Full slate of Liberal Democrats in this week’s by-elections
Brrrrrrr… out in the cold fighting elections this week have people people in four wards: two Conservative, one SNP and one Liberal Democrat. Liberal Democrat candidates in all four seats this week, which is up two on when these seats were last contested.
First result in – a Lib Dem hold in a multi-way contest in the south west:
Exmouth Town (East Devon) result:
LDEM: 28.2% (-2.7)
IND: 26.6% (+26.6)
CON: 21.5% (-3.6)
LAB: 13.0% (-7.7)
GRN: 10.7% (-12.6)Liberal Democrat HOLD.
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) March 2, 2018
Congratulations to Tim Dumper and the team on winning in a split Conservative/Lib Dem ward.
Elsewhere:
Kempshott (Basingstoke & Deane) result:
CON: 58.9% (-2.0)
LAB: 31.4% (+16.1)
LDEM: 9.7% (+2.4)No Grn (-4.7) and UKIP (-11.8) as prev (2015).
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) March 2, 2018
SNP HOLD Clackmannanshire North (Clackmannanshire).
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) March 2, 2018
Clackmannanshire North (Clackmannanshire) result:
SNP: 37.0% (-3.2)
CON: 31.7% (+7.4)
LAB: 23.7% (-2.9)
LDEM: 4.0% (-1.1)
GRN: 3.6% (-0.3)SNP HOLD.
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) March 2, 2018
Blythe (Solihull) result:
CON: 75.9% (+24.7) HOLD.
LAB: 13.6% (+4.6)
LDEM: 10.5% (+10.5)No Res Assoc (-33.5) and Grn (-6.4) as prev (2016).
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) March 2, 2018
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.
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