Friday 26 April 2013

A review of council by elections so far this year

 Thanks to Middleenglander for allowing his stats to be replicated, He does not endorse this blog though.

There were 52 by-elections in the period January to April 2013 with 15 (29%) changing hands.

Party  Candidates      Defended      Retained       Gained         Lost             Won      
Conservative           51          16           7          1         9          8
Labour           48          25         23          4          2        27
Lib Dems           42            6           5          5         1        10
SNP             3            2

         2
Plaid Cymru             1




BNP             7




Greens           20




UKIP           29

          3
          3
Resident Groups *             8




English Democrats             3




National Front             1




Socialist Party (GB)             2




TUSAC             7




Lewisham PBP             1




Elvis Party             1




Independents **           19            3             2          2         1          4
No description             1




Total        244          52         37        15       15        52


*    8 Resident groups contesting 7 seats
** 19 candidates contesting 14 seats.

Conservatives:

- gained Wirral MB, Leasowe & Moreton East from Labour on 17th January
- lost Dudley MB, Wollaston & Stourbridge Town to Labour on 31st January
- lost Wirral MB, Pensby & Thingwall to Labour on 28th February

- lost North Norfolk DC, Cromer Town to Lib Dems on 21st February
- lost Arun DC, Aldwick East to the Lib Dems on 14th March
- lost North Dorset DC, Lodbourne to Lib Dems 21st March

- lost Runnymede BC, Foxhills to UKIP on 14th March
- lost Havering LB, Gooshays to UKIP on 21st March
- lost North Lincolnshire UA, Humberston & New Waltham to UKIP on 4th April

- lost South Staffordshire DC, Perton East to an Independent on 14th February

Labour- in addition to the 2 gains and 1 loss to the Conservatives

- gained South Lanarkshire UA, Rutherglen South from SNP on 14th February

- lost Dacorum BC, Adeyfield West to the Lib Dems on 21st March
- gained Islington LB, Junction from Lib Dems on 21st March

Lib Dems
- in addition to the 3 gains from the Conservatives, 1 gain from Labour and 1 loss to Labour
- gained Chelmsford BC, Broomfield & The Walthams from an Independent on 19th February

SNP
- in addition to the 1 loss to Labour
- lost Moray UA, Heldon & Laich to an Independent on 7th March

UKIP- no other gains apart from the 3 from Conservatives

Independents
- 1 gain from the Conservatives, 1 gain from SNP and 1 loss to the Lib Dems

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