Nine council seats on seven authorities were up for grabs this week. The Conservatives were defending six seats and held four of these. They held two seats in South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, narrowly fending off an independent surge in the ward of Grantham St Wulfram's. They also held in Broxtowe and Cannock Chase, despite a dip in their vote share.
The Tories lost two seats to Labour - one in Braintree, Essex and another in Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, where they slipped to distant third.
It was a tale of independents in the remaining seats, including a gain from the Lib Dems in Kington-upon-Thames. The only absentees in this week's polls were two independent candidates, one each in Cannock Chase and East Devon.
Braintree South, Braintree District Council
Lab: 372 (45.2%) +15.6%
Con: 317 (38.5%) -10.3%
Grn: 134 (16.3%) -5.2%
Lab GAIN from Con
Coggeshall, Braintree District Council
Ind: 576 (43.5%) -17.1%
Con: 451 (34.1%) +6.1%
Lab: 297 (22.4%) +11.0%
Ind GAIN from Ind
Greasley, Broxtowe Borough Council
Con: 637 (47.7%) -16.1%
Lab: 555 (41.6%) +5.4%
LDem: 143 (10.7%) New
Con HOLD
Rosehill with Burnley Wood, Burnley Borough Council
Lab: 372 (39.4%) +8.5%
LDem: 363 (38.4%) +9.9%
Con: 123 (13.0%) -18.6%
Grn: 87 (9.2%) +0.2%
Lab GAIN from Con
Cannock West, Cannock Chase District Council
Con: 688 (55.4%) -4.5%
Lab: 430 (34.6%) +7.1%
Grn: 124 (10.0%) +4.5%
Con HOLD
Newton Poppleford & Harpford, East Devon District Council
Ind: 560 (67.1%) New
Lab: 162 (19.4%) New
Con: 113 (13.5%) -0.3%
Ind GAIN from Ind
Green Lane & St James, Kingston-upon-Thames London Borough Council
Ind: 855 (46.3%) +9.0%
LDem: 647 (35.1%) -3.8%
Lab: 265 (14.4%) +3.3%
Con: 78 (4.2%) -8.4%
Ind GAIN from LDem
Bourne East, South Kesteven District Council
Con: 310 (43.5%) +5.6%
Lab: 154 (21.6%) +5.7%
Ind: 120 (16.9%) -29.3%
LDem: 78 (11.0%) New
Grn: 50 (7.0%) New
Con HOLD
Grantham St Wulfram’s, South Kesteven District Council
Con: 359 (39.2%) -20.6%
Ind: 307 (33.6%) New
Lab: 174 (19.0%) +2.1%
Grn: 75 (8.2%) -15.1%
Con HOLD
Bye. Bye tories
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