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This week’s Local By-Election Results

This week’s Local By-Election Results

Skipton West on Craven (Lib Dem defence) Result: Labour 185 (24% +2%), Liberal Democrats 143 (19% -8%), Conservatives 131 (17% -9%), UKIP 126 (16%), Independent 120 (16% -2%), Green 67 (9%) Labour GAIN from Liberal Democrats with a majority of 42 (5%) on a swing of 5% from Lib Dem to Lab Skipton West on North Yorkshire (Lib Dem defence) Result: Independent 391 (23% -1%), Conservative 355 (21% +1%), Liberal Democrats 309 (19% -10%), UKIP 238 (14%), Green 194 (12%…

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Local By-Election Preview: July 3rd 2014

Local By-Election Preview: July 3rd 2014

Wivenhoe Quay on Colchester (Lab defence) Last election to council (2014): Liberal Democrat 25, Conservative 23, Labour 8, Independent 3 (No Overall Control, Liberal Democrats short by 5) Last election in ward (2011): Labour 1,279 (57%), Conservative 573 (26%), Greens 217 (10%), Liberal Democrats 172 (8%) Candidates duly nominated: Shaun Boughton (Lib Dem), Tim Glover (Green), Peter Hill (Con), Dave Osborn (Patrotic Socialist), John Pitts (UKIP), Rosalind Scott (Lab) St. James on Northampton (Lab Defence) Last election to council (2011):…

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Deferred Elections Results : June 26th 2014

Deferred Elections Results : June 26th 2014

Swanwick on Amber Valley (Conservative WIN in 2010) Result: Conservatives 474 (36% -14% on 2010) Labour 298 (23% -8% on 2010) Independent 252 (19%) UKIP 245 (19%) Lib Dem 32 (2% -17% on 2010) Conservative HOLD with a majority of 176 (13%) on a swing of 3% from Conservative to Labour New Amber Valley Composition: Labour 23, Conservatives 22 (Labour overall majority of 1) Colindale Dale on Barnet (3 Labour WINS in 2010) Result (by party and candidate) : Emboldened…

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Deferred Elections postponed from May 22nd : June 26th 2014

Deferred Elections postponed from May 22nd : June 26th 2014

Swanwick on Amber Valley (Conservative WIN in 2010) Result of council at last election (2014): Labour 24, Conservatives 21 (Labour overall majority of 3) Result of ward at last election (2010): Conservative 1,610 (50%), Labour 983 (31%), Liberal Democrats 599 (19%) Conservative majority of 627 (19%) Candidates duly nominated: Joel Hunt (Lib Dem), Allen King (UKIP), George Soudah (Ind), Antony Tester (Lab), David Wilson (Con) Amber Valley has always been a bit of a Con / Lab battleground and since…

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Local By-Election Preview: June 19th 2014

Local By-Election Preview: June 19th 2014

Soham South on East Cambridgeshire (Independent Defence) Result of council at last election (2011): Conservative 25, Liberal Democrats 10, Independents 4 (Conservative overall majority of 11) Result of ward at last election (2011): Emboldened denotes elected Conservatives 745, 578, 547 Independent 598, 590 Liberal Democrats 397, 300 Labour 335 Candidates duly nominated: Daniel Divine (UKIP), Gerard Hobbs (Ind), Fiona Ross (Lab), Hamish Ross (Con), Charles Warner (Lib Dem), Geoffrey Woolard (Ind) East Cambridgeshire is another example of what has happened…

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Local By-Election Results: June 12th 2014

Local By-Election Results: June 12th 2014

Sleaford, Quarrington and Mareham (Ind Defence)< Result: Lincolnshire Independent 527 (45%), Conservative 477 (40%), Independent 178 (15%) Lincolnshire Independent GAIN from Independent with a majority of 50 (5%) Sleaford, Westholme (Ind Defence) Result: Lincolnshire Independent 342 (69%), Conservative 119 (24% +3% on 2011), Labour 38 (8%) Lincolnshire Independent GAIN from Independent with a majority of 223 (45%) Collington on Rother (Ind Defence) Result: Independent 570 (42%), Conservative 378 (28%), United Kingdom Independence Party 311 (23%), Labour 102 (8%) Independent HOLD…

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Local By-Election Preview : June 12th 2014

Local By-Election Preview : June 12th 2014

Now, I know there is the small matter of a massive football competition happening in Brazil over the next few weeks which will (according to Bloomberg television) attract some $5 billion worth of bets during the competition, but let’s not forget that with the Liberal Democrats on 6% of the vote in some polls and UKIP’s leader declaring over £200,000 worth of gifts in the last ten years, British politics and it’s elections will still carry on regardless so with…

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Local By-Election Results: June 5th 2014

Local By-Election Results: June 5th 2014

Clydesdale South on South Lanarkshire (SNP defence) Result: Labour 1,492 votes (41% -3%), Scottish National Party 1,170 (32% -10%), Conservative 659 (18% +8%), United Kingdom Independence Party 233 (6% +2%), Green 104 (3%) Labour GAIN from SNP on the fifth count with a majority of 322 (9%) on a swing of 3.5% from SNP to Lab Turnout: 30.97% Newark in the Westminster Parliament (Con defence) Conservatives 17,431 votes (45.03% -8.82% on Election 2010) United Kingdom Independence Party 10,028 votes (25.91%…

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