Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests

Dartford – Maypole and Leyton Cross

Conservatives 334 (63.1 per cent, -21.1) Green Party 76 (14.4 per cent, +14.4) Labour 65 (12.3 per cent, -3.5) Lib Dems 54 (10.2 per cent, +10.2)

Conservatives hold.

Dartford – Wilmington, Sutton-at-Hone and Hawley

Conservatives 996 (67.8 per cent, +16.9) Labour 272 (18.5 per cent, +5.0) Lib Dems 200 (13.6 per cent, +13.6)

Conservatives hold

Kent – Wilmington

Conservatives 1,787 (57.9 per cent, -14.5) Labour 613 (19.9 per cent, -0.1) Lib Dems 487 (15.8 per cent, +15.8) Green Party 200 (6.5 per cent, -1.1)

Conservatives hold

Forthcoming contests

February 3rd

• Cotswold – Campden and Vale Ward. (Conservative held.)
• Dacorum – Berkhamsted West. (Lib Dem held)
• Dacorum – Boxmoor.  (Lib Dem held)
• Leicester – Evington. (Labour held)
• Manchester –  Ancoats and Beswick. (Labour held)
• Tamworth – Spital. (Conservative held)

February 10th

• Eastleigh – Eastleigh Central. (Lib Dem held)
• Somerset West and Taunton – Alcombe. (Independent held)
• Wealden – Hailsham South. (Conservative held)

February 17th

• Allerdale – Stainburn and Clifton. (Independent held)
• Bristol – Southmead.  (Labour held)
• Mid Suffolk – Thurston. (Green Party held)
• Newark and Sherwood – Collingham. (Independent held)
• North East Lincolnshire – Park. (Conservative held)
• Nottinghamshire – Collingham. (Independent held)
• North Northamptonshire – Oundle. (Conservative held)
• Oadby and Wigston – Wigston Meadowcourt. (Lib Dem held)
• West Devon – Tavistock North.  (Independent held)

February 24th

• Castle Point – St Peter’s. (Conservative held)
• Durham – Ferryhill.  (Independent held)
• Lincolnshire – Colsterworth Rural.  (Conservative held)
• Maldon – Wickham Bishops and Woodham. (Conservative held)
• South Kesteven – Aveland. (Conservative held)
• South Kesteven – Isaac Newton. (Conservative held)

March 3rd

• South Somerset – Neroche. (Conservatve held)
• Sunderland – Redhill.  (UKIP held)