There were nine by-elections this week across England, including three in the Labour stronghold of Liverpool. While Labour held all three of those seats with ease, their vote share dipped considerably in each ward. Labour were defending three seats elsewhere and held two - one in Ribble, Lancashire and another in Manchester. They lost a seat to the Green Party in Canterbury.
There were no Conservative defences this week, but they sensationally gained a seat from the Lib Dems in Devon where they won by one vote. In that contest the Lib Dems slipped to third, while a Labour surge fell short of victory by a single vote.
In other action there was a free-for-all in Gloucestershire and a defence for one of Britain's oldest parties. The independently minded residents of Tewkesbury replaced one independent with another, while the Liberal Party held a seat in Ryedale, North Yorkshire. The Liberals, as opposed to its descendent party the Liberal Democrats, only holds eight council seats across the UK. However, it faired far better than the Lib Dems in two of the Liverpool by-elections held on Thursday, finishing second in both.
UKIP did not contest three seats it had previously stood in (Bamber Bridge East, Brockworth East and Bere Ferrer).
Gorrell, Canterbury City Council
Grn: 1,149 (43.9%) +10.3%
Lab: 803 (30.7%) -6.0%
Con: 608 (23.2%) +0.2%
WPB: 58 (2.2%) New
Grn GAIN from Lab
Anfield, Liverpool City Council
Lab: 604 (55.9%) -11.5%
Lib: 281 (26.0%) +15.0%
LDem: 73 (6.8%) +2.1%
Grn: 72 (6.7%) -0.9%
Con: 42 (3.9%) -1.4%
Ind: 9 (0.8%) -3.3%
Lab HOLD
Clubmoor, Liverpool City Council
Lab: 787 (54.5%) -7.6%
Lib: 324 (22.4%) +3.2%
Ind: 167 (11.6%) New
TUSC: 54 (3.7%) New
Grn: 45 (3.1%) -4.7%
LDem: 34 (2.4%) -3.2%
Con: 33 (2.3%) -3.0%
Lab HOLD
Kirkdale, Liverpool City Council
Lab: 852 (61.7%) -20.5%
Ind: 171 (12.4%) New
Grn: 160 (11.6%) +7.5%
TUSC: 84 (6.1%) +0.2%
Con: 57 (4.1%) +0.1%
LDem: 57 (4.1%) +1.1%
Lab HOLD
Chorlton, Manchester City Council
Lab: 1,581 (52.1%) -4.9%
LDem: 657 (21.7%) +8.9%
Grn: 608 (20.1%) -1.0%
Con: 93 (3.1%) -1.6%
WEP: 66 (2.2%) -1.1%
Ind: 27 (0.9%) New
Lab HOLD
Cropton, Ryedale District Council
Lib: 202 (39.6%) -15.5%
Con: 155 (30.4%) +10.9%
Grn: 121 (23.7%) New
Lab: 32 (6.3%) New
Lib HOLD
Bamber Bridge East, South Ribble Borough Council
Lab: 376 (53.7%) +7.2%
Con: 275 (39.3%) +9.5%
Grn: 49 (7.0%) New
Lab HOLD
Brockworth East, Tewkesbury Borough Council
Ind: 499 (68.3%) New
Con: 110 (15.0%) -9.4%
LDem: 87 (11.9%) -1.0%
Lab: 35 (4.8%) New
Ind GAIN from Ind
Bere Ferrers, West Devon Borough Council
Con: 362 (32.5%) +2.4%
Lab: 361 (32.4%) +12.1%
LDem: 216 19.4%) -11.8%
Grn: 176 (15.8%) New
Con GAIN from LDem
Abbreviations
Grn = Green
Lab = Labour
Con = Conservative
WPB = Workers Party of Britain
Lib = Liberal
LDem = Liberal Democrat
TUSC = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
WEP = Women's Equality Party
Ind = Independents