Lib Dems safely hold seat in party’s one council by-election defence this week
Unlike last week’s full slate, three of the ten council by-elections this week didn’t have a Liberal Democrat candidate, even though two of those three wards have been contested by the party in the reasonably recent past.
Where Liberal Democrats did stand, there were some promising signs including a solid victory in the one Lib Dem held ward up for election:
Liberal Democrat HOLD Penrith North (Eden).
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 16, 2017
Penrith North (Eden) result:
LDEM: 45.2% (+2.3)
CON: 31.2% (-0.8)
LAB: 16.6% (-8.5)
GRN: 7.0% (+7.0)— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 16, 2017
Congratulations to Mark Rudhall and the team on the victory in a split Lib Dem / Conservative ward.
Elsewhere:
Conservative HOLD Staining & Weeton (Fylde).
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 16, 2017
Staining & Weeton (Fylde) result:
CON: 73.0% (+8.4)
LAB: 20.2% (-15.1)
LDEM: 6.7% (+6.7)— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 16, 2017
Conservative HOLD Sudbrooke (West Lindsey).
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 16, 2017
Sudbrooke (West Lindsey) result:
CON: 69.6% (+0.6)
LAB: 30.4% (+10.5)No LDem (-11.1) as prev.
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 16, 2017
Victoria (Hartlepool) result:
LAB: 53.1% (+10.7)
UKIP: 36.0% (+12.7)
CON: 10.9% (-0.7)Labour HOLD.
No PHF and Grn as prev.— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 16, 2017
Whaplode & Holbeach St John's (South Holland) result:
CON: 78.0% (+21.2)
LAB: 22.0% (+22.0)Conservative HOLD.
No UKIP (-43.3) as prev.— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 16, 2017
Labour HOLD Red Hall & Lingfield (Darlington).
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 16, 2017
Red Hall & Lingfield (Darlington) result:
LAB: 44.8% (-1.9)
CON: 41.4% (+12.4)
IND: 8.3% (+8.3)
GRN: 3.6% (-8.9)
LDEM: 2.0% (-9.9)— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 17, 2017
Mowden (Darlington) result:
CON: 60.9% (+6.6) HOLD
LAB: 26.6% (-10.4)
LDEM: 10.4% (+10.4)
GRN: 2.1% (-6.6)— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 17, 2017
Penn & Coleshill (Chiltern) result:
CON: 80.6% (-19.4) HOLD.
LDEM: 19.4% (+19.4)Con elected unopposed previously.
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 17, 2017
Kirkley (Waveney) result:
LAB: 47.8% (+12.2)
CON: 27.7% (+7.2)
LDEM: 10.7% (+10.7)
UKIP: 10.0% (-9.7)
GRN: 3.8% (-5.1)Labour HOLD.
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 17, 2017
St Margaret's (Waveney) result:
CON: 41.7% (+11.8)
LAB: 35.1% (-1.3)
UKIP: 10.2% (-15.8)
LDEM: 7.5% (+7.5)
GRN: 5.6% (-2.2)Conservative GAIN from Labour.
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 17, 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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