Four council by-elections this week, all in England. Labour held both seats they were defending, withstanding a strong Lib Dem challenge in Sheffield. They had a woeful result in Middlesbrough, where the seat had been vacated by a councillor who was elected as Labour, but later resigned the party whip. An independent took that seat as Labour slipped to third.
The Tories were defending a seat in Worcestershire where they had been elected unopposed in 2019. They lost the seat to an independent.
Hobbayne, Ealing London Borough Council
Lab: 1,617 (52.2%) -6.9%
Con:: 865 (27.9%) +5.2%
Grn: 362 (11.7%) +6.5%
LDem: 207 (6.7%) -0.7%
TUSC: 48 (1.6%) New
Lab HOLD
Tenbury, Malvern Hills District Council
Ind: 481 (55.9%) New
Con: 269 (31.3%) elected unopposed
Lab: 78 (9.1%) New
LDem: 32 (3.7%) New
Ind GAIN from Con
Ladgate, Middlesbrough Council
Ind: 362 (34.8%) New
Con: 315 (30.3%) -9.8%
Lab: 226 (21.7%) -38.2%
Ind: 121 (11.6%) New
LDem: 14 (1.3%) New
Ind: 3 (0.3%) New
Ind GAIN from Ind
Firth Park, Sheffield City Council
Lab: 1,091 (40.2%) -16.5%
LDem: 1,050 (38.7%) +34.1%
Con: 258 (9.5%) -14.7%
Grn: 162 (6.0%) -3.8%
Ind: 155 (5.7%) +1.0%
Lab HOLD
Abbreviations
Lab = Labour
Con = Conservative
Grn = Green
LDem = Liberal Democrat
TUSC = Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition
Ind = Independents
