COUNCIL BY-ELECTIONS 07.11.19

There were six by-elections last night, but most of the action was independent-oriented.  In two by-elections for Shetland Council only one party put up a candidate, while independents also dominated the contest in Pembrokeshire.  Labour stood in two wards in the south-east of England and saw their vote plummet by more than 10 per cent in both.  The Tory vote fell slightly in three out of the four seats it contested.

Marconi, Chelmsford City Council

Lib Dem: 563 (48.1%) -0.1%

Con: 311 (26.6%) +0.4%

Lab: 156 (13.3%) -12.3%

Ind: 72 (6.1%) New

Green: 69 (5.9%) New

Lib Dem HOLD

Wadebridge West, Cornwall Council

Ind: 558 (38.5%) New
Con: 384 (34.5%) -2.2%
Lib Dem: 250 (17.5%) -31.6%
Green: 123 (8.6%) +0.8%
Ind: 13 (0.9%) New

Ind GAIN from Lib Dem

Fairfield, Croydon London Borough Council

Lab: 849 (40.8%) -10.2%

Con: 536 (25.7%) -4.1%

Lib Dem: 397 (19.1%) +10.0%

Green: 237 (11.4%) +1.3%

Women's: 40 (1.9%) New

Ind: 23 (1.1%) New

Lab HOLD

Hundleton, Pembrokeshire County Council

Ind: 220 (36.2%) New
Con: 128 (21.1%) -4.5%
Ind: 58 (9.6%) New
Lib Dem: 57 (9.4%) New
Ind: 46 (7.6%) -2.6%
Ind: 37 (6.1%) New
Ind: 35 (5.8%) New
Ind: 25 (4.1%) -11.2%
Ind: 1 (0.2%) New

Ind GAIN from Ind

Lerwick South, Shetland Islands Council

Ind: 374 (35.1%)

Ind: 350 (32.8%)

Ind: 154 (14.4%)

Ind: 116 (10.9%)

Ind: 73 (6.8%)

Ind GAIN from Ind

Shetland Central, Shetlands Islands Council

Ind: 344 (47.0%)

Ind: 116 (15.8%)

SNP: 111 (15.2%)

Ind: 84 (11.5%)

Ind: 77 (10.5%)

Ind GAIN from Ind