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Blackwood on Caerphilly (Labour Defence) Result: Lab 620 (41% -10%), Ind 477 (32% +6%), Plaid 349 (23% +9%), Con 68 (4% -4%) Labour HOLD with a majority of 143 (9%) on a swing of 8% from Labour to Independent Turnout: 24.3% Sutton on East Cambridgeshire (Conservative Defence) Result: Lib Dem 523 (51%), Con 280 (27%), UKIP 162 (16%), Lab 63 (6%) Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative with a majority of 243 (24%) Turnout: 33% Horncastle on East Lindsey (Conservative defence)…

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Blackwood on Caerphilly (Labour Defence) Result of last election to council (2012): Labour 50, Plaid Cymru 20, Independents 3 (Labour majority of 27) Result of last election in ward (2012): Emboldened denotes elected Labour 1,116, 966, 946 (51%) Independents 833, 719 (26%) Plaid Cymru 352, 253, 235 (14%) Conservatives 182, 148, 144 (8%) Candidates duly nominated: Andrew Farina-Childs (Plaid Cymru), Cameron Muir-Jones (Con), Allan Rees (Lab), Keith Smallman (Ind) When Caerphilly was created it seems to be another example of…

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Some good UKIP perforances in terms of votes but no seats Belle Vue on Cumbria (Labour Defence) Result: Labour 565 (46% -20%), Conservative 435 (35% +1%), UKIP 234 (19%) Labour HOLD with a majority of 130 (11%) on a swing of 11% from Labour to Conservative Flint, Trelawny on Flintshire (Labour Defence) Result: Labour 350 (39% -33%), UKIP 261 (29%), Independent 242 (27% +8%), Conservative 54 (6%) Labour HOLD woith a majority of 89 (10%) on a swing of 31%…

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Blacko and Higherford on Pendle (Conservative defence) Neil McEvoy (Conservative) 370 votes (67% -13% on Locals 2011) Mick Waddington (United Kingdom Independence Party) 86 votes (15%, no candidate in 2011) Robert Oliver (Labour) 65 votes (12% -8% on Locals 2011) Darren Reynolds (Liberal Democrats) 34 votes (6%, no candidate in 2011) Conservative HOLD with a majority of 284 votes (51%) on a swing from Con to UKIP of 14% Turnout: 39% Whilst I was writing this, news broke of the…

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Blacko and Higherford on Pendle (Conservative defence) Result of last election to council (2011): Conservatives 18, Labour 16, Liberal Democrats 12, British National Party 2, Independents 1 (No Overall Control, Conservatives short by 7) Result of ward at last election (2011): Conservative 583 (80%), Labour 148 (20%). Conservative HOLD with a majority of 435 (60%) Candidates duly nominated: Noel McEvoy (Con), Robert Oliver (Lab), Darren Reynolds (Lib Dem), Mick Waddington (UKIP) Pendle’s electoral history since 2003 reads like “I’m a…

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Stone on Dartford (Labour Defence) Result: Lab 426 (38%), Con 397 (35%), UKIP 307 (27%) Labour HOLD with a majority of 29 (3%) Kilmarnock North on East Ayrshire (Scottish National Party defence) First Preferences Result: SNP 1,334 (45% -8%), Lab 1,130 (38% +2%), Con 430 (15% +4%), Green 61 (2%) Scottish National Party HOLD (elected on the fourth count) on a swing of 5% from SNP to Labour St. John’s on Fylde (Independent defence) Result: Flyde Ratepayers 804 (66%), Con…

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