Local Authority Byelection Results - October 2005
6/10/2005
Epsom and Ewell BC, Nonsuch
Ind. Res. Ass. 539 (65.0;-17.0), Con 183 (22.1;+22.1), Lib Dem 95 (11.5;-1.0), Lab 12 (1.4;-4.2)
Majority 356. Turnout 19.8%. Ind RA hold. Last fought 2003
Hinkley and Bosworth BC, Groby
Con 785 (43.4;-18.5), Lib Dem 545 (30.0;+30.0), BNP 247 (13.7;+13.7), Ind 232 (12.8;-6.2)
Majority 240. Turnout 33.6%. Con hold. Last fought 2003
Kettering BC, Wickstead
Lab 464 (49.7;-0.2), Con 374 (40.0;-10.1), Lib Dem 96 (10.3;+10.3)
Majority 90. Turnout 35%. Lab gain from Con. Last fought 2003
North Shropshire DC, Whitchurch South
Con 204 (51.6;+24.5), Lab (-27.1;-27.1), Ind 191 (48.4;+2.6)
Majority 13. Turnout 17.4%. Con gain from Ind. Last fought 2003.
North Tyneside MBC, Preston Ward
Con 1458 (62.7;+11.2), Lab 722 (31.0;+1.9), Lib Dem 146 (6.3;-13.1)
Majority 736. Turnout 34.1%. Con hold. Last fought 2004.
Bury St Edmonds TC, Moreton Hall
Con 435, 428, 457 (77.7), Lib Dem 188, 190 (22.3)
Majority 942. Turnout 14.9%. Con hold.
Bury St Edmonds TC, Abbeygate
Con 404 (61.0), Lib Dem 165 (24.9) Ind 94 (14.2)
Majority 239. Turnout 18.6%. Con hold.
Frome TC, Park East
Lib Dem 236 (68.0), Con 111 (32.0)
Majority 125. Turnout 14%. Lib Dem hold.
Frome TC, Welshmill
Lib Dem 379 (73.4), Con 137 (26.6)
12/10/2005
Rugby BC, Paddox
Lib Dem 471 (48.3;+20.6), Con 344 (35.3;+14.3), Lab 159 (16.3;+6.2)
Majority 127. Turnout 34%. Lib Dem hold. Last fought 2004.
13/10/2005
Dumfries and Galloway Council, Lochside Ward
Labour 676 (75.5;+36.8), Ind #1 89 (9.9;+9.9), SNP 56 (6.3;-6.5 ), SSP 41 (4.6;+4.6), Ind #2 27 (3.0;+3.0), Con 6 (0.7;-2.1)
Majority 587. Lab hold. Turnout 42.2%.
Hull City Council, Beverley
Lib Dem 1375 (64.5;+5.0), Lab 382(17.9;-5.7), Con 187 (8.8;–8.2), BNP 76 (3.6;+3.6), Lib 57 (2.7;+2.7), Ind 42 (2.0;+2.0), Ver 13 (0.6;+0.6)
Majority 993. Lib Dem hold. Last fought 2004.
Maidstone BC, Downswood & Otham
Ind 314 (61.3;+15.0), Con 184 (35.9;+17.2), Lab 14 (2.7;+2.3)
Majority 130. Turnout 24.4%. Ind hold. Last fought 2003.
Shepway DC, Folkstone Harvey Central
Con 409 (53.4;+16.7), Lab 237 (30.9;+8.5), Lib Dem 120 (15.7;+21.8), Ind [0;-3.4]
Majority 172. Turnout 23.7. Con gain from Green. Last fought 2003.
Tynedale DC, Hexham Leazes
Con 596 (59.1;+11.2), Lib Dem 412 (40.9;+11.2)
Majority 184. Turnout 38. Con gain from Lib Dem. Last fought 2003.
Vale of White Horse DC, Drayton
Lib Dem 343 (55.2;+11.7), Con 215 (34.6;+1.5), Lab 63 (10.1;+10.1)
Majority 128. Turnout 35.5. Lib Dem hold. Last fought 2003.
West Lancashire DC, Up Holland
Lab 608 (59.8;+11.8), Con 408 (40.2;+4.7), Ind [0 –16.5]
Majority 200. Turnout 20.5. Lab hold. Last fought 2004.
Burbage PC, Lash Hill
Lib Dem 528 (72.1), Con 204 (27.9)
Majority 324. Turnout 18.7. Lib Dem gain from Con.
Hexham TC, Leazes
Con 587 (58.7). Lib Dem 413 (41.3)
Majority 174. Turnout 38. Con gain from Lib Dem.
Wantage TC, Segsbury
Lib Dem 316 (51.0), Con 200 (32.2), Lab 104 (16.8)
Majority 116. Turnout 23. Lib Dem hold.
14/10/2005
East Hertfordshire DC, Hertford Rural South
Con 317 (74.2%), LD 85 (19.9%), Lab 25 (5.9%).
Majority 232. Turnout 23.1% Con Hold.
20/10/2005
Dacorum BC, Chaulden & Shrubhill
Con 552 (46.8;+10.2), Lab 514 (43.6;-1.0), Lib Dem 113 (9.6;-9.2)
Majority 38. Turnout 30.5%. Con gain from Lab. Last fought 2003
Dacorum BC, Nash Mills
Con 382 (54.3;+9.0), Lab 276 (39.2;-4.0), Lib Dem 45 (6.4;-5.1)
Majority 106. Turnout 33.5%. Con g. Last fought 2003
East Cambs DC, Cheveley
Con 539 (66.5;+4.8), Lib Dem 202 (24.9;+0.4), Lab 70 (8.6;-5.2)
Majority 337. Turnout 26.3%. Con gain from Ind. Last fought 2003
Forest of Dean DC, Awre
Lab 239 (52.4;+7.8), Con 217 (47.6;-7.8).
Majority 22. Turnout 32%. Lab gain from Con. Last fought 2003
Forest of Dean DC, Mitcheldean and Drybrook
Lab 286 (29.0;+8.0), Con 259 (26.2;+2.4), Lib Dem 252 (25.5;+4.4), Ind #1 156 (15.8;-18.3), Ind #2 34 (3.4;-30.7)
Majority 27. Turnout 29%. Lab gain from Con. Last fought 2003
Kingston-upon-Thames LBC, Canbury
Lib Dem 1053 (50.6;+8.6), Con 668 (32.0;+7.3), Lab 301 (14.5;-8.2), English Dems 38 (1.8;+1.8), Soc. Lab 21 (1.0;+1.0), Green (-8.5;-8.5), CPA Ind (-2.0;-2.0)
Majority 385. Turnout 29.3%. Lib Dem Hold. Last fought 2002
Lambeth LBC, Streatham South
Lab 1466 (49.2;+9.1), Lib Dem 1211 (40.7;+6.0), Con 301 (10.1;-8.1)
Majority 255. Turnout 31.7% Lab hold. Last fought 2002
Rossendale DC, Hareholme
Lab 585 (44.8;+0.9), Con 477 (36.5;-19.6), Lib Dem 244 (18.7;+18.7)
Majority 108. Turnout 30.8%. Lab gain from Con. Last fought 2004
Shrewsbury & Atcham BC, Monk Moor
Lib Dem 603 (49.3;+24.7), Lab 482 (39.4;-12.7), Con 139 (11.3;-7.6), Green (-4.4;-4.4)
Majority 121. Turnout 30.6%. Lib Dem gain from Lab. Last fought 2004
27/10/2005
Carrick DC, Moresk
Lib Dem 316 (44.4;+5.2), Con 273 (38.3;+38.3), Ind 0 (-46.3%)
Majority 43. Turnout 26.9% Lib Dem hold. Last fought 2003.
Chester City Council, Curzon & Westminster
Con 875 (63.8;-1.1), Lib Dem 258 (18.8;+1.9), Lab 238 (17.4;-0.8)
Majority 617. Turnout 41%. Con hold. Last fought 2003.
Erewash BC, Kirk Hallam
Lab 707 (77.0;+24.9), Con 132 (14.4;+2.5), Lib Dem 79 (8.6;-14.5), UKIP 0 (-12.8;-12.8)
Majority 575. Turnout 19.3%. Lab gain from Ind. Last fought 2004.
Newport CC, Marshfield
Con 561 (40.0;-11.6), Lib Dem 409 (29.1;+29.1), Lab 399 (28.4;-9.2), PC 22 (1.6;-9.2), Green 13 (0.9;+0.9)
Majority 152. Turnout 38.3%. Con hold. Last fought 2004.
South Kesteven DC, St Anne's
Lab unopposed. Lab gain from Ind. Last fought 2003.
South Oxfordshire DC, Wallingford North
Con 474 (51.5;+23.5), Lib Dem 374 (40.7;+13.9), Green 72 (7.8;+7.8), Ind 0 (-45.2;-45.2)
Majority 100. Turnout 22.0%. Con gain from Ind. Last fought 2003.
South Somerset DC, Brympton
Lib Dem 478 (58.0;+1.8), Con 232 (28.2;-8.4), Ind 113 (13.7;+13.7), UKIP 0 (-7.2;-7.2)
Majority 246. Turnout 18.3%. Lib Dem hold. Last fought 2003.
Uttlesford DC, Wimbish and Debden
Con 300 (53.6;+53.6), Lib Dem 260 (46.4;-12.5), Ind (0.0;-33.3), Green (0.0;-7.9)
Majority 40. Turnout 24%. Con gain from Lib Dem. Last fought 2003.
Wear Valley DC, Howden
Lib Dem 157 (50.5;+6.0), Lab 154 (49.5;-6.0)
Majority 3. Turnout 24%. Lib Dem gain from Lab. Last fought 2003.
Wyre Forest DC, Spennells and Aggborough
Con 527 (40.0;+15.3), Lib Dem 464 (35.2;-12.8), IHC 185 (14.0;-6.6), Lab 108 (8.2;+1.5), Green 33 (2.5;+2.5)
Majority 63. Turnout 24.6%. Con hold. Last fought 2004.
Barnstaple TC, Forches & Whiddon Valley
Lib Dem 141 (63.8), Green 80 (36.2)
Majority 61. Turnout 6.9% Lib Dem gain from Ind.
Thatcham TC, Thatcham West
Lib Dem 710, 686 (61.9), Con 449, 412 (38.1)
Majority 261 & 237. Turnout 24.9%. Lib Dem hold x 2. Last fought 2003.
Information courtesy of the Association of Liberal
Democrat Councillors.
Web presentation by Keith Edkins © 2005.