254
PC 150
UKIP 28
Grn 7

[ColinJ]

Oct 6, 2016 21:43:44 GMT Sharon said:

Labour hold:

    

And following the trends of last week, piss poor Labour performance.

[Davıd Boothroyd]

CAERPHILLY Gilfach

Lindsey Harding (Welsh Labour / Llafur Cymru) 255
Ken Houston (Plaid Cymru / The Party of Wales) 150
Glenys Griffiths (UKIP Wales) 28
Andrew Creak (Wales Green Party / Plaid Werdd Cymru) 7

[maxque]

Oct 6, 2016 21:49:48 GMT ColinJ said:

Oct 6, 2016 21:43:44 GMT Sharon said:

Labour hold:

    

And following the trends of last week, piss poor Labour performance.

Let's be fair to Labour, under any circumstrances, replacing a councillor who had the seat since 1967 will have that effect.

[andrea]

UKIP gain in Hartlepool


Risca East - Caerphilly


Arianna Passmore (Lab) 400
Joe Smyth (UKIP= 117
Matthew Farrell (Plaid) 120
Matthew Kinder (LD) 32

[marksenior]

Risca East

Lab 400
Plaid 120
UKIP 117
LDem 42

[maxque]

Risca East, Caerphilly: (2012; 2013 by)

Lab 400 (58.9%; +1.6; +14.5)
PC 120 (17.7%; -1.1; +7.7)
UKIP 117 (17.2%)
LD 42 (6.2%)

[maxque]

23.8% turnout in Garscadden/Scotstounhill, Glasgow.

[maxque]

Labour hold in St. Anns's, Haringey.

[Andrew_S]

Anyone have the figures from Hartlepool? I can't find them on Twitter.

[ColinJ]

Oct 6, 2016 22:16:55 GMT Andrew_S said:

Anyone have the figures from Hartlepool? I can't find them on Twitter.

From council web site:

Chris Broadbent – Independent – 26
Tim Fleming – UKIP – 496
Steve Latimer – Putting Hartlepool First – 155
Benjamin Marshall – Local Conservatives – 41
John Robert Price – Patients not profit in our NHS – 36
Trevor Rogan – Labour Party – 255

The current make-up of Hartlepool Council is now Labour (19), UKIP (6), Independent (3), Local Conservatives (3) and Putting Hartlepool First (2).

The turnout for the by-election was 17.8%.

[Khunanup]

Oct 6, 2016 22:17:51 GMT ColinJ said:

Oct 6, 2016 22:16:55 GMT Andrew_S said:

Anyone have the figures from Hartlepool? I can't find them on Twitter.

From council web site:

Chris Broadbent – Independent – 26
Tim Fleming – UKIP – 496
Steve Latimer – Putting Hartlepool First – 155
Benjamin Marshall – Local Conservatives – 41
John Robert Price – Patients not profit in our NHS – 36
Trevor Rogan – Labour Party – 255

The current make-up of Hartlepool Council is now Labour (19), UKIP (6), Independent (3), Local Conservatives (3) and Putting Hartlepool First (2).

The turnout for the by-election was 17.8%.

Another dire Labour result.

[Davıd Boothroyd]

UKIP: 49.2% (+49.2)
LAB: 25.3% (-17.7)
PHF: 15.4% (-20.3)
CON: 4.1% (-14.0)
PNP: 3.6%
IND: 2.6%

[Khunanup]

Oct 6, 2016 22:19:24 GMT Davıd Boothroyd said:

UKIP: 49.2% (+49.2)
LAB: 25.3% (-17.7)
PHF: 15.4% (-20.3)
CON: 4.1% (-14.0)
PNP: 3.6%
IND: 2.6%

What's the change from this year when UKIP won by two?

[Old Fashioned Leftie]

St Ann's Haringey

LAB: 63.8% (+12.4)
GRN: 17.4% (-3.9)
LDEM: 10.2% (+3.3)
CON: 5.7% (-1.3)
UKIP: 3.0% (-2.9)

[ColinJ]

Oct 6, 2016 22:16:04 GMT maxque said:

Labour hold in St. Anns's, Haringey.

DIXON Josh Liberal Democrats 189
POLENCEUSZ Janus UK Independence Party (UKIP) 54
STEWART Ronald Andrew Green Party 323
TUCKER Noah Labour Party 1177 YES
TURRELL Ellis Lloyd Philip The Conservative Party 106

Number of rejected papers: 4
Turnout: 20.67%