COUNCIL BY-ELECTIONS 19.09.19

There were six by-elections last night, three defended by Labour and three by the Conservatives.  Labour held all three, despite seeing their share of the vote drop.  The Labour vote was down in all five seats it contested, ranging from 5.9% to 17%.  The Tories lost one of their seats to the Lib Dems who surged to victory in Somerset, in fact the Lib Dem vote shot up significantly all round.  The Tory vote was mostly down, but marginally compared to Labour.

Chestfield, Canterbury City Council

Con: 728 (46.0%) -6.5%

Lib Dem: 562 (35.5%) +19.0%

Lab: 140 (8.8%) -6.8%

Ind: 84 (5.3%) New

Green: 68 (4.3%) -10.9%

Con HOLD

Fulham Broadway, Hammersmith & Fulham Borough Council

Lab: 1,097 (44.2%) -11.6%

Lib Dem: 755 (30.4%) +21.8%

Con: 628 (25.3%) -10.2%

Lab HOLD

Old Swan, Liverpool City Council

Lab: 1,153 (55.4%) -17.0%

Lib: 293 (14.1%) +6.4%

Lib Dem: 272 (13.1%) +7.1%

Old Swan Against The Cuts: 138 (6.6%) +3.6%

Green: 130 (6.2%) -1.6%

Con: 96 (4.6%) +1.4%

Lab HOLD

Thorniewood, North Lanarkshire Council

Lab: 1,362 (44.3%) -5.9%
SNP: 1,202 (39.1%) +0.4%
Con: 296 (9.6%) -1.5%
Lib Dem: 168 (5.5%) New
Green: 46 (1.5%) New

Lab HOLD

Vivary, Somerset West & Taunton Council

Lib Dem: 648 (55.3%) +21.0%

Con: 307 (26.2%) -1.9%

Ind: 155 (13.2%) New

Lab: 32 (2.7%) -9.9%

Green: 30 (2.6%) New

Lib Dem GAIN from Con

Ethandune, Wiltshire Council

Con: 778 (57.0%) -14.8%

Lib Dem: 587 (43.0%) +14.8%

Con HOLD