Three council by-elections this week and a welcome respite for the Conservatives from a long line of defeats. They had lost every seat the party was defending in the last six weeks. Things changed dramatically this week with a hold in Mid Sussex and a stunning victory over Labour in Bolton. In the latter contest the Labour vote plummeted while the Tories surged.
In the other by-election Labour gained a seat from a local independent group in Mansfield. The only absentees this week were UKIP who did not field a candidate in Bolton this time.
Rumworth, Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
Con: 1,610 (55.0%) +44.1%
Lab: 1,102 (37.6%) -35.2%
Grn: 156 (5.3%) -2.6%
LDem: 36 (1.2%) -0.8%
RefUK: 23 (0.8%) New
Con GAIN from Lab
Oak Tree, Mansfield District Council
Lab: 141 (47.0%) +13.6%
Ind: 91 (30.3%) -19.8%
Con: 45 (15.0%) +3.5%
Frdm: 15 (5.0%) New
TUSC: 8 (2.7%) New
Lab GAIN from Ind
Bolney, Mid Sussex District Council
Con: 301 (50.6%) +1.2%
LDem: 163 (27.4%) +8.3%
Lab: 66 (11.1%) +4.6%
Loon: 30 (5.0%) New
Grn: 28 (4.7%) -8.8%
Ind: 7 (1.2%) New
Con HOLD
Abbreviations
Con = Conservative
Lab = Labour
Grn = Green
LDem = Liberal Democrats
RefUK = Reform UK
Frdm = Freedom
TUSC = Trade Union and Socialist Coalition
Loon = Monster Raving Loony
Ind = Independents
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