Big Lib Dem victory in this week’s one council by-election
In amongst all the other excitement, there was one council by-election this week: a Liberal Democrat defence.
Brockhurst, Gosport
Triggered by the death of Liberal Democrat councillor Austin Hicks, this contest saw Siobhan Mitchell stand for the party. Siobhan has been a councillor before in this ward and is now again:
Brockhurst (Gosport) result:
LDEM: 51.5% (+10.3)
CON: 22.6% (-12.2)
BUSP: 17.4% (+17.4)
LAB: 8.4% (-4.7)Liberal Democrat HOLD.
No UKIP (-5.7) and Grn (-5.1) as prev.
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) May 30, 2019
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.
this result is a genuine win, and can be seen as providing a mandate, in that the winner got over 50% of votes cast.