With councils winding down for Christmas, just the three by-elections took place on Thursday and no more are scheduled now until the 9th of January.
All three seats were Labour defences and once again their vote share plummeted across the board, including the Labour stronghold of Greenwich, where Labour hold 52 of the 55 council seats. They held on in that seat, despite a Lib Dem surge, but lost both of the others.
Labour were crushed in both the Black Country and Kent, finishing third. The Tories were the victors in Dudley, while Reform surged into second place from nowhere. Reform were the victors in Swale, where they again came from nowhere. Even in the leftist stronghold of Greenwich, Reform picked up almost nine per cent of the vote as newcomers. They are fast becoming major players...
Brockmoor & Pensnett, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
Con: 571 (35.4%) +7.0%
Ref: 486 (30.1%) New
Lab: 466 (28.9%) -34.7%
Grn: 49 (3.0%) New
LDm: 24 (1.5%) -6.5%
Ind: 16 (1.0%) New
Con GAIN from Lab
West Thamesmead, Royal Borough of Greenwich
Lab: 464 (45.1%) -16.7%
LDm: 336 (32.7%) +24.2%
Ref: 92 (8.9%) New
Con: 82 (8.0%) -6.8%
Grn: 55 (5.3%) -9.6%
Lab HOLD
Milton Regis, Swale Borough Council
Ref: 272 (33.9%) New
Ind: 208 (25.9%) -0.1%
Lab: 200 (24.9%) -33.0%
Con: 99 (12.3%) -3.6%
LDm: 23 (2.9%) New
Ref GAIN from Lab
Abbreviations
Con = Conservative
Ref = Reform UK
Lab = Labour
Grn = Green
LDm = Liberal Democrat
Ind = Independent
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