UK local by-elections 2015

[ObserverIE]

Holy Words here and here.

Harborough, Market Harborough Logan

Lib Dem 45.2 (+11.0)
Con 34.0 (+0.6)
Lab 9.2 (-8.0)
Green 6.3 (-8.9)
UKIP 5.3 (+5.3)

Fylde, Clifton

Con 59.8 (+17.4)
UKIP 13.3 (+13.3)
Ind 12.7
Lab 8.7 (-10.8)
Lib Dem 5.5 (+5.5)

North East Derbyshire, Coal Aston

Con 68.6 (+17.2)
Lab 31.4 (-2.4)

Huntingdonshire, Huntingdon East

Lib Dem 45.0 (+17.2)
Con 31.8 (-3.3)
UKIP 15.6 (-7.8)
Lab 7.5 (-5.0)

South Lanarkshire, Blantyre

Lab 47.2 (-7.0)
SNP 39.6 (+9.0)
Con 4.5 (+0.6)
SSP 3.9 (+3.9)
Lib Dem 2.9 (+2.2)
UKIP 1.9 (+1.9)

Lab	1476	1483	1504	1536	1589
SNP	1236	1246	1259	1314	1327
Con	140	156	172	173
SSP	122	125	133
Lib Dem	92	97
UKIP	59

North East Derbyshire, Holmewood and Heath

Lab 79.0 (+7.4)
Con 21.0 (-7.4)

Bournemouth, Kinson South

Con 33.9 (+10.4) (520, 509)
Lab 27.7 (+6.7) (471, 371)
UKIP 20.6 (-5.9) (313)
Bmth Ind 9.4 (-1.2) (168, 116)
Lib Dem 4.0 (-4.2) (61, 60)
Green 3.9 (-6.3) (63, 54)
Patria 0.5 (+0.5) (8)

Lib Dem gain Huntingdon East from UKIP
Lab hold Blantyre
Con hold two in Kinson South

[ObserverIE]

Holy Words here and here.

Spelthorne, Shepperton Town

Con 62.0 (+7.3)
UKIP 13.0 (-5.2)
Lib Dem 11.1 (-2.0)
Lab 8.9 (-5.0)
Green 4.9 (+4.9)

Conwy, Gogarth

Con 42.5 (+15.9)
Lab 25.0 (-0.3)
PC 22.3 (+1.6)
Lib Dem 6.5 (+6.5)
Ind 3.7

East Hertfordshire, Hertford Heath

Con 52.0 (+6.7)
Lib Dem 19.5 (+19.5)
UKIP 13.5 (-1.8)
Lab 10.8 (-1.7)
Green 4.1 (-1.8)

Worcestershire, Stourport-on-Severn (changes in italics since June 2013 by-election)

Con 28.7 (+8.0) (+6.9)
IKHC 27.3 (+0.7) (-3.3)
Lab 21.9 (+0.3) (+4.3)
UKIP 20.6 (-6.3) (-5.2)
Green 1.6 (-2.5) (-0.6)

Brent, Kensal Green

Lab 53.4 (-1.2)
Lib Dem 23.9 (+8.7)
Con 14.6 (+3.3)
Green 5.9 (-13.1)
UKIP 2.2 (+2.2)

Ryedale, Derwent

Lib 35.5 (+35.5)
Con 34.8 (-7.8)
Ind 15.5 (-15.2)
Lib Dem 10.2 (-16.5)
Yorks First 4.0 (+4.0)

Con hold Gogarth
Con gain Stourport-on-Severn from Kidderminster Health Concern
Lib gain Derwent from Con

[ObserverIE]

Yesterday, the Liberals gained the safe Conservative ward of Derwent (Ryedale) with a 23.7% swing. For the record that's the continuing Liberals, not the Liberal Democrats.

Liberal - 35.5% (+35.5)
Conservative - 34.8% (-11.8)
Independent - 15.5% (-13.0)
Lib Dem - 10.2% (-14.7)
Yorkshire First - 4.0% (+4.0)

Any ideas what happened there?

a) It's an area where the Liberals already have some local strength.
b) The Lib Dems fycked up their nomination papers so that their candidate appeared without a description on the ballot paper.

[ObserverIE]

Final Holy Word of the year here and best wishes to Andrew for a speedy recovery.

Aylesbury Vale, Grendon Underwood and Brill

Con 43.5 (-11.2)
Lib Dem 36.7 (+25.8)
UKIP 19.8 (-2.1)