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.
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