Friday 11 November 2022

COUNCIL BY-ELECTIONS 10.11.22


Nine council seats on seven authorities were up for grabs this week.  The Conservatives were defending six seats and held four of these.  They held two seats in South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, narrowly fending off an independent surge in the ward of Grantham St Wulfram's.  They also held in Broxtowe and Cannock Chase, despite a dip in their vote share.

The Tories lost two seats to Labour - one in Braintree, Essex and another in Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, where they slipped to distant third.

It was a tale of independents in the remaining seats, including a gain from the Lib Dems in Kington-upon-Thames.  The only absentees in this week's polls were two independent candidates, one each in Cannock Chase and East Devon.

Braintree South, Braintree District Council

Lab: 372 (45.2%) +15.6%
Con: 317 (38.5%) -10.3%
Grn: 134 (16.3%) -5.2%

Lab GAIN from Con

Coggeshall, Braintree District Council

Ind: 576 (43.5%) -17.1%
Con: 451 (34.1%) +6.1%
Lab: 297 (22.4%) +11.0%

Ind GAIN from Ind

Greasley, Broxtowe Borough Council

Con: 637 (47.7%) -16.1%
Lab: 555 (41.6%) +5.4%
LDem: 143 (10.7%) New

Con HOLD

Rosehill with Burnley Wood, Burnley Borough Council

Lab: 372 (39.4%) +8.5%
LDem: 363 (38.4%) +9.9%
Con: 123 (13.0%) -18.6%
Grn: 87 (9.2%) +0.2%

Lab GAIN from Con

Cannock West, Cannock Chase District Council

Con: 688 (55.4%) -4.5%
Lab: 430 (34.6%) +7.1%
Grn: 124 (10.0%) +4.5%

Con HOLD

Newton Poppleford & Harpford, East Devon District Council

Ind: 560 (67.1%) New
Lab: 162 (19.4%) New
Con: 113 (13.5%) -0.3%

Ind GAIN from Ind

Green Lane & St James, Kingston-upon-Thames London Borough Council

Ind: 855 (46.3%) +9.0%
LDem: 647 (35.1%) -3.8%
Lab: 265 (14.4%) +3.3%
Con: 78 (4.2%) -8.4%

Ind GAIN from LDem

Bourne East, South Kesteven District Council

Con: 310 (43.5%) +5.6%
Lab: 154 (21.6%) +5.7%
Ind: 120 (16.9%) -29.3%
LDem: 78 (11.0%) New
Grn: 50 (7.0%) New

Con HOLD

Grantham St Wulfram’s, South Kesteven District Council

Con: 359 (39.2%) -20.6%
Ind: 307 (33.6%) New
Lab: 174 (19.0%) +2.1%
Grn: 75 (8.2%) -15.1%

Con HOLD

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