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Local By-Election Results : February 25th 2016

Local By-Election Results : February 25th 2016

Key: Death Resignation Kingswinford North and Wall Heath on Dudley (Con defence) Result: Conservative 1,456 (54% +11%), Labour 934 (35% +8%), United Kingdom Independence Party 262 (10% -17%), Green Party 52 (2% -1%) Conservative HOLD with a majority of 522 (19%) on a swing of 1.5% from Labour to Conservative St. James on Dudley (Lab defence) Result: Labour 847 (46% +1%), United Kingdom Independence Party 554 (30% +2%), Conservative 427 (23% -1%) Labour HOLD with a majority of 293 (16%)…

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Local By-Election Preview : February 25th 2016

Local By-Election Preview : February 25th 2016

Key: Death Resignation Kingswinford North and Wall Heath (Con defence) and St. James (Lab defence) on Dudley Result of council at last election (2015): Labour 38, Conservatives 25, United Kingdom Independence Party 7, Independent 1, Green Party 1 (Labour majority of 4) Result of ward at last election Kingswinford North and Wall Heath (2014): Conservative 1,704 (43%), United Kingdom Independence Party 1,090 (27%), Labour 1,071 (27%), Green Party 131 (3%) Candidates duly nominated: Lynn Boleyn (Lab), Mick Forsyth (UKIP), Edward…

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All this week’s Local By-Election Results

All this week’s Local By-Election Results

Oban North and Lorn (Argyll First defence, was Independent) on Argyll and Bute Result: Scottish National Party 1,113 (42% +11%), Conservative 609 (23% +14%), Independent 608 (23% -32%), Green Party 300 (11%, no candidate last time) Scottish National Party GAIN from Argyll First on the fourth count with a lead of 504 (19%) on a swing of 1.5% from Scottish National Party to Conservative Greasley (Con defence) and Toton and Chilwell Meadows (Con defence) on Browtoxe Greasley Result: Conservative 656…

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Local By-Elections : February 18th 2016

Local By-Elections : February 18th 2016

Emboldened indicates the by-election was caused by a death Emboldened italics indicates the by-election was caused by a resignation Oban North and Lorn (Argyll First defence, was Independent) on Argyll and Bute Result of council at last election (2012): Independents 15, Scottish National Party 13, Conservatives 4, Liberal Democrats 4 (No Overall Control, Independents short by 4) Result of ward at last election (2012): Emboldened denotes elected Independents 421, 807, 125, 361, 222, 58 (55%) Scottish National Party 410, 707…

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UKIP vote down sharply in all this week’s local by-elections

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%)…

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Tonight’s local by-election line-up has 3 LAB defences and an LD one

Tonight’s local by-election line-up has 3 LAB defences and an LD one

Crompton (Lab defence) on Bolton Result of council at last election (2015): Labour 39, Conservatives 15, Liberal Democrats 3, UKIP 3 (Labour majority of 18) Result of ward at last election (2014): Labour 2,363 (60%), UKIP 826 (21%), Conservative 456 (12%), Liberal Democrat 148 (4%), Independent 121 (3%) Candidates duly nominated: Bilkis Bashir-Ismali (Lab), Laura Diggle (Green), Paul Eccles (UKIP), Ryan Haslam (Con), Garry Veevers (Lib Dem) In the 2004 local elections something quite remarkable happened in Bolton, the Liberal…

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For their own good, it can be argued, young people should be compelled to vote

For their own good, it can be argued, young people should be compelled to vote

Donald Brind on cumpulsory voting Eddie Izzard writes his own jokes. He made that very clear when I offered him what I thought was a good line he could use in pressing young people to get out and vote. “Vote and you get stuff, don’t vote and you get stuffed.” I was touring North London marginals with the Labour-supporting comedian and Eddie was a bit sniffy about my offering. It cut no ice when I pointed out that the author…

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CON loses 2 of the 3 local by-elections it was defending overnight

CON loses 2 of the 3 local by-elections it was defending overnight

Bottisham (Con defence) on East Cambridgeshire Result: Conservative 421 (44% -8%), Liberal Democrat 403 (42% +10%), Labour 99 (10% -6%), UKIP 43 (4%, no candidate in 2015) Conservative HOLD with a majority of 18 (2%) on a swing of 9% from Conservative to Liberal Democrat Measham South (Lab defence) on North West Leicestershire Result: Labour 257 (43% -12%), Conservative 202 (34% -11%), UKIP 141 (24%, no candidate in 2015) Labour HOLD with a majority of 55 (9%) on a swing…

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