Local Authority Byelection Results - September 2000
7/9/2000
Bournemouth BC, Strouden Park
Lib Dem 1276 (54.7;+11.3); Con 917 (39.3;+1.9); Lab 139 (6.0;-13.3).
Majority 359. Turnout unknown. Lib Dem hold.
Canterbury City DC, Herne
Lib Dem 867 (37.6;+5.2); Con 797 (34.5;+9.0); Lab 344 (14.9;-2.6); Green 187 (8.1;-3.0); UKIP 112 (4.9;+4.9) ; [Ind. LD (0.0;-13.4)].
Majority 70. Turnout 26.8%. Lib Dem hold.
South Holland DC, Crowland
Con 456 (77.3;+77.3); Ind 134 (22.7;-50.2) Ind No.2 0 (0.0;-27.1).
Majority 322. Con hold.
Pontardulais WCC, Pentrebach
Ind 107 (58.5); Lib Dem 44(24.0); Lab 13 (7.1); Other 13 (7.1); Ind No.2 6 (3.3)
Majority 63. Turnout 50.8% Ind gain from Lab.
Lewes TC, Priory
Con 576 (42.5;+8.5); Lab 269 (19.9;+8.5); Ind 194 (14.3;+14.3); Lib Dem 158 (11.7;-34.3); Green 145 (10.7;+2.2); Other 12(0.9;+0.9).
Majority 307. Turnout 25%. Con gain from Lib Dem.
Hythe TC, Unknown
Lib Dem 554 (53.6); Con 442 (42.7); Lab 38 (3.7).
Majority 112. Turnout 35%. Lib Dem Gain from Con.
14/9/2000
Crawley BC, West Green
Lab 495 (43.4;-23.6), Crawley Hospital Campaign 344 (30.2;+30.2), Con 165 (14.5;+0.0), UKIP 56 (4.9;+4.9), Ind 41 (3.6;+3.6), Lib Dem 38 (3.3;-5.1).
Majority 151. Turnout 33.9%. Lab hold.
Kent CC, Swanscombe & Stone
Con 862 (37.3;+9.0), Lab 760 (32.9;-5.3), Ind 446 (19.3;-1.4), Lib Dem 245 (10.6;-2.2).
Majority 102. Turnout 15.1%. Con gain from Lab.
Newark and Sherwood DC, Farnsfield
Con 672 (65.1), Lab 210 (20.3), Lib Dem 150 (14.5), Ind no candidate
Majority 462. Turnout 31%. Con gain from Ind.
North Yorkshire CC, Skipton East
Con 313 (33.5;+33.5), Lib Dem 231 (24.7;+24.7), Lab 181 (19.4;-22.9), Ind 209 (22.4;-35.3).
Majority 82. Turnout 16.3%. Con gain from Ind.
South Somerset DC, Chard Avishayes
Lib Dem 571 (70.9;+27.6), Con 234 (29.1;-11.7), [Lab 0 (0.0;-15.9)].
Majority 337. Turnout 44.6%. Lib Dem hold.
West Wiltshire DC, Blackmore Forest
Con 337 (53.7;+15.6), Lib Dem 290 (46.3;+8.0), [Lab 0 (0.0;-23.6)].
Majority 47. Turnout 17.8%. Con gain from Lib Dem.
Brandon & Byshottles PC, Ushaw Moor
Lab 405 (70.9), Lib Dem 166 (29.1).
Majority 239. Turnout 18.6%. Lab hold.
Chard TC, Avishayes
Lib Dem 578 (71.4), Con 231 (28.6).
Majority 347. Turnout 44.6%. Lib Dem hold.
Melksham TC, Melksham Town
Lib Dem 196 (53.0), Con 174 (47.0).
Majority 22. Turnout 10.4%. Lib Dem hold.
Swanscombe & Greenhithe TC, Knockhall
Lab 84 (36.4), Ind 61 (26.4), Con 51 (22.1), Lib Dem 35 (15.2).
Majority 23. Turnout 10%. Lab hold.
21/9/2000
Chester City Council, Newton Brook
Lib Dem 572 (55.1;+11.2), Con 401 (38.6;-5.6), Lab 65 (6.3;-5.6).
Majority 171. Turnout 33.8%. Lib Dem hold.
Darlington BC, Cockerton East
Lab 365 (38.3;-24.8), Con 331 (34.7;+11.3), Lib Dem 245 (19.5;+19.5), BNP 44 (4.6;+4.6), Ind 28 (2.9;-10.5).
Majority 34. Turnout not known. Lab hold.
Inverclyde Council, Ward 13
Lib Dem 323 (32.6;+13.1), Lab 278 (28.8;-27.0), SNP 238 (24.0;-1.5), Scot Soc 122 (12.3;+12.3), Con 31 (3.1;+3.1).
Majority 45. Turnout not known. Lib Dem gain from Lab.
Moray Council, Finderne
Ind 344 (51.7;+3.9), Con 176 (26.4;+1.4), SNP 95 (14.3;-12.8), Scottish Ind 51 (7.7;+7.7).
Majority 168. Turnout not known. Ind hold.
Rhondda Cynon Taff CBC, Abadare West / Llwycoed
PC 605 (59.7;-0.3), Lab 407 (40.2;+0.3).
Majority 198. Turnout not known. PC hold.
Rotherham MBC, Aston, Orgreave & Ulley
Lab 759 (48.0;-8.7), Con 349 (22.1;+1.5), Lib Dem 331 (20.9;+6.0), Socialist 107 (6.8;-1.0), Dem Pty 35 (2.2;+2.2).
Majority 410. Turnout not known. Lab hold.
Wrexham CBC, Coedpoeth
Ind 604 (63.2;+7.3), Lib Dem 168 (17.6;+17.6), PlC 74 (7.7;+7.7), Con 59 (6.2;+6.2), Lab 51 (5.3;-38.8).
Majority 436. Turnout unknown. Ind hold.
Wrexham CBC, Smithfield
Ind 226 (48.2;+32.3), Lab 107 (22.8;-23.9), Lib Dem 62 (13.2;-5.9), PlC 34 (7.2;+7.2), Ind Lab 28 (6.0;-12.3), Welsh Soc 12 (2.6;+2.6).
Majority 119. Turnout unknown. Ind gain from Lab.
Wrexham CBC, Brymbo
Ind 237 (32.4;-20.0), Con 228 (31.2;+31.2), Ind Lab 112 (15.3;+15.3), Lab 82 (11.2;-24.2), Plaid Cymru 72 (9.8;-2.5).
Majority 9. Turnout unknown. Ind hold.
28/9/2000
Bexley LBC, Belvedere
Lab 1033 (55.0;+3.1), Con 672 (35.8;+2.8), Lib Dem 174 (9.3;+0.0).
Majority 361. Turnout 20.1%. Lab hold.
Camden LBC, Bloomsbury
Lab 495 (44.3;+1.0), Con 476 (42.6;+16.8), Lib Dem 82 (7.3;-12.0), Green 65 (5.8;-5.8).
Majority 19. Turnout 14.5%. Lab hold.
Conwy CBC, Conwy
PC 341 (38.4;+38.4), Lab 271 (30.6;-27.9), Lib Dem 148 (16.7;-24.8), Con 127 (14.3;+14.3).
Majority 70. Turnout 35%. Plaid Cymru gain from Lib Dem.
Lancaster City Council, John O'Gaunt
Lib Dem 424 (25.5;+5.2), Lab 395 (23.8;-14.6), Ind 340 (20.5;+12.0) Con 291 (17.5;+0.4), Green 212 (12.8;-2.9).
Majority 29. Turnout 27.0%. Lib Dem gain from Lab.
Poole BC, Canford Heath
Lib Dem 1825, 1747 (49.5;+3.4), Con 1649, 1645 (44.7;+6.6), Lab 216, 177 (5.9;-9.9).
Majorities 176 & 98. Turnout 33.5%. Two Lib Dem holds.
Solihull MBC, Shirley East
Con 1194 (49.0;-2.4), Lib Dem 1116 (45.8;+2.9), Lab 128 (5.3;+0.0).
Majority 78. Turnout 26.1%. Con gain from Lib Dem.
South Shropshire DC, Ludlow Castle
Lib Dem 342 (45.4;+14.4), Con 273 (36.3;+36.3), Ind 138 (18.3;-5.1).
Majority 69. Turnout 30.3%. Lib Dem gain from Ind.
West Sussex CC, Gossops Green
Lab 830 (50.7;-1.1), Con 635 (38.8;+4.3), Lib Dem 171 (10.4;+0.0).
Majority 195. Turnout 23.1%. Lab hold.
Alfreton TC, West
Lab 268 (53.8), Lib Dem 230 (46.2).
Majority 38. Turnout 13%. Lab hold.
Ingleby Barwick PC, Ingleby Barwick
Con 282 (46.8), Lib Dem 169 (28.0), Ind 152 (25.2).
Majority 113. Turnout 6.8%. Con gain from Ind
Information courtesy of the Association of Liberal
Democrat Councillors.
Web presentation by Keith Edkins © 2000.