It was a busy day for by-elections in England this week with twelve in total, plus an election for the North Yorkshire police and crime commissioner. The North Yorks PCC vacancy came about after the Tory incumbent resigned following an outcry over remarks he made about the Sarah Everard case. The Conservatives eased to victory in the contest to replace him, albeit on a disgracefully low turnout of just 13.9 per cent. The Tory candidate trounced Labour in the run-off, the result of which was almost identical to May's result.
Labour were defending six seats on Thursday and they held four - including a paper thin victory in Wandsworth where they clung on by just one vote. Earlier this year Labour had a 936 vote majority in that same seat. The Labour vote also collapsed in two Midlands seats where they lost to the Conservatives in Newcastle-under-Lyme and Nuneaton. However, the two Labour losses were compensated for by two Labour gains, both from independents in Allerdale and Wigan.
The Conservatives were defending three seats on Thursday and held two. In Kent they lost a seat to the Tunbridge Wells Alliance, but this was more than compensated by the two Midland gains over Labour.
The Lib Dems were defending one seat, in the Wirral, which they held easily.
The Lib Dems and Greens did not contest Speldhurst and Bidborough this time. UKIP did not contest Oxton.
Maryport South, Allerdale Borough Council
Lab: 273 (52.9%) +10.2%
Ind: 149 (28.9%) -10.5%
Con: 94 (18.2%) +11.4%
Lab GAIN from Ind
Lee Chapel North, Basildon Borough Council
Lab: 451 (39.8%) -12.8%
Con: 396 (34.8%) +8.4%
BCRP: 135 (11.9%) New
RefUK: 98 (8.6%) New
LDem: 55 (4.9%) -16.2%
Lab HOLD
Halton Castle, Halton Borough Council
Lab: 373 (60.3%) +9.7%
Grn: 117 (19.0%) New
Ind: 69 (11.1%) -8.0%
Con: 45 (7.3%) -11.3%
LDem: 15 (2.4%) -9.3%
Lab HOLD
Raskelf & White Horse, Hambleton District Council
Con: 288 (55.7%) -2.9%
LDem: 127 (24.6%) New
Grn: 102 (19.7%) -21.7%
Con HOLD
Carnforth & Millhead, Lancaster City Council
Lab: 538 (57.7%) +20.2%
Con: 315 (33.8%) +1.8%
Grn: 54 (5.8%) -5.2%
LDem: 25 (2.7%) New
Lab HOLD
Knutton, Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council
Con: 188 (51.1%) +25.8%
Lab: 180 (48.9%) -25.8%
Con GAIN from Lab
Barpool, Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council
Con: 508 (55.3%) +14.4%
Lab: 215 (23.4%) -26.7%
Grn: 196 (21.3%) +12.2%
Con GAIN from Lab
Speldhurst & Bidborough, Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
TWA: 788 (49.8%) +27.4%
Con: 730 (46.1%) +4.2%
Lab: 65 (4.1%) -4.0%
TWA GAIN from Con
Bedford, Wandsworth London Borough Council
Lab: 906 (40.2%) -9.8%
Con: 905 (40.2%) +5.7%
Grn: 306 (13.6%) +4.3%
LDem: 135 (6.0%) -0.2%
Lab HOLD
Horringer, West Suffolk Council
Con: 257 (47.7%) -21.2%
Lab: 204 (37.8%) +6.7%
LDem: 78 (14.5%) New
Con HOLD
Bryn, Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
Lab: 429 (31.2%) +8.2%
Ind: 412 (30.0%) New
Ind: 353 (25.7%) New
Con: 142 (10.3%) +2.1%
LDem: 38 (2.8%) +1.1%
Lab GAIN from Ind
Oxton, Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
LDem: 1,666 (68.3%) +8.4%
Lab: 460 (18.8%) -10.7%
Con: 168 (6.9%) +1.9%
Grn: 147 (6.0%) New
LDem HOLD
North Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner
(First preference votes)
Con: 34,385 (40.1%) -6.9%
Lab: 18,094 (21.1%) -5.0%
Ind: 14,988 (17.5%) New
LDem: 9,499 (11.1%) -1.5%
WEP: 8,837 (10.3%) New
Final Round
Con: 60.8%
Lab: 39.2%
Con HOLD
Abbreviations
Lab = Labour
Con = Conservative
BCRP = Basildon Community Residents Party
RefUK = Reform UK
LDem = Liberal Democrat
Grn = Green
TWA = Tunbridge Wells Alliance
WEP = Women's Equality Party
Ind = Independents
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