Just the five seats were contested on Thursday, with Labour absent among the defending parties. We expected at least three of these to be holds, with Reform UK a potential gain in Lincolnshire and the Lib Dems a possible upset in North Somerset. Reform did indeed take the East Lindsey seat from the Conservatives, but the Lib Dems went in completely the wrong direction and crashed to fourth in North Somerset, where the Greens held easily.
It was a good week for the Greens, who also bested the Lib Dems in Canterbury, where they dislodged the incumbents. They did not impress so much in leafy Oxfordshire, whey they entered as newcomers in lowly fourth place.
Labour stood in four of the five seats, finishing last in two and fourth elsewhere. In Oxfordshire they could only muster a pathetic eight votes.
Wincheap, Canterbury City Council
Grn: 842 (39.1%) +24.1%
LDm: 518 (24.1%) -12.2%
Ref: 351 (16.3%) New
Lab: 276 (12.8%) -25.5%
Con: 166 (7.7%) -2.6%
Grn GAIN from LDm
Chapel St Leonards, East Lindsey District Council
Ref: 586 (65.8%) New
Con: 139 (15.6%) -20.7%
Ind: 60 (6.7%) New
Lab: 48 (5.4%) -27.7%
LDm: 42 (4.7%) New
Ind: 15 (1.7%) New
Ref GAIN from Con
Bethel a'r Felinheli, Cyngor Gwynedd Council
Pld: 659 (59.2%) -25.0%
Ind: 369 (33.2%) New
Ref: 76 (6.8%) New
Con: 9 (0.8%) New
Pld HOLD
Long Ashton, North Somerset Council
Grn: 1,254 (55.7%) +25.1%
Con: 399 (17.7%) -7.2%
Ref: 349 (15.5%) New
LDm: 129 (5.7%) -28.8%
Lab: 121 (5.4%) -4.5%
Grn HOLD
Ridgeway, Vale of White Horse District Council
LDm: 442 (43.1%) -14.9%
Con: 250 (24.4%) -17.6%
Ref: 204 (19.9%) New
Grn: 144 (11.9%) New
Lab: 8 (0.8%) New
LDm HOLD
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