Quarter One By-Election Results 2020

Overall, 47,833 votes were cast over 29 local authority (tier one and tier two) contests. All percentages are rounded to the nearest single decimal place. For comparison you can view Quarter Four 2019's results here.

Party	Number of Candidates	Total Vote	%	+/-  Q4	+/- Q1 2019	Average	+/- Seats
Conservative	28	18,170	38.0%	-0.7%	+12.2%	649	-2
Labour	24	14,292	29.9%	+0.3%	+2.2%	596	-2
LibDem	20	8,103	16.9%	+2.7%	-4.6%	405	+3
Green	19	2,230	4.7%	-2.1%	+0.3%	117	0
SNP*	1	898	1.9%	-1.5%	+0.3%	898	0
PC**	1	189	0.4%	-0.3%	-1.1%	189	+1
Ind***	20	3,834	5.2%	+0.6%	-5.4%	192	0
Other****	2	117	8.0%	+6.6%	+2.5%	59	0

* There was one by-election in Scotland
** There was one by-election in Wales
*** There were five Independent clashes
**** Others this quarter consisted of Socialist Alternative (101 votes) and UKIP (16 votes)

What's happened with the postponement of more than half of March's contests has obviously impacted the results tallies, but the pattern we see here repeats what we saw last quarter. In other words, a return to politics as normal with Tories, Labour, and the Liberal Democrats settling back into their traditional positioning in popular vote terms. When the quarterly round up returns perhaps everything will have changed, or nothing at all. Stay tuned.