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Local By-Election Preview : November 14th 2013

Local By-Election Preview : November 14th 2013

Seaton on Allderdale (Ind Defence) Result of last election (2011): Lab 28, Ind 16, Con 12 (No Overall Control, Lab and Opposition tied) Result of ward at last election (2011): Emboldened denotes elected Independent 1,055, 641 Labour 779, 586 Green 304 Candidates duly nominated: Mike Davidson (Con), Alistair Grey (Green), Mark Jenkinson (UKIP), Andrew Lawson (Lab), Chris Snowden (Lib Dem) Allerdale is one of those councils where the normal rules of local elections do not seem to apply. In the…

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Local By-Election Preview: November 7th 2013

Local By-Election Preview: November 7th 2013

Kingswood on Corby (Lab Defence) Result of last election (2011): Lab 22, Con 4, Lib Dem 3 (Lab overall majority of 15) Result of ward at last election (2011): Emboldened denotes elected Labour 1,052, 1,027, 1,015 Conservatives 413, 332 Candidates duly nominated: Elise Elliston (Lab), Phil Ewers (Con), Julie Grant (Lib Dem), Peter McGowan (UKIP) The electors of Corby district and the electors of Corby constituency may be forgiven for being seen as out of step with each other. Labour…

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Local By-Election Preview: All Hallow’s Eve 2013

Local By-Election Preview: All Hallow’s Eve 2013

Pillgwenlly on Newport (Lab Defence) Result of last council election (2012): Lab 37, Con 10, Ind 2, Lib Dem 1 (Labour overall majority of 24) Result of ward at last election (2012): Emboldened denotes elected Labour 756, 703 (64%) Conservative 306 (14%) Plaid Cymru 277 (12%) Liberal Democrats 150, 71 (10%) Candidates duly nominated: Omar Ali (Lab), Paul Haliday (Lib Dem), Tony Ismail (Con), Khalilur Rahman (Plaid) Newpoort came into existence as a unitary authority in 1995, following the abolition…

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All yesterday’s by-election results

All yesterday’s by-election results

Loughborough, Hastings on Charnwood Result: Labour 554 (61%), Conservative 127 (14%), UKIP 111 (12%), British Democrats 85 (9%), Liberal Democrats 26 (3%) Labour HOLD Shepshed West on Charnwood Result: Labour 683 (48%), Conservative 560 (39%), Liberal Democrat 178 (13%) Labour GAIN from Conservative Waterloo on Havant (% Change on 2012 election) Result: Conservative 693 (44% -16%), Liberal Democrat 446 (29% +13%), UKIP 296 (19%), Labour 129 (8% -16%) Conservative HOLD Swing: 15% from Con to Lib Dem Bovey on Teignbridge…

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Dunfermline By-Election (Scottish Parliament) : October 24th 2013

Dunfermline By-Election (Scottish Parliament) : October 24th 2013

Result of the Scottish Parliament in 2011: SNP 69, Lab 37, Con 15, Lib Dem 5, Green 2, Ind 1 (SNP overall majority of 9) Result of constituency at last election: SNP 11,010 (38%), Lab 10,420 (36%), Lib Dem 5,776 (20%), Con 2,093 (7%) SNP GAIN from Lib Dem Candidates duly nominated: Peter Adams (UKIP), John Black (Scottish Jacobite Party), Cara Hilton (Lab), Zara Kitson (Green), Susan Leslie (Lib Dem), James Reekie (Con), Shirley-Anne Somerville (SNP) Dunfermline (and Dunfermline West)…

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Local By-Election Preview : October 24th 2013

Local By-Election Preview : October 24th 2013

Loughborough, Hastings on Charnwood (Lab Defence) and Shepshed West (Con Defence) Last Local Election (2011): Con 33, Lab 16, BNP 1, Lib Dem 1, Ind 1 (Con overall majority of 14) Loughborough, Hastings Result of last election (2011): (emboldened denotes elected) Labour 1,163, 1,104 Conservative 612, 492 Candidates duly nominated: Simon Atkins (Lib Dem), Sarah Maynard Smith (Lab), Andy McWilliam (UKIP), Judith Spence (Con), Kevan Stafford (British Democrats, Stop Immigration, Leave EU) Shepshed West Result of last election (2011): (emboldened…

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October 17th Local By-Election Results

October 17th Local By-Election Results

Dalston on Carlisle Result (Change on 2011 local election): Lib Dem 506 (37% +15%), Con 476 (35% -14%), Lab 186 (14% -7%), UKIP 167 (12% +4%), Green 27 (2%) Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative on a swing of 14.5% from Con to Lib Dem Westbourne on Chichester Result: Con 184 (41% -21%), UKIP 106 (24%), Green 85 (19%), Lib Dem 68 (15% -23%), Patria 3 (1%) Conservative HOLD on a swing of 22.5% from Con to UKIP Barnfield on Luton…

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Local By-Election Preview : October 17th 2013

Local By-Election Preview : October 17th 2013

Dalston on Carlisle (Con Defence) Last Local Election: Lab 27, Con 20, Lib Dem 2, Ind 2 (Labour overall majority of 3) Result in ward over recent electoral cycle: 2010: Con 1,715 (47%), Lib Dem 1,241 (34%), Lab 658 (18%) 2011: Con 1,108 (49%), Lib Dem 500 (22%), Lab 478 (21%), UKIP 170 (8%) 2012: Lib Dem 1,033 (52%), Con 481 (24%), Lab 305 (15%), UKIP 174 (9%) Candidates duly nominated: Ruth Alcroft (Lab), Robert Dickinson (UKIP), Michael Gee (Lib…

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