Local Authority Byelection Results - December 2008

4/12/2008

Bradford City Council, Bingley

Con 1949 (59.9;-3.1), Lab 689 (21.2;+4.4), Lib Dem 332 (10.2;-1.4), Green 175 (5.4;-3.3), Democratic Nationalists 61 (1.9;+1.9), UKIP 49 (1.5;+1.5)
Majority 1260. Turnout 25%. Con hold. Percentage change is since May 2008.

Braintree DC, The Three Colnes

Con 647 (77.0;+24.5), Lab 121 (14.4;+4.1), Green 72 (8.6;+8.6), [Ind (0.0;-37.2)]
Majority 526. Turnout 21.5%. Con hold. Percentage change is since May 2007.

Colchester BC, Birch and Winstree

Con 745 (58.1;-12.1), Lib Dem 423 (33.0;+14.1), Lab 83 (6.5;+0.4), Green 32 (2.5;-2.5)
Majority 322. Turnout 29.3%. Con hold. Percentage change is since May 2007.

Rugby BC, Avon and Swift

Con 361 (56.9;-12.0), Lib Dem 153 (24.1;+9.0), Lab 84 (13.2;-2.8), Green 37 (5.8;+5.8)
Majority 208. Turnout not known. Con hold. Percentage change is since May 2008.

Waltham Forest LBC, Hale End and Highams Park

Lib Dem 1298/1295 (44.3;+2.4), Con 1223/1155 (41.8;+4.6), Lab 264/241 (9.0;-2.3), Green 142 (4.9;-4.7)
Majorities 75/72. Turnout 34.4%. Lib Dem hold x 2. Percentage change is since May 2006.

Huntington PC

Con 287/281 (56.2), Lab 107/105, Lib Dem 101/73 (19.8), UKIP 16 (3.1)
Majorities 180/174. Turnout 32.5%. Con gain from Lib Dem x 2.

Uttoxeter TC, Heath

Con 529 (47.5), Lab 464 (41.7), Lib Dem 121 (10.9)
Majority 65. Turnout not known. Con hold.

11/12/2008

East Ayrshire Council (UA), Ballochmyle

Lab 1598 (47.9;+12.2), SNP 1129 (33.8;+3.0), Con 273 (8.2;-7.8), Solidarity 243 (7.3;+7.3), Lib Dem 93 (2.8;+2.8) [Ind (0.0;-10.2), Green (0.0;-7.3)]
First preference votes shown. Majority 414 at Stage 3. Turnout 29%. Lab hold. Percentage change is since May 2007. Full results.

Fenland DC, Parson Drove and Wisbech St Mary

Con 512 (50.6), Lib Dem 208 (20.6), Lab 190 (18.8), Green 101 (10.0)
Majority 304. Turnout not known. Con hold. Con unopposed in 2007.

Hillingdon LBC, Northwood

Con 1216 (64.4;-1.2), Lib Dem 466 (24.7;+3.8), Lab 116 (6.1;+6.1), Green 66 (3.5;+3.5), Ind 25 (1.3;-12.2)
Majority 750. Turnout 22.1%. Con hold. Percentage change is since May 2006.

Newark and Sherwood DC, Clipstone

Lab 326 (43.4;+7.3), Lib Dem 216 (28.8;+28.8), Ind 157 (20.9;-22.3), Con 52 (6.9;-13.8)
Majority 110. Turnout 22.9%. Lab gain from Ind. Percentage change is since May 2007.

North Ayrshire Council (UA), Kilbirnie and Beith

SNP 1363 (48.9;+22.0), Lab 939 (33.7;+7.1), Con 322 (11.6;-2.1), Lib Dem 94 (3.4;-0.4), Soc Lab 68 (2.4;+2.4) [Ind#1 (0.0;-19.2), Ind#2 (0.0;-5.4), Ind#3 (0.0;-2.3), Ind#4 (0.0;-2.1)]
First preference votes shown. Majority 443 at Stage 3. Turnout 25%. SNP hold. Percentage change is since May 2007. Full results.

Bradfield PC, Stannington

Lib Dem 763 (79.2), Con 200 (20.8)
Majority 563. Turnout 22%. Lib Dem hold.

18/12/2008

Cumbria CC, Kells and Sandwith

Lab 434 (41.7;-24.1), BNP 418 (40.1;+40.1), Con 190 (18.2;+1.2), [Ind (0.0;-17.2)]
Majority 16. Turnout 26.6%. Lab hold. Percentage change is since May 2005.

Isle of Wight Council (UA), Newchurch

Lib Dem 389 (39.7;+39.7), Con 377 (38.5;-8.0), Ind 213 (21.8;-19.3), [Ind (0.0;-12.4)]
Majority 12. Turnout 44.7%. Lib Dem gain from Con. Percentage change is since May 2005.

North Somerset Council (UA), Weston Super Mare Clarence and Uphill

Con 478 (27.5;-33.6), Ind 477 (27.5;+27.5), Lib Dem 421 (24.3;-4.1), Ind 228 (13.1;+13.1), Lab 132 (7.6;-2.9)
Majority 1. Turnout 24.6%. Con hold. Percentage change is since May 2007.

North West Leicestershire DC, Ibstock and Heather

Con 660 (31.5;-3.9), BNP 645 (30.8;+30.8), Lab 614 (29.3;-4.7), Lib Dem 174 (8.3;-2.5), [UKIP (0.0;-19.8)]
Majority 15. Turnout not known. Con hold. Percentage change is since May 2007.

Rhondda Cynon Taff CBC (UA), Glyncoch

Lab 217 (50.5;-19.9), Ind 143 (33.3;+33.3), Plaid 47 (10.9;-8.7), Welsh Communists 12 (2.8;+2.8), Con 11 (2.6;+2.6), [Lib Dem 0.0; -10.0)]
Majority 74. Turnout 21.9%. Lab hold. Percentage change is since May 2008.

Caterham on the Hill PC, Portley

Lib Dem 471 (60.0), Con 314 (40.0)
Majority 157. Turnout 24%. Lib Dem hold.

Penketh PC, Penketh East

Lib Dem 186 (37.3), Con 181 (36.3), Lab 131 (26.3)
Majority 5. Turnout not known. Lib Dem gain from Con.

Penketh PC, Penketh West

Con 311 (43.0), Lab 176 (24.3), Lib Dem 141 (19.4), Ind 78 (10.8), Green 18 (2.5), Faith, Unity, Discipline 1 (0.1)
Majority 135. Turnout not known. Con gain from Lab.

St Neots TC, Eynesbury

Lib Dem 343 (53.0), Con 304 (47.0)
Majority 39. Turnout 10.9%. Lib Dem hold.

Wymondham TC, Cromwells

Lib Dem 398/323 (53.6), Con 258/225 (34.8), Lab 48/41 (6.5), Ind 38 (5.1)
Majorities 140/65. Turnout 36.7%. Lib Dem gain from Con x 2.

Information courtesy of the Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors.
Web presentation by Keith Edkins © 2008.