Council by-election results from yesterday

Gosport – Bridgemary North 

Lib Dems 644 (57.9 per cent, +57.9 from 2016) Labour 255 (22.9 per cent, -49.0 from 2016) Conservatives 212 (19.2 per cent, -8.9)

Lib Dems gain from Labour

Maidstone – Maidstone North

Lib Dems 719 (51.4 per cent, +20.0 from 2016) Conservatives 364 (26.0 per cent, -6.0) Labour 270 (19.3 per cent, +8.0) Green Party 47 (3.4 per cent, -2.1)

Lib Dems gain from Conservatives.

Tandridge – Westway

Lib Dems 483 (53.5% (+17.5 from 2016) Conservatives 239 (26.5 per cent, -2.5 from 2016) Labour 118 (13.1 per cent, -2.8) UKIP 62 (6.9 per cent, -12.2)

Lib Dems hold

Torridge – Torrington

Lib Dems 701 (60.2 per cent, +60.2 from 2015) Independent 180 (15.5 per cent, +15.5) Conservatives 159 (13.6 per cent, -6.0) Green Party 76 (6.5 per cent, -15.9) UKIP 49 (4.2 per cent, -16.8)

Lib Dems gain from UKIP