UK local by-elections, 2019

[Tintrlvr]

Durham, Spennymoor

Ind Geldard 18.7
Lab 16.1 (-1.5)
Lib Dem 14.3 (-3.5)
Ind McAloon 13.7
Ind Molloy 12.7 (-4.0)
UKIP 10.8 (+3.6)
Spenn Ind 8.5 (-19.0)
Con 5.2 (-4.4)

That Spennymoor result is absurd! Do we know what the lowest winning percentage in a UK local election is? Surely that one has to come close.

[Tintrlvr]

Finally, one by-election on May 30th here.

Gosport, Brockhurst

Lib Dem 51.5 (+10.3)
Con 22.6 (-12.2)
BUSP 17.4 (+17.4)
Lab 8.4 (-4.7)

What on earth was the British Union & Sovereignty Party doing standing here, letting alone garnering a respectable result? From what I can tell on Wikipedia, it's a minor Scottish unionist party.

[Tintrlvr]

Perhaps running a 19-year-old as their candidate was not the smartest move for the Daventry Conservatives, even in what had historically been an ultra-safe seat.

Also a really bad sign for the Tories in Richmond; while it's a Lib Dem hold rather than a gain, that seat was 2 Con, 1 LD in 2018, despite the Tories overall getting wiped out across Richmond, so a big LD majority is ominous.

[Tintrlvr]

There was also a by-election in the City of London. Typical Ind gain from Ind, though.