Full round up of this week’s local by-elections with news of 2 LAB gains
Thurmaston on Charnwood (Con Defence)
Result: Labour 783 (43%), UKIP 496 (27%), Conservatives 404 (22%), BNP 95 (5%), British Democrats 58 (3%)
Labour GAIN from Conservative with a majority of 287 (16%)
Mostyn on Flintshire (Ind Defence)
Result: Independent 205 (40%), Labour 191 (37% +4%), UKIP 90 (18%), Conservatives 27 (5%)
Independent HOLD with a majority of 14 (3%), no swing calculable
Penydarren on Merthyr Tydfil (UKIP defence)
Result: Labour 257 (31% -7%), Independent (Thomas) 235 (29%), Independent (Barsi) 228 (28%), Liberal Democrats 62 (8%), Conservatives 40 (5%)
Labour GAIN from UKIP with a majority of 22 (2%), no swing calculable
Darwell on Rother (Con Defence)
Result: Conservatives 361 (43%), UKIP 182 (22%), Green 154 (18%), Labour 84 (10%), Liberal Democrats 65 (8%)
Conservative HOLD with a majority of 179 (21%)
The UKIP loss of Penydarren on Merthyr Tydfil means that the party has lost all 3 by-elections it has defended since May 22nd elections
— Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) August 1, 2014