This week saw the Conservatives defending three seats, plus an open contest in Cumbria where the seat had been vacated by an independent. The latter was a head-to-head battle in which the Lib Dems easily defeated the Conservatives. Elsewhere, the Tories held in Newport, but had mixed results in Medway where they lost a seat to Labour.
Corby & Hayton, Cumbria County Council
LDem: 857 (71.0%) +60.8%
Con: 350 (29.0%) -6.0%
LDem GAIN from Ind
Princes Park, Medway Council
Con: 961 (67.4%) +19.6%
Lab: 313 (21.9%) -5.6%
Grn: 52 (3.6%) New
Ind: 51 (3.6%) New
LDem: 49 (3.4%) New
Con HOLD
Strood North, Medway Council
Lab: 913 (37.1%) +5.5%
Con: 728 (29.6%) -2.4%
Grn: 565 (23.0%) +11.0%
Ind: 216 (8.8%) New
LDem: 39 (1.6%) New
Lab GAIN from Con
Graig, Newport City Council
Con: 610 (50.2%) -0.7%
Lab: 534 (44.0%) +3.8%
LDem: 71 (5.8%) +0.9%
Con HOLD
Abbreviations
LDem = Liberal Democrat
Con = Conservative
Lab = Labour
Grn = Green
Ind = Independents
