Liberal Democrats hold council seat in Watford by-election
Three council by-elections this week, with one defence each for Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats.
Bramley and Sherfield, Basingstoke and Deane
No Liberal Democrat candidate this time even though there was one in the May elections.
Independent (Tomblin) GAIN Bramley & Sherfield (Basingstoke & Deane) from Conservative with 57% (+57) of votes.
CON were 2nd on 32% (-24) & IND (Bowyer) 3rd on 11% (+11).
No GRN (-25), LDM (-12) or LAB (-7) as previous. pic.twitter.com/U9vNt0HkOA
— Election Maps UK (@ElectionMapsUK) October 11, 2019
Beanfield, Corby
Chris Stanbra stood for the Liberal Democrats, giving the party a candidate in a ward where there had been none last time, hooray.
Corby DC, Beanfield
Lab 818 [56.0%; -5.1%]
Con 497 [34.0%; +17.4%]
Chris Stanbra LD 147 [10.1%; +10.1%]
UKIP 0 [[0.0%; -22.4%]]Labour hold.
Percentage changes from 2015.
— ALDC (@ALDC) October 10, 2019
Tudor, Watford
Bill Stanton stood for the Liberal Democrats after Cllr Joe Fahmy was promoted at work to a politically restricted post. He’s now also the new councillor:
Tudor (Watford) result:
LDEM: 55.4% (-5.6)
CON: 31.2% (+13.1)
LAB: 13.4% (-7.6)Liberal Democrat HOLD.
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) October 10, 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.
Watford. Our vote is down and Tories are up, Why?
possibly some personal vote for the former sitting councillor did not transfer
Labour down, Cons up, see no over the top response from Lib Dem Voice, yet.