Local Council By-Elections April 2023

This month saw 4,422 votes cast in three local authority contests. All percentages are rounded to the nearest single decimal place. No council seats changed hands. For comparison with March's results, see here.

Party	Number of Candidates	Total Vote	%	+/-  Mar	+/- Ap 22	Avge/ Contest	+/- Seats
Conservative	3	1,245	28.2%	+4.7	-0.5	415	0
Labour	3	2,203	49.8%	+25.2	+23.6	734	0
Lib Dem	3	598	13.5%	-7.9	-12.1	199	0
Green	2	123	2.8%	-6.4	-10.5	62	0
SNP*	0						0
PC**	1	34	0.8%	-1.4	+0.8	34	0
Ind***	1	199	4.5%	-6.7	-1.0	199	0
Other****	1	20	0.5%	-1.0	-0.2	20	0

* There were no by-elections in Scotland
** There was one by-election in Wales
*** There were no Independent clashes
**** Others this month consisted of TUSC (20 votes)

There's nothing much you can say about months like these. With local elections next week and by-elections getting rolled over to polling day, April has been tumbleweed with just three contests and three easy Labour holds. That's it!

20th April
Enfield, Bullsmoor, Lab hold
Warrington, Latchford West, Lab hold

27th April
Swansea, Penderry, Lab hold