Council by-election results from yesterday

Bassetlaw – East Retford West 

Labour 441 (49.9 per cent, +12.7 on 2015)  Conservatives 296 (33.5 per cent, +4.8) Lib Dems 146 (16.5 per cent, +3.7)

Labour hold

Kent – Canterbury North 

Conservatives 1,355 (42.3 per cent, -12.3) Lib Dems 756 (23.6 per cent, +7.1) Labour 660 (20.6 per cent, +4.1) Green Party 157 (4.9 per cent, -1.9) Independent 155 (4.8 per cent, +4.8) UKIP 120 (3.7 per cent, -1.9)

Conservatives hold

Oxfordshire – Grove & Wantage 

Lib Dems 1,925 (47.9 per cent, +4.6 on 2017) Conservatives 1,447 (36.0 per cent, +0.7) Labour 495 (11.4 per cent, -2.0) Green Party 185 (4.6 per cent, -3.3)

Lib Dems hold

Stroud – Dursley

Labour 889 (50.5 per cent, +13.5 on 2016) Conservatives 704 (40.0 per cent, +15.2) Green Party 90 (5.1 per cent, -9.1) Lib Dems 79 (4.5 per cent, -19.6)

Labour hold