Local Authority Byelection Results - May 2006
4/5/2006
Blyth Valley DC, Cramlington North
Con 929 (63.7;+30.3), Lib Dem 342 (23.4;+10.6), Lab 188 (12.9;-1.2) [Ind 0 (0.0;-39.7)]
Majority 587. Turnout 34.9%. Con hold. Last fought 2003.
Cambridgeshire CC, Romsey
Lib Dem 955 (40.2;-4.8), Lab 656 (27.6;-5.7), Green 265 (11.2;+0.4), Con 258 (10.9;+1.2), Respect 240 (10.1;+10.1) [UKIP 0 (0.0;-1.2)]
Majority 299. Turnout 37.1%. Lib Dem hold. Last fought 2005.
Chiltern DC, Prestwood & Heath End
Con 1387 (58.2;-4.0), Lib Dem 998 (41.8;+4.0)
Majority 389. Turnout 46.6%. Con hold. Last fought 2003.
Forest of Dean DC, Christchurch & English Bicknor
Con 365 (55.2;+5.0), Lab 156 (23.6;-6.0), Lib Dem 140 (21.2;+1.0)
Majority 209. Turnout 51%. Con hold. Last fought 2003.
Norfolk CC, Humbleyard
Con 1725 (47.7;+1.6), Lib Dem 1474 (40.7;+7.4), Green 239 (6.6;+0.7), Lab 180 (5.0;-9.7).
Majority 251. Turnout 46.7%. Con hold. Last fought 2004.
North East Derbyshire DC, Clay Cross South
Lab 547 (65.0), Lib Dem 295 (35.0)
Majority 252. Turnout 32%. Lab hold. Lab elected unopposed in 2003.
Oxfordshire CC, Banbury Grimsbury & Castle
Con 880 (51.5;+14.4), Lab 488 (28.6;-6.3), Lib Dem 340 (19.9;-2.2) [Green 0 (0.0;-5.9)]
Majority 392. Turnout 24.6%. Con hold. Last fought 2005.
Oxfordshire CC, Eynsham
Con 1652 (53.0;+17.9), Lib Dem 1034 (33.2;-11.1), Green 254 (8.2;+1.2), Lab 176 (5.6;-8.0).
Majority 618. Turnout 43.9%. Con gain from Lib Dem. Last fought 2005.
Reading BC, Southcote
Lab 1252 (59.9;+6.8), Con 837 (40.1;+7.0) [Lib Dem 0 (0.0;-13.8)]
Majority 415. Turnout 38%. Lab hold. Last fought 2004.
Reading BC, Thames
Con 1887 (57.7;+5.4), Lib Dem 802 (24.5;-7.7), Lab 579 (17.7;+2.1)
Majority 1085. Turnout 48%. Con hold. Last fought 2004.
Rother DC, Bexhill Kewhurst
Con 1141 (64.6;-23.5), Lib Dem 525 (29.7;+17.8), Lab 99 (5.6;+5.6)
Majority 616. Turnout 44%. Con hold. Last fought 2003.
Rother DC, Bexhill Sackville
Con 655 (48.3;-19.8), Lib Dem 566 (41.8;+9.9), Lab 134 (9.9;+9.9)
Majority 89. Turnout 38%. Con hold. Last fought 2003.
Rother DC, Bexhill St Marks
Con 863 (51.4;-26.1), Lib Dem 538 (32.1;+6.8), UKIP 185 (11.0;+11.0), Lab 92 (5.5;+5.5).
Majority 325. Turnout 45%. Con hold. Last fought 2003.
Suffolk CC, Pakefield
Con 1338 (36.5;+2.8), Lab 1097 (29.9;-1.2), UKIP 592 (16.1;+16.1), Lib Dem 397 (10.8;-6.0), Green 243 (6.6;-1.0)
Majority 241. Turnout 32.5%. Con gain from Lab. Last fought 2005.
Taunton Deane BC, Taunton Blackbrook & Holway
Lib Dem 1326 (75.3;+26.8), Con 436 (24.7;-9.9) [Lab 0 (0.0;-16.9)]
Majority 890. Turnout 35.9%. Lib Dem hold. Last fought 2003.
11/5/2006
Derbyshire Dales DC, Lathkill & Bradford
Ind elected unopposed. Ind hold. Last fought 2003.
Epsom & Ewell BC, Stoneleigh
Resident 597 (41.5;-1.0), Con 560 (38.9;+0.1), Lib Dem 209 (14.5;+2.9), Lab 72 (5.0;-2.1)
Majority 37. Turnout 38.4%. Resident gain from Con. Last fought 2003.
Scarborough BC, Ramshill
Con 258 (34.5;-13.6), Ind 244 (32.7;+32.7), Lab 174 (23.3;-28.6), Lib Dem 71 (9.5;+9.5)
Maj 14. Turnout 26.3%. Con hold. Last fought 2003.
Scarborough BC, Stepney
Green 341 (27.6;+12.2), Con 253 (20.5;-10.7), Lib Dem 209 (16.9;+16.9), Lab 181 (14.7;-14.6), BNP 154 (12.5;+12.5), Ind 96 (7.8;-16.3)
Maj 88. Turnout 32.3%. Green gain from Con. Last fought 2003.
South Lanarkshire Council, Biggar, Black Mount and Symington
Con 816 (33.1;+6.2), SNP 523 (21.2;-43.4), Ind 295 (12.0;+12.0), Lab 87 (3.5;-5.1)
Maj 293. Turnout 49.3%. Con gain from SNP. Last fought 2003.
Wansbeck DC, Guide Post
Lab 457 (61.4;-0.7), Lib Dem 202 (27.2;-1.8), Con 85 (11.4;+11.4) [Ind 0 (0.0;-8.9)]
Maj 255. turnout 26.7%. Lab hold. Last fought 2003.
Glastonbury TC, St Benedicts
Con 232 (56.9), Lib Dem 176 (43.1)
Maj 56. Turnout 20%. Con gain from Ind.
18/5/2006
Chichester DC, Tangmere
Con 278 (44.1;+2.9), Lib Dem 275 (43.7;-8.4), BNP 41 (6.5;+6.5), UKIP 22 (3.5;+3.5), Lab 14 (2.2;-4.5).
Majority 3. Turnout 36%. Con gain from Lib Dem. Last fought 2003.
East Ayrshire UA, Alton Hill, Hillhead and Long Park
SNP 715 (59.0;+4.4), Lab 296 (24.4;-6.8), Con 178 (14.7;+6.1), SSP 23 (1.9;-3.6).
Majority 419. Turnout 42.2%. SNP hold. Last fought 2003.
Hambleton DC, Thirsk
Con 700 (61.0;+34.2), Lib Dem 286 (24.9;+5.8), Lab 161 (14.0;-10.9), [Ind (0.0;-29.1)].
Majority 414. Turnout 25.5%. Con hold. Last fought 2003.
South Kesteven DC, Truesdale
Con 416 (42.2), Lib Dem 232 (23.6), Ind#1 171 (17.4), Ind#2 166 (16.9).
Majority 184. Turnout 27.7%. Con gain from Ind. Last fought 2003 (uncontested).
West Lindsey DC, Lea
Lib Dem 621 (61.4;+27.3), Con 391 (38.6;+19.8), [Ind (0.0;-47.1).
Majority 230. Turnout 57.4%. Lib Dem gain from Ind. Last fought 2003.
Wyre DC, Park
Con 560 (55.1;+27.2), Lab 456 (44.9;-27.2).
Majority 104. Turnout 32.0%. Con gain from Lab. Last fought 2003.
25/5/2006
Caradon DC, Saltash-Pill
Lib Dem 474 (43.6;+15.8), Ind 334 (30.7;-23.5), Con 280 (25.7;+7.7)
Majority 140. Turnout 31.97. Lib Dem gain from Ind. Last fought 2003.
North Kesteven DC, Branston & Mere
Con 570 (49.1), Ind 440 (37.9), Lab 150 (13.0)
Majority 130. Con gain from Lab. Last fought 2003 (Con and Lab elected unopposed.)
Tynedale DC, Wylam
Lib Dem 364 (44.5;+13.8), Con 247 (30.2;+21.1), Lab 206 (25.2;+13.2), Ind [0.0 -48.1]
Majority 117. Turnout 52.29. Lib Dem hold. Last fought 2003.
Haywards Heath TC, Bentswood
Lib Dem 550 (38.5), Con 506 (35.4), Lab 371 (26.0)
Majority 44. Turnout 37.4. Lib Dem gain from Lab.
Information courtesy of the Association of Liberal
Democrat Councillors.
Web presentation by Keith Edkins © 2006.