UK local by-elections 2012

[Leftbehind]

A mixed picture for Labour, with a fair reason to be happy about the Burnley and Breckland results (the swing Right in the latter is easily accounted for their not contesting last year). The Shropshire and Charnwood results seem disappointing on the face of it, however. The Charnwood - evidently because of Liberal squeeze and small drop in Labour allowed the Tories to gain it for the first time in over a decade (without that small drop, you could write it off as something that couldn't be helped - the Right uniting successfully under the most competitive). The Shropshire, because a Green and Independent absence is usually an opportunity for Labour, but their 7% increase was only a quarter of that absence - with the Liberals and Tories gaining more (although without more results than 2009, it's difficult to judge how much opportunity there really was).

[Leftbehind]

I'm sorry but how come there so many by-elections each week ? O_o

In France we only have 2 or 3 cantonales or municipales by-elections per month. Is the UK more willing to cancel election results or do UK elected officials tend to die more ?

There's over 20,000 councillors here if I'm not mistaken. What are the numbers for France?

Anyway I forgot to thank Sibbs for the info on the Shropshire seat last week. It seems like a repeat of last week: two good (Canterbury, Notts) / two bad (Scarborough, Herefordshire) for Labour.

[Leftbehind]

Can anyone get in the count? Just wondering if I could pop down to the Town Hall for the Ormesby/Brambles Farm result?

[Leftbehind]

Never really in question, anyway. Always satisfying to see derisible Tory results though.

[Leftbehind]

I've lived less than a mile away of the east of the ward all my life, know that area better (learnt to drive around the industrial estate). Only know the west through passing through it to get into town, didn't have much reason to go there as only had one mate (IIRC the mate in question was actually a 'refugee' from one of the schools there that closed down) from around there - in the terraces on the far West edges - but he wasn't the outdoor type, so didn't really venture out into it.

Pretty uniformly good results there for Labour, and not bad for the Greens either.

[Leftbehind]

That's a good result for PBP, and a good Labour result as well.

[Leftbehind]

Hey, less than twenty votes away!

[Leftbehind]

Am I remembering correctly in thinking HF are the right wingers by the back door sort? If so that's disappointing, especially when gaining off what appear to be traditional independents.

[Leftbehind]

Cheers. Hartlepool are letting the side down with that UKIP support.