An impressive nine seats were up for grabs in eight by-elections on Thursday. In a marked improvement on recent months, Labour managed to hold both seats they were defending. They held in bourgeois west London, despite a swing towards both the Tories and Reform. They also scored a big hold just south of Glasgow, where discontent with the long governing SNP is driving left leaning voters towards Labour. The Labour candidate appeared to take advantage of an absent independent candidate who took more than a quarter of the vote last time round.
Labour's vote share was down in all the other seats, except for Doncaster, where they campaigned hard to try and gain from Reform. The vacancy was the result of yet another resignation from one of those elected in May, but Reform managed to extend their vote. Look out for an embarrassing hard left basement battle between the Trade Unionist Coalition and Galloway's Workers' Party.
The Tories had a woeful night in Surrey, losing all four seats they were defending, three of which to Reform. The loss of both seats they were defending on Surrey County Council, means they have lost control of the council for the first time since 1997, which slips into no overall control.
Bentley, City of Doncaster Council
Ref: 1,062 (43.8%) +4.2%
Lab: 912 (37.6%) +4.7%
Ind: 169 (7.0%) New
Con: 121 (5.0%) -5.8%
Grn: 79 (3.3%) -5.6%
LDm: 39 (1.6%) -3.1%
TUS: 29 (1.2%) -2.0%
WPB: 15 (0.6%) New
Ref HOLD
Alton Amery, East Hampshire District Council
LDm: 407 (54.9%) +1.6%
Ref: 189 (25.5%) New
Con: 145 (19.6%) -9.9%
LDm HOLD
Barrhead, Liboside & Uplawmoor, East Renfrewshire Council
(first preference votes)
Lab: 1,901 (41.9%) +21.7%
SNP: 1,142 (25.1%) -8.3%
Ref: 1,018 (22.4%) New
Grn: 247 (5.4%) +2.0%
Con: 207 (4.6%) -6.2%
AbH: 27 (0.6%) New
Lab HOLD
Abermaw, Cyngor Gwynedd Council
Ind: 299 (49.6%) New
Ind: 161 (26.7%) New
Ref: 107 (17.7%) New
Con: 20 (3.3%) -5.1%
PPUK: 11 (1.8%) New
LDm: 5 (0.8%) New
Ind GAIN from Ind
Cranford, Hounslow London Borough Council
Lab: 951 (40.7%) -12.6%
Con: 679 (29.1%) +10.0%
Ref: 405 (17.3%) New
Grn: 156 (6.7%) -7.5%
LDm: 145 (6.2%) New
Lab HOLD
Addlestone South, Runnymede Borough Council
(two seats)
Ref: 467 & 414 (32.4%) New
LDm: 356 & 352 (24.7%) +15.5%
Con: 329 & 273 (22.8%) -33.1%
Lab: 146 & 129 (10.1%) -18.1%
Grn: 145 (10.0%) +3.3%
Ref GAIN from Con (two seats)
Addlestone, Surrey County Council
Ref: 931 (34.2%) New
Con: 659 (24.2%) -25.9%
LDm: 473 (17.4%) +9.2%
Grn: 441 (16.2%) +1.9%
Lab: 222 (8.1%) -10.9%
Ref GAIN from Con
Hinchley Wood, Claygate & Oxshott, Surrey County Council
LDm: 1,656 (38.1%) -6.2%
Con: 1,346 (31.0%) -16.0%
Ind: 659 (15.2%) New
Ref: 551 (12.7%) New
Grn: 101 (2.3%) New
Lab: 31 (0.7%) -3.6%
LDm GAIN from Con
Abbreviations
Ref = Reform UK
Lab = Labour
Con = Conservative
Grn = Green
LDm = Liberal Democrat
TUS = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
WPB = Workers Part of Britain
SNP = Scottish National Party
AbH = Abolish Holyrood
PPUK = Pirate Party UK
Ind = Independents
Tories are toast. Labour are not far behind. I am enjoying every defeat and humiliation.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous, ashamed to tell people who you are?? It’s a bit like the Reform just jumping on the bandwagon with no clear idea of what to do. The Trump protege has no real idea how to run the country, unless he asks his other friend ??
ReplyDeleteAnother of the sheep who doesn't see that the olg guard politicians are not for for purpose. Vote reform they simply can't be worse than Labour
DeleteDon’t know how to run the country ? Have you been fxxking asleep for the last 20 years ?
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