Council by-election results from yesterday

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Arun – Aldwick West

Lib Dems (52.7 per cent, +34.2 on 2015) Conservatives (35.2 per cent, -16.7) Labour (8.2 per cent, +8.2) Green Party (4.0 per cent, +4.0)

Lib Dems gain from Conservatives

Buckinghamshire – Beaconsfield

Conservatives 1,298 (81.3 per cent, +6.5 on May) Lib Dems 299 (18.7 per cent, +1.4)

Conservatives hold

Copeland – Egremont South

Labour 354 (52.4 per cent, +15.7 on 2015) Conservatives 321 (47.6 per cent, +26.8)

Labour hold

North Devon – Braunton East

Lib Dems 459 (37.1 per cent, +3.0 on 2015) Green Party 387 (31.3 per cent, +10.5) Conservatives 225 (18.2 per cent, -17.5) Labour 165 (13.23per cent, +6.3)

Lib Dems gain from Conservative

Sefton – Duke’s

Lib Dems 1,680 (56.0 per cent, +28.4 on 2016) Conservatives 790 (26.3 peer cent, -9.4) Labour 417 (13.9 per cent, -2.3) UKIP 69 (2.3 per cent, -13.5) Green Party 45 (1.5 per cent, -3.1)

Lib Dems gain from Conservatives.

South Bucks – Beaconsfield North

Conservatives 441 (76.4 per cent, -9.7 on 2015) Lib Dems 136 (23.6 per cent, +23.6)

Conservatives hold