Six by-elections this week - three in Derbyshire and three in the north-east of England. It was a bad night for the Tories who saw their vote share plummet in half of these seats and lost a seat to Labour in Derbyshire. They will have been particularly disappointed not to regain Seales in Derbyshire, which was vacated by an independent who had been initially elected as a Conservative. The Tory vote crashed here, allowing another independent to claim victory by the narrow margin of just nine votes.
Elsewhere, there was a hold each for Labour and the Lib Dems.
Castle, Newcastle City Council
LDem: 1,306 (42.5%) +1.2%
Lab: 773 (25.1%) -1.4%
Con: 657 (21.4%) +6.8%
Grn: 250 (8.1%) +1.0%
NEP: 89 (2.9%) New
LDem HOLD
Barlow & Holmesfield, North East Derbyshire District Council
Con: 294 (69.0%) +3.8%
Lab: 90 (21.1%) -0.4%
LDem: 42 (9.9%) -3.4%
Con HOLD
Killamarsh East, North East Derbyshire District Council
Lab: 291 (49.9%) +2.7%
Con: 251 (43.1%) -9.8%
LDem: 41 (7.0%) New
Lab GAIN from Con
Camperdown, North Tyneside Council
Lab: 957 (66.7%) +7.2%
Con: 352 (24.5%) +6.5%
Grn: 78 (5.4%) New
LDem: 48 (3.3%) New
Lab HOLD
Seales, South Derbyshire District Council
Ind: 399 (39.7%) New
Con: 390 (38.8%) -28.2%
Lab: 188 (18.7%) -14.3%
Grn: 27 (2.7%) New
Ind GAIN from Ind
Cleadon & East Boldon, South Tyneside Council
Con: 989 (35.1%) -13.5%
Grn: 943 (33.5%) +22.4%
Lab: 886 (31.4%) -8.9%
Con HOLD
Abbreviations
LDem = Liberal Democrat
Lab = Labour
Con = Conservative
Grn = Green
NEP = North East Party
Ind = Independents
