UKIP vote down sharply in all this week’s local by-elections
Crompton (Lab defence) on Bolton
Result: Labour 1,961 (73% +13%), UKIP 320 (12% -9%), Conservative 302 (11% -1%), Liberal Democrat 117 (4% unchanged)
Labour HOLD with a majority of 1,641 (61%) on a swing of 11% from UKIP to Labour
Lower Stoke (Lab defence) on Coventry
Result: Labour 1,235 (57% +10%), Conservative 344 (16% +1%), UKIP 290 (13% -11%), Green Party 165 (8% +1%), Liberal Democrat 124 (6%, no candidate in 2014)
Labour HOLD with a majority of 891 (41%) on a swing of 4.5% from Conservative to Labour
West End North (Lib Dem defence) on Eastleigh
Result: Liberal Democrat 582 (53% +13%), Conservative 315 (29% -6%),UKIP 115 (10% -5%), Labour 58 (5% -5%), Green Party 28 (3%, no candidate in 2015)
Liberal Democrat HOLD with a majority of 267 (24%) on a swing of 9.5% from Conservative to Liberal Democrat
Cranford (Lab defence) on Hounslow
Result: Labour 1,264 (55% unchanged), Conservative 638 (28% +2%), Liberal Democrat 265 (11% +5%), UKIP 96 (4% -9%), Green Party 48 (2%, no candidate in 2014)
Labour HOLD with a majority of 626 (27%) on a swing of 1% from Labour to Conservative