Lib Dems only party to gain vote share in first council by-election of 2020
This year’s council by-elections kicked off with a relatively quiet week: just the one contest in Bristol. A contest, however, with a Liberal Democrat candidate so the year starts off with a 100% contestation rate for the party.
Brislington East, Bristol
Tara Murray stood in this split Conservative/Labour ward and with her team pulled off a very impressive vote increase:
Labour HOLD Brislington East (Bristol) with 40% (-1) of votes.
CON were 2nd on 30% (-6), LDM 3rd on 22% (+12) & GRN 4th on 8% (-5). pic.twitter.com/zI1xV6pU1U
— Election Maps UK (@ElectionMapsUK) January 17, 2020
I want to take a moment to really appreciate all the work everyone has put in. @AlexHartleyLD has been the best agent ever and thank you @EdwardJDavey for your support. +12 swing! Good luck @anton_georgiou
— Tara Murray (@taramurrayLD) January 16, 2020
Which means, ahem, that:
But Lib Dems only party to have increased their vote share in every single election this decade. Amazing. https://t.co/MakwdGWWRV
— Mark Pack 🔶 (@markpack) January 17, 2020
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.
As a Lliberal Democrat since before the Lib Dems were formed by the union of the Liberal and Social Democrats parties.I only hope that Boris Johnson will make a sufficient mistakes for another vote to replace him and the Tories with someone better