Council by-election results from yesterday

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Doncaster – Armthorpe

Labour 1,431 (75.4 per cent, +34.8) Independent 466 (24.6 per cent, +24.6)

Labour hold

East Northamptonshire, Higham Ferrers Lancaster

Conservatives 611 (55.6 per cent) Lib Dems 244 (22.2 per cent) Labour 189 (17.2 per cent) Green Party 33 (3.0 per cent) UKIP 22 (2.0 per cent) – Uncontested last time.

Conservatives hold

Epsom & Ewell – Ruxley

Residents Association 398 (37.2 per cent, -7.4) Conservatives 340 (31.8 per cent, -0.6) Labour 264 (24.7 per cent, +10.5) Lib Dems 67 (6.3 per cent, -2.5)

Residents Association hold

Falkirk – Bonnybridge & Larbert

SNP 1,295 (38.6 per cent, +4.9) Conservatives 1,088 (32.4 per cent, +8.1) Labour 813 (24.2 per cent, +8.5) Green Party 124 (3.7 per cent, -0.1) UKIP 35 (1.0 per cent, +1.0) first preferences:

SNP hold

Halton – Halton Castle

Labour 522 (70.3 per cent, +0.2) Independent 133 (17.9 per cent, +17.9) Conservatives 88 (11.8 per cent, +11.8)

Labour hold

Lancashire – Morecambe North

Conservatives 1,332 (49.0 per cent, -14.2) Lib Dems 809 (29.7 per cent, +21.6) Labour 580 (21.3 per cent, -0.7)

Conservatives hold

Northamptonshire – Higham Ferrers

Conservatives 1,414 (56.6 per cent, -3.5) Labour 557 (22.3 per cent, +3.5) Lib Dems 336 (13.5 per cent, +2.3) UKIP 109 (4.4 per cent, -5.5) Green Party 81 (3.2 per cent, +3.2)

Conservatives hold

North East Derbyshire, Grassmoor

Labour 459 (48.9 per cent, -10.3) Conservatives 368 (39.2 per cent, +22.1) Lib Dems 111 (11.8 per cent, +11.8)

Labour hold

North Norfolk Worstead

Lib Dems 509 (72.7 per cent, +39.4) Conservatives 118 (16.9 per cent, -25.0) Labour 73 (10.4 per cent, -1.8)

Lib Dems gain from Conservatives

Tendring – St Pauls

Conservatives 378 (39.5 per cent, +6.7) Independent 160 (16.7 per cent, +16.7) Independent 134 (14.0 per cent, +14.0) Labour 114 (11.9 per cent, +11.9) Lib Dems 79 (8.3 per cent, +8.3) UKIP 71 (7.4 per cent, -29.6) Green Party 20 (2.1 per cent, +2.1)

Conservatives gain from UKIP

Teignbridge – Chudleigh

Lib Dems 575 (41.0 per cent, +31.1) Conservatives 564 (40.3 per cent, +14.6) Labour 262 (18.7 per cent, +7.0)

Lib Dems gain from Conservatives

Teignbridge – Dawlish Central & North East

Lib Dems 1,287 (70.6 per cent, +52.4) Conservatives 535 (29.4 per cent, +5.6)

Lib Dems gain from Conservatives

York – Holgate

Labour (50.0 per cent, +22.6) Lib Dems (32.3 per cent, +19.5) Conservatives (11.0 per cent, -8.0) Green Party (6.7 per cent, -9.3)

Labour hold

West Oxfordshire – Carterton South

Conservatives 338 (62.9 per cent, +1.4) Lib Dems 146 (23.7 per cent, +17.7) Labour 33 (13.5 per cent, +2.0)