COUNCIL BY-ELECTIONS 28.11.24

Ten seats were up for grabs on Thursday, with two of those in the Village ward of Barking and Dagenham.  Only one of the ten seats changed hands - a Lib Dem gain from Labour in Sheffield, where Labour were pushed into third by an astonishing first time effort from Reform UK.  Reform were only ten votes behind the victorious Lib Dems.

Labour's vote share was down in all the seats contested, asides from a very marginal increase in Fife.  They held seven of the eight seats they were defending, but on the current trajectory they are heading for an electoral spanking in the next local elections.

Northbury, Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council

Lab: 561 (57.7%) -11.1%

Grn: 161 (16.6%) +2.0%

Ref: 101 (10.4%) New

Con: 100 (10.3%) -6.4%

LDm: 49 (5.0%) New

Lab HOLD

Village, Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council

(Two seats)

Lab: 776

Lab: 774

Con: 580

Con: 571

Grn: 103

Grn: 97

LDm: 70

LDm: 37

Lab HOLD x 2

Haxby & Wigginton, City of York Council

LDm: 1,847 (64.0%) +11.1%

Con: 435 (15.1%) -7.8%

Ref: 325 (11.3%) New

Lab: 203 (7.0%) -7.4%

Grn: 76 (2.6%) -2.6%

LDm HOLD

Jubilee, Enfield London Borough Council

Lab: 853 (39.4%) -13.9%

Con: 691 (31.9%) +8.7%

Ind: 208 (9.6%) New

Grn: 169 (7.8%) -2.4%

Ref: 149 (6.9%) New

LDm: 94 (4.3%) -1.8%

Lab HOLD

West Fife & Coastal Villages, Fife Council

(First preference votes)

Lab: 881 (33.2%) +0.7%

SNP: 879 (33.2%) -2.7%

Con: 426 (16.1%) -1.0%

LDm: 227 (8.6%) +1.9%

Grn: 121 (4.6%) +0.4%

Ind: 64 (2.4%) New

SFP: 53 (2.0%) +0.4%

Lab HOLD (elected stage TBC)

Junction, Islington London Borough Council

Lab: 785 (40.4%) -22.0%

Ind: 550 (28.3%) New

Grn: 219 (11.3%) -11.2%

LDm: 156 (8.0%) +0.9%

Con: 113 (5.8%) -2.1%

Ind: 97 (5.0%) New

SPB: 22 (1.1%) New

Lab HOLD

Woodhouse, Sheffield City Council

LDm: 1,018 (33.0%) +26.8%

Ref: 1,008 (32.7%) New

Lab: 650 (21.1%) -36.8%

Con: 168 (5.0%) -9.5%

Grn: 153 (5.4%) -4.5%

TUS: 56 (1.8%) -1.0%

SDP: 33 (1.1%) New

LDm GAIN from Lab

Frampton Cotterell, South Gloucestershire Council

LDm: 1,315 (49.3%) -2.4%

Con: 1,114 (41.7%) +8.1%

Grn: 160 (6.0%) -3.0%

Lab: 80 (3.0%) -2.7%

LDm HOLD

Kilpatrick, West Dunbartonshire Council

(First preference votes)

Lab: 725 (42.7%) -13.4%

SNP: 514 (30.3%) -7.7%

Ref: 176 (10.4%) New

Con: 97 (5.7%) -0.2%

Grn: 73 (4.3%) New

LDm: 65 (3.7%) New

SFP: 25 (1.5%) New

CPB: 23 (1.4%) New

Lab HOLD (elected stage 6)

Abbreviations

Lab = Labour

Grn = Green

Ref = Reform UK

Con = Conservative

LDm = Liberal Democrat

SNP = Scottish National Party

SFP = Scottish Family Party

SPB = Socialist Party of Great Britain

TUS = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

SDP = Social Democratic Party

CPB = Communist Party of Britain

Ind = Independents