Three by-elections on Thursday 22nd May, and a trio of Liberal Democrat defences.
In Horsham, there was a by-election to fill the seat vacated by new Liberal Democrat MP John Milne. Congratulations to Cllr Louise Potter and the team on a good hold!
West Sussex County Council, Horsham Riverside
Liberal Democrats (Louise Potter): 1193 (45.7%)
Conservative: 569 (21.8%)
Reform UK: 547 (21.0%)
Labour: 181 (6.9%)
Green Party: 118 (4.5%)
Liberal Democrats HOLD
A successful defence too on Eastleigh Council, where Cllr John Shepherd was elected to be Lib Dem group leader Keith House’s latest ward colleague. Congratulations!
Eastleigh Borough Council, Hedge End South
Liberal Democrats (John Shepherd): 1266 (44.4%, -8.7)
Conservative: 735 (25.8%, -3.8)
Reform UK: 728 (25.5%, new)
Labour: 122 (4.3%, -6.6)
Liberal Democrats HOLD
Congratulations too, in Sutton, where a potentially tricky by-election defence in a Conservative / Lib Dem split ward was emphatically won by Cllr Lisa Webster.
Sutton London Borough Council, Carshalton South & Clockhouse
Liberal Democrats (Lisa Webster):1674 (52.2%, +12.1)
Conservative: 767 (23.9%, -18.2)
Reform UK: 573 (17.9%, new)
Labour: 89 (2.8%, -5.4)
Green Party: 79 (25.5%, -7.1)
CPA: 23 (0.7%, new)
Liberal Democrats HOLD
Thank you to all of our candidates, agents, and campaign teams.
A full summary of these results, and all other principal council by-elections, can be found on the ALDC by-elections page here.
* Chris Ward is the Campaigns and Communications Intern for ALDC
2 Comments
Interesting piece on the Sutton election: https://www.onlondon.co.uk/lewis-baston-lib-dem-sutton-by-election-win-underlines-trouble-londons-tories-are-in/
Excellent performance in all three seats.
We need to up our game in the Labour areas of the North and Midlands which we have sacrificed in recent years, at present the Greens are often in a better position than ourselves to take advantage of any Parliamentary by elections.