There were just 2 principal council by-elections this week.
However there was still much to celebrate with a fantastic hold in St Albans and a significant move forward in a previously safe Labour ward in Middlesborough.
First of all we would like to congratulate Councillor Raihaanah Ahmed and St Albans Lib Dems for a great hold in Marshalwick East & Jersey Farm ward – and in a crowded field getting almost half the vote. Well done on a fantastic result.
St Albans DC, Marhsalwick East & Jersey Farm
Liberal Democrats (Raihaanah Ahmed): 774 (46%, -3.8%)
Conservative: 661 (39.3%, +5.3%)
Green Party: 102 (6.1%, -2.3%)
Labour: 82 (4.9%, -2.8%)
Independent: 62 (3.7%, new)
The next by-election took place in Middlesborough UA in Ayresome ward. Well done to our candidate Claire Brent and the local team for moving forwards significantly – finishing 3rd just over 100 votes behind the Independent winner with a 14.6% increase in share of the vote! In coming third we leapfrogged the Conservatives and this really demonstrates how by-elections can develop seats for the future.
Overall an Independent candidate gained the seat from Labour.
Middlesborough UA, Ayresome
Independent: 318 (36.1%, New)
Labour: 294 (33.4%, -13.7%)
Liberal Democrats (Claire Brent): 201 (22.8%.+14.6%)
Green Party: 32 (3.6%, New)
Conservative: 30 (3.4%, -14.8%)
Independent: 5 (0.6%, New)
Thank you once again to all the candidates who stood for us this week. Win or lose it is essential there is a Lib Dem on every ballot paper. There will be residents in every ward who want to vote for us and we owe it to them to stand.
A full summary of all results can be found on the ALDC by-elections page here.
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3 Comments
Do not know whether this is significant but there have been no local government by election results published in Conservative Home for 3 weeks! Have they decided no publicity is best, we shall see.
I also noted that Conservative home had stopped reporting council by-elections during August. This needs wider publcity as they have a lot to hide not least the Lib Dem surge across the land.
A narrower win in StAlbans than last time coming after a loss a few weeks ago.