UK local by-elections 2013

[Filuwaúrdjan]

What is it with Wales and local independents?

Rurality.

Of course in Pembrokeshire the 'Independents' are no such thing and are actually just like the DC's in Italy before 1994.

[ObserverIE]

Arun, Angmering

Con 63.9 (+24.0)
Lab 19.5 (+4.3)
Lib Dem 16.6 (+1.1)

[politicus]

What is it with Wales and local independents?

Rurality.

Of course in Pembrokeshire the 'Independents' are no such thing and are actually just like the DC's in Italy before 1994.

So Tories/local establishment-types, that don't want to associate with the Conservatives?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Local establishment types entirely; Tories, mostly. The official Independent group has picked up more than a few power hungry councillors from other backgrounds over the years. In that respect, if no other, it's quite open.

Edit: and it isn't so much a case of not wishing to be associated with the Conservatives (as labels go it's never been a damaging one in Pembrokeshire), as pretending to be standing up for the interests of the town/group of villages and for nothing else, which always goes down well in most of Wales. Which is just a mask of course; it's all just about power.

[YL]

This week's collection:

Cheshire East, Macclesfield Hurdsfield, won by Labour in 2011.
Rochdale, Norden, a Tory defence in a basically Tory ward which the Lib Dems have occasionally won in the past.
Newcastle upon Tyne, Castle, a ward the Lib Dems held onto even in 2011 and 2012.
Newcastle upon Tyne, South Heaton, a Labour ward where the Lib Dems came close pre-Coalition but not since.

Next week there's one in a ward next to where I live; I might try to do a proper preview for that.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Results (but without, you know, actual numbers) for Hurdsfield, Norden and South Heaton: all holds. Nowt for Castle yet.

[You kip if you want to...]

Next week there's one in a ward next to where I live; I might try to do a proper preview for that.

That and the other 1000-odd wards up next week.

[ObserverIE]

Cheshire East, Macclesfield Hurdsfield

Lab 36.7 (-9.9)
Lib Dem 25.8 (-1.0)
Con 18.1 (-8.5)
UKIP 14.2 (+14.2)
Green 5.2 (+5.2)

Rochdale, Norden

Con 51.2 (-16.4)
Lab 29.7 (+4.6)
Lib Dem 11.7 (+4.4)
NF 7.4 (+7.4)

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Castle

Lib Dem 43.7 (-6.2)
Lab 39.2 (+4.7)
Newcastle First 8.1 (+0.1)
Con 7.3 (-0.3)
TUSC 1.8 (+1.8)

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, South Heaton

Lab 61.2 (-8.2)
Green 15.7 (+3.4)
Lib Dem 8.7 (-0.5)
TUSC 5.3 (+1.0)
Con 4.0 (-0.7)
Newcastle First 3.4 (+3.4)
Ind 1.7 (+1.7)

[Benj]

National Front? Really? I thought they were extinct. Or is NF something else?

[ObserverIE]

National Front? Really? I thought they were extinct. Or is NF something else?

The far right feud endlessly and recycle political party labels. There's been at least one previous incarnation of the BNP as well.

[Leftbehind]

Good results in Castle and Norden for Labour, and South Heaton for the Greens.

National Front? Really? I thought they were extinct. Or is NF something else?

They were increasingly moribund with the dominance of the BNP, but since Griffin's sabotage, it's splintered, with many returning to the NF.

[YL]

Sheffield MBC, Fulwood

By-election on 2 May caused by the death of Lib Dem councillor Janice Sidebottom, who had represented Fulwood since 2004, and previously represented the old Broomhill ward from 1999 to 2004.

Fulwood is one of the five wards in Nick Clegg's Sheffield Hallam constituency.  Like most of the others, it largely covers wealthy areas in the west of Sheffield, and it also includes rural areas to the west on the edge of the Peak District National Park; the latter contribute a lot of area but not a lot of electorate.  The area was traditionally Conservative, with the main predecessor ward of Hallam consistently electing Tory councillors up to the early 1990s, but the Lib Dems took the three seats in consecutive elections from 1994 to 1996 and haven't looked back since.  The current Fulwood ward was created in 2004, and has never elected anyone other than a Lib Dem.  Unlike some other west Sheffield wards, the Tories have retained second place here, with the exception of 2011 when Labour beat them into third.  Some inner areas (Ranmoor, Endcliffe Crescent, Nether Green) were in Broomhill ward before 2004; Broomhill was also traditionally Tory, but turned into a Lab/Con marginal in the 1980s, then a Lab/LD marginal in the mid-1990s before eventually settling down as a Lib Dem ward.

The innermost parts of the ward, Ranmoor and Endcliffe Crescent, were some of the richest parts of Victorian Sheffield, with steel magnates' mansions, some of which survive and some don't, and Gothic villas.  Some of the mansions' grounds have been developed by the University of Sheffield for its student accommodation, so these days this part of the ward has a lot of students in its electorate; possibly Labour's good performance in 2011 reflected them actually voting that year.  Nearby Nether Green has smaller Victorian and Edwardian housing but is still basically a middle class area.  Further out, Fulwood "village" is one of the poshest areas of Sheffield, and Lodge Moor is an area up the hill which has a small council estate but otherwise is dominated by post-war middle class suburban development.  Beyond those, we have the rural areas of the Mayfield Valley and Hallam Moors, which look nice but as I said don't have many voters.

Candidates:
Olivia Blake (Lab)
John Greenfield (UKIP)
Vonny Watts (Con)
Brian Webster (Green)
Cliff Woodcraft (Lib Dem)

Past results:
2012 LD 39% Con 24% Lab 19% Green 13% UKIP 6%
2011 LD 40% Lab 24% Con 21% Green 15%
2010 LD 55% Con 24% Lab 13% Green 7% UKIP 2%

There's a Lib Dem leaflet from the by-election here.  (Ignore the rhetoric -- that sort of leaflet is pretty normal from the Lib Dems in my experience.  Though that bar chart is interesting.)  The Tory candidate, who was also their candidate last year, posts a lot on Twitter...

Expect a Lib Dem hold, and probably a fairly comfortable one.

[MaxQue]

The science guy in me is badly hurt and revolted by that barchart.

[YL]

The science guy in me is badly hurt and revolted by that barchart.

Yes, but it's a Lib Dem election leaflet.  Producing a non-dodgy barchart would go against a principle far deeper than opposition to tuition fees or protecting the NHS.

(Note that the data presented are for the whole of Hallam constituency, not just Fulwood ward.)

[You kip if you want to...]

The science guy in me is badly hurt and revolted by that barchart.

https://www.google.com/search?q=libdem+bar+charts&client=firefox-a&hs=5vr&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=fflb&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=xGJ9UebID8bWOeG1gSg&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=677

Prepare to be horrified.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

The Cardiff North one is my favourite.

[YL]

Interviews with the Fulwood candidates on the Forge Press (student newspaper) website:
http://forgetoday.com/news/fulwood-by-election-your-candidates-2/

[ObserverIE]

Adur, Southlands

UKIP 39.9 (+24.8)
Lab 28.6 (-8.5)
Con 25.7 (-12.3)
Lib Dem 5.7 (-4.1)

Allerdale, Derwent Valley

Con 49.3 (-25.1)
UKIP 20.2 (+20.2)
Green 18.0 (+18.0)
Lab 12.5 (-13.1)

Allerdale, Wampool

Con 41.1 (-34.1)
UKIP 21.5 (+21.5)
Ind 20.7
Green 8.4 (+8.4)
Lib Dem 8.2 (+8.2)

Ashfield, Sutton-in-Ashfield Central

Lab 56.6 (+5.4)
Ind 20.7
Con 14.4 (+14.4)
Lib Dem 8.3 (-19.6)

Ashford, Saxon Shore

Con 51.6 (+6.9)
UKIP 27.9 (+27.9)
Lab 11.8 (+11.8)
Green 8.8 (-11.2)

Babergh, Bures St Mary

Con 59.6 (-22.4)
Green 26.6 (+26.6)
Lab 13.9 (-4.1)

Basildon, Wickford Castledon

UKIP 36.3 (+36.3)
Con 33.5 (-26.2)
Ind 16.4 (-2.2)
Lab 10.2 (-6.3)
Lib Dem 1.8 (-3.5)
BNP 1.4 (+1.4)
NF 0.4 (+0.4)

Boston, Staniland South

UKIP 44.4 (+44.4)
Lab 23.8 (-2.5)
Ind 17.1
Con 14.6 (-16.3)

Bridgend, Llangewydd and Brynhyfyd

Lab 49.5 (-16.8)
Lib Dem 25.2 (-0.8)
Ind 11.6
Con 7.7 (+7.7)
PC 6.0 (+6.0)

Broadland, Blofield with South Walsham

Con 34.2 (-6.1)
Ind Debbage 31.8 (-1.4)
Ind Heard 14.1
Lab 13.5 (-4.7)
Lib Dem 6.4 (-1.8)

Caerphilly, Risca East

Lab 44.4 (-11.6)
Ind Owen 25.1
Ind Edwards 17.5
PC 10.0 (-7.3)
Con 3.0 (+3.0)

Cambridge, Abbey

Lab 51.4 (-3.0)
Green 19.7 (-4.2)
Con 16.6 (+4.2)
Lib Dem 12.2 (+2.9)

Canterbury, Seasalter

Con 38.4 (-22.5)
UKIP 34.3 (+34.3)
Lab 20.8 (-6.7)
Lib Dem 4.5 (-7.1)
TUSC 2.0 (+2.0)

Cheltenham, Warden Hill

Con 53.7 (-7.1)
Lib Dem 46.3 (+24.9)

Cherwell, Hook Norton

Con 66.6 (+8.1)
Lab 20.2 (-11.1)
Green 13.2 (+13.2)

Chesterfield, St Helens

Lab 56.6 (-5.9)
UKIP 23.1 (+23.1)
Lib Dem 12.7 (-24.8)
Ind 4.3
Con 3.3 (+3.3)

Chesterfield, St Leonards

Lab 50.7 (-8.3)
UKIP 16.9 (+16.9)
Ind 16.5
Lib Dem 9.2 (-31.8)
Con 6.7 (+6.7)

Colchester, West Mersea

Con 67.0 (-11.1)
Lab 16.0 (+11.6)
Green 11.5 (+2.5)
Lib Dem 5.5 (-3.0)

Copeland, Hensingham

Lab 75.0 (+6.2)
Con 25.0 (-6.2)

Dacorum, Watling

Con 55.0 (-17.2)
UKIP 21.3 (+21.3)
Lab 14.9 (-1.6)
Lib Dem 8.8 (-2.6)

Daventry, Brixworth (changes in italics since Nov. 2012 by-election)

Con 62.3 (+18.5) (-1.6)
Lab 17.7 (+2.6) (+17.7)
Green 14.9 (-9.5) (-21.2)
Lib Dem 5.1 (-12.6) (+5.1)

Daventry, Welford

Con 66.2 (+7.8)
Green 19.5 (-3.9)
Lab 14.3 (-3.9)

Dover, Maxton, Elms Vale and Priory

Lab 53.7 (+2.9)
Con 46.3 (-2.9)

East Devon, Feniton and Buckerell

Ind 87.2
Con 12.8 (-43.7)

East Hampshire, Liss

Con 43.6 (-13.2)
UKIP 25.7 (+25.7)
Lib Dem 16.5 (-4.6)
Lab 14.2 (-7.9)

East Hertfordshire, Bishops Stortford Meads

Con 49.9 (+2.6)
Lib Dem 31.7 (+4.6)
Lab 18.4 (-7.2)

East Hertfordshire, Buntingford

Con 49.6 (+14.6)
Ind 32.0 (+9.1)
Lab 18.4 (-1.7)

East Hertfordshire, Hertford Castle

Ind 55.5 (+26.9)
Con 44.5 (+0.8)

East Hertfordshire, Watton at Stone

Con 90.2 (+4.8)
Lab 9.8 (-4.8)

East Lindsey, Coningsby and Tattershall

UKIP 55.1 (+55.1)
Con 44.9 (-3.7)

East Riding of Yorkshire, Howdenshire

Con 43.6 (+2.5)
UKIP 34.9 (+34.9)
Lab 15.6 (+2.0)
Lib Dem 5.9 (-0.7)

East Riding of Yorkshire, Mid Holderness

Con 38.9 (-9.6)
UKIP 36.5 (+36.5)
Lab 24.5 (-6.6)

Elmbridge, Claygate

Lib Dem 52.1 (+0.3)
Con 36.0 (-0.8)
UKIP 11.9 (+7.5)

Epping Forest, Waltham Abbey Honey Lane

UKIP 50.5 (+50.5)
Con 49.5 (-13.7)

Forest of Dean, Bromesberrow and Dymock

UKIP 54.3 (+54.3)
Con 45.7 (-7.5)

Gedling, Kingswell

Lab 36.3 (+3.6)
Con 32.1 (-3.3)
UKIP 26.3 (+26.3)
Lib Dem 5.3 (-0.7)

Gravesham, Painters Ash

Lab 46.3 (-10.5)
UKIP 27.4 (+27.4)
Con 26.3 (-12.5)

Guildford, Ash Wharf

Con 51.6 (-9.1)
Lib Dem 31.5 (+11.5)
Lab 16.9 (-2.5)

Guildford, Stoughton

Lib Dem 48.1 (+2.5)
Con 36.9 (+2.8)
Lab 15.0 (+1.6)

Hambleton, Whitestonecliffe

Con 80.9
Lab 19.1

Harborough, Thurnby and Houghton

Lib Dem 63.1 (+3.5)
Con 36.9 (-3.5)

Havant, Bedhampton

Con 33.1 (-9.8)
Lib Dem 28.1 (+8.0)
UKIP 25.2 (+11.4)
Lab 8.2 (-7.8)
Green 5.4 (-1.8)

Havant, Emsworth

Con 45.7 (-12.1)
UKIP 21.3 (+21.3)
Green 12.4 (-7.4)
Lab 12.3 (-0.3)
Lib Dem 8.2 (-1.6)

Hertsmere, Borehamwood Hillside

Con 41.8 (-4.6)
Lab 30.8 (-5.4)
UKIP 23.6 (+10.9)
Lib Dem 3.7 (-1.1)

Highland, Landward Caithness

Ind 53.5
SNP 21.3 (+5.8)
Lab 16.9 (+8.4)
Con 8.2 (+5.1)

Horsham, Chantry

Con 43.6 (-10.1)
UKIP 40.7 (+26.0)
Lib Dem 15.7 (-2.8)

Horsham, Cowfold, Shermanbury and West Grinstead

Con 78.2 (+12.8)
Lib Dem 21.8 (-12.8)

Huntingdonshire, Brampton

Lib Dem 44.0 (-16.6)
Con 26.1 (+2.7)
UKIP 24.8 (+14.6)
Lab 5.1 (-0.8)

Ipswich, Alexandra

Lab 47.0 (-7.0)
UKIP 17.0 (+17.0)
Con 16.7 (-)
Green 11.7 (+1.1)
Lib Dem 7.7 (-11.0)

Ipswich, Whitehouse

Lab 41.7 (-19.9)
UKIP 35.5 (+35.5)
Con 15.7 (-12.7)
Green 3.6 (+3.6)
Lib Dem 3.4 (-7.2)

Kettering, Avondale Grange

Lab 42.1 (-18.1)
UKIP 34.0 (+34.0)
Con 14.6 (-12.4)
Eng Dem 5.4 (+5.4)
Lib Dem 3.9 (+3.9)

Kettering, Welland

Con 43.2 (-24.1)
UKIP 29.7 (+29.7)
Lab 20.1 (-12.6)
Lib Dem 5.5 (+5.5)
Eng Dem 1.4 (+1.4)

Kings Lynn and West Norfolk, Snettisham

Con 48.7 (-19.1)
UKIP 29.7 (+29.7)
Lab 21.6 (-10.6)

Lancaster, Bulk

Green 46.2 (-1.7)
Lab 45.3 (+4.8)
Con 8.5 (-3.0)

Leeds, Cross Gates and Whinmoor

Lab 49.4 (-20.4)
UKIP 31.5 (+19.5)
Con 11.7 (+5.4)
Green 4.6 (-0.1)
Lib Dem 2.9 (-0.9)

Malvern Hills, Chase

Con 33.8 (-10.3)
Lib Dem 29.1 (-11.0)
UKIP 22.2 (+6.4)
Lab 14.9 (+14.9)

Mendip, Ashwick, Chilcompton and Stratton

Con 59.2 (+0.2)
Lab 24.5 (-16.5)
Lib Dem 16.3 (+16.3)

Mendip, Rode and Norton St Philip

Con 54.5 (-7.2)
Lib Dem 36.9 (-1.4)
Lab 8.7 (+8.7)

Mendip, Shepton West

Lab 34.7 (+11.4)
Con 30.2 (+1.9)
Lib Dem 26.6 (+0.1)
Green 8.6 (+8.6)

Middlesbrough, Pallister

Lab 65.7 (+12.8)
UKIP 28.3 (+28.3)
Con 3.1 (-4.6)
Lib Dem 2.9 (+2.9)

Mid Sussex, Cuckfield

Con 57.8 (+6.4)
Lib Dem 32.2 (+3.9)
Lab 10.1 (+2.6)

Newark and Sherwood, Collingham and Meering

Con 75.0 (+9.6)
Lab 25.0 (+25.0)

North Somerset, Weston-super-Mare South

Lab 55.0 (-1.7)
UKIP 23.6 (+23.6)
Lib Dem 11.3 (-2.9)
Con 10.1 (-11.3)

Norwich, Mancroft

Green 46.1 (+3.3)
Lab 34.5 (-3.0)
Con 12.3 (+0.8)
Lib Dem 7.1 (-1.1)

[YL]

Sheffield, Fulwood

LD 2563 (48%, +9%)
Lab 1035 (20%, +1%)
Con 826 (16%, -8%)
UKIP 501 (9%, +3%)
Green 379 (7%, -6%)

... I think (there are a number of different figures floating around).

Good result for the Lib Dems, poor for the Tories.

[Leftbehind]

Sheffield, Fulwood

LD 2563
Lab 1035
Con 826
UKIP 501
Green 379

... I think (there are a number of different figures floating around).

Good result for the Lib Dems, poor for the Tories.

sh**te for the Greens - who have halved since 2011.

[ObserverIE]

Oxford, Churchill

Lab 60.4 (-10.6)
Green 17.7 (+5.7)
Con 15.0 (+5.2)
Lib Dem 6.9 (-0.2)

Oxford, Rose Hill and Iffley

Lab 59.6 (-2.3)
Con 17.1 (+7.1)
Green 16.2 (+3.3)
Lib Dem 7.1 (-8.1)

Pendle, Coates

Lib Dem 49.0 (-6.2)
Con 33.6 (+5.3)
Lab 17.4 (+0.8)

Reigate and Banstead, South Park and Woodhatch

Con 33.0 (-14.7)
UKIP 31.3 (+31.3)
Lab 19.8 (-11.8)
Green 9.0 (+9.0)
Lib Dem 6.9 (-13.8)

Rochford, Hawkwell North

Con 37.6 (-34.5)
UKIP 31.4 (+31.4)
Ind 17.5
Lab 13.4 (-15.5)

Rochford, Whitehouse

Con 43.1 (-29.4)
UKIP 42.4 (+42.4)
Lab 14.5 (-13.0)

Rugby, Bilton

Con 41.8 (-2.0)
UKIP 21.6 (+21.6)
Lab 16.9 (-10.3)
Lib Dem 15.1 (-1.2)
Green 2.8 (+2.8)
TUSC 1.8 (-10.9)

Runnymede, Chertsey South and Row Town

Ind 34.9 (-5.3)
Con 31.6 (-8.6)
UKIP 24.0 (+24.0)
Lab 9.5 (-5.0)

Rushcliffe, Leake

Con 41.0 (-22.4)
Ind 25.8
Lab 17.9 (-18.7)
UKIP 15.3 (+15.3)

Ryedale, Pickering East

Lib 38.2 (+3.9)
Con 33.8 (-3.2)
Ind 28.0

Ryedale, Ryedale South West

Con 62.5 (-1.6)
Ind 37.5 (+1.6)

Scarborough, Esk Valley (changes in italics since Sep 2012 by-election)

Ind 67.1 (+67.1) (+50.3)
Lab 17.1 (-3.4) (+7.4)
Lib Dem 15.8 (+15.8) (+15.8)

Scarborough, Streonshalh

Lab 29.7 (-1.2)
UKIP 27.1 (+27.1)
Ind 27.1
Con 16.2 (-22.7)

Scottish Borders, Leaderdale and Melrose

Con 27.6 (+15.3)
Borders Party 23.5 (+6.2)
Lib Dem 21.5 (+9.3)
SNP 17.7 (+2.1)
Lab 6.8 (+0.5)
UKIP 3.0 (+3.0)

Con	956	975	982	1038	1283
Borders	814	844	900	1118	1444
Lib Dem	744	756	816	983
SNP	613	623	666
Lab	235	238
UKIP	105

Sheffield, Fulwood

Lib Dem 46.7 (+8.1)
Lab 21.8 (+3.3)
Con 15.2 (-8.8)
UKIP 9.2 (+3.5)
Green 7.0 (-6.2)

South Cambridgeshire, Balsham

Con 50.3 (-4.0)
Lib Dem 49.7 (+21.5)

South Cambridgeshire, Meldreth

Lib Dem 66.8 (+16.8)
UKIP 12.3 (+5.3)
Con 11.1 (-22.0)
Lab 9.8 (+2.7)

South Cambridgeshire, Orwell and Barrington

Lib Dem 56.8 (+24.5)
Con 43.2 (-13.7)

South Norfolk, New Costessey

Lib Dem 52.8 (+13.5)
Lab 25.0 (+2.8)
Green 22.2 (+8.4)

South Ribble, Howick and Priory

Lib Dem 39.0 (+9.0)
Con 32.4 (-13.4)
Lab 15.4 (-8.8)
UKIP 13.2 (+13.2)

South Ribble, Leyland St Ambrose

Lab 48.4 (-0.2)
Con 39.9 (-2.8)
Lib Dem 11.7 (+3.0)

South Ribble, Leyland St Mary's

Con 60.0 (-7.2)
Lab 32.3 (-0.5)
Lib Dem 7.7 (+7.7)

Spelthorne, Sunbury East

Con 37.7 (-14.2)
Lib Dem 34.6 (-13.5)
UKIP 27.8 (+27.8)

Stafford, Coton

Lab 64.1 (-5.1)
Con 35.9 (+5.1)

Staffordshire Moorlands, Leek North (changes in italics since Feb 2012 by-election)

Lab 32.3 (-3.1) (-22.6)
UKIP 28.2 (-2.6) (+8.2)
Con 21.1 (+3.8) (+2.1)
MDA 16.5 (+16.5) (+13.0)
Lib Dem 1.9 (+1.9) (-0.7)

St Edmundsbury, Abbeygate

Con 44.5 (-1.3)
Green 31.6 (+8.2)
Lab 12.2 (-2.0)
Lib Dem 11.8 (-4.8)

St Helens, Windle

Lab 58.1 (+1.2)
Con 26.8 (-0.8)
Green 15.1 (-0.4)

Stroud, Cam East

Lab 53.2 (+6.0)
Con 46.8 (-6.0)

Sunderland, Houghton

Lab 47.1 (+1.3)
Ind 37.3 (-14.6)
UKIP 10.0 (+10.0)
Con 3.7 (+3.7)
Lib Dem 1.8 (-0.5)

Tamworth, Wilnecote

Lab 48.1 (-9.6)
Con 47.2 (+4.9)
Lib Dem 4.7 (+4.7)

Tandridge, Burstow, Horne and Outwood

Con 48.7 (-13.3)
UKIP 38.2 (+17.1)
Lib Dem 13.1 (+13.1)

Taunton Deane, Taunton Halcon

Lib Dem 39.1 (-0.5)
UKIP 25.3 (+25.3)
Con 15.3 (-16.7)
Lab 13.6 (-14.7)
Green 6.7 (+6.7)

Uttlesford, Newport

Ind 36.5
Con 32.4 (-20.0)
Lib Dem 20.5 (-27.1)
Lab 10.7 (+10.7)

Vale of White Horse, Abingdon Peachcroft

Lib Dem 51.2 (+7.6)
Con 38.8 (-5.2)
Lab 10.0 (-2.4)

Vale of White Horse, Greendown

Con 52.8 (+10.6)
Lib Dem 29.9 (-15.5)
UKIP 17.3 (+17.3)

Vale of White Horse, Marcham and Shippon

Lib Dem 43.5 (-5.8)
Con 36.7 (-)
UKIP 19.8 (+19.8)

Watford, Woodside

Lib Dem 37.2 (-7.4)
Con 22.3 (-8.8)
UKIP 21.1 (+21.1)
Lab 16.2 (-0.7)
Green 3.2 (-4.1)

Waveney, Harbour

Lab 48.2 (+7.2)
UKIP 26.7 (+26.7)
Con 16.2 (-4.2)
Green 6.3 (-5.8)
Lib Dem 2.7 (+2.7)

Waverley, Farnham Wrecclesham and Rowledge

Con 46.1 (-12.4)
Ind 24.9
UKIP 21.3 (+21.3)
Lab 7.7 (-9.0)

Wellingborough, Earls Barton

Con 41.5 (-3.2)
Lab 27.7 (-27.8)
UKIP 26.3 (+26.3)
Lib Dem 4.6 (+4.6)

Wellingborough, Redwell West

Con 45.6 (-21.7)
UKIP 28.1 (+28.1)
Lab 22.2 (-10.5)
Eng Dem 4.0 (+4.0)

Welwyn Hatfield, Haldens

Lab 39.1 (-10.8)
Con 30.8 (-4.2)
UKIP 18.7 (+18.7)
Green 7.0 (-2.5)
Lib Dem 4.4 (-1.2)

West Dorset, Cam Vale

Con 43.0
Lib Dem 32.3
UKIP 24.6

West Lancashire, Digmoor

Lab 86.8 (-3.8)
Green 7.2 (+7.2)
Con 6.0 (-1.3)

Westminster, Marylebone High Street

Con 59.1 (+12.1)
Lab 13.0 (+13.0)
Ind 11.8
Lib Dem 6.7 (-21.5)
UKIP 6.2 (+6.2)
Green 3.2 (-21.7)

West Oxfordshire, Carterton South

Con 67.5 (-1.6)
Lab 15.3 (+5.3)
Green 11.0 (+4.6)
Lib Dem 6.2 (-8.3)

West Oxfordshire, Witney East

Con 46.5 (+0.7)
Lab 37.6 (-16.6)
Green 15.8 (+15.8)

Wolverhampton, Blakenhall

Lab 76.5 (-9.2)
UKIP 10.4 (+10.4)
Con 9.6 (-4.7)
Lib Dem 3.5 (+3.5)

Worthing, Goring

Con 43.7 (-6.5)
UKIP 33.7 (+13.5)
Lab 8.5 (-6.5)
Green 7.5 (-)
Lib Dem 6.5 (-0.6)

Wycombe, Disraeli

Con 40.6 (+4.8)
Lab 32.7 (-11.6)
UKIP 17.2 (+17.2)
Lib Dem 9.5 (-10.3)

Wyre, Park

Lab 64.5 (+4.8)
Con 35.5 (-4.8)

Wyre, Pharos

Lab 64.6 (-8.3)
Con 35.4 (+8.3)

Wyre, Staina

Con 64.8 (-3.2)
Lab 35.2 (+3.2)

[Filuwaúrdjan]

A Labour councillor in Whitby is an unusual thing. Actually came pretty close to taking the CC seat (covering the whole town), which caused a mild degree of surprise to me exactly eleven seconds ago.

[afleitch]

Great result in the Borders. STV foils a Tory win again, but at least it shows that local support is fairly strong. UKIP on 3%.

[ObserverIE]

Oldham, Alexandra

Lab 70.7 (+24.3)
UKIP 18.8 (+18.8)
Lib Dem 4.4 (-14.4)
Con 3.6 (-31.2)
Green 2.5 (+2.5)

Leicester, Abbey

Lab 48.0 (-6.8)
Con 22.7 (+8.4)
Ind 14.2
Lib Dem 8.5 (+1.6)
TUSC 6.7 (+6.7)

Thanet, Cliftonville East

UKIP 40.6 (+40.6)
Con 30.6 (-15.5)
Lab 20.5 (+1.3)
Ind 6.5
Lib Dem 1.9 (+1.9)

Barking and Dagenham, Longbridge

Lab 64.3 (+19.8)
UKIP 19.3 (+13.5)
Con 11.7 (-1.8)
Lib Dem 3.2 (-15.7)
BNP 1.5 (-8.8)

[Leftbehind]

A set of universally good results for Labour this week, although a different story for the Greens - who got near to a fifth of the vote in Alexandra at the 2004 locals, and no-shows in Thanet and Barking despite making it in the teens when contesting? Hilariously bad for Liberals everywhere (which will never get old).  

Might get around to commenting on some of the more remarkable results in last week's by-elections. 100+ ffs - an overwhelming amount - while we're having to make do with less than a handful each Thursday - spread it around!