Yesterday we highlighted the tremendous victory of the former Gurkha, Tashi Tamang Bhutia, who won the Luton and Wayfield ward of Medway Council from Labour on Thursday. Below is the result in full, along with the results from the other contests which took place on Thursday, as reported by Labour blogger Luke Akehurst.
Luton and Wayfield, Medway
Con – 1042 (36.9%,
+10.8)
Lab – 1038 (36.7%, -12.3)
LD – 223 (7.9%, +7.9)
UKIP – 200 (7.1%,
+7.1)
BNP – 186 (6.6%, +6.6)
Ind – 87 (3.1%, +3.1)
Green – 51 (1.8%,
+1.8)
Con gain from Lab
Hallow, Malvern Hills
LD – 504 (61.6%, +16.5)
Con – 314 (38.4%; -16.5)
LD gain from Con
Ham,
Plymouth
Lab – 1243 (44%, +2.7)
Con – 676 (23.9%, -15.7)
UKIP – 442 (15.6%, +15.6)
Ind – 204 (7.2%, +7.2)
LD – 181 (6.4%, -6.8)
BNP
– 82 (2.9%, +2.9)
Lab hold
Southwick, Wiltshire
Ind – 385 (37.2%, +37.2)
LD – 315
(30.5%, -8)
Con – 273 (26.4%, -34.3)
UKIP – 61 (5.9%, +5.9)
Ind gain from Con
Jonathan Isaby