Two seats were available on Thursday, with a third having been decided earlier this week. All three of this week's vacancies have come about through the demise of the incumbents.
As we predicted, the Tories had too much in Bradford to easily hold off Reform. The defending party was aided by a campaign gift from Reform, who had demanded the election go ahead despite the fact that the seat is vacated in 12 weeks time anyway. The cost to the taxpayer was reportedly £30,000.
Not for the first time this week, the Labour party slumped to fourth place from first in Thursday's other contest. Reform came from nowhere to take the Peterborough seat by a slender margin of 36 votes over the Greens. As you can see from all three seats - the Labour vote is in freefall.
Worth Valley, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Con: 1,815 (51.7%) -4.7%
Ref: 917 (26.1%) New
Lab: 425 (12.1%) -19.6%
Grn: 245 (7.0%) -1.0%
LDm: 83 (2.4%) -1.6%
Ind: 29 (0.8%) New
Con HOLD
Fletton & Woodston, Peterborough City Council
Ref: 565 (29.4%) New
Grn: 529 (27.6%) +16.2%
Con: 419 (21.8%) -11.8%
Lab: 323 (16.8%) -31.2%
LDm: 84 (4.4%) -0.7%
Ref GAIN from Lab
In Tuesday's action, Labour plummeted to fourth place in west Wales. They had previously won the seat in a head-to-head with the Conservatives, but on Tuesday fell behind three newcomers. The untimely death of their disabled councillor at the age of 34 didn't draw much sympathy among voters in the port town, with Plaid taking advantage of a very poor turnout.
Fishguard North East, Pembrokeshire County Council
Pld: 253 (33.8%) New
LDm: 135 (18.0%) New
Ref: 95 (12.7%) New
Lab: 83 (11.1%) -47.9%
Ind: 79 (10.5%) New
Con: 69 (9.2%) -31.9%
Ind: 35 (4.7%) New
Pld GAIN from Lab
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