Yesterday, Labour held a seat in the London Borough of Lewisham and gained one from the Independent in Pontypool, Torfaen.
Lewisham LBC, Bellingham
Lab 1100 (51.4; +8.3)
Con 340 (15.9; -3.1)
LD Jenni Steele 334 (15.6; -11.1)
Others (12.3; +6.6) Socialist Alternative – Lewisham People Before Profit 264
Green 100 (4.7; -0.8)
Majority 760
Turnout 22%
Lab hold
Percentage change is since May 2010.
(In May 2010 “Others” was an Independent who got 5.8% of the vote)
Torfaen UA, Pontypool
Lab 178 (30.9; +0.3)
Others (57.3; -12.1) Ind 161, Ind 80, Ind 46, Ind 25, Ind 12
PC 50 (8.7; +8.7)
Con 18 (3.1; +3.1)
Majority 17
Turnout 39.5%
Lab gain from Ind
Percentage change is since May 2008.
See the ALDC website for full by-election results and commentary.
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5 Comments
I wonder if the Independent in 2nd in Torfaen is blaming the Tory candidate standing for his/her defeat?
The independent vote was split between five candidates.
Torfaen is a solid Labour constituency: a valley of towns that exist because of coal mines and tin works, long since defunct and not replaced with very much.
It took years of the last UK Labour government (and some unpopular council decisions) to turn voters to independents in recent years.
Labour had to work VERY hard to lose seats in Torfaen.
The seat became empty when an independent councillor resigned, having been found guilty of breaching the code of conduct on 10 occasions and suspended by an Adjudications Panel for Wales tribunal (quick check: that was January).
A Tory in Pontypool? Snowballs in hell have it easy by comparison.
Still, we always enjoy Labour supporters coming on here to mock.
It so makes me want to switch my allegiances.
If I had wanted to mock I would have mentioned the Bellingham result or at least linked to the LibDem who only last week said they had a real chance!
I thought toryboysnevergrowup’s comment was very witty. Tories doing miserably at by-elections is hugely enjoyable in my book. He also kindly didn’t draw attention to the fact that we didn’t even have a candidate.
>If I had wanted to mock …
Sorry. But given that Labour supporters fill thread after thread on here with ‘you’re rubbish, you’re doomed,’ I’m afraid I’ve kind of come to assume that’s all they ever have to say.
>Tories doing miserably at by-elections is hugely enjoyable in my book.
They don’t float my boat either. But fair play to them, for a Tory in Pontypool to get 18 votes is quite an achievement: – it was an increase on last time 😉
It was actually the arrogance, the ‘we know best’ and downright rudeness of certain Welsh Labour councillors over various issues that ensured my support for the Lib Dems in the first place.
I don’t like bullies. Or foul-mouthed tirades.
Kind of killed my sense of humour where Welsh councils are concerned.