
Council by-election results from yesterday
The Conservatives held a seat in South Northamptonshire but lost one to the Lib Dems in Chichester. Labour held a seat in St Edmundsbury
The Conservatives held a seat in South Northamptonshire but lost one to the Lib Dems in Chichester. Labour held a seat in St Edmundsbury
The Conservatives held seats in New Forest and in Fylde. The Green Party gained a seat form an independent in Taunton Deane. The Lib Dems gained a seat from the SNP in the Highlands.
In the only contest taking place this week Labour held a set in Knowsley.
The Conservatives lost seats to the Lib Dems in Aylesbury Vale and to Labour in Staffordshire Moorlands. But the Conservatives gained seats from UKIP in Thurrock and from an independent in Chiltern.
Looking back, 55 years of Liberal and Liberal Democrat by-election success looks less important than UKIP’s two-year surge.
The Conservatives held two seats in South Kesteven and gained a seat from an independent in Redcar and Cleveland.
The Conservatives lost seats to Labour in Nottingham and Medway, to independents in Rutland and East Hampshire, and to a Lib Dem in Dacorum.
The Conservatives held seats in Basingstoke & Deane and Solihull. The Lib Dems held a seat in East Devon – while the SNP held a seat in Clackmannanshire.
The Conservatives gained two seats from the Lib Dems in Dorset and a seat from an independent in North Kesteven. But the Conservatives lost a seat to the Lib Dems in Arun and to an independent in the Scottish Borders.
The Conservatives lost two seats to the Lib Dems in Teignbridge and another in North Norfolk. But the Conservatives gained a seat from UKIP in Tendring.
The Conservatives held seats in Staffordshire and Eden and gained a seat from an independent in Weymouth & Portland.
Only two contests this week. The Lib Dems gained a seat from Labour in Sunderland. But Labour held a seat in Cornwall.
The Conservatives held a seat in the Isle of Wight. This was the only contest taking place this week.
The Conservatives gained a seat from Labour in Bolton and held a seat in Milton Keynes. The Lib Dems held a seat in Rochford and an independent won in Bournemouth.
The Conservatives held county council seats in Kent and Lancashire and district council seats in Thanet and Wyre,