There were five council by-elections this week: four of them resulted in holds, while the Lib Dems lost Chelmsford Central to the Conservatives.
From ALDC:
Highland UA, Tain and Easter Ross
The votes below are the First Preference votes. An Independent was elected at the fourth stage.
Ind 1204 (37.6; +1.3)
SNP 1037 (32.4; +20.4)
Ind 547 (17.6; +6.4)
LD Antony Gardner 318 (9.9; -6.2)
Ind 97 (3.0; -14.3)
[Con (0.0; -3.2)]
[Lab (0.0; -3.8)]
Turnout 36.4%
Ind hold
Percentage change is since May 2007.
http://www.highland.gov.uk/yourcouncil/elections/highlandcouncilelections/byelection-ward8/ward8-results.htmEssex CC, Chelmsford Central
Con 1496 (43.6; +10.0)
LD Graham Howard John Pooley 1323 (38.6; -5.9)
Lab 610 (17.8; +10.1)
[BNP (0.0; -6.1)]
[Green (0.0; -8.2)]
Majority 173
Turnout 29%
Con gain from LD
Percentage change is since June 2009.Kensington and Chelsea LBC, Brompton
Con 728 (79.6; +12.2)
Lab 101 (11.0; -2.2)
LD Mary Theresa Louisa Harris 86 (9.4; -10.0)
Majority 627
Turnout not known
Con hold
Percentage change is since May 2010.Kensington and Chelsea LBC, Queens Gate
Con 663 (73.7; +4.0)
LD John Blamey 100 (11.1; -8.2)
Lab 82 (9.1; -1.8)
UKIP 54 (6.0; +6.0)
Majority 563
Turnout not known
Con hold
Percentage change is since May 2010.Falkirk UA, Bo’ness and Blackness
The details below are First Preference votes, SNP won on the first round.
SNP 1621 (57.8; +10.6)
Lab 893 (31.8; -0.1)
Con 231 (8.2; -4.5)
Ind 59 (2.1; -2.2)
[SSP (0.0; -3.8)]
Turnout not known
SNP hold
Percentage change is since May 2007.
http://www.falkirk.gov.uk/about_council/news/article.aspx?pid=1780
A bumper by-election week next week; 16 June sees 10 contests, in Staffordshire, Newcastle (2), Dumfries & Galloway, Gwynedd, Conwy, Cheshire East, Rochford, Rushcliffe and Derbyshire.
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5 Comments
Oh now that’s interesting. Chelmsford Central went to the Tories because the BNP vote went to them (I guess the Greens just stayed home, since they obviously didn’t go LD and I can’t see a Green going for either of the other two).
With the Highland result, those aren’t actually the first preferences, but the highest number of votes the candidates received before being excluded/elected. There was a total of 2,519 valid votes. Highland Council has a really weird way of showing the results on its website, so I’m afraid I don’t have the actual first preferences to hand.
Now found the first preference votes – they’re in the complete analysis bit on the website.
Antony Gardner (Lib Dem 307 (12.1%)
Independent Herd 97 (3.8%).
SNP 837 (33%)
Independent Mackenzie 467 (18.4)
Independent Robertson 811 (31.9)
The comparative figures for the Tain result in Highland are at:
http://www.pauljohnston.org.uk/?p=1193
The level of real increase in the SNP vote is about the same in Tain as elsewhere if you take into account that Torrance, the deceased SNP Councillor had stood as an Independent alongside an SNP in 2007. Secondly, the decline in the Lib Dem vote here was less, which is a reflection on the effort put in by the Lib Dems, The Winning Independent would not have bee out of place as a Lib Dem by the looks of things and that may have reflected in in the Lib Dem vote drop.