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Mark Pack

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

By Mark Pack | 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, …

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