Local Authority Byelection Results - September 1997

4/9/97

Angus SUA, Monifieth West

SNP 800 (63.4;+3.4), Con 335 (26.8;+0.9), Labour 116 (9.3;-4.3)
Majority 465. Turnout 34%. SNP hold

Colchester BC, Dedham

Conservative 374 (45.8;+11.1) Lib Dem 352 (43.1;-14.8), Labour 91 (11.1;+3.7)
Majority 22. Turnout 51.9%. Con Gain from Lib Dem

Oxford BC, Old Marston and Risinghurst

Lib Dem 478 (41.9;+30.5), Labour 385 (33.7;-24.6), Conservative 222 (19.5;-4.8), Green 56 (5.0;-1.1)
Majority 93. Turnout 23.0. Lib Dem gain from Labour

Oxford BC, Quarry

Lib Dem 780 (50.2;+21.7), Labour 462 (29.7;-8.4), Conservative 259 (16.7;-10.0), Green 54 (3.5;-3.2)
Majority 318. Turnout 25.5. Lib Dem gain from Labour

Oxford BC, West

Labour 512 (32.7;-12.8), Lib Dem 511 (32.6;+14.3), Green 405 (25.8;+3.7), Conservative 139 (8.9;-5.2)
Majority 1. Turnout 26.8. Labour hold

Staffordshire Moorlands DC, Biddulph North

Labour 262 (40.7;+3.8), Con 180 (28.0;+28.0), Lib Dem 130 (20.2;+7.4), Ratepayer 72 (11.2;-5.2), [Ind 0 (0;-33.8)]
Majority 82. Turnout 14.3. Labour Hold

Shepway DC, Folkestone Central

Labour 278 (42.2;+12.2), Tory 222 (33.7;+5.1), Lib Dem 158 (24.0;-17.1)
Majority 56. Turnout 20.8. Labour gain from Lib Dem

Wealden DC, Wadhurst

Con 445 (54.3;+24.0), Ind 374 (45.7;-15.8)
Majority 71. Turnout Unknown. Con gain from Ind

Biddulph TC, West

Ind #1 95 (50.5%), Labour 74 (39.4%), Lib Dem 11 (5.9%), Ind #2 8 (4%)
Majority 21. Turnout 7.1%. Ind gain from Labour

Knaresborough TC, West

Lib Dem 505 (46%), Tory 385 (30.3%), Labour 293 (23.1%), Ind 86 (6.8%)
Majority 120. Turnout 23%. Lib Dem Hold

11/9/97

Aylesbury Vale DC, Stone

Con 492 (55.8;+33.1), Lib Dem 273 (30.1;-4.5), Lab 117 (13.3;+4.1) [Ind 0 (0.0;-33.5)]
Majority 219. Turnout 29.0%.1995. Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat

Birmingham MBC, Harborne

Con 2719 (53.4;+8.5), Lab 1859 (36.5;-6.8), Lib Dem 420 (8.2;-1.3) Grn 96 (1.9;-0.4)
Majority 860. Turnout 29.01%. 1996. Conservative gain from Labour.

Glasgow SC, Pollokshields East

Labour 1332 (44.0;-13.2), SNP 820 (27.1;+3.7), Con 421 (13.9;+4.4), Ind No.1 347 (11.5;+7.5), Ind No.2 104 (3.4;+3.4) [Lib Dem 0 (0.0;-3.1), Grn 0 (0.0;-2.4)]
Majority 512. Turnout unknown. 1995. Labour hold

Harrow LBC, Ridgeway

Lab 827 (36.7;+11.9), Lib Dem 694 (30.8;-10.9), Con 690 (30.6;-2.9), Ind 44 (2.0;+2.0)
Majority 133. Turnout 31.9%, 1994. Labour gain from Liberal Democrat

Harrow LBC, Roxeth

Lab 1045 (46.8;+12.0), Ind 1024 (45.8;-4.2), Con 165 (7.4;-7.8)
Majority 21. Turnout 29.9%. 1994 Labour gain from Independent

Middlesbrough UA, Hemlington

Lab 410 (46.5;-37.9), Lib Dem 405 (45.9;+45.9), Con 67 (7.6;-8.1)
Majority 5. Turnout 25%. 1995. Labour hold

North Lanarkshire SUA, Carbain West & Greenfaulds

Lab 1331 (55.3;+3.5), SNP 870 (36.2;-4.1), Con 129 (5.4;+3.5), Socialist Alliance 76 (3.2;+3.2)
Majority 461. Turnout 62.24% 1995. Labour hold

Sefton MBC, Park (2 vacancies)

Lib Dem 1079 & 1013 (56.4;+4.1), Lab 497 & 479 (26.0;-5.2), Con 337 & 308 (17.6;+1.1)
Majority 516. Turnout 13%. 1996. Liberal Democrat hold (x 2)

South Ayrshire SUA, Troon West

Con 1325 (53.3;+11.7), Lab 847 (34.0;-24.4), SNP 316 (12.7;+12.7)
Majority 478. Turnout unknown. 1995 Conservative gain from Labour

South Ayrshire SUA, Whitletts

Lab 1528 (76.5;-9.3), SNP 374 (18.7;-9.3), Con 95 (4.6;+1.8)
Majority 1154. Turnout unknown. 1995. Labour hold

South Bucks DC, Iver Heath

Lib Dem 646 (52.8;+27.2), Con 578 (47.2;+19.5), [Ind 0 (0.0;-46.7)]
Majority 68. Turnout unknown 1995 Liberal Democrat gain from Independent

West Wiltshire DC, Adcroft

Lib Dem 151 (29.8;-6.0), Lab 112 (22.1;-8.7), Ind No.1 110 (21.7;+4.5), Con 79 (15.6;-0.7), Ind No.2 54 (10.7;+10.7)
Majority 39. Turnout 20.62%. 1995. Liberal Democrat gain from Labour

Lydiate PC, North

Lib Dem 170 (84.6), Lab 31 (15.4)
Majority 139.Turnout unknown. 1995. Liberal Democrat hold

Lydiate PC, West

Lib Dem 246 (73.7), Lab 88 (26.3)
Majority 158. Turnout unknown. 1995. Liberal Democrat hold

Trowbridge TC, Adcroft

Lib Dem 193 (38.3), Lab 154 (30.5), Con 104 (20.6) Ind 53 (10.5)
Majority 39. Turnout 20.62%. 1995. Liberal Democrat gain from Labour

18/9/97

Allerdale DC: Broughton

Lab 489 (88.6;unnoppsed), Con 63 (11.4;n/a)
Majority 426. Turnout 42.0% 1995 Labour hold

Allerdale DC: Moorclose

Lab 525 (59.7;-9.4), Lib Dem 355 (40.3;+9.4)
Majority 170. Turnout 29.0% 1995 Labour hold

Allerdale DC: St Johns

Lab 436 (53.4;-10.6), Con 381 (46.6;+10.6)
Majority 55. Turnout 23.5%. Labour hold

Allerdale DC: Stainburn

Lab 259 (512.1;-3.0), Con 248 (48.9;+3.0)
Majority 11. Turnout 22.0% 1995 Labour hold

Berkshire CC: Trinity

Lib Dem 874 (54.1;-9.3), Con 574 (35.5;+8.5), Lab 167 (10.3;+0.7)
Majority 300. Turnout 27.0% 1993. Liberal Democrat hold

Cardiff WUA: Plasnewydd

Lab 1944 (46.3;-9.9), Lib Dem 1398 (33.3;+21.5), Con 457 (10.9;+3.9), Grn 260 (6.2;-3.9), Soc Lab 140 (3.3;+3.3) [PC 0 (0.0;-12.2), Communist 0 (0.0;-2.8)]
Majority 546.Turnout 30.3%. 1995 Labour hold

Cheshire CC: Broxton

Lib Dem 1266 (53.3;+21.3), Con 1110 (46.7;-0.6) [Lab 0 (0.0;-12.9), Ind 0 (0.0;-34.4)]
Majority 156.Turnout 26.4%. 1997. Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative

East Dorset DC: Sixpenny Handley

Lib Dem 412 (64.7;-8.0), Con 213 (33.4;+16.1), Lab 12 (1.9;-8.1)
Majority 199. Turnout 47.0%. 1995. Liberal Democrat hold

Kettering DC: Avondale

Lab 394 (77.0;+24.5), Con 82 (16.0;+8.6), Lib Dem 36 (7.0;+7.0) [Ind Lab 0 (0.0;-26.1), Ind 0 (0.0;-14.0)]
Majority 312. Turnout 15.7%. 1995. Labour hold

Kettering DC: Kingsley

Lab 395 (43.7;+2.7), Con 351 (38.9;+12.3), Lib Dem 157 (17.4;-15.0)
Majority 44. Turnout 26.9%. 1995. Labour hold

Sunderland MBC: South Hylton

Lab 636 (71.1;-10.3), Con 178 (19.9;+1.3), Lib Dem 80 (9.0;+9.0)
Majority 458. Turnout 11.37 %. 1995 Labour hold

Swansea WUA: Penderry

Lab 1551 (54.3;-30.3), Ind 642 (22.5;+22.5), Lib Dem 443 (15.5;+0.1), Con 204 (7.1;+7.1), Socialist 15 (0.5;+0.5)
Majority 909. Turnout 34.45%. 1995. Labour hold

Trafford MBC: Talbot

Lab 935 (81.8;+5.5), Con 144 (12.6;-9.6), Lib Dem 64 (5.6;+5.6) [Ind 0 (0.0;-1.6)]
Majority 791.Turnout 17.9%. 1996. Labour hold

Windsor & Maidenhead DC: Trinity

Lib Dem 682 (51.6;-1.5), Con 502 (38.0;+5.0), Lab 103 (7.8;-6.1), Ind 25 (1.9;+1.9), Rate 10 (0.8;+0.8)
Majority 180.Turnout 30.0%. 1997. Liberal Democrat hold

Woking DC: Byfleet

Lib Dem 626 (52.2;+2.4), Con 357 (29.8;+3.6), Lab 217 (18.1;-5.9)
Majority 269. Turnout 21.0% Liberal Democrat hold

Woking DC: Knaphill

Ind 652 (34.5;+34.5), Con 545 (28.9;-9.0), Lib Dem 442 (23.4;-16.9), Lab 249 (13.2;-8.6)
Majority 107. Turnout 24.0% 1995. Independent gain from Liberal Democrat

25/9/97

Aberdeenshire SUA, Upper Donside

Lib Dem 511 (34.1;+1.4), Con 411 (27.4;+5.3), Ind 395 (26.3;+6.9), Lab 92 (6.1;-4.5), SNP 91 (6.1;-9.2)
Majority 100. Turnout unknown. 1995. Liberal Democrat hold.

Canterbury City, Gorrell

Lab 577 (44.1;-12.1), Con 567 (43.3;+11.3), Lib Dem 151 (11.5;-0.4), UKIP 14 (1.1;+1.1)
Majority 10. Turnout unknown. 1995. Labour hold

Canterbury City, Marshside

Lab 313 (49.8;-13.2), Con 183 (29.1;+2.0), Lib Dem 133 (21.1;+13.8) [Grn 0 (0.0;-2.6)]
Majority 130. Turnout unknown. 1995. Labour hold

Derwentside DC, Stanley Hall

Lab 414 (83.6;+8.8), Lib Dem 81 (16.4;+16.4) [Ind 0 (0.0;-25.2)]
Majority 333. Turnout unknown. 1995 Labour hold

East Staffordshire DC, Needwood

Con 315 (31.2;+5.9), Lab 265 (26.2;-3.9), Ind 237 (23.5;+23.5), Lib Dem 193 (19.1;-5.6) [Ind Con 0 (0.0;-19.9)]
Majority 50. Turnout unknown. 1995 Conservative gain from Labour

East Staffordshire DC, Town

Con 386 (48.4;+27.4), Lab 318 (39.9;-13.9), Ind 93 (11.7;-13.4)
Majority 68. Turnout unknown. 1995 Conservative gain from Labour

Harlow DC, Great Parndon

Lab 488 (53.0;-5.3), Con 433 (47.0;+5.3)
Majority 55. Turnout unknown. 1995. Labour hold

Harlow DC, Latton Bush

Lab 503 (72.5;+8.5), Con 115 (16.6;-9.7), Lib Dem 56 (8.1;-1.6) Grn 20 (2.9;+2.9)
Majority 388. Turnout unknown 1995. Labour hold

Harlow DC, Mark Hall South

Lab 530 (64.2;-17.6), Lib Dem 186 (22.5;+22.5), Con 110 (13.3;-4.9)
Majority 344. Turnout unknown. 1995. Labour hold

Havant DC, Warren Park

Lib Dem 471 (53.2;-0.5), Lab 338 (38.1;-8.2), Con 77 (8.7;+8.7)
Majority 133. Turnout unknown. 1996. Liberal Democrat hold

Mendip DC, Frome Badcox

Lab 516 (45.7;+45.7), Lib Dem 355 (31.4;-24.7), Con 259 (22.9;-21.0)
Majority 161 Turnout unknown. 1995. Labour gain from Liberal Democrat

Mid-Devon DC, Shuttern

Lib Dem 351 (48.5;+3.3), Con 343 (47.4;+47.4), Ind 29 (4.0;+4.0) [Lab 0 (0.0;-42.4), Grn 0 (0.0;-12.5)]
Majority 8. Turnout unknown. Liberal Democrat hold

North Norfolk DC, Sheringham

Lib Dem 1206 (55.7;+19.8), Con 490 (22.6;-5.2), Lab 263 (12.1;-4.0), Ind 174 (8.0;-12.2), Grn 32 (1.5;+1.5)
Majority 716. Turnout unknown. 1995. Liberal Democrat hold

Plymouth UA, Ham

Lab 1017 (65.5;+4.8), Con 307 (19.8;-2.3), Lib Dem 173 (11.1;+11.1), Ind Dem 56 (3.6;-13.6)
Majority 710. Turnout unknown. 1997. Labour hold

Redcar & Cleveland UA, Brotton

Lab 488 (58.2;-15.1), Ind 201 (24.0;+24.0), Con 150 (17.9;-8.8)
Majority 287. Turnout unknown. 1995. Labour hold

Rother DC, Central

Con 532 (42.2;+10.7), Lib Dem 405 (32.1;-18.0), Lab 323 (25.6;+7.2)
Majority 127. Turnout unknown. 1995. Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat

Sevenoaks DC, Dunton Green

Lab 171 (38.1;+38.1), Con 165 (36.7;+36.7), Lib Dem 99 (22.0;-0.6), Ind 14 (3.1;-74.3)
Majority 6. Turnout unknown. Labour gain from Independent

South Cambridgeshire DC, Balsham

Con 413 (49.5;-10.4), Lib Dem 318 (38.1;+38.1), Ind 104 (12.5;+12.5) [Lab 0 (0.0;-40.1)]
Majority 95. Turnout unknown. Conservative hold

South Cambridgeshire DC, Gamlingay

Lib Dem 503 (55.2;-11.3), Con 409 (44.8;+11.3)
Majority 94. Turnout unknown. 1995. Liberal Democrat hold

Tunbridge Wells DC, Pantiles

Lib Dem 510 (51.7;+2.9), Con 377 (38.2;+3.0), Lab 100 (10.1;-5.9)
Majority 133. Turnout unknown. 1996. Liberal Democrat hold

Uttlesford DC, The Sampfords

Con 255 (47.6;-1.0), Lib Dem 237 (44.2;+44.2), Ind 44 (8.2;-43.2)
Majority 18. Turnout 39.6%. 1995. Conservative gain from Independent

Wealden DC, Buxted

Con 370 (79.1;+30.9), Lab 98 (20.9;+7.7) [Lib Dem 0 (0.0;-38.7)]
Majority 272. Turnout unknown. 1995. Conservative hold

Wealden DC, Pevensey Westham

Con 820 (53.4;+7.3), Lib Dem 431 (28.1;-25.8), Ind 163 (10.6;+10.6), Lab 122 (7.9;+7.9)
Majority 389 Turnout unknown. 1995. Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat

Wolverhampton MBC, Merry Hill

Con 1395 (51.7;+3.6), Lab 1003 (37.2;-5.3), Lib Dem 298 (11.1;+1.6)
Majority 392. Turnout unknown. Conservative hold

Newark & Sherwood DC, Bilsthorpe


Labour Hold (unopposed)

Newark & Sherwood DC, Edwinstowe

Independent 609 (54.7), Labour 505 (45.3)
Majority 104. Independent gain from Labour
Thanks to Andy Freeman for reporting these results.

Frome TC, Frome Badcox

Lab 508 (45.0;n/a), Lib Dem 347 (30.7;n/a), Con 274 (24.3;n/a)
Majority 161 Turnout unknown. 1995. Labour gain from Liberal Democrat

Information courtesy of the Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors.
Edited by Colin Rosenstiel : Web presentation by Keith Edkins © 1997.