Lib Dems hold Eastleigh council seat with huge swing from Conservatives
Four council by-elections this week, including a Lib Dem defence in Eastleigh. Not a great surprise that the party held its seat there given it was in a ward the party has always won, but even so the size of the swing from the Conservatives was impressive:
Hedge End Grange Park (Eastleigh):
LDEM 56.5% (+15.5)
CON 26.7% (-10.9)
LAB 12.2% (+0.9)
GRN 3.5% (+3.5)
UKIP 1.2% (-9.0)+/- corrected
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) June 29, 2017
Lib Dem win Eastleigh: Hedge End Grange Park: Cliff Morris (centre left) 668 Con 316 Lab 144 Grn 41 UKIP 14 @LibDems @britainelects pic.twitter.com/Hg0JpmI9gV
— Keith House (@CllrKeithHouse) June 29, 2017
Congratulations to Clifford Morris and the team.
No Lib Dem candidate alas in the other three by-elections:
William Morris (Waltham Forest) result:
LAB 68.4% (+11.5)
GRN 18.6% (+1.8)
CON 13.0% (+6.2)
LDEM NA (-7.4)
TUSC NA (-4.3)
UKIP NA (-7.8)— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) June 29, 2017
Council by-elections update:
Labour HOLD Dawdon (Durham).
Our West Lancashire GAIN Derby ward (West Lancashire) from Conservative
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) June 30, 2017
Derby (West Lancashire) result:
OWL: 42.4% (+42.4)
LAB: 35.8% (+0.6)
CON: 21.8% (-28.3)OWL: Our West Lancashire.
No Grn and UKIP as prev.— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) June 30, 2017
Dowdon (Durham) result:
LAB: 52.3% (+6.2)
SC: 47.7% (+10.8)SC: Seaham Community.
No Con and GRN candidate as prev.— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) June 30, 2017
These by-election results round-ups cover principal authority by-elections. See my post The danger in celebrating parish and town council wins for your own party for the reasons to avoid straying too often into covering town, parish or community council by-elections.
When we stand in council elections we should also add a paragraph or so about our national policies and ask for comments.