There have been eight council by-elections this week, including a couple that were held on Tuesday in Norfolk. Three seats were up for grabs on Broadland Council, all of which were Conservative defences. In Brundall ward the Tories were humiliated by the Green Party who took both seats there. They held their other seat.
Brundall, Broadland District Council (two seats)
Grn: 594 - ELECTED
Grn: 530 - ELECTED
Con: 480
Con: 453
LDem: 425
LDem: 303
Lab: 161
Lab: 137
Grn GAIN (two) from Con
Old Catton & Sprowston West, Broadland District Council
Con: 721 (50.0%) +3.5%
Lab: 332 (23.0%) +4.8%
LDem: 278 (19.3%) -0.4%
Grn: 110 (7.6%) -8.0%
Con HOLD
In Thursday's action the Tories were again defending three seats and lost two of them - another to the Greens and one to the Lib Dems. They held off a strong independent challenge in Staffordshire and gained an independent seat in Suffolk, so it was a mixed week of results in all.
Elswhere the Lib Dems and Labour held seats they were defending in Kent and Sunderland.
Horndean Downs, East Hampshire District Council
Grn: 320 (49.2%) +33.3%
Con: 291 (44.7%) -8.0%
Ind: 40 (6.1%) -12.6%
Grn GAIN from Con
Tutbury & Outwoods, East Staffordshire Borough Council
Con: 549 (44.3%) -13.4%
Ind: 464 (37.5%) New
Lab: 186 (15.0%) -27.2%
Grn: 39 (3.2%) New
Con HOLD
Penrith West, Eden District Council
LDem: 173 (43.5%) +2.8%
Con: 87 (21.9%) -1.0%
Ind: 51 (12.8%) New
Lab: 41 (10.1%) -12.1%
PCF: 28 (7.0%) New
Grn: 19 (4.8%) New
LDem GAIN from Con
Hetton, Sunderland City Council
Lab: 661 (31.6%) -1.7%
LDem: 634 (30.3%) New
Ind: 386 (18.5%) -3.1%
Con: 303 (14.5%) +8.8%
Ind:67 (3.2%) New
Grn: 41 (2.0%) -1.8%
Lab HOLD
Priory, Swale Borough Council
LDem: 215 (38.1%) -13.7%
Con: 173 (30.6%) +1.5%
Grn: 128 (22.7%) +15.2%
Lab: 49 (8.7%) -3.0%
LDem HOLD
The Rows, West Suffolk Council
Con: 428 (65.2%) +26.5%
Lab: 126 (19.2%) New
LDem: 102 (15.5%) New
Con GAIN from Ind
Abbreviations
Grn = Green
Con = Conservative
LDem = Liberal Democrat
Lab = Labour
Ind = Independents
PCF = Putting Cumbria First
