ENEMY OF THE NATIVES?

If there were any lessons to be learned from the hideous death of Henry Nowak in police handcuffs, it is not being shown on the increasingly lawless streets of Britain.  Multiple videos have been shared online recently showing the police going to great lengths to detain white people, who in two recent instances were the victims of an assault clearly witnessed by the arresting officers.

In the most prominent recent example, a white lad was being attacked by a group of black lads in Birmingham as officers stood just feet away.  The young lad, who was worse for wear, was thrown to the ground by one assailant while another struck him on the back of the head as they fled the scene.  As he quickly gets back on his feet a female officer jumps in and throws him against a shop shutter.  This all happens in the space of three seconds and the lad understandably reacts by throwing his arm out to defend himself as he is completely unaware that his next assailant is a police officer.  She immediately accuses him of having 'punched' her 'in the face'.  He clearly does not do so, as his wild swing does not land.  "I just want to go home" he repeats over and over again, but his fate was already sealed.

As footage of the incident began to circulate, West Midlands Police doubled down and announced they had charged the white lad with assaulting an officer.  They claimed that the men were 'fighting', which is also not true.  They finished their statement by declaring that the actions of their officers was 'reasonable and proportionate', while at no time addressing the fact that the actual offenders had escaped.

Two days later, with the footage now going viral, the force backtracked somewhat and admitted that an assult had taken place and were now making 'active enquiries to identify those involved'.  However, the 20-year-old victim of this assault is due to appear in court later this month to answer the charge of assaulting the officer.  We can only hope that he pleads not guilty and the charge is thrown out, but of course thanks to this Labour government he will no longer have the right to be tried by a jury, so there is a very real chance a judge could send him down.

Shocking.

In another video, a white man is attacked in a London street by a black individual.  Two street wardens move in and detain the white man, even as the black man lands a punch on the man's face that draws blood.  It is not clear what happens after this, as the attacker once again is left at liberty to leave the scene.

On Saturday an equally disturbing video emerged from Leeds, this time relating to speech.

With a Palestine demonstration in progress, one angry local took it upon himself to stage a one man counter-protest.  He is seen shouting towards the marchers while being closely watched by police officers.  Within seconds of mentioning the Prophet Muhammad and Muslims as representative of an 'evil ideology', the officers move in and arrest him.  The shocked man asks why they are detaining him, to which one officer replies that he accused Muhammad of being a 'rapist'.  Since when has it been a crime to accuse a long deceased religious figure of rape?  Does this new 'crime' apply to all religions or just Islam?

The man quite rightly points to the contents of the Quran in his defence.  Islamic texts dictate that the Prophet Muhammad married a nine-year-old girl and shortly thereafter consummated that marriage.

Again, how can this stack up in a British law court?

Watch the video below (two minute watch)

The death of Henry Nowak, combined with all these recent videos, appears to show a pattern of systemic anti-white policing.  In the Birmingham case, the earlier police statement asked members of the public not to share videos of the incident online 'to allow the legal process to take its course'.  Of course they didn't want the video shared, because it clearly showed that the officers had acted improperly, unfairly and with racial bias.

Our advice is thus - if you are caught up in an incident or bear witness to one that involves the police - whip out your phone and start filming with great urgency.  It could save you or some innocent victim prison time.

Marxist-infiltrated systems are delivering a society in which reverse racism is becoming the state-sponsored norm.  Fight back with your devices.

BY-ELECTIONS 18.06.26

It's an absolute bonanza this week, with no less than three Westminster by-elections and 18 council seats up for grabs.  The full list of results can be found below in three sections, beginning with the big three...

UK PARLIAMENT BY-ELECTIONS

Aberdeen South

Douglas Lumsden (Con) 14,308 (49.5%) +25.1%

Richard Thomson (SNP) 8,258 (28.6%) -4.3%

Jo Hart (Ref) 2,478 (8.6%) +1.7%

Nurul Hoque Ali (Lab) 1,550 (5.4%) -19.4%

Mel Sullivan (LDm) 1,270 (4.4%) -1.9%

Jorg Shelton-Eckstein (Grn) 974 (3.4%) -0.1%

David Ballantine (AfD) 59 (0.2%) New

Con GAIN from SNP

A huge win for the Conservatives this, and a hard fought victory that will bring relief to a beleaguered leader in Westminster who visited this seat multiple times during the campaign.  This by-election had been triggered by the resignation of Stephen Flynn, who stood down after being elected to the Scottish Parliament last month.  The seat historically flipped between Labour and Conservative, up until the SNP wave of 2015.  The Tories regained the seat briefly in 2017, but it has been in the grip of the SNP since 2019.  Their candidate was defending a 3,758 majority, but capitulated to the Tories in spectacular fashion.  The new Conservative MP will have a 6,050 majority going into the next elections.  Labour only just saved their deposit here, while there was a disappointing debut for the Alliance for Democracy and Freedom, a little known right-wing libertarian party led by someone called Dr Teck Khong (not a made up name, seriously).

Karl - SNP HOLD ✘

Rich - SNP HOLD ✘

Arbroath and Broughty Ferry

Lara Bird  (SNP) 9,802 (41.1%) +5.7%

Jack Cruickshanks (Con) 4,624 (19.4%) +3.9%

Bill Reid (Ref) 4,341 (18.2%) +9.6%

Heather Doran (Lab) 3,651 (15.3%) -18.1%

Tanvir Ahmad (LDm) 1,452 (6.1%) +1.0%

SNP HOLD

This by-election was triggered by the resignation of Stephen Gethins, who like Flynn, vacated the seat after being elected to the Scottish Parliament last month.  However, the SNP faired much better here and actually increased their majority as the pack behind them jostled for position.  Labour crashed from second to fourth, but unusually all candidates saved their deposits, including the last placed Lib Dems.  This seat had been created through the boundary changes that were introduced at the 2024 general election.  It was created from an amalgamation of two now defunct seats Dundee East and Angus, both of which were held by the SNP.  The SNP majority did not fair well in the new seat, keeping Labour at bay in 2024 by the slender margin of 859.  They now have a much healthier majority of 5,178.

Karl - SNP HOLD ✔

Rich - SNP HOLD ✔

Makerfield

Andy Burnham (Lab) 24,937 (54.8%)  +0.7%

Rob Kenyon (Ref) 15,696 (34.5%) +16.4%

Rebecca Shepherd (Res) 3,111 (6.8%) New

Michael Winstanley (Con) 997 (2.2%) -13.4%

Sarah Wakefield (Grn) 308 (0.7%) -2.8%

Jake Austin (LDm) 163 (0.4%) -2.5%

Count Binface (Ind) 95 (0.2%) New

Howling Laud Hope (Loon) 45 (0.1%) New

John Dyer (Ind) 37 (0.1%) New

Peter Ward (REU) 35 (0.1%) New

Dan Clarke (Lbt) 18 (<0.1%)  New

Ed Gemmell (Clm) 18 (<0.1%) New

Robert Pownall (Ind) 18 (<0.1%) New

Paul Gould (Ind) 8 (<0.1%) New

Lab HOLD

A stunning win for Burnham and proof - if it were needed - of why he is so dangerous.  On an increased turnout, he extended his predecessor's 5,399 majority to a 9,231 majority - albeit still way off the 26,177 majority that the party enjoyed at its peak in 1997.  Labour have held this seat since its creation in 1983.  There is little doubt that the 3,111 votes obtained by Restore Britain added to Burnham's majority, but in terms of determining the winner their input was largely irrelevent.  This by-election had been triggered by the resignation of Josh Simons after less than two years in the role, simply in order to allow Burnham to re-enter the Commons and take up residence in Ten Downing Street.  Burnham's victory speech left little doubt about his ambition and there is clearly trouble ahead for Starmer in the coming days.

Karl - Lab HOLD ✔

Rich - Lab HOLD ✔

POSTPONED COUNCIL ELECTIONS

Idle & Thackley, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

(three seats)

LDm: 2,784 (19.0%)

LDm: 2,746 (18.7%)

LDm: 2,714 (18.5%)

Ref: 1,582 (10.8%)

Ref: 1,573 (10.7%)

Ref: 1,528 (10.4%)

Grn: 237 (1.6%)

Grn: 229 (1.6%)

Lab: 208 (1.4%)

Grn: 204 (1.4%)

LDm HOLD x 3

This election was rolled over from May 7th, when the ward was due to elect its three members alongside the rest of the council.  It was postponed after one of the incumbent Lib Dem councillors passed away.  The Lib Dems usually romp home here, but the boundaries have been redrawn slightly for this election.  There was a small dip in their vote share, but they held off newcomers Reform with ease.  Intriguingly, Labour only fielded a single candidate.  They needn't have bothered at all.

Karl - LDm HOLD x 3 ✔

Rich - LDm HOLD x 3 ✔

Moorside, Bury Metropolitan Borough Council

Lab: 1,308 (39.4%) -4.5%

Ref: 1,030 (31.1%) New

WPB: 609 (18.4%) New

Grn: 200 (6.0%) New

Con: 108 (3.3%) -21.5%

Ind: 61 (1.8%) -29.5%

Lab HOLD

Postponed from May 7th, due to the death of the Reform candidate.  The size of the ballot for this seat doubled from 2024, with Reform, the Greens and Workers Party of Britain joining Labour, the Conservatives and Bury Independents.  Labour managed a rare hold, holding off a challenge from Reform.  George Galloway's party also fared well on debut, amassing more than three times the number of votes received by the Greens.

Karl - Ind GAIN ✘

Rich - Ref GAIN ✘

Chelmsford Springfield, Essex County Council

LDm: 3,203 (54.6%) +8.6%

Ref: 1,616 (27.5%) New

Con: 723 (12.3%) -25.1%

Grn: 216 (3.7%) -2.3%

Lab: 110 (1.9%) -7.3%

LDm HOLD

Due to be held on May 7th along with the rest of the council wards, this seat was postponed after the incumbent passed away.  The boundaries were redrawn slightly, which appeared to favour the Lib Dems.  There was a significant swing from the Conservatives to Reform.

Karl - LDm HOLD ✔

Rich - LDm HOLD ✔

Hillingdon West, Hillingdon London Borough Council

(two seats)

Con: 1,084 (24.4%)

Con: 949 (21.3%)

Lab: 470 (10.6%)

Ref: 433 (9.7%)

Lab: 362 (8.1%)

Grn: 353 (7.9%)

Ref: 347 (7.8%)

Grn: 341 (7.7%)

LDm: 63 (1.4%)

LDm: 49 (1.1%)

Con HOLD x 2

This election for two seats was postponed after one of the two Reform candidates passed away.  Reform and the Lib Dems were on debut here and the formwe did a fair bit of damage to the Lab-Con vote share.  The Tory vote share was down almost 10 per cent, while Labour's was down almost 15 per cent.  The Lib Dems made virtually no impact at all.

Karl - Con HOLD x 2 ✔

Rich - Con HOLD x 1 ✔ Ref GAIN x 1  ✘

COUNCIL BY-ELECTIONS

Gogarth Mostyn, Conwy County Borough Council

Ref: 496 (33.8%) New

Con: 406 (27.7%) -6.2%

Lab: 368 (26.3%) -9.7%

LDm: 178 (12.1%) New

Ref GAIN from Con

One of two complicated vacancies in Conwy, triggered by the election of the incumbents to the Senedd last month.  Both were elected as Tory councillors in 2022, but defected to Reform last summer and are now MSs.  Reform has now managed to convert this defection into an electoral victory, appearing to take advantage of the lack of an independent candidate this time.

Karl - Con HOLD ✘

Rich - Ref GAIN ✔

Tudno, Conwy County Borough Council

Ref: 357 (43.4%) New

Con: 180 (21.9%) -7.0%

Lab: 171 (20.8%) -9.8%

Grn: 71 (8.6%) New

LDm: 43 (5.2%) -10.5%

Ref GAIN from Con

The second of two Conwy vacancies triggered in the same way.  There were no independents this time around and Reform stormed into first place to cement a defection as an electoral gain.

Karl - Ref GAIN ✔

Rich - Ref GAIN ✔

Rayleigh West, Essex County Council

Con: 1,515 (35.4%) +17.5% LDm: 1,262 (29.5%) +2.9% Ref: 1,046 (24.4%) -15.3% Grn: 225 (5.3%) -0.8%

Ind: 117 (2.7%) New Lab: 85 (2.0%) -1.9% Ind: 35 (0.8%) New

Con GAIN from Ref

This contest was triggered by the resignation of the incumbent, less than a week after being elected in last month's council elections.  Labour-linked 'Hope Not Hate' had uncovered 'Islamophobic' social media posts in the run-up to election day and the newly elected councillor was expelled by Reform and effectively pushed out of office.  Having also won a seat on Rochford District Council, his departure also triggered a separate by-election (see below).  Two independents joined the new ballot, while the local residents' group dropped out.  The Tories surged from distant third to first, in what was an impressive gain, while the Lib Dems maintained second place and pushed Reform into third.

Karl - Ref HOLD ✘

Rich - Ref HOLD ✘

Crofton Park, Lewisham London Borough Council

Grn: 1,340 (44.9%) -7.5%

Lab: 1,330 (44.5%) +13.9%

Ref: 127 (4.3%) -0.8%

LDm: 106 (3.5%) -2.9%

Con: 73 (2.4%) -3.1%

Ind: 10 (0.3%) New

Grn HOLD

The Greens triggered this by-election at a cost of at least £20,000 to local taxpayers, having selected the same person to stand for election as both councillor in this ward and elected mayor.  Having won both contests on May 7th, the new mayor was forced to resign as a councillor.  This ward is about as left as it gets, as shown by the Labour surge that almost won them the seat from the Greens.  There were just ten votes in it, while all the other parties lagged way behind.

Karl - Grn HOLD ✔

Rich - Grn HOLD ✔

Bransgore, Burley, Sopley & Ringwood East, New Forest District Council

Con: 696 (39.3%) -20.7%

Grn: 459 (25.9%) +7.0%

Ref: 452 (25.5%) +10.1%

LDm: 126 (7.1%) +4.0%

Lab: 38 (2.1%) -0.4%

Con HOLD

A Conservative hold despite a sharp drop in their vote.  This followed the resignation of their sitting member, who had been embroiled in a spat with local residents.

Karl - Con HOLD ✔

Rich - Con HOLD ✔

Sweyne Park & Grange, Rochford District Council

Con: 1,049 (56.1%) +39.3%

Ref: 464 (24.8%) -14.9%

LDm: 247 (13.2%) -3.3%

Grn: 78 (4.2%) -3.9%

Lab: 31 (1.7%) -1.9%

Con GAIN from Ref

Triggered by the resignation of the incumbent after 'Islamophobic' social media posts were uncovered (see Essex County Council above for more details).  The Tories were a distant second here six weeks ago, but they have turned the tables in spectacular fashion.  There was no candidate for the residents' group this time, which left the five main parties to battle it out.  Labour and the Greens could muster barely a hundred votes between them.

Karl - Ref HOLD ✘

Rich - Ref HOLD ✘

Mumbles, Swansea Council

Con: 933 (37.3%) -4.7%

Lab: 460 (18.4%) -11.0%

Ref: 458 (18.3%) New

Pld: 268 (10.7%) +2.0%

Grn: 200 (8.0%) -5.4%

Ind: 118 (4.7%) New

LDm: 66 (2.6%) -3.9%

Con HOLD

A very similar scenario to Conwy (see above), in which a Reform councillor elected as a Conservative had vacated the seat, having gained election to the Senedd.  The incumbent was elected in 2022 as a Tory, but defected to Reform in 2025.  Reform could not turn the defection into electoral victory and finished third, two votes behind Labour.  It was a comfortable hold for the Conservatives, who will be relieved to have this seat back on the council.

Karl - Ref GAIN ✘

Rich - Con HOLD ✔

Morriston, Swansea Council

Lab: 908 (35.2%) -25.8%

Ref: 882 (31.8%) New

Pld: 569 (21.9%) New

Grn: 107 (4.1%) New

LDm: 93 (3.6%) -8.4%

Con: 87 (3.4%) -11.5%

Lab HOLD

Triggered by the death of the long-standing incumbent, whose passing was due in part to a fall from his mobility scooter at the age of 78.  His daughter became his successor, but only just.  She fended off a challenge from the Reform newcomer by just 36 votes, as the Labour vote in the Red Wall of South Wales continues to crumble.

Karl - Ref GAIN ✘

Rich - Pld GAIN ✘

Acton & Maesydre, Wrexham County Borough Council

Pld: 341 (38.8%) +1.8%

Ref: 300 (34.1%) New

Lab: 98 (11.1%) -14.4%

Ind: 78 (8.2%) New

Con: 52 (5.9%) -6.4%

LDm: 8 (0.9%) New

Grn: 8 (0.9%) -2.4%

Pld HOLD

This contest, along with the two following Wrexham vacancies, came about through the election of the incumbents to the Senedd.  Reform and the Lib Dems were new on the ballot, but it was Reform who took the fight to Plaid, losing out by just 41 votes and pushing Labour into third.

Karl - Pld HOLD ✔

Rich - Pld HOLD ✔

Grosvenor, Wrexham County Borough Council

Pld: 208 (43.5%) -19.8%

Ref: 105 (22.0%) New

Lab: 99 (20.5%) -5.5%

Ind: 22 (4.6%) New

YrP: 20 (4.2%) New

Con: 12 (2.5%) -8.1%

Grn: 11 (2.3%) New

LDm: 2 (0.4%) New

Pld HOLD

The incumbent vacated the seat after having been elected to the Senedd last month.  This was a crowded ballot paper compared to the last election here in 2022, with Reform, the Greens, Lib Dems, an independent and Your Party standing this time around.  Yes, that is Your Party as in the shitshow created by Sultana and Corbyn.  Reform went straight in at second, but there were some miserly votes trailing them - Corbyn's party received just 20 votes, while the Lib Dems got just two!

Karl - Pld HOLD ✔

Rich - Pld HOLD ✔

Queensway, Wrexham County Borough Council

Pld: 94 (40.9%) -33.9%

Ref: 86 (37.4%) New

Lab: 37 (16.1%) -5.9%

Grn: 11 (4.7%) New

Con: 2 (0.9%) -2.3%

Pld HOLD

The third and final Wrexham seat vacated by a newly elected Senedd member.  Plaid held once again, with Reform and the Greens on debut.  Reform capped off an impressive string of second places, losing out by eight votes on an abysmal turnout.

Karl - Pld HOLD ✔

Rich - Pld HOLD ✔

With both lads going mostly like for like this week, Karl's lead was unlikely to be threatened.  Richey bested Karl this week by one seat, cutting his opponent's overall lead down to two.  Both now have more respectable success rates, above 50 per cent.  There are even more council seats up for grabs next week - a whopping 24 - so the numbers are set to change radically again.

PS. This is a bit of fun, but we fully acknowledge the absolute seriousness of these election results.

COUNCIL BY-ELECTIONS 19.02.26

It was a trio of Labour defences on Thursday, with one week to go before the big day in Gorton and Denton.  After accurately predicting last week's results, we got two out of three correct yesterday.

Plaid and Reform pushed Labour into third place in Caerphilly, while they fell to the Lib Dems in Cleveland.  Technically, the latter seat was vacated by an independent, as the incumbent quit Labour last October.

The result we didn't see coming was a gain for the Greens in Leicester, which may be symptomatic of a shift away from Labour in certain ethno-religious communities.  Stoneygate ward was 63 per cent Muslim according to the 2021 census.

It is probably for similar reasons that the smart money is going on the Greens to win in Gorton and Denton next week.  The Muslim population in the constituency stood at almost 30 per cent in 2021 and in a tight three way contest, this could be enough for the Greens to edge it if there is a big swing from Labour in that demographic.  This time next week we will know, but any predictions made will have been reached with very little degree of confidence.  Gorton and Denton has become notoriously difficult to call...

Van, Caerphilly County Borough Council

Pld: 374 (43.3%) -1.9%

Ref: 246 (28.5%) New

Lab: 231 (26.8%) -28.0%

LDm: 12 (1.4%) New

Pld GAIN from Lab

Stoneygate, Leicester City Council

Grn: 1,195 (30.4%) +22.9%

Lab: 1,089 (27.7%) -12.8%

Ind: 638 (16.2%) New

Ind: 453 (11.5%) New

Con: 327 (8.3%) -15.3%

Ref: 106 (2.7%) New

LDm: 62 (1.6%) -5.9%

Ind: 61 (1.6%) New

Grn GAIN from Lab

Zetland, Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council

LDm: 446 (50.5%) +15.2%

Lab: 191 (21.6%) -25.2%

Ref: 119 (13.5%) New

Grn: 65 (7.4%) New

Con: 62 (7.0%) -10.9%

LDm GAIN from Lab

COUNCIL BY-ELECTIONS 12.02.26

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

COUNCIL BY-ELECTIONS 15.01.26

The first council contests of 2026 have taken place, with Labour on the defence in York and the Lib Dems in Hampshire.  Labour's vote plummeted in York, but they were starting from a very strong position in a largely middle class ward.  As such, the size of their existing majority gave them a comfortable cushion against challengers from Reform, the Greens and Lib Dems.  Despite all the recent media propagation in favour of Polanski and the (non-existent) 'Green surge', the Lib Dems benefited from a much bigger swing from Labour than the Greens did.

Recent controversial Tory defections to Reform did not appear to damage their electoral appeal - judging by this brace, which included an impressive gain from the Lib Dems in Hampshire.  Labour finished last here, garnering a pathetic 35 votes.

Bridgemary, Gosport Borough Council

Ref: 604 (42.5%) New

LDm: 575 (40.5%) -8.0%

Con: 207 (14.6%) -23.7%

Lab: 35 (2.5%) -10.8%

Ref GAIN from LDm

Heworth, City of York Council

Lab: 1,096 (36.7%) -27.3%

Ref: 601 (20.1%) New

Grn: 591 (19.8%) +4.4%

LDm: 528 (17.7%) +10.2%

Con: 118 (4.0%) -9.1%

Ind: 49 (1.6%) New

Lab HOLD

COUNCIL BY-ELECTIONS 04.12.25

Five seats were being contested on Thursday, following Tuesday's by-election in Derbyshire.  The Derbyshire vacancy arose through the resignation of one of last May's crop of Reform councillors.  Reform held the seat by a wafer thin majority of 23, with the second placed Tories having significantly closed the gap.

Reform took advantage of an even slimmer margin to take a Lib Dem seat in Middlesbrough, pipping the incumbents by just 13 votes.  Labour finished last here and the best they could muster on Thursday was a couple of fourth places.

Labour were on a proxy defence in Nottinghamshire, where the incumbent was elected as a Labour councillor before he left for the local independent group last January.  He passed away in August, sparking a by-election.  The Broxtowe Alliance to which he belonged easily held the seat, which was technically a gain from Labour.  Labour slumped from first to fourth.

We still await any solid evidence of the Green surge, who only managed to contest four of the six seats and couldn't achieve anything better than Labour's fourth place.  Still, that's better than anything achieved by the Fruit and Nuts of Sultana and Corbyn...

Stapleford South East, Broxtowe Borough Council

Ind: 388 (34.6%) New

Ref: 245 (21.9%) New

LDm: 149 (13.3%) -8.2%

Lab: 128 (11.4%) -14.7%

Con: 108 (9.6%) -9.5%

Ind: 102 (9.2%) New

Ind GAIN from Lab

Exmouth Halsdon, East Devon District Council

LDm: 551 (35.9%) -4.0%

Ref: 438 (28.5%) New

Con: 393 (25.6%) -4.1%

Grn: 153 (10.0%) New

LDm HOLD

Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough Borough Council

Ref: 563 (35.8%) New

LDm: 550 (35.0%) -1.3%

Con: 328 (20.9%) -14.2%

Grn: 79 (5.0%) New

Lab: 53 (3.3%) -6.7%

Ref GAIN from LDm

Winkleigh, Torridge District Council

LDm: 325 (42.3%) +8.7%

Ref: 252 (32.8%) New

Con: 191 (24.9%) -23.7%

LDm GAIN from Con

Tudor, Watford Borough Council

LDm: 821 (52.6%) +4.3%

Ref: 433 (27.2%) +17.8%

Con: 148 (9.3%) -10.5%

Lab: 111 (7.0%) -16.4%

Grn: 77 (4.8%) New

LDm HOLD

Long Eaton North, Derbyshire County Council

(held on Tuesday)

Ref: 745 (28.1%) -7.7%

Con: 722 (27.2%) +4.2%

Lab: 579 (21.8%) -2.7%

Grn: 314 (11.8%) +4.5%

LDm: 154 (5.8%) -3.6%

Ind: 141 (5.3%) New

Ref HOLD

COUNCIL BY-ELECTIONS 20.11.25

Seven seats were up for grabs on Thursday, with Labour on the defence in the north Yorkshire borough of Redcar and Cleveland.  No-one had come close to unseating Labour in this ward previously, but the Reform juggernaut was new in town and they missed out on a gain by a margin of just 25 votes!

Labour were also on the defence in Macclesfield, where the disgraced incumbent was elected on their ticket in 2019.  Cllr Ashley Farrall was suspended by the party last year after being charged with assaulting his partner.  He was cleared of the charge, but later convicted of perverting the course of justice and is now serving a twelve month sentence.  Labour had a huge majority here, but the Green Party dislodged them with a huge swing.

Elsewhere, there were some interesting results.  North of the border, a free-for-all election went to the Conservatives, despite finishing second to Reform on first preference votes.  By the time all the transfer votes were whittled down, the Tory candidate pipped Reform to what would have been a stunning victory first time out.

Reform fared even better south of the border, taking two Tory seats - one of which by the ultra thin margin of three votes.  The merry-go-round continued in Greater Manchester, where the Tories usurped the Green Party.  Despite Trafford Council being under Labour for six years, they did not even bother contesting this seat.

Labour's vote was down everywhere they stood, including a pathetic nine votes in one of two Warwickshire seats.

Macclesfield Central, Cheshire East District Council

Grn: 750 (41.8%) +19.7%

Lab: 513 (28.6%) -25.7%

Ref: 283 (15.8%) New

Con: 164 (9.1%) -4.5%

Eql: 45 (2.5%) New

LDm: 40 (2.2%) -7.7%

Grn GAIN from Lab

Stranraer and the Rhins, Dumfries and Galloway Council

(first preference votes)

Ref: 1,386 (34.4%) New

Con: 1,302 (33.5%) -7.4%

SNP: 541 (13.9%) -9.1%

Lab: 239 (6.1%) -3.7%

Ind: 207 (5.3%) New

Grn: 141 (3.6%) +1.1%

LDm: 96 (2.5%) New

Hrt: 27 (0.7%) New

Con GAIN from Ind (elected at stage 7)

Ashdown & Conquest, East Sussex County Council

Ref: 797 (32.2%) New

Grn: 607 (24.5%) +16.4%

Con: 494 (19.9%) -39.8%

Lab: 395 (15.9%) -7.4%

LDm: 129 (5.2%) -3.5%

Ind: 55 (2.2%) New

Ref GAIN from Con

South Bank, Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council

Lab: 368 (47.4%) -17.8%

Ref: 344 (44.3%) New

Con: 64 (8.2%) -4.3%

Lab HOLD

Quinton, Stratford-on-Avon District Council

LDm: 437 (47.3%) +3.5%

Ref: 306 (33.1%) New

Con: 137 (14.8%) -26.2%

Grn: 35 (3.8%) -4.7%

Lab: 9 (1.0%) -5.7%

LDm HOLD

Salford Priors & Alcester Rural, Stratford-on-Avon District Council

Ref: 272 (33.3%) New

LDm: 269 (32.9%) +9.7%

Con: 227 (27.8%) -29.1%

Grn: 31 (3.8%) -5.3%

Lab: 18 (2.2%) -8.6%

Ref GAIN from Con

Hale, Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council

Con: 1,521 (46.5%) +9.8%

Grn: 1,245 (38.1%) -9.6%

Ref: 264 (0.1%) New

LDm: 101 (3.1%) -0.6%

Con GAIN from Grn

Abbreviations

Grn = Green

Lab = Labour

Ref = Reform UK

Con = Conservative

Eql = Equality

LDm = Liberal Democrat

SNP = Scottish National Party

Hrt = Heritage

Ind = Independent

BRASS NECK KIM

Recently we pointed out the brass neck depravity of MPs debating baby loss, having previously voted to decriminalise abortions up to birth.  It turns out that the hypocrisy also extends to that other insidious life-ending bill passed this year - the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.

The sponsor of that bill was Spen Valley MP Kim Leadbeater, who may or may not be a useful idiot for the globalist death cult.  In any case, her bill in its current form legalises what has been wrapped up in acceptable terms as 'assisted dying' for terminally ill people.  We have labelled it 'legalised murder', but 'assisted suicide' is the more familiar term for most people.  Lo and behold, Kim is now promoting a campaign that aims to 'prevent suicide'.

You could not make it up...

And yes, we're aware that many people support her bill, in the naivety that it won't be abused and expanded to include more and more groups later on.  Don't be a sucker for the death cult.

REMEMBERING PETER LYNCH

We are remembering political prisoner Peter Lynch today.

The 61 year old grandfather of three was found hanging in his cell on 19 October 2024, just two months after his imprisonment for 'violent disorder'.  He attended a migrant hotel protest in Rotherham in the wake of the Southport massacre, but did not physically attack anyone or throw any missiles.  He rocked up with a placard accusing the establishment of corruption and allegedly shouted towards police lines demanding to know why they were 'protecting child killers'.  He was referring to the inhabitants of the hotel and his words were later labelled 'racist' and 'provocative' by the prosecution.

If Peter had ignored his solicitor's advice, there is every chance he would still be alive today.  There is little chance he would have been found guilty before a jury, but he instead chose to heed his solicitor's advice (as did Lucy Connolly and others) and pleaded guilty.  Presumably, his legal brief had told him that a guilty plea would earn him a lesser sentence, but there was no leniency on show from the judge.  Peter Lynch was labelled a 'disgraceful example of a grandfather' and sentenced to an astonishing two years and eight months inside.  For context, another man who took part in that very same protest received the exact same sentence as Peter, but he not only hurled insults at the police - he physically assaulted an officer and reportedly spent an hour throwing bricks and other missiles at police lines.

The full inquest into Peter's death has still not been held, despite the lengthy passage of time.  However, we now have a major clue as to why he chose to end his life at that particular point.  A pre-inquest hearing held last week revealed that Peter was served 'adjudication papers' on the evening of 18 October 2024, following an unspecified 'breach of prison rules'.  He was found dead in his cell the next morning.

No further details have been released and an inquest date remains to be set.  According to his son Casey, his father had made two previous suicide attempts during his prison stay and has demanded to know why these incidents were not taken seriously by prison authorities.

Peter Lynch was a working class family man concerned about the rapidly changing demographics of his country and the disastrous effects that multi-culturalism was having on native communities.  He had been married for 36 years, fathered four children and his most recent job had been in a packing warehouse.  He reportedly suffered a heart attack earlier in 2024 and had been diagnosed with several illnesses including angina and diabetes.  He came from the former coal mining town of Wath-upon-Dearne, a few miles north of Rotherham.

Rest in peace, comrade.

COUNCIL BY-ELECTIONS 09.10.25

Seven by-elections were held this week, including a Wednesday contest that was easily held by the Lib Dems.  The following day the Lib Dems held again, this time in Somerset, and also took a seat from the Conservatives in neighbouring Devon.

This week was a good test of how the Tory party conference had played out to the electorate, with three seats being defended - one each in the north of England, south of England and Midlands.  They lost all three.  Furthermore, their vote share was down in all seven seats, including double digit drops in four of them.  In all three losses they slumped to third place.

Reform took two of the Tory seats, while they held in Northamptonshire.  If you recall, Reform were struggling to hold seats following the local elections, but they have now held their last four defences.

Labour's only defence was a seat in Lancashire, in which the outgoing councillor had resigned from the party last year before continuing as an independent.  Labour failed to retake the seat, losing out to residents' group Our West Lancashire and being pushed into third by Reform.

Widcombe & Lydcombe, Bath and North East Somerset Council

LDm: 769 (44.4%) -11.8%

Grn: 267 (15.4%) +0.6%

Lab: 212 (12.2%) +4.7%

Ref: 206 (11.9%) New

Con: 149 (8.6%) -12.8%

Ind: 83 (4.8%) New

Ind: 45 (2.6%) New

LDm HOLD

Lloyds & Corby Village, North Northamptonshire Council

Ref: 754 (38.5%) +2.1%

Lab: 635 (32.4%) -11.8%

Grn: 371 (18.9%) +9.7%

LDm: 113 (5.8%) +1.5%

Con: 86 (4.4%) -1.5%

Ref HOLD

Skelton East, Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council

Ref: 839 (65.3%) New

Lab: 247 (19.2%) -10.7%

Con: 179 (13.9%) -29.4%

LDm: 19 (1.5%) -1.5%

Ref GAIN from Con

Kenn Valley, Teignbridge District Council

LDm: 1,116 (50.4%) +11.0%

Ref: 512 (23.1%) New

Con: 212 (9.6%) -19.0%

Ind: 181 (8.2%) New

Grn: 122 (5.5%) -13.9%

Lab: 59 (2.7%) -9.9%

Ind: 12 (0.5%) New

LDm GAIN from Con

Aughton & Holborn, West Lancashire Borough Council

Ind: 704 (35.5%) +10.4%

Ref: 478 (24.1%) +18.6%

Lab: 385 (19.4%) -21.3%

Con: 295 (14.9%) -8.7%

Grn: 78 (3.9%) -1.1%

LDm: 42 (2.1%) New

Ind GAIN from Lab

Bretforton & Offenham, Wychavon District Council

Ref: 357 (43.5%) New

Grn: 213 (25.9%) New

Con: 165 (20.1%) -35.4%

Lab: 33 (4.0%) -25.9%

LDm: 31 (3.8%) -10.8%

Ind: 12 (1.5%) New

Ind: 10 (1.2%) New

Ref GAIN from Con

Yateley West, Hart District Council

(held on Wednesday)

LDm: 1,101 (54.7%) -5.9%

Ref: 562 (27.9%) New

Con: 348 (17.3%) -8.2%

LDm HOLD

MASKELL'S 'FAR RIGHT' FLAGS

York's hard left Labour MP Rachael Maskell has lashed out at the Raise the Colours campaign by labelling it a 'far right movement'.  In an interview with BBC Radio York, she linked the appearance of Union flags and Crosses of St George around the city to various alleged incidents without providing any evidence.  She says 'we're hearing' that children have been 'abused' en route to school, and there has been an assault - singular - in a city of more than 100,000 people.

OK...

But wait, there's more - 'racism' has been daubed on 'infrastructure'.  Come again?

You have to hear this nonsense for yourselves...

This is desperate stuff from yet another bourgeois university educated Labour MP who despises working class people and any display of national pride and identity.  She links our national flags to 'racism', the 'far right' and 'violence' and is clearly so enraged that such flags have been put on display that she hits out at her own Labour comrades in York City Council for not removing them sooner!

People like Rachael Maskell use words like 'far right' to disguise the fact that they simply despise white working class people.  It's not the people putting up the flags who are racist - it's people like Maskell.

COUNCIL BY-ELECTIONS 21.08.25

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

COUNCIL BY-ELECTIONS 10.07.25

Ten seats were up for election this week, all in England.  Labour were defending two seats and lost both to Reform, who also gained a seat from independents in Gloucestershire.  Labour's vote share was down in all seven seats it contested, ranging from a 4.6 per cent decrease in Surrey, to 27.8 per cent in Nottinghamshire.  The party finished last in two seats.

Elsewhere, there was no change as the Lib Dems held all four of its seats and the Greens successfully defended a seat in East Sussex, fending off Reform by 50 votes.

Ranskill, Bassetlaw District Council

Ref: 323 (52.7%) New

Lab: 89 (15.7%) -27.8%

Con: 66 (14.5%) -42.0%

Ind: 44 (7.2%) New

LDm: 40 (6.5%) New

Grn: 21 (3.4%) New

Ref GAIN from Con

Throston, Hartlepool Borough Council

Ref: 595 (48.7%) +32.5%

Lab: 475 (38.8%) -23.7%

Grn: 62 (5.1%) New

Con: 59 (4.8%) -16.6%

LDm: 32 (2.6%) New

Ref GAIN from Lab

Wroxall, Lowtherville & Bonchurch, Isle of Wight Council

Ind: 475 (48.1%) New

Ref: 225 (22.9%) New

Con: 153 (15.6%) -4.7%

LDm: 53 (5.4%) New

Vec: 46 (4.7%) New

Lab: 33 (3.4%) -8.9%

Ind GAIN from Ind

Bookham East & Eastwick Park, Mole Valley District Council

LDm: 1,056 (56.0%) -6.6%

Ref: 387 (20.5%) New

Con: 386 (20.5%) -10.1%

Grn: 56 (3.0%) -1.5%

LDm HOLD

Keppel, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Ref: 1,160 (40.3%) New

Ind: 801 (27.8%) -1.9%

Lab: 558 (19.4%) -13.4%

Con: 105 (3.6%) -6.9%

Yrk: 100 (3.5%) -7.8%

LDm: 80 (2.8%) -1.4%

Grn: 77 (2.7%) -7.1%

Ref GAIN from Lab

Woking South, Surrey County Council

LDm: 1,939 (63.8%) +5.8%

Ref: 584 (19.2%) New

Con: 291 (9.6%) -16.0%

Grn: 134 (4.4%) -2.5%

Lab: 91 (3.0%) -4.6%

LDm HOLD

Northway, Tewkesbury Borough Council

Ref: 374 (41.4%) New

LDm: 279 (30.9%) +7.0%

Con: 116 (12.8%) -11.6%

Grn: 91 (10.1%) New

Lab: 44 (4.9%) -15.8%

Ref GAIN from Ind

Botley & Sunningwell, Vale of White Horse District Council

LDm: 732 (71.5%) +7.9%

Con: 162 (15.8%) -1.8%

Grn: 130 (12.7%) +11.2%

LDm HOLD

Horam & Punnetts Town, Wealden District Council

Grn: 611 (35.9%) -29.0%

Ref: 561 (32.9%) New

Con: 336 (20.2%) -15.0%

Ind: 188 (11.0%) New

Grn HOLD

Hoe Valley, Woking Borough Council

LDm: 1,118 (63.3%) -8.1%

Ref: 379 (21.1%) New

Con: 130 (7.2%) -9.0%

Lab: 83 (3.8%) -8.6%

Grn: 69 (4.6%) New

LDm HOLD

Abbreviations

Ref = Reform UK

Lab = Labour

Con = Conservative

LDm = Liberal Democrat

Grn = Green

Vec = Vectis

Yrk = Yorkshire

Ind = Independents and residents' groups

COUNCIL BY-ELECTIONS 26.06.25

A whopping ten by-elections were held this week, from Edinburgh in the north to Sussex in the south.  Labour were defending half the seats and finished the day on just one, a hold in Stevenage.  Labour's vote share was down in every single seat, from a marginal decrease of 1.7 per cent in Edinburgh to a crushing 34.3 per cent in Chorley, Lancs.

Reform continued their good form, with gains in Basildon and Rossendale from local independents and also taking a Labour seat in Sheffield.  In all three seats they came from nowhere to win first time round.

The other Labour losses came at the hands of the Greens in London, Conservatives in Chorley and Lib Dems in Edinburgh.  Labour enjoyed a narrow lead in Edinburgh on the first round, but eventually lost out to the Lib Dems thanks to Scotland's single transferable vote system.

Wickford Park, Basildon Borough Council

Ref: 922 (40.6%) New

Con: 840 (37.0%) +6.1%

LDm: 171 (7.5%) -6.8%

Ind: 148 (6.5%) -25.4%

Lab: 146 (6.4%) -16.4%

Grn: 43 (1.9%) New

Ref GAIN from Ind

Buckshaw & Whittle, Chorley Borough Council

Con: 576 (35.5%) +3.2%

Ref: 530 (32.7%) New

Lab: 412 (25.4%) -34.3%

Grn: 103 (6.4%) -1.6%

Con GAIN from Lab

Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart, Edinburgh City Council

(first preferences)

Lab: 1,293 (20.8%) -1.7%

LDm: 1,269 (20.4%) +13.3%

Grn: 1,133 (18.2%) -1.7%

SNP: 905 (14.5%) -8.2%

Con: 857 (13.8%) -12.8%

Ref: 489 (7.9%) New

Ind: 111 (1.8%) New

Ind: 39 (0.6%) New

Ind: 36 (0.6%) New

SFP: 34 (0.5%) -0.2%

SLP: 25 (0.4%) -0.1%

Ind: 25 (0.4%) New

Ind: 9 (0.1%) New

LDm GAIN from Lab (elected at stage 13)

Shooters Hill, Greenwich London Borough Council

Grn: 869 (34.6%) +19.5%

Lab: 756 (30.1%) -29.1%

Ref: 402 (16.0%) +13.2%

Con: 288 (11.5%) -2.4%

LDm: 128 (5.1%) -3.6%

Ind: 57 (2.3%) New

Ind: 9 (0.4%) New

Grn GAIN from Lab

Crediton Lawrence, Mid Devon District Council

LDm: 540 (64.9%) +12.8%

Ref: 226 (27.2%) New

Lab: 66 (7.9%) -18.3%

LDm HOLD

Whitworth, Rossendale Borough Council

Ref: 733 (47.5%) New

Con: 449 (29.1%) -0.7%

Lab: 251 (16.3%) -4.8%

Grn: 110 (7.1%) -4.0%

Ref GAIN from Ind

Catsfield & Crowhurst, Rother District Council

LDm: 267 (36.6%) -11.9%

Ref: 200 (27.4%) New

Con: 162 (22.2%) -10.9%

Lab: 101 (13.8%) -4.7%

LDm HOLD

Stocksbridge & Upper Don, Sheffield City Council

Ref: 1,789 (32.9%) New

LDm: 1,595 (29.3%) +12.1%

Lab: 1,324 (24.4%) -25.2%

Con: 332 (6.1%) -21.6%

Grn: 294 (5.4%) -7.1%

Yrk: 58 (1.1%) New

TUS: 43 (0.8%) -1.2%

Ref GAIN from Lab

Great Wyrley Landywood, South Staffordshire District Council

Con: 358 (48.7%) +9.1%

Ref: 292 (39.7%) New

Lab: 55 (7.5%) -30.3%

LDm: 30 (4.1%) New

Con HOLD

Bedwell, Stevenage Borough Council

Lab: 506 (43.2%) -2.5%

Ref: 404 (34.5%) New

Con: 105 (9.0%) -9.9%

Grn: 79 (6.7%) -7.8%

LDm: 78 (6.7%) -8.6%

Lab HOLD

Abbreviations

Ref = Reform UK

Con = Conservative

LDm = Liberal Democrat

Lab = Labour

Grn = Green

SNP = Scottish National Party

SFP = Scottish Family Party

SLP = Scottish Libertarian Party

Yrk = Yorkshire

TUS = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

Ind = Independent

COUNCIL BY-ELECTIONS 19.06.25

Six council by-elections were held on Thursday, with action from the northern reaches of Britain to the very south.  Seven seats were up for grabs, with a double header in the Highlands.  Although Labour's vote share was down in all of the seats it contested, the figures were not as dramatic as they have been for the previous six months.  Only in Sefton was their vote share reduced by double figures, with a large swing to both the Greens and Reform.

Reform UK continue to impress, including a gain in Yorkshire.

Buckingham, Adur District Council

Lab: 609 (43.7%) -7.2%

Ref: 311 (22.3%) New

Con: 301 (21.6%) -10.1%

LDm: 153 (10.9%) -1.4%

BrFt: 22 (1.6%) New

Lab HOLD

Cromarty Firth, Highland Council

(two seats, first preference votes)

LDm: 481 (20.3%) -7.6%

SNP: 403 (17.0%) -2.2%

Ind: 326 (13.7%) New

Ind: 323 (13.6%) New

Ind: 285 (12.0%) New

Ind: 182 (6.8%) New

Ind: 97 (4.1%) New

Grn: 89 (3.7%) +0.9%

Lab: 77 (3.2%) -0.9%

Ref: 57 (3.2%) New

Con: 52 (2.4%) -4.3%

LDm HOLD x 1 (elected stage 11)

Ind HOLD x 1 (elected stage 11)

Eilean á Chèo, Highland Council

(first preference votes)

Ind: 823 (23.5%) New

LDm: 741 (21.5%) +18.0%

Ind: 655 (18.7%) New

SNP: 527 (15.0%) -7.5%

Ind: 276 (7.3%) New

Grn: 239 (6.8%) New

Ref: 157 (4.5%) New

Con: 86 (2.5%) -8.3%

Ind GAIN from Ind

Eastfield, North Yorkshire Council

Ref: 538 (62.7%) New

Lab: 121 (14.1%) -1.6%

SJP: 118 (13.8%) New

Con: 40 (4.7%) -1.8%

LDm: 24 (2.8%) -23.3%

Grn: 17 (2.0%) +0.2%

Ref GAIN from Ind

Blundellsands, Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council

Lab: 1,290 (43.8%) -22.2%

Grn: 420 (15.5%) New

Ref: 386 (14.2%) New

LDm: 370 (13.6%) +2.3%

Con: 287 (10.6%) -12.1%

TUS: 36 (1.3%) New

Ind: 28 (1.0%) -7.2%

Lab HOLD

Ashford Town, Spelthorne Borough Council

LDm: 539 (27.4%) New

Ref: 459 (23.4%) New

Con: 374 (19.0%) -18.5%

Ind: 359 (18.3%) -9.7%

Lab: 234 (11.9%) -2.2%

LDm GAIN from Con

Abbreviations

Lab = Labour

Ref =  Reform UK

Con = Conservative

LDm = Liberal Democrat

BrFt = Britain First

SNP = Scottish National Party

SJP = Social Justice Party

Grn = Green

TUS = Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition

Ind = Independent

COUNCIL BY-ELECTIONS 12.06.25

Seven council seats are up for grabs this week, with polling day falling on a Wednesday in Gloucestershire.  The other four contests took place on the traditional Thursday, including double vacancies in both Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire.

Labour were defending two seats this week, losing both of them.  They lost to the Greens in Gloucestershire, slumping to a humiliating fourth place with a big swing to Reform.  They also lost a seat to Reform in Nottinghamshire, where two seats had been vacant.

Elsewhere, Reform continued to perform exceptionally well, taking seats from an independent group in Leeds and the other Nottinghamshire seat from the Tories.  They would probably have also won two new seats in Northamptonshire, except for some bizarre reason they fielded too many candidates.  Three Reform candidates appeared on the ballot paper, but there were only two vacancies!

Severn, Stroud District Council

(held on Wednesday)

Grn: 439 (27.8%) +10.0%

Con: 425 (26.9%) -6.6%

Ref: 421 (26.7%) New

Lab: 177 (11.2%) -21.3%

LDm: 112 (7.1%) -9.1%

UKIP: 5 (0.3%) New

Grn GAIN from Lab

Morley South, Leeds City Council

Ref: 2,119 (36.8%) +29.8%

Ind: 1,415  (25.2%) -12.9%

LDm: 1,009 (17,5%) +15.9%

Lab: 634 (11.0%) -20.3%

Grn: 314 (5.4%) -3.5%

Con: 230 (4.0%) -5.6%

Ref GAIN from Ind

Haughley, Stowupland & Wetherden, Mid Suffolk District Council

Grn: 901 (64.1%) -11.4%

Con: 444 (31.6%) +7.1%

LDm: 61 (4.3%) New

Grn HOLD

Higham Ferrers, North Northamptonshire Council

(two seats, new boundaries)

Ref: 656, 556 & 335 (27.5%)

Con: 559 & 511 (23.4%)

Grn: 529 & 449 (22.2%)

Lab: 264 & 256 (11.1%)

Ind: 215 & 187 (9.0%)

LDm: 165 (6.9%)

Ref WIN x 1

Con WIN x 1

Mansfield North, Nottinghamshire County Council

(two seats)

Ref: 3,077 & 2,998 (59.3%) +57.5%

Lab: 1,259 & 1,211 (24.3%) -5.7%

Con: 500 & 426 (9.6%) -37.7%

Grn: 292 (5.6%) +2.8%

TUS: 62 & 39 (1.2%) +0.4%

Ref GAIN x 2 (1 from Con, 1 from Lab)

Abbreviations

Grn = Green

Con = Conservative

Ref = Reform UK

Lab = Labour

LDm = Liberal Democrat

UKIP = United Kingdom Independence Party

TUS = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

Ind = Independent

COUNCIL BY-ELECTIONS 08.05.25

Just the two seats up for grabs this week, following last week's stunning set of elections for Reform UK.  Reform continued their good form by taking a Yorkshire seat from Labour, again coming from a standing start to push Labour into second.  The swing towards Reform also damaged the Tory candidate, who finished last.

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, Skircoat

Ref: 1,392 (36.8%) New

Lab: 1,059 (28.0%) -23.1%

Grn: 566 (15.0%) +0.2%

LDm: 411 (10.9%) +2.7%

Con: 355 (9.4%) -15.7%

Ref GAIN from Lab

Eastleigh Borough Council, Eastleigh Central

LDm: 1,020 (46.6%) +9.3%

Ref: 611 (27.9%) +20.0%

Lab: 319 (14.6%) -18.8%

Con: 149 (6.8%) -7.0%

Ind: 90 (4.1%) New

LDm HOLD

Abbreviations

Ref = Reform UK

Lab = Labour

Grn = Green

LDm = Liberal Democrat

Con = Conservative

Ind = Independent

MAYORAL RESULTS

There were six regional and metropolitan mayoral elections held on Thursday, including two new posts - Greater Lincolnshire and Hull & East Yorkshire.  Labour were defending the four existing posts and successfully fought off strong Reform challenges in three of them.  Labour narrowly beat Reform by just a few hundred votes in both Doncaster and North Tyneside.  The Conservatives scored a gain from Labour in Cambridgeshire, which at the time of writing is the only piece of good news for the Tories on a torrid day.

Having wreaked devastating damage on the Tories on county councils across England, Reform UK took both of the new mayoral posts.  Ex-Tory MP Andrea Jenkyns triumphed for Reform in Greater Lincolnshire, while former Team GB boxer Luke Campbell became the first mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire.

Here are the results in full.

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough

Paul Bristow (Con) 60,243 (28.4%)

Ryan Coogan (Ref) 49,647 (23.4%)

Anna Smith (Lab) 42,671 (20.1%)

Lorna Dupré (LDm) 41,611 (19.6%)

Bob Ensch (Grn) 18,255 (8.6%)

Con GAIN from Lab

Doncaster

Ros Jones (Lab) 23,805 (32.6%) 

Alexander Jones (Ref) 23,107 (31.6%)

Nick Fletcher (Con) 18,982 (26.0%)

Julie Buckley (Grn) 2,449 (3.4%)

Andrew Walmsley (Yrks) 1,164 (1.6%)

David Bettney (SDP) 929 (1.3%)

Mihai Melenciuc (LDm) 895 (1.2%)

Frank Calladine (BDm) 448 (0.6%)

Ahsan Jamil (WPB) 434 (0.6%)

Andy Hiles (TUS) 393 (0.5%)

Richie Vallance (Ind) 245 (0.3%)

Doug Wright (Ind) 157 (0.2%)

Lab HOLD

Greater Lincolnshire

Andrea Jenkyns (Ref) 104,133 (42.0%)

Rob Waltham (Con) 64,585 (26.1%)

Jason Stockwood (Lab) 30,384 (12.3%)

Marianne Overton (Ind) 19,911 (8.0%)

Sally Horscroft (Grn) 15,040 (6.1%)

Trevor Young (LDm) 13,728 (5.5%)

Ref WIN (new post)

Hull & East Yorkshire

Luke Campbell (Ref) 48,491 (35.8%)

Mike Ross (LDm) 37,510 (27.7%)

Anne Handley (Con) 21,393 (15.8%)

Margaret Pinder (Lab) 18,568 (13.7%)

Kerry Harrison (Grn) 5,049 (3.7%)

Rowan Halstead (Yrks) 4,372 (3.2%)

Ref WIN (new post)

North Tyneside

Karen Clark (Lab) 16,230 (30.2%)

John Falkenstein (Ref) 15,786 (29.4%)

Liam Bones (Con) 11,017 (20.5%)

Chloe-Louise Reilly (Grn) 3,980 (7.4%)

John Appleby (LDm) 3,453 (6.4%)

Cath Davis (Ind) 1,780 (3.3%)

Martin Uren (Ind) 1,460 (2.7%)

Lab HOLD

West of England

Helen Godwin (Lab) 51,197 (25.0%)

Arron Banks (Ref) 45,252 (22.1%)

Mary Page (Grn) 41,094 (20.0%)

Steve Smith (Con) 34,092 (16.6%)

Oli Henman (LDm) 28,711 (14.0%)

Ian Scott (Ind) 4,682 (2.3%)

Lab HOLD

NOC ROTHERHAM?

Cllr David Sheppard has left the party

The deputy leader of Rotherham Council has become the latest Labour figure to quit the party in protest at the government's proposed benefit cuts.  Cllr David Sheppard said in a statement:  "To me, it is unconscionable that when faced with the financial crisis left to us by the previous Tory government, the Labour Party has chosen to target people who need support the most".

Cllr Sheppard continued:  "I have always held the belief that government should do what it can to equalise the injustices within society.  Sadly, this and other recent announcements have led me to conclude that this is currently not the case."

A lifelong party member, Cllr Sheppard has been an elected member of the council since 2016.  His resignation leaves the Labour group in Rotherham teetering on the brink of losing control of the council for the first time in its 51 year history.  With various resignations already clocking up nationwide and more expected, if three more councillors quit the Labour Rotherham group it will tip the council into no overall control.

COUNCIL BY-ELECTIONS 12.12.24

Six seats were up for grabs on Thursday and it was a cracking night for Reform, who contested all but one seat and scored some remarkable debut figures.  They gained a seat from Labour in St Helens, taking a mixture of Labour, Green and Tory votes.

The Labour vote share was down in all six seats, including a whopping 30 point drop in Wakefield.

Dodworth, Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

LDm: 1,029 (49.7%) -1.7%

Ref: 503 (24.3%) New

Lab: 334 (16.1%) -18.5%

Con: 147 (7.1%) -6.9%

Grn: 57 (2.8%) New

LDm HOLD

South Hanningfield, Stock & Margaretting, Chelmsford City Council

Con: 838 (81.3%) +7.8%

Grn: 75 (7.3%) New

LDm: 70 (6.8%) -9.5%

Lab: 48 (4.7%) -5.6%

Con HOLD

Stock, Essex County Council

Con: 1,304 (46.4%) -23.1%

Ref: 977 (34.7%) New

Ind: 160 (5.7%) -2.1%

LDm: 156 (5.5%) -1.2%

Lab: 127 (4.5%) -5.4%

Grn: 89 (3.2%) -2.9%

Con HOLD

Ottershaw, Runnymede Borough Council

Ind: 440 (41.6%) New

Con: 221 (20.9%) -3.5%

LDm: 190 (18.0%) +12.1%

Ref: 113 (10.7%) New

Lab: 52 (4.9%) -12.5%

Grn: 42 (4.0%) -2.3%

Ind GAIN from Ind

Blackbrook, St Helens Borough Council

Ref: 546 (41.1%) New

Lab: 460 (34.7%) -18.4%

Grn: 167 (12.6%) -16.4%

Con: 102 (7.7%) -10.2%

Ind: 52 (3.9%) New

Ref GAIN from Lab

Featherstone, Wakefield Metropolitan District Council

Lab: 893 (42.1%) -30.7%

LDm: 548 (25.9%) (New

Ref: 463 (21.8%) New

Con: 141 (6.7%) -8.8%

Grn: 74 (3.5%) -8.3%

Lab HOLD

Abbreviations

LDm = Liberal Democrat

Ref = Reform UK

Lab = Labour

Con = Conservative

Grn = Green

Ind = Independents