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September 05, 2014

Latest by-election results: more headlines for Ukip

Ukip has been cultivating the county of Kent for many years, and on Thursday they reaped a small dividend: a seat on Shepway council, which they took from the Conservatives:…

August 30, 2014

Latest by-election results: a Lib Dem bounce in Newcastle

There was an unexpected outcome in this week’s sole council by-election. Not only did the Liberal Democrats hold a seat in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, they also achieved a swing from Labour of…

August 24, 2014

Latest by-election results: a solitary Tory gain

Just one local by-election this week. The Tories took a seat from the Liberal Democrats on Broadland council in Norfolk. Fran Whymark won by a gap of 14 votes. There…

August 16, 2014

Latest by-election results: Labour keeps a tight grip on its heartlands

Just two council by-elections this week, both easily held by Labour. One was for a seat on Lambeth council in London:

August 09, 2014

Latest by-election results: a fillip for Ukip

After a run of losses and near misses, there was a sliver of cheer for Ukip in this week’s council by-elections. In Worthing, the party gained a seat from the…

August 02, 2014

Latest by-election results: double for Labour, trouble for Ukip

Labour turned in a good performance in this week’s council by-elections. A total of four contests were held on Thursday, in which the party enjoyed two gains, one from the…

July 26, 2014

Latest by-election results: a tonic for Ukip, a double for the Lib Dems

Ukip hasn’t being doing that well in local by-elections of late, so Thursday’s win in Doncaster will have brought the party some cheer. They took a seat from Labour in…

July 19, 2014

Latest by-election results: Ukip lose two seats, the Tories lose a council

Nine by-election contests to report this week, and some intriguing results. Ukip were defending two seats – and lost both of them. One was on Cornwall council. Last week the…

July 12, 2014

Latest by-election results: a Cornish pasting for the Tories

Cornwall is going to be one of the counties to watch at the general election. All of its six constituencies are marginals – none more so than Camborne & Redruth,…

July 05, 2014

Latest by-election results, part two: nuggets of good news for all parties… except Ukip

Time to run through the rest of this week’s council by-elections. Along with the three contests in Tower Hamlets that I reviewed yesterday, a further nine took place across England….

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