A whopping ten by-elections were held this week, from Edinburgh in the north to Sussex in the south. Labour were defending half the seats and finished the day on just one, a hold in Stevenage. Labour's vote share was down in every single seat, from a marginal decrease of 1.7 per cent in Edinburgh to a crushing 34.3 per cent in Chorley, Lancs.
Reform continued their good form, with gains in Basildon and Rossendale from local independents and also taking a Labour seat in Sheffield. In all three seats they came from nowhere to win first time round.
The other Labour losses came at the hands of the Greens in London, Conservatives in Chorley and Lib Dems in Edinburgh. Labour enjoyed a narrow lead in Edinburgh on the first round, but eventually lost out to the Lib Dems thanks to Scotland's single transferable vote system.
Wickford Park, Basildon Borough Council
Ref: 922 (40.6%) New
Con: 840 (37.0%) +6.1%
LDm: 171 (7.5%) -6.8%
Ind: 148 (6.5%) -25.4%
Lab: 146 (6.4%) -16.4%
Grn: 43 (1.9%) New
Ref GAIN from Ind
Buckshaw & Whittle, Chorley Borough Council
Con: 576 (35.5%) +3.2%
Ref: 530 (32.7%) New
Lab: 412 (25.4%) -34.3%
Grn: 103 (6.4%) -1.6%
Con GAIN from Lab
Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart, Edinburgh City Council
(first preferences)
Lab: 1,293 (20.8%) -1.7%
LDm: 1,269 (20.4%) +13.3%
Grn: 1,133 (18.2%) -1.7%
SNP: 905 (14.5%) -8.2%
Con: 857 (13.8%) -12.8%
Ref: 489 (7.9%) New
Ind: 111 (1.8%) New
Ind: 39 (0.6%) New
Ind: 36 (0.6%) New
SFP: 34 (0.5%) -0.2%
SLP: 25 (0.4%) -0.1%
Ind: 25 (0.4%) New
Ind: 9 (0.1%) New
LDm GAIN from Lab (elected at stage 13)
Shooters Hill, Greenwich London Borough Council
Grn: 869 (34.6%) +19.5%
Lab: 756 (30.1%) -29.1%
Ref: 402 (16.0%) +13.2%
Con: 288 (11.5%) -2.4%
LDm: 128 (5.1%) -3.6%
Ind: 57 (2.3%) New
Ind: 9 (0.4%) New
Grn GAIN from Lab
Crediton Lawrence, Mid Devon District Council
LDm: 540 (64.9%) +12.8%
Ref: 226 (27.2%) New
Lab: 66 (7.9%) -18.3%
LDm HOLD
Whitworth, Rossendale Borough Council
Ref: 733 (47.5%) New
Con: 449 (29.1%) -0.7%
Lab: 251 (16.3%) -4.8%
Grn: 110 (7.1%) -4.0%
Ref GAIN from Ind
Catsfield & Crowhurst, Rother District Council
LDm: 267 (36.6%) -11.9%
Ref: 200 (27.4%) New
Con: 162 (22.2%) -10.9%
Lab: 101 (13.8%) -4.7%
LDm HOLD
Stocksbridge & Upper Don, Sheffield City Council
Ref: 1,789 (32.9%) New
LDm: 1,595 (29.3%) +12.1%
Lab: 1,324 (24.4%) -25.2%
Con: 332 (6.1%) -21.6%
Grn: 294 (5.4%) -7.1%
Yrk: 58 (1.1%) New
TUS: 43 (0.8%) -1.2%
Ref GAIN from Lab
Great Wyrley Landywood, South Staffordshire District Council
Con: 358 (48.7%) +9.1%
Ref: 292 (39.7%) New
Lab: 55 (7.5%) -30.3%
LDm: 30 (4.1%) New
Con HOLD
Bedwell, Stevenage Borough Council
Lab: 506 (43.2%) -2.5%
Ref: 404 (34.5%) New
Con: 105 (9.0%) -9.9%
Grn: 79 (6.7%) -7.8%
LDm: 78 (6.7%) -8.6%
Lab HOLD
Abbreviations
Ref = Reform UK
Con = Conservative
LDm = Liberal Democrat
Lab = Labour
Grn = Green
SNP = Scottish National Party
SFP = Scottish Family Party
SLP = Scottish Libertarian Party
Yrk = Yorkshire
TUS = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Ind = Independent
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