OTHER COUNCIL ELECTION RESULTS MAY 2ND

On May 2nd we had the council elections which were held in 35 councils you can find the results by clicking.MAY 2013 LOCAL COUNCILS ELECTION PAGE

But in addition to this there was 170 by elections for councils which weren't holding full elections and MiddleEnglander has done a great job of collating all this information which you will find below.

There have been 170 by-elections to date during 2013, 52 in the period January to April and 118 on 2nd May. This thread aims to maintain a summary of the results and record gains and losses through to the end of the year. The details for January to April can be found on "2013 by-election results ahead of the May election" thread.

The May 2nd results saw 118 contests with 28 seats (24%) changing hands.

Party	Candidates	Defended	Retained	Gained	Lost	Won
Conservative	116	64	48	7	16	55
Labour	97	29	27	6	2	33
Lib Dems	77	20	11	3	9	14
UKIP	62			6		6
Greens	34	3	2		1	2
Independents	24	1	1	5		6
SNP	2
Plaid Cymru	2
Borders Party	1	1	1			1
Liberal	1			1		1
BNP	1
English Democrats	3
National Front	1
TUSAC	2
Others	3
Total	426	118	90	28	28	118

Conservatives gained 2 seats from Labour whilst losing 3 to them:
* gained Wellingborough BC, Earls Barton - 3 member "split" ward in 2003, 2007 & 2011 - on ~12% swing to Con since 2011
* gained Wycombe BC, Disraeli - 2 Con in 2007, 2 Lab 2003 & 2011 - on 7½% swing to Con since 2011
* lost Scarbough BC, Streonshalh - LD & Ind in 2003 & 2007 but 2 Con in 2011
* lost Stroud BC, Cam East - Con ward in last 4 elections - on 6% swing to Lab since 2911
* lost Tamworth BC, Wilnecote - Lab in 2012 but Con earlier - on 7% swing to Con since 2012

Conservatives gained 5 seats from Lib Dems whilst losing 3 to them:
* gained Cheltenham BC, Warden Hill - Con 2006, 2008, 2012 but LD 2010 - 2012 voting figures questionable
* gained Malvern Hills DC, Chase - 3 LD 2003, 3 Con 2007, 2 Con & 1 LD 2011 - small swing to Con since 2011
* gained South Cambridgeshire DC, Balsham - Con 2006, 2007, 2011 plus 2009 by, LD 2010 - on 13% swing to LD since 2011
* gained Spelthorne BC, Sunbury East - 3 Con 2003, 3 LD 2007, 2 Con & 1 LD 2011 - on small swing to LD since 2011
* gained Vale of White Horse DC, Greendown - LD in 2003, 2007 & 2011 - on 13% swing since 2011
* lost South Cambridgeshire DC, Orwell & Barrington - Ind 2003, Con 2007 & 2011 - on 19% swing to LD since 2011
* lost South Ribble BC, Howick & Priory - 2 LD 2003, 2 Con 20078 & 2011 - on 11% swing to LD since 2011
* lost Vale of White Horse DC, Abingdon Peachcroft - 2 LD 2003 & 2005, 1 Con & 1 LD 2011 - on 6.8% swing to LD since 2011

Labour gained 2 seats from Lib Dems and 1 from Green but sitting as Labour:
* Ipswich BC, Alexandra - LD 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, Lab 2011, 2012 - on 2% swing to Lab since 2012 with UKIP second
* Mendip DC, Shepton West - 2 Con 2003 & 2007, 1 Con 1 LD 2011 - on 6% swing from LD since 2011 with Con second
and from Green
* Cambridge BC, Abbey - Lab 2006, 2007 & 2011, 2012, Green 2008 & 2010 - on small swing to Lab since 2012

UKIP gained 5 seats from Conservatives as well as 1 from the Lib Dems where there was a straight UKIP / Conservative contest:
* Adur DC, Southlands - Con in last 4 elections - on 19% swing since 2012 when Lab lost by 8 votes
* Basildon BC, Wickford Castledon - Con in last 4 elections - 2.7% UKIPmajority from nowhere when Con polled 60% in 2011
* Boston BC, Staniland South - 2 Lab unopposed 2003, 2 BBI 2007, 2 Con 2011 - where UKIP had 20% majority over Labour
* Epping Forest DC, Waltham Abbey Honey Lane - Con seat in last 6 elections - 2% UKIP majority from nowhere in UKIP / Con contest
* Forest of Dean DC, Bromsberrow & Dymock - Ind 2003, Con 2007 & 2011 - 9% UKIP majority from nowhere in UKIP / Con contest
and UKIP gained from Lib Dem
* East Lindsey DC, Coningsby & Tattersall - 2 Con unopposed 2003, Con & LD 2007 & 2011 - 10% UKIP majority from nowhere in UKIP / Con contest.

Independents gained 4 seats from Conservatives and 1 from Lib Dems.
* East Devon DC, Feniton & Buckerall - Con 2003, 2007 & 2011 - 75% majority from nowhere in Ind / Con contest
* East Herts DC, Hertford Castle - 3 Con 2003, 2007, 2011 - 11% majority on 13% swing since 2011 in Ind / Con contest
* Runnymede BC, Chertsey South & Row Town - Con in last 6 contests but 2012 after tie - 3.2% majority in 4 way contest
* Scarborough BC, Esk Valley - 2 Con 2003 (unopposed), 2007 & 2011 - 50% majority after Con withdraws
and from Lib Dem
* Uttlesford DC, Newport - 2 LD 2003 & 2007, 1 Con 1 LD 2011 - 4% majority over Con in 4 way contest

Liberal (not Democrat) gained 1 seat from Conservative:
* Ryedale DC, Pickering East - Ind / LD 2003, LD / Lib 2007, Con / Lib 2011 - 4% majority on 3½% swing to Lib since 2011.