UK local by-elections 2011

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Tain and Easter Ross will only begin to count Friday morning.

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Arllechwedd, Gwynedd
Plaid 56.0 (+8.8 )
Lib Dem 20.4 (-32.4)
Lab 15.8
Cons 7.7

Other results aren't up yet on the authories' websites.

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Arllechwedd, Gwynedd
Plaid 56.0 (+8.8 )
Lib Dem 20.4 (-32.4)
Lab 15.8
Cons 7.7

Other results aren't up yet on the authories' websites.

Not looking good for LibDem hopes to keep what they have in Gwynedd next year. Though maybe they'll do better with candidates with less... er... offensive surnames.

If I can ask why, what is the problem with the Douglas-Pennants? I understand than they are a very old nobility family, but, what else?

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Conwy, Uwchaled

Ind 94.1
Con 5.9

(from Britain Votes)

LOL.  Why no Plaid candidate?

I suppose it is a very rural area where only the candidate is important, no matter his party.
The kind of place which would prefer non-partisan elections at the local level.
According to Wikipedia, the area is heavily Welsh-speaking, too.

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Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway
Count 1 (compared to 2007/2008 by-election)
Cons 39.7 (+5.9/-1.1)
Lab 38.5 (+10.4/+5.3)
SNP 21.8 (+4.0/+3.8 )

Count 2 (compared to 2008 by-election 2PP)
Lab 51.0 (+5.0)
Cons 49.0 (-5.0)

LABOR gain on CONSERVATIVE


Byker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Lab 72.6 (+14.9)
BNP 8.7
Lib Dem 6.1 (-18.2)
Ind 4.7
Cons 4.6 (-4.6)
Newcastle First 3.3

Crewe South, Cheshire East (two candidates, so I'm using the combined total for each party. Each party had two candidates. Wards were redrew, so past comparisons are not possible.)
Lab 59.2, 2 seats
Cons 31.5
Lib Dem 9.3

Results for Burton Town, Staffordshire County and Manvers, Rushcliffe are still missing, apparently.

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A comment on the "Britain Votes" website constated than another by-election was forgotten

Marchwiel, Wrexham County (that is in NE Wales, near England Border. This is a rural ward based on the Marchwiel village, just to the southeast of Wrexham City town. 2008 results were IND 51.2, IND 29.7, CONS 13.1, BNP 6.1. This by-election had only two candidates, a Conservative and an Independant (not one of those who ran in 2008)

Ind 63.7
Cons 36.3 (+26.2)

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Oh well, so he was locally known for some other reason... and the other two were not.

With some research, I got the answer.

He was the only LD local candidate. The two others were a couple living in the South Kesteven district, but not in or near the contested ward.

They don't seem to like outside candidates. The 3rd Tory candidate was also from outside the ward and he polled behind a Green.

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Amusing image from the Horbury campaign.  Peter Box is the leader of Wakefield Council.

The website to which that image is linked is less amusing.
A guy rambling about Conservative-Labour-Lib Dem secret alliance, an homophobic rant and an anti-immigrant rant.

That guy is a perennial candidate and he was condemned by court in 2002 for harassment against his MP.

http://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/local/mp_s_court_victory_on_man_with_wild_slurs_1_951083

That guy is a psycho, I think.

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Is there is a particular why there always seem to have a by-election in Gwynedd? It is not the first time since May.

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And about the Wokingham seat, is that even legal to sit on two borough/district councils (which are the same thing) at the same time? I see for County/Borough, County/District and the combinaisons with Parish councils, but two same-level authorities?

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I remember the story about the Llais guy, but what's with the indirectly caused by-election?

Well, I don't know if that is the thing than Al is thinking about, but, reading about that story, I also saw than the guy elected to replace him resigned at the beginning of July, because of work and family commitment.

For Wokingham, I searched too, and I saw than the Labour candidate is slamming the Conservatives hard because she resigned only once she won the Maidenhead seat, and not before. If she did before, they could have held the election at the same time than the referendum, saving money, acoording to him.

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In Fremington, there is no LD candidate. I suspect they are backing some "Independent" candidate.

Talking of Independents, the "declaration of interest" of the other councillor of that ward says he is a member of the Liberal Democrat party. So, he was elected as an Independent, is seating as a "New Wave Independent" (which are in coalition with LDs to run the council), but is a member of the Liberal Democrat party.

That is not the only strange ward in North Devon. Some wards than LDs held before 2011 had no LD candidates, but a full Independent ticket.

I'm cynical, pananoid or things like that really happens?
Is that common to make run people as independents when they are not?

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You're good at this aren't you?

Well, I'm out of university for the summer, so, I have a lot of free time to fill.

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Those two wards don't have much in common, do they?

Well, they are both heavily urban.

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Gedling's a bit of a surprise. Then again, so is the extent of LD collapse in guardianland.

The Gedling Lib Dem candidate was a long-time councillor who'd lost by 4 votes in May. The Highgate vote certainly doesn't look promising for Lynne Featherstone or Sarah Teather next time round.

Why should it look unpromising?  This Highgate ward isn't in either of their seats.

Because they lost 80% of their vote?

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Funny than Withby, Scarborough and Pickering are cities which are near one each other.

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Walsall Council has scheduled a by-election for the 22nd December, Good luck getting turnout for that one.....

Wembley Central as well now, possibly Wrstbourne, Hove too.  Who is it who sets the dates for these?


I don't think that the student vote (or absence of it) will have much effect in any of these, but I agree its a stupid date for a byelection, is there even any council business over winterval?

Winterval?

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Yeah, quite a different result to some other recent ones in Scotland. Given the appalling weather, what was turnout like?

11.79%, exactly.