COUNCIL BY-ELECTIONS 03.09.26

There were five council seats up for grabs on Thursday, with one having taken place earlier on the somewhat unusual polling day of Wednesday.

There will be no preview and no forecast this week, due to a combination of sickness and holidays.  Apologies for the ongoing disruption.

Portobello/Craigmillar, City of Edinburgh Council

(first preference votes)

Grn: 1,781 (28.0%) +11.8%

SNP: 1,531 (24.1%) -13.3%

Lab: 1,413 (22.2%) -1.7%

Ref: 569 (8.9%) New

Con: 522 (8.2%) -7.1%

LDm: 365 (5.7%) +1.4%

SFP: 73 (1.1%) New

WPB: 58 (0.9%) New

ADF: 28 (0.4%) New

CPB: 22 (0.3%) New

Grn GAIN from SNP (elected at stage 10)

SFP is the Scottish Family Party, WFP is the Workers Party of Britain, ADF is the Alliance for Democracy and Freedom and CPB the Communist Party of Britain

Southside/Newington, City of Edinburgh Council

(first preference votes)

Lab: 2,153 (32.1%) +8.0%

Grn: 1,978 (29.5%) +6.4%

SNP: 757 (11.3%) -7.9%

Con: 717 (10.7%) -6.9%

LDm: 543 (8.1%) -8.0%

Ref: 305 (4.5%) New

Ind: 78 (1.4%) New

Ind: 63 (0.9%) New

CPB: 46 (0.7%) New

SFP: 38 (0.6%) New

ADF: 12 (0.2%) New

Ind: 9 (0.1%) New

Ind: 7 (0.1%) New

Lab GAIN from SNP (elected at stage 13)

Chesterton & Launton, Oxfordshire County Council

LDm: 985 (41.7%) +8.9%

Con: 683 (28.9%) +0.6%

Ref: 547 (23.2%) -3.5%

Lab: 75 (3.2%) -2.3%

Grn: 71 (3.0%) -3.6%

LDm HOLD

Llantwit Fardre, Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council

Con: 1,043 (57.6%) +8.7%

Pld: 329 (18.2%) +1.9%

Ref: 240 (13.3%) New

Lab: 188 (10.4%) -24.4%

Ind: 10 (0.6%) New

Con HOLD

Frome West, Somerset Council

Grn: 663 (40.3%) -6.8%

LDm: 544 (34.6%) +1.2%

Ref: 218 (13.9%) New

Lab: 89 (5.7%) -0.9%

Con: 87 (5.5%) -7.4%

Grn HOLD

Kingswood, Stroud District Council

(held on Wednesday)

LDm: 442 (64.0%) -18.1%

Con: 109 (15.8%) +6.4%

Ref: 70 (10.1%) New

Grn: 40 (5.8%) +1.0%

Lab: 30 (4.3%) +0.5%

LDm HOLD