Friday 26 November 2021

COUNCIL BY-ELECTIONS 25.11.21


It was a busy day for by-elections in England this week with twelve in total, plus an election for the North Yorkshire police and crime commissioner.  The North Yorks PCC vacancy came about after the Tory incumbent resigned following an outcry over remarks he made about the Sarah Everard case.  The Conservatives eased to victory in the contest to replace him, albeit on a disgracefully low turnout of just 13.9 per cent.  The Tory candidate trounced Labour in the run-off, the result of which was almost identical to May's result.

Labour were defending six seats on Thursday and they held four - including a paper thin victory in Wandsworth where they clung on by just one vote.  Earlier this year Labour had a 936 vote majority in that same seat.  The Labour vote also collapsed in two Midlands seats where they lost to the  Conservatives in Newcastle-under-Lyme and Nuneaton.  However, the two Labour losses were compensated for by two Labour gains, both from independents in Allerdale and Wigan.

The Conservatives were defending three seats on Thursday and held two.  In Kent they lost a seat to the Tunbridge Wells Alliance, but this was more than compensated by the two Midland gains over Labour.

The Lib Dems were defending one seat, in the Wirral, which they held easily.

The Lib Dems and Greens did not contest Speldhurst and Bidborough this time.  UKIP did not contest Oxton.

Maryport South, Allerdale Borough Council

Lab: 273 (52.9%) +10.2%
Ind: 149 (28.9%) -10.5%
Con: 94 (18.2%) +11.4%

Lab GAIN from Ind

Lee Chapel North, Basildon Borough Council

Lab: 451 (39.8%) -12.8%
Con: 396 (34.8%) +8.4%
BCRP: 135 (11.9%) New
RefUK: 98 (8.6%) New
LDem: 55 (4.9%) -16.2%

Lab HOLD

Halton Castle, Halton Borough Council

Lab: 373 (60.3%) +9.7%
Grn: 117 (19.0%) New
Ind: 69 (11.1%) -8.0%
Con: 45 (7.3%) -11.3%
LDem: 15 (2.4%) -9.3%

Lab HOLD

Raskelf & White Horse, Hambleton District Council

Con: 288 (55.7%) -2.9%
LDem: 127 (24.6%) New
Grn: 102 (19.7%) -21.7%

Con HOLD

Carnforth & Millhead, Lancaster City Council

Lab: 538 (57.7%) +20.2%
Con: 315 (33.8%) +1.8%
Grn: 54 (5.8%) -5.2%
LDem: 25 (2.7%) New

Lab HOLD

Knutton, Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council

Con: 188 (51.1%) +25.8%
Lab: 180 (48.9%) -25.8%

Con GAIN from Lab

Barpool, Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council

Con: 508 (55.3%) +14.4%
Lab: 215 (23.4%) -26.7%
Grn: 196 (21.3%) +12.2%

Con GAIN from Lab

Speldhurst & Bidborough, Tunbridge Wells Borough Council

TWA: 788 (49.8%) +27.4%
Con: 730 (46.1%) +4.2%
Lab: 65 (4.1%) -4.0%

TWA GAIN from Con

Bedford, Wandsworth London Borough Council

Lab: 906 (40.2%) -9.8%
Con: 905 (40.2%) +5.7%
Grn: 306 (13.6%) +4.3%
LDem: 135 (6.0%) -0.2%

Lab HOLD

Horringer, West Suffolk Council

Con: 257 (47.7%) -21.2%
Lab: 204 (37.8%) +6.7%
LDem: 78 (14.5%) New

Con HOLD

Bryn, Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

Lab: 429 (31.2%) +8.2%
Ind: 412 (30.0%) New
Ind: 353 (25.7%) New
Con: 142 (10.3%) +2.1%
LDem: 38 (2.8%) +1.1%

Lab GAIN from Ind

Oxton, Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council

LDem: 1,666 (68.3%) +8.4%
Lab: 460 (18.8%) -10.7%
Con: 168 (6.9%) +1.9%
Grn: 147 (6.0%) New

LDem HOLD

North Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner

(First preference votes)

Con: 34,385 (40.1%) -6.9%
Lab: 18,094 (21.1%) -5.0%
Ind: 14,988 (17.5%) New
LDem: 9,499 (11.1%) -1.5%
WEP: 8,837 (10.3%) New

Final Round

Con: 60.8%
Lab: 39.2%

Con HOLD

Abbreviations

Lab = Labour
Con = Conservative
BCRP = Basildon Community Residents Party
RefUK = Reform UK
LDem = Liberal Democrat
Grn = Green
TWA = Tunbridge Wells Alliance
WEP = Women's Equality Party
Ind = Independents

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