Local by-elections

FORTHCOMING BY ELECTIONS




RECENT BY ELECTION RESULTS

26th April
Vacancy: Waterside (North Norfolk DC)
Constituency: North Norfolk (Lib Dem MP)
Defending party: Lib Dem
Labour candidate: Denise Burke
Result: Lib Dem hold; Lib Dem 494, Con 420, Lab 246, UKIP 233, Grn 73, Ind 69

26th April
Vacancy: Chobham Parish Council (Surrey Heath BC)
Constituency: Surrey Heath (Con MP)
Defending party: Con
Labour candidate: Richard Wilson
Result: Con hold; Con 452, Ind 185, Lab 75

19th April
Vacancy: Watlington (Oxfordshire CC)
Constituency: Henley (Con MP)
Defending party: Con
Labour candidate: James Merritt
Result: Con hold; Con 865, Lib Dem 259, Lab 157, UKIP 110


19th April
Vacancy: Plaistow (Chichester DC)
Constituency: Chichester (Con MP)
Defending party: Con
Labour candidate: No candidate
Result: Con hold; Con 455, Lib Dem 408


29th March
Vacancy: Crockenhill & Well Hill (Sevenoaks DC)
Constituency: Sevenoaks (Con MP)
Defending party: Ind
Labour candidate: Jenny Dibsdall
Result: Lab gain; Lab 304, Con 177, Ind 40
29th March
Vacancy: Cowden & Hever (Sevenoaks DC)
Constituency: Sevenoaks (Con MP)
Defending party: Con
Labour candidate: No candidate
Result: Con hold; Con 296, UKIP 81

22nd March
Vacancy: St Bartholomews (Tendring DC)
Constituency: Clacton (Con MP)
Defending party: Ind
Labour candidate: Keith Henderson
Result: Ind hold; Ind 1087, Con 289, Lab 120

22nd March
Vacancy: Tavistock North (West Devon DC)
Constituency: Torridge & West Devon (Con MP)
Defending party: Con
Labour candidate: Moira Brown
Result: Ind gain; Ind 407, Con 256, Lib Dem 225, Lab 125, UKIP 78, Ind 57

22nd March
Vacancy: Waltham Cross (Hertfordshire CC)
Constituency: Broxbourne (Con MP)
Defending party: Con
Labour candidate: Malcolm Aitken
Result: Con hold; Con 1389, Lab 837, UKIP 159, Lib Dem 76

15th March
Vacancy: Braintree East (Braintree DC)
Constituency: Braintree (Con MP)
Defending party: Con
Labour candidate: Eric Lynch
Result: Lab gain; Lab 544, Con 388, UKIP 131, Green 76, Ind 32


15th March
Vacancy: Great Notley & Braintree West (Braintree DC)
Constituency: Braintree (Con MP)
Defending party: Con
Labour candidate: Juliet Walton
Result: Con hold; Con 532, Lab 232, UKIP 155, Green 61

15th March
Vacancy: Braintree South (Braintree DC)
Constituency: Braintree (Con MP)
Defending party: Con
Labour candidate: Martin Green
Result: Lab gain; Lab 596, Con 476, Green 116


15th March
Vacancy: Portchester East (Fareham BC)
Constituency: Fareham (Con MP)
Defending party: Lib Dem
Labour candidate: Richard Ryan
Result: Lib Dem hold; Lib Dem 1216, Con 840, Lab 323, Green 90, Ind 77

8th March
Vacancy: Kemsley (Swale BC)
Constituency: Sittingbourne & Sheppey (Con MP)
Defending party: Con
Labour candidate: Samuel Raycraft
Result: Con hold. Con 384, Lab 312, UKIP 279, Lib Dem 166

8th March
Vacancy: Bayliss & Stoke (Slough UA)
Constituency: Slough (Lab MP)
Defending party: Lab
Labour candidate: Mohammed Nazir
Result: Lab hold. Lab 1300, Ind 764, UKIP 82, Ind 68

16th February
Vacancy: Itchingfold, Slinfield & Warnham (Horsham DC)
Constituency: Horsham (Con MP)
Defending party: Con
Labour candidate: David Hide
Result: Con hold; Con 557, Lib Dem 320, UKIP173, Green 65, Lab 60

9th February
Vacancy: Winchester Southern Parishes (Hampshire CC)
Constituency: Winchester (Con MP)
Defending party: Con
Labour candidate: David Picton-Jones
Result: Con hold; Con 1661, Lib Dem 1038, UKIP 133, Green 130, Lab 124

9th February
Vacancy: Kesgrave & Rushmere St Andrew (Suffolk CC)
Constituency: Suffolk Coastal (Con MP)
Defending party: Con
Labour candidate: Kevin Archer
Result: Con hold; Con 1302, Lab 804, Lib Dem 514

9th February
Vacancy: Kesgrave East (Suffolk Coastal DC)
Constituency: Suffolk Coastal (Con MP)
Defending party: Con
Labour candidate: David Isaacs
Result: Con hold;  Con 531, Lab 241, Lib Dem 194

19th January 2012
Vacancy: Batchwood (St Albans DC)
Constituency:  St Albans
Defending party: Lib Dem
Labour candidate: Roma Mills
Result: Lab gain. Lab 1002, Lib Dem 395, Con 347, Green 76

12th January
Vacancy: Cinderford West (Forest of Dean DC)
Constituency: Forest of Dean (Con MP)
Defending party: Lab
Labour candidate: Roger Sterry
Result: Labour hold. Lab 496, Con 236, UKIP 119, Lib Dem 89

BY ELECTION RESULTS 2011

22nd December
Vacancy: Westbourne (Brighton & Hove UA)
Constituency: Hove
Defending party: Con
Labour candidate: Nigel Jenner
Result: Con hold. Con 1027, Lab 826, Green 645, Lib Dem 45, UKIP 36

19th December
Vacancy: Worlingham (Waveney DC)
Constituency: Waveney (Con MP)
Defending party: Con
Labour candidate: Sylvia Robbins
Result: Con hold. Con 706, Lab 586, Green 137, UKIP 64, Lib Dem 46

15th December
Vacancy: Clare & Shuttern (Mid Devon DC)
Constituency: Tiverton (Con MP)
Defending party: Con
Labour candidate: No candidate
Result: Con hold. Con 385, Ind 166, UKIP 54

1st December
Vacancy: Brent (Somerset CC)
Constituency: Wells (Lib Dem MP)
Defending party: Con
Labour candidate: No candidate
Result: Con hold. Con 406, Eng Dem 218, Lib Dem 117

1st December
Vacancy: Rayleigh Central (Rochford DC)
Constituency: Rayleigh & Wickford (Con MP)
Defending party: Con
Labour candidate: No candidate
Result: Con hold. Con 1285, Lib Dem 932

24th November 2011
Vacancy: Beaver (Ashford BC)
Constituency: Ashford (Con MP)
Defending party: Labour
Labour candidate: Rebecca Rutter
Result: Lab hold. Lab 336, Con 249, Lib Dem 173, Ash Ind 111, Green 26

24th November 2011
Vacancy: Hazlemere South (Wycombe DC)
Constituency: Wycombe (Con MP)
Defending party: Conservative
Labour candidate: Alan De'Ath
Result: Lib Dem gain. Lib Dem 412, UKIP 365, Con 228, Lab 88

24th November
Vacancy: Wendron (Cornwall UA)
Constituency: St Ives (Lib Dem MP)
Defending party: Independent
Labour candidate: Robert Webber
Result: Mebyon Kernow gain. Meb Kern 427, Lib Dem 227, Ind 177, Lab 80

17th November 2011
Vacancy: West Wight  (Isle of Wight UA)
Constituency: Isle of Wight (Con MP)
Defending party: Independent
Labour candidate: no candidate
Result: Con gain. Con 640, Lib Dem 116, Ind 78

10th November 2011
Vacancy: St Margarets (Ipswich BC)
Constituency: Ipswich (Con MP)
Defending party: Con
Labour candidate: Glen Chisholm
Result: Lib Dem gain; Lib Dem 942, Con 871, Lab 439

27th October 2011
Vacancy: Bude North & Stratton (Cornwall UA)
Constituency: North Cornwall (Lib Dem MP)
Defending party: Lib Dem
Labour candidate: Adrian Jones
Result: Lib Dem hold; Lib Dem 958, Con 395, Lab 120, Ind 93

20th October 2011
Vacancy: Bookham South (Mole Valley DC)
Constituency: Mole Valley (Con MP)
Defending party: Lib Dem
Labour candidate: No candidate
Result: Lib Dem hold; Lib Dem 1043, Con 940, UKIP 228

20th October 2011
Vacancy: Bradwell South & Hopton (Great Yarmouth BC)
Constituency: Great Yarmouth (Con MP)
Defending party: Con
Labour candidate: Hilary Wainwright
Result: Con hold; Con 557, Lab 407, UKIP 159

18th October 2011
Vacancy: Cokeham (Adur BC)
Constituency: East Worthing & Shoreham (Con MP)
Defending party: Con
Labour candidate: Barry Mears
Result: Con hold. Con 288, Lab 282, UKIP 91, Green 35, Lib Dem 31

13th October 2011
Vacancy: Meopham North (Gravesham BC)
Constituency: Gravesham (Con MP)
Defending party: Con
Labour candidate: Andrew Mylett
Result: Con hold; Con 648, UKIP 462, Lib Dem 148, Lab 112

6th October
Vacancy: Vicarage (Watford DC)
Constituency: Watford (Con MP)
Defending party: Lab
Labour candidate: Mo Mills
Result: Lab hold. Lab 917, Lib Dem 403, Con 95

29th September
Vacancy: Nascot (Watford DC)
Constituency: Watford (Con MP)
Defending party: Lib Dem
Labour candidate: Omar Ismail
Result: Lib Dem hold. Lib Dem 1021, Con 818, Lab 134, Green 133

29th September
Vacancy: Bicester North (Cherwell DC)
Constituency: Banbury (Con MP)
Defending party: Con
Labour candidate: Kevin Walsh
Result: Con hold. Con 443; Lab 130, Lib Dem 99

22nd September
Vacancy: Staithe (Fenland DC)
Constituency: North East Cambridgeshire (Con MP)
Defending party: Con
Labour candidate: John White
Result: Con hold; Con 228, Lab 166, Lib Dem 90

15th September 2011
Double Vacancy: Bramshott & Liphook (East Hampshire DC)
Constituency: East Hampshire (Con MP)
Defending party: Con
Labour candidates: John Tough & Frank Jones
Result: Con hold; Con 796 & 743, Lib Dem 404 & 371, Lab 183 & 117, Green 126

15th September 2011
Vacancy: Headley (Hampshire CC)
Constituency: East Hampshire (Con MP)
Defending party: Con
Labour candidate: John Tough
Result: Con hold; Con 1588, Lib Dem 290, Lab 258, Green 178

8th September
Vacancy: Backwell (North Somerset DC)
Constituency: North Somerset (Con MP)
Defending party: Con
Labour candidate: Terry Connell
Result: Ind hold; Ind 816, Con 314, Lab 124, Lib Dem 69

8th September 2011
Vacancy: Southmead (Bristol UA)
Constituency: Bristol North West (Con MP)
Defending party: Lib Dem
Labour candidate: Brenda Massey
Result: Lab gain; Lab 1109, Con 765, Lib Dem 365, Green 120

8th September 2011
Vacancy: Stock (Essex CC)
Constituency: Maldon (Con MP)
Defending party: Con
Labour candidate: Maurice Austin
Result: Con hold; Con 1820, UKIP 736, Lab 275, LD 160, Green 80

11th August 2011
Vacancy: Eton & Castle (Windsor & Maidenhead UA)
Constituency: Windsor (Con MP)
Defending party: Con
Labour candidate: George Davidson
Result: Lib Dem gain; Lib Dem 208, Con 182, Lab 32, Other 17

11th August 2011
Vacancy: Fremington (North Devon DC)
Constituency: North Devon (Lib Dem MP)
Defending party: Independent
Labour candidate: not contested
Result: Independent hold; Ind 501, Con 308, Ind 194, Green 64

4th August 2011
Vacancy: South Peverton (Somerset CC)
Constituency: Yeovil (Lib Dem MP)
Defending party: Con
Labour candidate: Not contested
Result: Lib Dem gain: Lib Dem 1333; Con 943; Green 108; UKIP 104

21st July 2011
Vacancy: Remenham, Wargrave & Ruscombe (Wokingham UA)
Constituency: Wokingham (Con MP)
Defending party: Con
Labour candidate: Brian Scott
Result: Con hold: Con 913; Lib Dem 237; UKIP 83; Lab 60
14th July 2011
Vacancy: Old Catton (Norfolk CC)
Constituency: Norwich North (Con MP)
Defending party: Con
Labour candidate: Chrissie Rumsby
Result: Con hold. Con 664; Lib Dem 414; Lab 377; UKIP 107; Green 75

7th July 2011
Vacancy: Lytchett Matravers (Purbeck DC)
Constituency: Mid Dorset & Poole North (Lib Dem MP)
Defending party: Lib Dem
Labour candidate: No Labour candidate
Result: Con hold; Con 669; Lib Dem 599

30th June 2011
Vacancy: Cheshunt Central (Broxbourne DC)
Constituency: Broxbourne (Con MP)
Defending party: Conservative
Labour candidate: Richard Greenhill
Result: Con hold. Con 742; Lab 481; UKIP 88; Ind 62; Lib Dem 24

23rd June 2011
Vacancy: St Andrew's (Great Yarmouth Borough Council)
Constituency: Great Yarmouth (Con MP)
Defending party: Conservative
Labour candidate: Marlene Fairhead
Result: Lab gain. Lab 424; Con 401

23rd June 2011
Vacancy: Binstead & Fishbourne (Isle of Wight Council)
Constituency: Isle of Wight (Con MP)
Defending party: Conservative
Labour candidate: Mick Lyons
Result: Ind gain. Ind 428; Con 424; LD 139; UKIP 93; Lab 66

23rd June 2011
Vacancy: Cockington-with-Chelston (Torbay UA)
Constituency: Torbay (Lib Dem MP)
Defending party: Conservative
Labour candidate: Leonora Critchlow
Result: LD gain. LD 1048; Con 614; Lab 357

16th June 2011
Vacancy: Hullbridge (Rochford DC)
Constituency: Rayleigh & Wickford (Con MP)
Defending party: Conservative
Labour candidate: Angelina Marriott
Result: Green Gain. Green 757; Con 555; Labour 182

9th June 2011
Vacancy: Chelmsford Central (Essex CC)
Constituency: Chelmsford (Con MP)
Defending party: Lib Dem
Labour candidate: Russell Kennedy
Result: Con Gain. Con 1496; Lib Dem 1323; Lab 610

19th May 2011
Vacancy: St John's & Brookwood (Surrey CC)
Constituency: Woking (Con MP)
Defending party: Conservative
Labour candidate: Janice Worgan
Result: Con Hold. Con 1342; Lib Dem 1058; Lab 188

17th March 2011
Vacancy: Pembury  (Tunbridge Wells DC)
Constituency: Tunbridge Wells (Con MP)
Defending party: Conservative
Labour candidate: Labour not standing candidate
Result: Lib Dem gain. Lib Dem 578; Con 460; UKIP 297

3rd March 2011
Vacancy: March North (Cambridgeshire CC)
Constituency: North East Cambridgshire (Con MP)
Defending party: Conservative
Labour candidate: Louis Sugden
Result: Con hold. Con 616; Lab 282; Lib Dem 277


17th February 2011
By-election: Bourn (South Cambridgeshire DC)
Constituency: South Cambridgeshire (Con MP)
Defending party: Conservative
Labour candidate: Gavin Clayton
Result: Con hold. Con 874; Lib Dem 345; Lab 337

10th February 2011
By-election: Romney Marsh (Kent CC)
Constituency: Folkestone & Hythe (Con MP)
Defending party: Conservative
Labour candidate: Doug Suckling
Result: Con hold. Con 2222, Lab 748, Lib Dem 479, UKIP 420, Ind 238

10th February 2011
By-election: Lydd (Shepway DC)
Constituency: Folkestone & Hythe (Con MP)
Defending party: Conservative
Labour candidate: Donald Worsley
Result: Con hold. Con 591, Lab 247, Lib Dem 184, Ind 177

3rd February 2011
By-election: Rodborough (Gloucs CC)
Constituency: Stroud (Con MP)
Defending party: Conservative
Labour candidate: Brian Oosthuysen
Result: Lab gain. Lab 793; Con 790; LD 660; Grn 260

Another spectacular by-election victory, with Labour's Brian Oosthuysen taking Labour from its 4th place finish in 2009 to this narrow 3 vote victory, on a swing on nearly 20%.

3rd February 2011
By-election: Amberley & Woodchester (Stroud DC)
Constituency: Stroud (Con MP)
Defending party: Conservative
Labour candidate: Jo Smith
Result: Con hold. Con 366; Lab 177; LD 124

An impressive result for Labour, moving from third to second place in a District Council ward that is also in the Stroud constituency.

27th January 2011
By-election: Oliver's Battery & Badger's Farm (Winchester DC)
Constituency: Winchester (Con MP)
Defending party: Liberal Democrat
Labour candidate: Humayun Qureshi
Result: Lib Dem hold. LD 894; Con 604; Lab 161

An unsurprising result as Lib Dems hold a safe seat of theirs in this unremarkable by election.

20th January 2011
By-election: Tonbridge (Kent CC)
Constituency: Tonbridge & Malling (Con MP)
Defending party: Conservative
Labour candidate: Emily Williams
Result: Con hold. Con 3229; Lab 1216; Lib Dem 561

Another impressive by election performance by Labour, with Emily Williams taking Labour comfortably into second place in this seat, having finished a poor 4th in 2009. The Lib Dem share of the vote nearly halved.

13th January 2011
By-election: Camborne North (Cornwall Council)
Constituency: Camborne & Redruth (Con MP)
Defending party: Conservative
Labour candidate: Jude Robinson
Result: Lab gain. Lab 230, Con 203, Lib Dem 152

A stunning result, with Jude Robinson coming from 5th place in 2009 to win Labour's first and only seat on Cornwall Council, on a 16% swing from Con to Lab.

13th January 2011
By-election: Humbleyard (Norfolk CC)
Constituency: South Norfolk (Con MP)
Defending party: Conservative
Labour candidate: Marian Chapman
Result: Con hold. Con 1015, Lib Dem 438, Lab 424

An improved result for Labour here, narrowly missing out on 2nd place.

6th January 2011
By-election: Park (Windsor & Maidenhead Council)
Constituency: Windsor (Con MP)
Defending party: Conservative
Labour candidate: Laura Binnie
Result: Conservative hold. Con 637; LD 156; Lab 149; Ind 47

While remaining third in this ward Labour saw the gap between it and the Lib Dems fall from over 500 when this ward was fought in 2007, to a mere 7 in this by-election. Congratulations to Laura Binnie and her team on a creditable result.