The Press Association reports:
Cheshire East Council – Macclesfield Hurdsfield:
Lab 341, Lib Dem 239, C 168, Ukip 132, Green 48. (May 2011 – Lab 526, Lib Dem 302, C 300).
Lab hold. Swing 4.4 per cent Lab to Lib Dem.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne City – Castle:
Lib Dem 1165, Lab 1043, Newcastle First 215, C 194, Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts 47. (May 2012 – Lib Dem 1432, Lab 991, Newcastle First 229, C 217).
Lib Dem hold. Swing 5.4 per cent Lib Dem to Lab.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne City – South Heaton:
Lab 798, Green 205, Lib Dem 114, Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts 69, C 52, Newcastle First 44, Ind 22. (May 2012 – Lab 1188, Green 210, Lib Dem 158, C 81, Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts 74).
Lab hold. Swing 5.8 per cent Lab to Green.
Rochdale Borough – Norden:
C 1081, Lab 627, Lib Dem 246, National Front 156. (May 2012 – C 1624, Lab 604, Lib Dem 175).
C hold. Swing 10.5 per cent C to Lab.
The Press Association extrapolates from the April Council byelections a Labour lead of 7% nationally – roughly in line with the opinion polls and comparing with a 15% Conservative lead when next week's council elections were last fought in 2009.