Frimley Green, Surrey Heath
Great result in Michael Gove’s constituency.
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ELECTION RESULT
Frimley Green, Surrey Heath DC
LD – 1131, 1111, 1070
Con – 738, 610, 608Lib Dem HOLD 2 and GAIN 1!
Congratulations to Sashi Mylvaganam, Jaques Olmo, and Helen Whitcroft! The Blue Wall smashing continues apace. pic.twitter.com/cQcUe1vqbA
— ALDC (@ALDC) June 15, 2023
Hilton, South Derbyshire
And another terrific result! This election was deferred from 4th May, following the death of a candidate.
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ELECTION RESULT
Hilton, South Derbyshire UA (countermanded)
LD – 636
Con – 633
LD – 628
Con – 580
Con 577
LD – 562
Lab – 365
Lab – 361
Lab – 337LD GAIN 2, Con hold 1
Congrats to Grahame and Jayne, & thanks to Tilo for standing for the Liberal Democrats pic.twitter.com/WDLH39LcFt
— ALDC (@ALDC) June 16, 2023
Burrator, West Devon
DEVON MAKES IT SEVEN!
News just in from Burrator Ward, West Devon BC
Lab 101
Con 221
Grn 166
Con 275
Grn 76
Nick Viney LD 510
Chris West LD 401Congratulations! Seven Lib Dems elected in yesterday's by elections! pic.twitter.com/ojF9U6gr2I
— ALDC (@ALDC) June 16, 2023
Hendon, Sunderland
Just 13 votes short!
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ELECTION RESULT
Hendon, Sunderland MBC (countermanded)
Lab – 878
LD – 865
Con – 104
REFUK – 87
Green – 79Lab HOLD
Incredibly close result – but not to be this time. Big thanks to Steve Donkin and the Sunderland Team! pic.twitter.com/VucZuMtgM4
— ALDC (@ALDC) June 15, 2023
St Peters, St Albans
And one that we sadly lost.
A Tuesday night by election in St Albans last night, where sadly the Green Party gained a previous Lib Dem seat.
Greens – 628 (+8.1%)
Lib Dem – 537 (-1.1%)
Cons – 156 (+1.1%)
Labour – 84 (-8.1%)Onwards.
— ALDC (@ALDC) June 14, 2023
Now we come to the results where we thank the candidates for standing in difficult circumstances.
Efford and Lipson, Plymouth
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BY-ELECTION RESULT
Efford and Lipson, Plymouth UA
Lab – 1204
Con – 423
Green – 196
LD – 80
Ind 69
Heritage – 54Lab HOLD
Thank you to Alex Primmer for flying the flag! pic.twitter.com/emlhmIHPJl
— ALDC (@ALDC) June 15, 2023
Tyisha, Llanelli
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BY-ELECTION RESULT
Tyisha, Llanelli TC
Lab – 365
PC – 249
Gwlad – 57
LD – 51
Jon Burree stood for us here flying the flag – big thanks Jon! pic.twitter.com/bpvg6nsFID— ALDC (@ALDC) June 15, 2023
Bellshill, North Lanarkshire
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BY-ELECTION RESULT
Bellshill, North Lanarkshire UA
Lab – 1416
SNP – 740
Con – 233
BU 108
Alba – 103
Grn – 43
LD – 30
SFP – 28
FA – 7
UKIP – 5
Lab Gain from SNPThanks to John Cole for standing! pic.twitter.com/39f0SiaLqg
— ALDC (@ALDC) June 15, 2023
* Mary Reid is a contributing editor on Lib Dem Voice. She was a councillor in Kingston upon Thames, where she is still very active with the local party, and is the Hon President of Kingston Lib Dems.
9 Comments
The South Derbyshire result is remarkable. I believe it was only fought in 2021 when candidate came second from standing start. The area reminds me of Selby and Ainsty and contains the Nestle factory at Hatton.
It is most important that Selby is a good result for us and we should not divert resources from there to Mid Befordshire where the betting is that Nadine will probably stay until the General.
Any chance of some comment on our mislaying of the Council seat in St Albans on Tuesday?
@Ian Patterson – thanks for the nudge. Now added.
No-one seems to have picked up on the significance of the Labour gain from SNP in Lanarkshire in terms of an overall majority at Westminster next time. There was a massive pro-Labour swing in what is currently an SNP Westminster constituency. It may indicate many more Labour M.P.’s in Scotland next time (they just have one now – Edinburgh South).
I’m also afraid the ALDC numbers are incorrect. The correct numbers published by North Lanarkshire Council are set out below. The Lib Dems got 34 votes not 30 (1%.)
Scottish Labour Party 1,440
Scottish National Party (SNP) 753
Scottish Conservative and Unionist 236
British Unionists – For a Better Britain 120
Alba Party for Independence 107
Scottish Greens 44
Scottish Liberal Democrats 34
Scottish Family Party: Pro-Life 30
Freedom Alliance. Stop the Great Reset 7
UKIP 7
St Alban’s and elsewhere. Indulging the Greens is going to lead to an erosion of our base. We need to have a much more robust response to them. They are not our friends.
If Nadine Dorries does stay until the General Election it will be interesting to see if she improves her performance. Since she stood down as a Minister, she hasn’t uttered a single word in the Chamber and has voted in just 10 of 198 divisions,
Actually the St Albans result was quite good!
The Greens got a hold in the ward when the Lib Dems stood down, I think in 2021. In May this year, what just over a month ago, the Greens won much more comfortably and according to my calculations during the past 6 weeks up to Tuesday the Greens percentage fell 4% and ours rose almost 5%.
Stats can be a strange thing.
The South Derbyshire result is the first representation on the council this century.
South Derbyshire District Council had at least two and possibly three councillors in the 1980s. I know because I was a councillor in neighbouring East Staffs at the time. Unfortunately South Derbyshire has been virtually derelict since the early 1990s so it is really good to see the revival.