Local Authority Byelection Results - February 2004
5/2/2004
Barnet LBC, Hale
Lab 1329 (43.7;+0.8), Con 1175 (38.7;-2.4), Lib Dem 423 (13.9;+3.7), Green 113 (3.7;-2.1).
Majority 154. Turnout 26.6%. Lab hold. Last fought 2002.
Forest of Dean DC, Lydney East
Con 785 (62.9;+35.8), Lab 366 (29.3;-7.6), Lib Dem 98 (7.8;+7.8).
Majority 419. Turnout 32.8%. Con gain from Lab. Last fought 2003.
Hampshire CC, Fawley
Lib Dem 1796 (66.9;+21.0), Con 801 (29.8;-7.7), Lab 87 (3.2;-13.5).
Majority 995. Turnout 25.0%. Lib Dem hold. Last fought 2001.
Hertfordshire CC, Hertford All Saints
Con 1064 (52.5;+11.4), Lab 559 (27.6;-5.6), Lib Dem 403 (19.9;-5.8).
Majority 505. Turnout 21.8%. Con hold. Last fought 2001.
Lichfield DC, Alrewas and Fradley
Con 557 (53.8;-1.5), Lib Dem 352 (34.0;+12.3), Lab 126 (12.2;-10.8).
Majority 205. Turnout 26.0%. Con hold. Last fought 2003.
New Forest DC, Holbury and North Blackfield
Lib Dem 772 (75.2;+3.5), Con 210 (20.4;-7.9), Lab 45 (4.4;+4.4).
Majority 562. Turnout 21.4%. Lib Dem hold. Last fought 2003.
Suffolk CC, Felixstowe Ferry
Con 1401 (65.5;+12.9), Lib Dem 456 (21.3;+0.6), Lab 281 (13.1;-13.5).
Majority 945. Turnout 32.0%. Con hold. Last fought 2001.
Suffolk Coastal DC, Yoxford
Lib Dem 455 (45.2;+45.2), Con 319 (31.7;-29.8), BNP 153 (15.2;+15.2), Lab 80 (7.9;+7.9), [Green (0.0;-38.5)].
Majority 136. Turnout 58.0%. Lib Dem gain from Con. Last fought 2003.
Fair Oak and Horton Heath PC, (Eastleigh) East
Lib Dem 295 (70.1), Lab 126 (29.9).
Majority 169. Turnout 6.5%. Lib Dem hold.
12/2/2004
Mid Bedfordshire DC, Biggleswade Ivel
Con 922 (41.1;-1.7), Lab 652 (29.0;-10.4), Lib Dem 535 (23.8;+6.0),Green 137 (6.1;+6.1).
Majority 270. Turnout 40.2%. Con hold. Last fought 2003.
Mid Bedfordshire DC, Houghton Haynes Southill and Old Warden
Con 803 (52.0), Lib Dem 634 (41.1), Green 107 (6.9).
Majority 169. Turnout 49.5%. Con hold. Unopposed in 2003.
Southwark LBC, East Walworth
Lib Dem 1477 (56.1;+2.9), Lab 978 (37.1;+5.4), Con 86 (3.3;-1.8), Green 82 (3.1;-0.9), Ind 11 (0.4;-2.0), [SA (0.0;-3.5)].
Majority 499. Turnout 32.4%. Lib Dem hold. Last fought 2002.
Telford and Wrekin BC, Haygate
Con 374 (33.8;-16.3), Lab 342 (30.9;-2.3), Lib Dem 173 (15.6;+15.6), Ind 1. 152 (13.7;-3.0), Ind 2. 65 (5.9;+5.9).
Majority 32. Turnout 54.1%. Con hold. Last fought 2003.
Telford and Wrekin BC, Newport North
Con 500 (40.0;+7.9), Lib Dem 441 (35.3;-32.6), Ind 158 (12.7;+12.7), Lab 150 (12.0;+12.0).
Majority 59. Turnout 56.6% Con gain from Lib Dem. Last fought 2003.
Biggleswade TC, Biggleswade Ivel
Con 862 (39.2), Lab 624 (28.4), Lib Dem 558 (25.4), Green 155 (7.0).
Majority 238. Turnout 39.6%. Con hold.
Oswestry TC, Maserfield
Ind 329 (51.2), Lib Dem 313 (48.8).
Majority 16. Turnout 32.0%. Ind gain from Lib Dem.
19/2/2004
Bromsgrove DC, Sidemoor
Lab 549 (52.3;-7.9), Ind 349 (33.3;+33.3), Con 151 (14.4;-25.4).
Majority 200. Turnout 27%. Lab hold. Last fought 2003.
Doncaster MBC, Mexborough
Lib Dem 2670 (56.8;+6.6), Lab 1866 (39.7;-2.9), Con 163 (3.5;-0.3), [Ind (0.0;-3.4)].
Majority 804. Turnout 45%. Lib Dem hold. Last fought 2003.
Eden DC, Ravenstonedale
Con 192 (51.5), Lib Dem 129 (34.6), Ind 52 (13.9).
Majority 63. Turnout 52%. Con gain from Ind. Unopposed in 2003.
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk DC, Heacham
Con 852 (44.2;+23.4), Lab 590 (30.6;+12.1), Ind 487 (25.2;-35.4).
Majority 262. Turnout 47%. Con gain from Ind. Last fought 2003.
Oxfordshire CC, Dorchester
Con 1070 (59.0;+18.9), Lab 152 (8.4; -17.5), Green 87 (4.8;-2.0).
Majority 564. Turnout 29%. Con hold. Last fought 2001.
Oxfordshire CC, Henley South
Con 920 (54.9;-5.1), Resident 405 (24.2;+24.2), Lib Dem 118 (7.0;-19.7), Ind 103 (6.1;+6.1), Green 66 (3.9;-3.5), Lab 63 (3.8;-2.1).
Majority 515. Turnout 26%. Con hold. Last fought 2001.
Burnham on Sea TC, (Sedgemoor) East
Lib Dem 238 (60.6), Con 155 (39.4).
Majority 83. Turnout 29.6%. Lib Dem gain from Con.
Crewkerne TC, (South Somerset) Crewkerne
Lib Dem 510 (39.4), Con 390 (30.2), Ind 306 (23.7), Ind 87 (6.7).
Majority 120. Turnout 24.4%. Lib Dem gain from Con.
Saffron Walden TC, (Uttlesford) Castle
Con 335 (36.2), Lib Dem 238 (25.7), Lab 221 (23.9), Green 115 (12.4), Ban Cars From The Market Place 17 (1.8).
Majority 97. Turnout 25.7%. Con gain from Lab.
26/2/2004
Devon CC, Exeter St Davids and Pennsylvania
Lib Dem 1330 (41.3;+7.3), Con 1090 (33.8;+3.0), Lab 452 (14.0;-13.0), Ind 351 (10.9;+10.9), [Green (0.0;-8.2)].
Majority 240. Turnout 26.3%. Lib Dem hold. Last fought 2001.
Durham CC, Woodhouse Close
Lab 1538 (66.3;-2.0), Lib Dem 782 (33.7;+9.6).
Majority 756. Turnout 43.7%. Lab hold. Last fought 2001.
Exeter City Council, Duryard
Lib Dem 504 (47.1;-0.5), Con 392 (36.7;+4.0), Lab 93 (8.7;-2.1), Green 80 (7.5;-1.4).
Majority 112. Turnout 25.5%. Lib Dem hold. Last fought 2003.
Lancaster City Council, Heysham South
Con 499 (36.1;+36.1), Lab 493 (35.6;-0.1), England First Party 191 (13.8;+13.8), Morecambe Bay Inds 143 (10.3;-39.5) Lib Dem 37 (2.7;+2.7), Green 20 (1.4;-13.0).
Majority 6. Turnout 27.7%. Con gain from MBI. Last fought 2003.
Waveney DC, Kessingland
Con 463 (39.3;+3.1), Lab 417 (35.4;-16.5), Lib Dem 297 (25.2;+13.3).
Majority 46. Turnout 30.8%. Con gain from Lab. Last fought 2002.
Wear Valley DC, Woodhouse Close
Lab 713 (56.0;-2.5), Lib Dem 287 (22.5;-11.7), Ind 273 (21.4;+21.4), [BNP (0.0;-7.3).
Majority 426. Turnout 36.5%. Lab hold. Last fought 2003.
Wiltshire CC, Chippenham Sheldon
Lib Dem 1052 (57.0;+17.5), Con 488 (26.4;-2.7), Lab 307 (16.6;-14.8).
Majority 564. Turnout 29.5%. Lib Dem hold. Last fought 2001.
Wisbech TC, (Fenland) Kirkgate
Con 142 (43.3), Lib Dem 110 (33.5), Ind 44 (13.4), Lab 32 (9.8).
Majority 32. Turnout 19%. Con hold.
Information courtesy of the Association of Liberal
Democrat Councillors.
Web presentation by Keith Edkins © 2004.