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Local By-Election Preview: December 12th 2013

Local By-Election Preview: December 12th 2013

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Topcliffe on Hambleton (Con Defence) Result of last election (2011): Con 39, Ind 3, Lib Dem 2 (Conservative overall majority of 34) Result of last election in ward (2011): Con 550 (75%), Lib Dem 185 (25%) Candidates duly nominated: Garry Key (Con) Result: Conservative HOLD elected unopposed Hambleton is quite accustomed to the concept of elected unopposed being a rural area in the North of Yorkshire, however as their colleagues in Richmondshire may find being elected unopposed can have it’s…

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Local By-Election Results : December 5th 2013

Local By-Election Results : December 5th 2013

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Riverside (Lab Defence) and Splott (Lab Defence) on Cardiff Riverside: Result: Lab 1,120 (50% +2%), Plaid 773 (35% +4%), Con 107 (5% -3%), UKIP 97 (4%), TUSC 70 (3% +2%), Lib Dem 58 (3% -1%) Labour HOLD on a swing of 1% from Labour to Plaid Splott: Result: Lab 706 (40% -14%), Lib Dem 604 (34% +4%), UKIP 209 (12%), Ind 94 (5%), Con 86 (5% unchanged), TUSC 80 (4% +3%) Labour HOLD on a swing of 9% from Labour…

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Local By-Elections Preview: December 5th 2013

Local By-Elections Preview: December 5th 2013

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Riverside (Lab Defence) and Splott (Lab Defence) on Cardiff Result of last election (2012): Lab 46, Lib Dem 16, Con 7, Ind 3, Plaid 2, Heath Independents 1 (Labour overall majority of 17) Result of ward at last election (2012): Emboldened denotes Elected Riverside: Labour 1,731, 1,555, 1,431 (48%) Plaid Cymru 1,153, 944, 940 (31%) Greens 294, 272, 189 (8%) Conservatives 286, 276, 263 (8%) Liberal Democrats 142, 129, 122 (4%) Trade Unionists and Socialists 99 (1%) Candidates duly nominated:…

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Ipsos Mori November 2013 Issues Index and Local By-Election Results : November 28th 2013

Ipsos Mori November 2013 Issues Index and Local By-Election Results : November 28th 2013

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The Ipsos-Mori issues index for November is out, the field work ended on the 10th of November.   Ipsos-Mori Issues Index for Nov is out New PB Thread http://t.co/uJnRxdRYii pic.twitter.com/ovrJF46TKs — TSEofPB (@TSEofPB) November 29, 2013 General concern about the economy continues to fall as concern shifts to poverty/inequality and the personal economy. Highest level of concern about low pay and poverty/inequality Ipsos MORI have ever recorded. Immigration is in second place, as it has been for the last five months, is race…

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Local By-Election Preview: November 28th 2013

Local By-Election Preview: November 28th 2013

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  Winkfield and Cranbourne on Bracknell Forest (Con Defence) Result of last election (2011): Con 40, Lab 2 (Conservative overall majority of 38) Result of ward at last election (2011): Emboldened denotes elected Conservatives 1,308, 1,250 Green 269 Labour 255, 252 Candidates duly nominated: Paul Birchall (Lib Dem), Janet Keene (Lab), Ken La Garde (UKIP), Susie Phillips (Con) When people think of “one party states” in local elections, they often think of the Labour heartlands such as Knowsley (Lab 63,…

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Local By-Election Results : November 21st 2013

Local By-Election Results : November 21st 2013

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Pontrilas on Herefordshire (Con Defence) Result: It’s Our County 429 (47% +26%), Indepdenent 261 (28% -5%), Conservative 229 (25% -21%) It’s Our County GAIN from Conservative on a swing of 16% from Ind to IOC (24% from Con to IOC) Conservatives LOSE overall control of Herefordshire County Council Golcar on Kirklees (Lab Defence) Result: Liberal Democrat 1,591 (48% +12% on 2012), Labour 901 (27% -13% on 2012), United Kingdom Independence Party 450 (13%), Green 210 (6% -5% on 2012), Conservative 189…

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Local By-Election Preview : November 21st 2013

Local By-Election Preview : November 21st 2013

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Pontrilas on Herefordshire (Con Defence) Result of last election (2011): Con 30, Ind 23, Lib Dem 3, Lab 1, Green 1 (Conservative overall majority of 2) Result of ward at last election (2011): Con 728 (46%), Ind 515 (33%), IOC 337 (21%) Candidates duly nominated: Elaine Godding (Ind), Jon Norris (It’s Our County), Elissa Swinglehurst (Con) For a profile of this county’s past elections, please see my posting for November 7th 2013 Golcar on Kirklees (Lab Defence) Result of last…

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November 14th 2013 Local By-Election Results

November 14th 2013 Local By-Election Results

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Seaton on Allerdale Labour 464 (40%), United Kingdom Independence Party 426 (37%), Conservative 133 (11%), Green 108 (9%), Liberal Democrat 30 (3%) Labour GAIN from Independent Labour GAIN overall control of Allerdale with an overall majority of 2 Winton East on Bournemouth Conservative 503 (42%), Labour 215 (18%), United Kingdom Independence Party 212 (18%), Liberal Democrat 191 (16%), Green 48 (4%), Independent 34 (3%) Conservative HOLD Seaton on Cumbria Labour 628 (47% +15%), United Kingdom Independence Party 483 (36% +11%),…

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