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Local By-Election Preview: December 19th 2013

Local By-Election Preview: December 19th 2013

Harper Green on Bolton (Lab Defence) Result of last election (2012): Lab 41, Con 16, Lib Dem 3 (Labour overall majority of 22) Result in ward over last electoral cycle: 2010: Lab 2,302 (45%), Lib Dem 1,203 (23%), Con 903 (18%), Ind 625 (12%), Green 114 (2%) 2011: Lab 1,918 (67%), Con 616 (22%), Lib Dem 326 (11%) 2012: Lab 1,656 (73%), Con 389 (17%), Lib Dem 222 (10%) Candidates duly nominated: Asha Ali Ismail (Lab), Wendy Connor (Lib Dem),…

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Local By-Election Preview: December 12th 2013

Local By-Election Preview: December 12th 2013

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 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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With with less than 11 month to go before the IndyRef SNP lose the Dunfermline Scottish Parliament by-election to LAB

With with less than 11 month to go before the IndyRef SNP lose the Dunfermline Scottish Parliament by-election to LAB

@ScottishPol: Victorious Lab candidate Cara Hilton arrives at #Dunfermline count pic.twitter.com/tG4K6nwuvB — Tom Gordon (@ScottishPol) October 25, 2013 LAB GAIN from SNP Dunfermline Scottish Parliament by-election Lab10,275 SNP 7,402 LD 2,852 CON 2,009 UKIP 908 GRN593 Jacobite 161 — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) October 25, 2013 May 5 2011 looks like a high point for the SNP never to be repeated Two and half years ago in a result that overturned the polling and betting of only a fortnight earlier the SNP swept to power in the…

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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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Local By-Election Preview : October 10th 2013

Local By-Election Preview : October 10th 2013

Royston on Barnsley (Lab Defence) Last Election (2012): Lab 52, Ind 6, Con 5 (Lab overall majority of 41) Last Election Results in electoral cycle: 2010: Lab 2,175 (46%), Lib Dem 1,078 (23%), Con 628 (13%), BNP 564 (12%), Barnsley Independents 274 (6%) 2011: Lab 1,570 (59%), UKIP 450 (17%), Con 244 (9%), Lib Dem 148 (6%), Socialist Labour Party 114 (4%), BNP 113 (4%) 2012: Lab 1,573 (67%), UKIP 322 (14%), Ind 248 (11%), Con 117 (5%), English Democrats…

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Local By-Election Preview : October 3rd 2013

Local By-Election Preview : October 3rd 2013

Oakfield on Aylesbury Vale (Lib Dem Defence) Last Local Election (2011): Con 38, Lib Dem 17, Lab 2, UKIP 2 (Con overall majority of 17) Last Election in ward (2011): Emboldened denotes elected Liberal Democrats 475, 437 Conservatives 432, 419 Labour 336, 246 Independent 288 UKIP 205, 164 Candidates duly nominated: Phil Gomm (UKIP), Alison Harrison (Lib Dem), Patrick Martin (Ind), Roy McNickle (Lab), Edward Sims (Con) When you consider how strong the Conservatives are in Aylesbury constituency (Con majority…

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Three CON defences and a LAB one in tonight’s local by-elections

Three CON defences and a LAB one in tonight’s local by-elections

Live scene from the count for the Manor House by-election waiting for the first ballot boxes #Hartlepool pic.twitter.com/d7EMqfuJIm — Richard Mennear (@RMennearHMail) August 15, 2013 Walsall MBC, Aldridge Central and South: CON defence (death) Last fought 2012 CON 1602: LAB 735: UKIP 517: LD 358 West Berkshire DC, Hungerford: CON defence (death) Last fought 2011 CON 1315/1178: LD 840/711 Torridge DC, Shebbear and Langtree:CON defence (resignation) Last fought 2011 CON 468:LD 273 Hartlepool UA, Manor House: LAB seat (Resignation) Last…

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