COUNCIL BY-ELECTIONS 12.09.19

There were five contests last night, four of which took place in the Midlands and one in Hampshire.  The Labour vote dropped in all three wards that Labour had previously contested.  The Lib Dem vote was up in a couple of wards and led to them taking a seat from the Tories in Northamptonshire.  The Tory vote was either slightly up or slightly down, except in Wellingborough where the vote share dropped by ten per cent.  In Rutland three candidates were fighting for a seat previously occupied by an independent who had been elected unopposed.

St Mark's, Rushmoor Borough Council

Lib Dem: 687 (54.7%) +16.6%

Con: 450 (35.9%) +2.2%

Lab: 118 (9.4%) -6.1%

Lib Dem HOLD

Ryhall & Casterton, Rutland County Council

Con: 357 (56.3%) New

Lib Dem: 156 (24.6%) New

Green: 121 (19.1%) New

Con GAIN from Ind

Bishop's Castle, Shropshire Council

Lib Dem: 838 (71.4%) -2.2%

Con: 229 (19.5%) -1.4%

Lab: 107 (9.1%) New

Lib Dem HOLD

Middleton Cheney, South Northamptonshire Council

Lib Dem: 384 (44.3%) +10.2%

Con: 345 (39.8%) -2.3%

Green: 89 (10.3%) +6.2%

Lab: 49 (5.7%) -14.1%

Lib Dem GAIN from Con

Finedon, Wellingborough Council

Con: 547 (52.2%) -10.1%

Ind: 227 (21.7%) New

Green: 134 (12.8%) New

Lab: 76 (7.3%) -12.1%

Lib Dem: 64 (6.1%) -1.0%

Con HOLD