Mark Pack

Newcastle: Labour lose seat to Lib Dems; Tories 4th

By | Fri 1st December 2006 - 12:02 am

The Liberal Democrats have taken a seat off Labour in a by-election in Lemington ward.

The result was:

  • Lib Dem: 1180 (47%)
  • Labour: 815 (32%)
  • BNP: 383 (15%)
  • Cons: 147 (6%)

The Labour councillor whose death resulted in the by-election had been elected in 2004, when the result was:

  • Labour: 1,595, 1,526, 1,421 (53%)
  • Lib Dem: 661, 656, 639 (22%)
  • Cons: 429, 420, 384 (14%)
  • National Front: 350 (12%)

Swing to the Lib Dems from Labour since 2004: 23%
Swing to the Lib Dems from the Tories since 2004: 17%

(Note: the ward has been fought once since 2004, but that was a straight Labour – Lib Dem contest, which the Lib Dems won, so the best vote comparison is with 2004 when there was a full set of candidates.)

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5 Comments

  • colinross 1st Dec '06 - 10:57am

    We also won a seat from the Independents in North Shropshire on Shropshire County Council

    Whittington County by-election:
    Trevor Davies Lib Dem 680 votes 54.9%
    Con 559 votes 45.1%
    Turnout 24.9%
    LD gain fron Ind

    Other Shropshire results from last night at http://www.colin-ross.org.uk

  • Mark Pack Doesn't Always Win Elections 1st Dec '06 - 12:20pm

    Looks to me like you secured the support of National Front supporters…

  • Bernard Salmon 1st Dec '06 - 12:32pm

    How do you manage to work that one out MPDAWE, given that the far right increased their support (possibly at the expense of the Tories) but the major switch was clearly between Labour and Lib Dem support?
    You are a complete troll.

  • nigelashton 1st Dec '06 - 6:13pm

    Bernard is quite right, we only have to look at the change in vote share: Lib Dem +25%, Far Right +3%, Con -8%, Lab -21% (don’t quite add up due to rounding). Even allowing for a degree of churn there has clearly been a big switch from Labour to Liberal Democrat, which is a big vote of confidence in the LD administration.

  • AP 3rd Dec '06 - 3:15pm

    This means nothing. Look at the polls today, our support is once again down thanks to the useless Ming!

    Time we got Laws or Clegg in place!

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