Friday 1 November 2024

COUNCIL BY-ELECTIONS 31.10.24


Seven contests this week and just two Labour defences.  They held with a reduced majority in the deepest of red territory - Salford - but lost spectacularly to newcomers Reform in Wolverhampton.  Labour's vote share was down in all six of the seats the party contested, including almost 40 percentage points in that aforementioned Wolverhampton seat.

Sileby & Seagrove, Charnwood Borough Council

Grn: 752 (52.9%) +0.1%
Ref: 297 (20.9%) New
Con: 262 (18.4%) -8.2%
Lab: 70 (4.9%) -12.0%
LDm: 40 (2.8%) -0.8%

Grn HOLD

Bishops Waltham, Hampshire County Council

LDm: 2,210 (52.2%) +28.6%
Con: 1,431 (33.8%) -23.1%
Grn: 477 (11.3%) -2.0%
Lab: 115 (2.7%) -2.6%

LDm GAIN from Con

North Middleton, Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council

Ind: 812 (51.7%) +8.3%
Lab: 572 (36.4%) -11.9%
Con: 108 (6.9%) +0.3%
LDm: 80 (5.1%) +3.4%

Ind HOLD

Eccles, Salford City Council

Lab: 951 (51.2%) -11.8%
Con: 426 (23.0%) +6.2%
Grn: 261 (14.1%) -0.2%
LDm: 142 (7.6%) New
TUS: 61 (4.1%) -1.8%

Lab HOLD

Bramhall South & Woodford, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

Con: 1,909 (47.9%) +4.6%
LDm: 1,733 (43.5%) -1.4%
Ref: 133 (3.3%) New
Lab: 115 (2.9%) -4.2%
Grn: 95 (2.4%) 2.3%

Con GAIN from LDm

Kirkby Stephen & Tebay, Westmorland and Furness Council

LDm: 887 (82.7%) +39.1%
Con: 186 (17.3%) -24.8%

LDm GAIN from Con

Bilston North, Wolverhampton City Council

Ref: 652 (34.8%) New
Lab: 471 (25.1%) -39.9%
Grn: 438 (23.4%) New
Con: 257 (13.7%) -14.3%
LDm: 55 (2.9%) -4.1%

Ref GAIN from Lab

Abbreviations

Grn = Green
Ref = Reform UK
Con = Conservative
Lab = Labour
LDm = Liberal Democrat
TUS = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Ind = Independents and local groups

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