Friday, 16 May 2025

COUNCIL BY-ELECTIONS 15.05.25


Four seats were up for grabs on Thursday and it was another stunning week for the Reform UK juggernaut.  They were fighting all four seats for the first time and won two.  In Norfolk they took a seat from the Conservatives and in Stoke-on-Trent they completely annihilated the defending Labour party, receiving almost three times as many votes.  They also scored an impressive second place in Dunbartonshire, where they pushed the SNP all the way to the final round of counting.

So has Chairman Starmer's immigration rhetoric had an impact on voters?  Not judging by these results, where Labour's vote share plummeted by double digits in all four seats.

Whetstone, Barnet London Borough Council

Lab: 965 (33.5%) -18.0%
Con: 818 (28.4%) -7.8%
Ref: 592 (20.5%) New
Grn: 208 (7.2%) -5.1%
LDm: 176 (6.1%) New
REU: 65 (2.3%) New
TUS: 47 (1.6%) New
Ind: 13 (0.5%) New

Lab HOLD

Acle, Broadland District Council

Ref: 322 (33.2%) New
Con: 208 (21.4%) -25.4%
Grn: 200 (20.6%) New
Lab: 186 (19.2%) -23.2%
LDm: 54 (5.6%) -5.2%

Ref GAIN from Con

Birches Head & Northwood, Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Ref: 1,226 (58.5%) New
Lab: 449 (21.4%) -23.3%
Ind: 346 (16.5%) -14.0%
Con: 73 (3.5%) -16.7%

Ref GAIN from Lab

Clydebank Waterfront, West Dunbartonshire Council

(first preference votes)

SNP: 1,039 (36.1%) -16.1%
Ref: 768 (26.2%) New
Lab: 739 (25.2%) -12.2%
LDm: 138 (4.7%) New
Con: 84 (2.9%) -4.8%
Grn: 76 (2.6%) New
Alb: 47 (1.6%) New
SFP: 25 (0.9%) -1.7%

SNP HOLD (elected stage 7)

Abbreviations

Lab = Labour
Con = Conservative
Ref = Reform UK
Grn = Green
LDm = Liberal Democrat
REU = Rejoin EU
TUS = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
SNP = Scottish National Party
Alb = Alba
SFP = Scottish Family Party
Ind = Independent

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