Lib Dems gain two seats from Conservatives in England but miss out on Scottish gain by two votes
Eight council by-elections on Thursday, to add to the City of London Corporation contest earlier in the week.
Here are the results as they come:
Aldersgate (City of London Corp), result:
LAB (Fentimen): 260 votes
IND (Burleigh): 137
IND (Thomas): 93
IND (Clifford): 38
IND (Bakht): 24Labour HOLD.
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 13, 2019
Rhos (Neath Port Talbot) result:
PC: 53.9% (+23.1)
CON: 24.3% (+0.8)
LAB: 21.8% (-23.9)Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 15, 2019
No Lib Dem candidate in this one, continuing the run of no-shows for the party that goes back through four elections now.
Shap (Eden) result:
LDEM: 48.5% (+17.3)
CON: 33.8% (-17.4)
PCF: 17.7% (+0.1)Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative.
PCF: Putting Cumbria First.
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 15, 2019
Congratulations, Neil McCall and team.
Dunfermline Central (Fife) By-Election, 1st Preferences;
SNP – 1526 (29.8%, +3.4)
Con – 1142 (24.1%,+0.7)
LD – 1050 (22.8%, +15.9)
Lab – 612 (13.5%, -13.1)
Green – 235 (5.1%, +1.9)
Libertarian – 28 (0.6%, +0.6)SNP elected, stage TBC. pic.twitter.com/GEORmjPGDG
— Ballot Box Scotland (@BallotBoxScot) November 15, 2019
Dunfermline Central (Fife) By-Election, votes at stage 5 (final round head to head, changes vs similar stage 2017);
SNP – 1798 (39.1%, +5.4)
Lib Dem – 1796 (39.0, +39.0)
Didn't Transfer – 1008 (21.9%, -3.3)Just 2 votes in it! Lib Dems aye coming 2 votes behind the SNP in Fife. pic.twitter.com/0E0Qxuy9cp
— Ballot Box Scotland (@BallotBoxScot) November 15, 2019
Congratulations and commiserations to Aude Boubaker-Calder and team on coming so very, very close to winning this time. What is it about Fife and Lib Dems missing out by two?
(Of course, the usual caveats need adding for comparing votes in Scottish by-elections as they are held under AV while the normal elections are multimember wards using STV).
Culverden (Tunbridge Wells) result:
LDEM: 46.7% (+33.5)
CON: 24.9% (-19.1)
WEP: 10.2% (+10.2)
TWA: 9.5% (+9.5)
LAB: 5.2% (-14.3)
GRN: 3.5% (-7.5)Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative.
No UKIP (-12.2) as prev (2016).
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 15, 2019
Congratulations to Justine Rutland and team for this gain from the Conservatives.
Goodrington with Roselands (Torbay) result:
CON: 49.3% (+17.6)
LDEM: 35.5% (-)
BREX: 9.3% (+9.3)
LAB: 4.0% (-3.2)
GRN: 1.9% (-8.9)Conservative GAIN from Liberal Democrat.
No UKIP (-14.7) as prev.
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 15, 2019
Ah, drat.
St Mary's (Powys) result:
LAB: 37.4% (+16.3)
CON: 26.5% (-14.9)
PC: 14.1% (+14.1)
LDEM: 11.1% (-16.3)
IND: 11.0% (+11.0)Labour GAIN from Conservative.
No GRN (-10.2) as prev.
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 15, 2019
Gareth Roberts was the Liberal Democrat candidate here.
Inverness Central (Highland) result:
SNP: 45.2% (+12.3)
CON: 15.3% (+2.9)
IND: 12.3% (+12.3)
LDEM: 10.5% (+6.0)
GRN: 9.8% (+3.7)
LAB: 6.9% (-10.0)SNP HOLD.
No Ind(s) (-27.3) as prev.
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 15, 2019
Mary Dormer stood for the Liberal Democrats.
Rosyth (Fife) By-Election, First Preferences;
SNP – 1347 (42.8%, +6.3)
Con – 768 (24.4%, +2.1)
Lab – 480 (15.2%, -3.0)
Lib Dem – 249 (7.9%, +0.5)
Ind – 157 (5.0%)
Green – 132 (4.2%, +1.3)
Libertarian – 16 (0.5%, +0.5)SNP elected stage 6. pic.twitter.com/luQphAdziw
— Ballot Box Scotland (@BallotBoxScot) November 15, 2019
The Liberal Democrat candidate was Jill Blair.
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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