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A busy night of local by-elections previewed by Harry Hayfield

A busy night of local by-elections previewed by Harry Hayfield

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Hilton, Woodside and Stockethill (SNP defence) and Kincorth, Nigg and Cove (SNP defence) on City of Aberdeen Result of council at last election (2012): Labour 17, Scottish National Party 15, Liberal Democrats 5, Conservatives 3, Independents 3 (No Overall Control, Labour short by 5) Hilton, Woodside and Stockethill Result of ward at last election (2012): Emboldened denotes elected Labour 1,421, 271 (45%) Scottish National Party 512, 823 (36%) Independents 87, 101, 55 (6%) Liberal Democrats 145 (4%) Green Party 99…

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Don Brind says he’s voting for party unity by putting Liz Kendall first

Don Brind says he’s voting for party unity by putting Liz Kendall first

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It was, if you like, my Liz Kendall moment Just as Kendall has been told she’s a Tory I was told “You should go and join the SDP”. It was wounding – the more so because it came from a friend. It was the 80s and we were on opposite sides of one of the many controversies inspired by or centred on Tony Benn. Happily she is still a friend and says now “The 80s were a mad time. We…

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Murder on the dancefloor?

Murder on the dancefloor?

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The 60-something candidate, initially priced at 100/1 by Ladbrokes, suddenly looks like he might actually win. The public seem to have had enough of the over-coached younger generation and his price tumbles to single figures, but the establishment judges warn that he is making a mockery of the contest. I speak, of course, of the 2008 series of Strictly Come Dancing. John Sergeant saw off the likes of Gary Rhodes and Cherie Lunghi but then bowed out, saying: “As time…

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Pick Corbyn now and do it all again in three years time?

Pick Corbyn now and do it all again in three years time?

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Don Brind on what could happen Always look on the bright side of life. That’s me. So, here’s my reason for saying Jeremy Corbyn is the best choice for Labour leader now. Because he’s the most easily dumpable in two or three years time. That fits in with my argument in a previous PB post that Labour will need to be ruthless in getting a new leader if they trail in the polls after the Tories elect their new leader…

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Local By-Election Results : July 23rd 2015

Local By-Election Results : July 23rd 2015

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Mill Hill on Blackburn with Darwen (Lab defence) Result: Labour 505 (59% -7%), United Kingdom Independence Party 179 (21%, no candidate in 2012), Conservatives 106 (12% -6%), Liberal Democrats 69 (8% -7%) Labour HOLD with a majority of 326 (38%) on a swing of 14% from Labour to United Kingdom Independence Party New Tredegar on Caerphilly (Lab defence) Result: Labour 648 (83% unchanged), United Kingdom Independence Party 90 (11%, no candidate in 2012), Conservatives 47 (6%, no candidate in 2012)…

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Four LAB defences and one LD one in tonight’s local by-elections

Four LAB defences and one LD one in tonight’s local by-elections

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Harry Hayfield’s review Mill Hill on Blackburn with Darwen (Lab defence) Result of council at last election (2015): Labour 47, Conservatives 14, Liberal Democrats 3 (Labour majority of 30) Result of ward at last election (2012): Labour 967 (66%), Conservatives 264 (18%), Liberal Democrat 220 (15%) Candidates duly nominated: Alan Dean (Lib Dem), Michael Longbottom (UKIP), Carl Nuttall (Lab), Helen Tolley (Con) Blackburn, home of the former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, was always supposed to be a rock solid Labour…

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Full results from this week’s local by-elections

Full results from this week’s local by-elections

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Greystoke and Hesket on Cumbria (Con defence) Result: Conservatives 635 (55% +2%), Liberal Democrats 518 (45% +22%) Conservative HOLD with a majority of 117 (10%) on a swing of 10% from Con to Lib Dem NB: UKIP vote in 2013 split 92% Liberal Democrat, 8% Conservative Gorleston St. Andrew (UKIP defence) and Mile Cross (Lab defence) on Norfolk Gorleston St. Andrew Result: Conservative 876 (43% +16%), Labour 773 (38% +2%), United Kingdom Independence Party 285 (14% -23%), Liberal Democrats 66…

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Two interesting UKIP defences, one against CON the other LAB, in tonight’s local by-elections

Two interesting UKIP defences, one against CON the other LAB, in tonight’s local by-elections

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Greystoke and Hesket on Cumbria (Con defence) Result of council at last election (2013): Labour 35, Conservatives 26, Liberal Democrats 16, Independents 7 (No Overall Control, Labour short by 8) Result of ward at last election (2013): Conservative 723 (53%), United Kingdom Independence Party 331 (24%), Liberal Democrats 312 (23%) Candidates duly nominated: Judith Derbyshire (Lib Dem), Thomas Wentworth (Con) Cumbria is impossible to get a majority on and part of the reason can be found in the Eden district…

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