Council by-election results from yesterday

Aylesbury Vale – Central & Walton

Lib Dems 551 (40.9 per cent, +18.1 on 2015) Conservatives 425 (31.5 per cent, -1.1) Labour 267 (19.8 per cent, +0.9) Green Party 61 (4.5 per cent, -4.0) Independent 44 (3.3 per cent, +3.3)

Lib Dems gain from Conservatives.

Bassetlaw – Worksop South East

Labour 1,004 (77.3 per cent, +21.1 on 2015) Conservatives 197 (15.2 per cent, +15.2) Lib Dems 98 (7.5 per cent, +7.5)

Labour hold

Cheshire East – Bunbury

Conservatives 663 (53.3 per cent, -16.9 on 2015) Lib Dems 342 (27.5 per cent, +27.5) Labour 178 (14.3 per cent, -3.4) Green Party 60 (4.8 per cent, -7.2)

Conservatives hold

Chiltern – Ridgeway 

Conservatives 268 (38.2 per cent, +16.8) Labour 230 (32.8 per cent, +32.8) Lib Dems 203 (29.0 per cent, +11.7)

Conservatives gain from Independent.

Midlothian – Penicuik  

SNP (35.0 per cent, -0.2) Conservatives (30.2 per cent, +4.0) Labour (27.6 per cent, +2.0) Green Party (7.2 per cent, +1.6) first preferences

SNP gain from Labour

Staffordshire Moorlands – Leek West 

Labour 487 (42.9 per cent, +23.6 on 2015) Conservatives 370 (32.6 per cent, +0.6) Lib Dems 218 (19.2 per cent, +8.7) Independent 61 (5.4 per cent, +5.4)

Labour gain from Conservatives.

Thurrock – Ockendon

Conservatives (36.2 per cent, +7.8 on 2016) Labour (36.2 per cent, +11.2) TI (27.6 per cent, +27.6)

Conservatives gain from UKIP.