Lib Dems only party to increase vote in all council by-elections this week
Three council by-elections this week, with two results in so far – and the Lib Dems the only part to increase its vote share in both:
Conservative HOLD Scotter & Blyton (West Lindsey).
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) July 27, 2017
Scotter & Blyton (West Lindsey) result:
CON: 44.0% (+8.9)
LDEM: 35.1% (+8.8)
LAB: 14.6% (-1.3)
UKIP: 6.3% (+6.3)*Corrected
No Ind as prev— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) July 27, 2017
Labour HOLD Fallowfield (Manchester).
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) July 27, 2017
Fallowfield (Manchester) result:
LAB: 76.9% (+15.3)
GRN: 9.4% (-12.6)
LDEM: 7.3% (+3.4)
CON: 6.4% (-3.8)No TUSC as prev.
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) July 27, 2017
That record was kept (just!) in the third and final result to come in:
Blandford Central (North Dorset) result:
CON: 36.6% (+16.6)
LAB: 36.3% (+25.1)
LDEM: 27.1% (+0.1)Con GAIN from Ind.
No Ind & Grn as prev.— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) July 28, 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.
Hi Mark, thank you for the Newsfeed ref the by-election results. There were certainly some ‘strange’ results with the Tory’s increasing the percentage share in two of the three where the detail has been shown. However, I considered that the
Blandford Central (North Dorset) result a disappointment from the Lib Dem viewpoint, as both the Tory’s and Lab were behind the Lib Dem last time and both of these recorded a significant increase in percentage terms.