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November 14, 2014

Latest by-election results: another nugget of pain for Labour

Cambridge is one of Labour’s more ambitious targets at the general election. The Liberal Democrats’ Julian Huppert won the seat in 2010 with a majority of 6,792 over the Tories,…

November 09, 2014

Latest by-election results: twin humiliations for Labour

There were just two council by-elections this week, but they produced a morale-boosting win for the Conservatives and twin humiliations for Labour. Here’s the result of the Tories’ victory, which…

November 02, 2014

Latest by-election results: a double for independents

No gains for the main parties this week. The only seats to change hands in Thursday’s council by-elections were won by independents – in one case, from another independent:

October 24, 2014

Latest by-election results: Ukip’s forward march falters

Ukip had a number of chances in this week’s council by-elections to broaden the momentum it has enjoyed since winning the constituency of Clacton a fortnight ago. A few victories…

October 17, 2014

Latest by-election results: hit and miss for Ukip

The Rochester & Strood by-election is still over a month away, but this week’s council by-elections gave Ukip a chance to remind the Conservatives of how powerful a force they…

October 11, 2014

Latest by-election results: Tories take slight revenge on Ukip

The Conservatives were able to hand a very mild drubbing to their erstwhile MP Douglas Carswell in this week’s council by-elections. A seat on Essex county council was up for…

October 04, 2014

Latest by-election results: Ukip gain from Labour

Only one of this week’s seven council by-elections saw a seat change hands – and it was a gain by Ukip. The party narrowly won a seat from Labour on…

September 26, 2014

Latest by-election results: Tories and Lib Dems trade gains

All of seats up for grabs in this week’s council by-elections changed hands. The Tories took one from the Lib Dems – but the Lib Dems took two from the…

September 21, 2014

Latest by-election results: three out of three for Labour

More so than usual, this week’s council by-elections were overshadowed by events elsewhere. In their own humble way they had a few interesting stories to tell, however. Labour was the…

September 13, 2014

Latest by-election results: swings, but no switches

No seats changed hands in this week’s six council by-elections, though there were a few intriguing swings to give the main parties something to ponder.

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