Nine seats were up for grabs on Thursday, with Labour on the defence in two. As we predicted, they lost both seats. In Darlington we saw either the Tories or Reform making the gain, with the SNP the likely winner in West Lothian. Reform actually took both seats as newcomers, including a groundbreaking victory north of the border in which they took their first Scottish council seat.
Labour were pushed to fourth in Darlington, with more than half the votes cast for Reform. Labour slid to a distant third in West Lothian, with Reform and the SNP way out in front. Apparently, the SNP fielded a 'non-binary' candidate in this election, which probably helped Reform no end. It was a bad night for the SNP, as they fell to the Lib Dems in the other Scottish seat.
It was another crushing set of results for Labour, whose vote tally ducked down into double digits in three seats. They finished last in four seats and could not finish any higher than third place anywhere.
It wasn't a great night for the Tories either, who lost two of the four seats they were defending. They slumped to third in Devon and missed out on a hold by just ten votes in Lincolnshire. Reform were the victors in the latter, also gaining another seat on the same council by an even slimmer margin of two votes. A win's a win, and with four gains on the night there is no doubt which party will be the happiest.
Penyrheol, Caerphilly County Borough Council
Ref: 422 (26.5%) New
Lab: 114 (7.2%) -24.4%
Con: 66 (4.3%) -10.4%
LDm: 32 (2.0%) New
Pld HOLD
Red Hall & Lingfield, Darlington Borough Council
Ref: 341 (37.7%) New
Con: 157 (17.3%) -22.5%
LDm: 157 (17.3%) New
Lab: 152 (16.8%) -37.1%
Grn: 89 (9.8%) +3.6%
Ind: 9 (1.0%) New
Ref GAIN from Lab
Seaton, East Devon District Council
LDm: 789 (41.3%) +19.2%
Ref: 565 (29.6%) New
Con: 400 (20.9%) -5.6%
Ind: 156 (8.2%) New
LDm GAIN from Con
Fort William & Ardnamurchan, Highland Council
(first preference votes)
LDm: 925 (40.4%) +3.0%
SNP: 665 (29.1%) -4.4%
Ref: 220 (9.6%) New
Grn: 216 (9.4%) -0.2%
Con: 175 (7.6%) -2.4%
Lab: 87 (3.8%) New
LDm GAIN from SNP (elected at stage 5)
Armitage with Handsacre, Lichfield District Council
Con: 630 (46.7%) -6.2%
Ref: 431 (31.9%) New
Lab: 127 (9.4%) -23.5%
LDm: 99 (7.3%) -6.8%
Grn: 63 (4.7%) New
Con HOLD
Belmont, South Kesteven District Council
Ref: 239 (33.4%) New
Con: 237 (33.1%) +1.5%
Ind: 143 (20.0%) New
Grn: 61 (8.5%) New
Lab: 35 (4.9%) -14.5%
Ref GAIN from Ind
Aveland, South Kesteven District Council
Ref: 290 (41.0%) +26.5%
Con: 280 (39.5%) +19.0%
Grn: 115 (16.2%) New
Lab: 23 (3.2%) New
Ref GAIN from Con
Eaglescliffe West, Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
Con: 1,194 (60.9%) +4.4%
Ref: 470 (24.0%) +17.6%
Grn: 150 (7.6%) -0.2%
Lab: 147 (7.5%) -21.7%
Con HOLD
Whitburn & Blackburn, West Lothian Council
(first preference votes)
Ref: 1,177 (32.0%) New
SNP: 1,028 (28.0%) -10.7%
Lab: 627 (17.1%) -20.3%
Ind: 484 (13.2%) New
Con 129 (3.5%) -15.0%
LDm: 102 (2.8%) +0.4%
Grn: 101 (2.7%) -0.3%
Ind: 27 (0.7%) New
Ref GAIN from Lab (elected at stage 8)
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