Two council by-elections, two seats contested by Lib Dems after no candidate last time
A light week in council by-elections this week, with only two Labour defences. Neither ward had a Liberal Democrat candidate last time. Both do this time.
Labour HOLD Blacon (West Cheshire & Chester).
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) April 20, 2017
Blacon (West Cheshire & Chester) result:
LAB: 59.1% (+1.6)
CON: 21.8% (+4.0)
IND: 16.5% (+16.5)
LDEM: 2.7% (+2.7)No Grn and UKIP as prev.
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) April 20, 2017
Conservative GAIN Kenton East (Harrow) from Labour.
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) April 21, 2017
Kenton East (Harrow) result
CON: 52.3% (+19.5)
LAB: 43.8% (+1.3)
LDEM: 2.1% (+2.1)
UKIP: 1.8% (-9.6)
*ILG: 0.0% (-13.4)ILG: Ind Lab Group
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) April 21, 2017
Should note how Kenton East voted in the 2016 London elections:
Mayoral: Khan +2
Assembly constituency: Lab +23
Assembly list: +12 https://t.co/HabrwRjsnS— Ben Walker (@BenNHWalker) April 21, 2017
These by-election results round-ups cover principal authority by-elections. See my post The danger in celebrating parish and town council wins for your own party for the reasons to avoid straying too often into covering town, parish or community council by-elections.
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