The less glamorous yet no less important part of the Liberal Democrat revival
Although most political attention at the moment is on the Richmond Park Parliamentary by-election, council by-elections roll on as normal. This Thursday brings 10 of these in principal local authorities.
We start off with a Labour hold and a very low Lib Dem vote share but – crucially – also a Lib Dem candidate where there was none last time, nor the time before that, nor the time before that (and due to boundary changes there were no earlier times). That’s important.
Labour HOLD Gibbonsdown (Vale of Glamorgan).
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 3, 2016
Gibbonsdown (Vale of Glamorgan):
LAB: 47.9% (-2.2)
PC: 19.1% (+14.3)
IND: 13.4% (+13.4)
CON: 12.3% (+5.6)
UKIP: 6.4% (+6.4)
LD: 0.8% (+0.8)— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 3, 2016
Likewise, a distant Lib Dem finish in a pair of Labour and Conserative holds, but putting up a candidate and moving back up in the finishing order is also part of the less glamorous yet no less important part of the Liberal Democrat revivial:
Labour HOLD Hoxton West (Hackney).
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 3, 2016
Hoxton West (Hackney) result:
LAB: 68.3% (+11.6)
CON: 13.3% (+1.2)
LDEM: 9.6% (+3.2)
GRN: 8.8% (-11.3)— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 3, 2016
Conservative HOLD Rainham Central (Medway).
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 3, 2016
Rainham Central (Medway) result:
CON: 61.1% (+9.9)
UKIP: 16.4% (-5.2)
LAB: 13.5% (-2.9)
LDEM: 5.8% (+5.8)
GRN: 2.6% (-5.2)
EDEM: 0.6% (+0.6)— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 3, 2016
Even more promisingly:
Conservative HOLD Longlevens (Gloucester).
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 4, 2016
Longlevens (Gloucester) result:
CON: 46.2% (+3.7)
LDEM: 36.9% (+23.7)
LAB: 9.7% (-8.2)
UKIP: 7.2% (-6.6)— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 4, 2016
Liberal Democrat HOLD Fair Oak & Horton Heath (Eastleigh).
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 4, 2016
Fair Oak & Horton Heath (Eastleigh) result:
LDEM: 46.0% (+6.8)
CON: 30.7% (+3.7)
UKIP: 15.9% (-6.5)
LAB: 7.3% (-4.1)— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 4, 2016
But up in Scotland, where defending seats won under STV in an AV by-election is always a challenge:
Conservative GAIN Inverurie & District (Aberdeenshire) from Liberal Democrat.
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 4, 2016
Inverurie (Aberdeenshire) result:
CON: 38.8% (+21.4)
SNP: 34.6% (-2.5)
LDEM: 22.5% (+5.1)
LAB: 4.1% (-9.1)
GRN & two INDs stood previously.— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 4, 2016
Conservative GAIN Banff & District (Aberdeenshire) from SNP.
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 4, 2016
Banff & District (Aberdeenshire) result:
CON: 44.0% (+20.9)
SNP: 36.2% (-19.2)
LDEM: 19.8% (+8.7)— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 4, 2016
Elsewhere, another Labour loss, continuing the poor run of results for Jeremy Corbyn’s party:
Plaid Cymru GAIN Grangetown (Cardiff) from Labour.
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 3, 2016
Grangetown (Cardiff) result:
PC: 41.1% (+7.7)
LAB: 37.1% (-3.1)
CON: 10.2% (+3.3)
LDEM: 6.6% (-4.6)
UKIP: 5.0% (+5.0)— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 3, 2016
In other results:
Labour HOLD Burnley Central East (Lancashire).
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 3, 2016
Burnley Central East (Lancashire) result:
LAB: 68.9% (+10.7)
LDEM: 14.1% (-1.4)
UKIP: 12.7% (-6.7)
GRN: 4.3% (+4.3)— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 3, 2016
Conservative HOLD Longlevens (Gloucester).
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 4, 2016
Longlevens (Gloucester) result:
CON: 46.2% (+3.7)
LDEM: 36.9% (+23.7)
LAB: 9.7% (-8.2)
UKIP: 7.2% (-6.6)— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 4, 2016
Alas, no Lib Dem candidate:
Conservative HOLD Kingswood with Burgh Heath (Reigate & Banstead).
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 3, 2016
Kingswood with Burgh Heath (Reigate) result:
CON: 73.3% (+6.6)
UKIP: 13.5% (-8.1)
LAB: 8.4% (-3.3)
GRN: 4.8% (+4.8)— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 4, 2016
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