No change in this week’s council by-elections
Only the one normal principal authority council by-election this week, plus two more for the City of London Corporation, and so dominated by independents. Look out for independent replaces independent results from those.
The Breakthrough Party (BRK) didn’t break through.
Cassandra Avery was the Liberal Democrat candidate; thank you.
For what all this means for the running total of council by-election results since the last May elections, see my council by-elections scorecard here.
These by-election results round-ups cover principal authority by-elections as it’s only those for which comprehensive results are available.
Understanding the opinion polls
For understanding what is happening in politics, by-elections have the advantage of being real votes in real ballot boxes. But the opinion polls have the advantage of trying to be a representative sample of voters, not just those in the places that happen to have by-elections. To understand the polls properly – and what they do and don’t really tell us – see my book, Polling UnPacked: The History, Uses and Abuses of Political Opinion Polls.
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