Overall, 139,438 votes were cast over 68 local authority (tier one and tier two) contests. All percentages are rounded to the nearest single decimal place. For comparison you can view Quarter One's results here. Please note four seats were contested for the first time.
Party | Number of Candidates | Total Vote | % | +/-
Q1
| +/- Q2 2018 | Average | +/-
Seats |
Conservative | 68 | 35,872 | 25.7% | -0.1% | -10.7% | 528 | -4 |
Labour | 61 | 38,151 | 27.4% | +0.3% | -7.7% | 625 | -5 |
LibDem | 57 | 26,986 | 19.4% | -2.1% | +1.7% | 473 | +5 |
UKIP | 20 | 5,600 | 4.0% | +2.0% | +3.3% | 280 | +1 |
Green | 28 | 9,128 | 6.5% | +2.1% | +1.5% | 326 | 0 |
SNP* | 3 | 5,969 | 4.3% | +2.7% | +3.1% | 1,990 | +2 |
PC** | 2 | 241 | 0.2% | -1.3%
| +0.2% | 121 | 0 |
Ind*** | 32 | 12,972 | 9.3% | -1.3% | +6.4% | 405 | +4 |
Other**** | 16 | 4,519 | 5.2% | -0.3% | +4.2% | 282 | +1 |
* There were three by-elections in Scotland
** There were four by-elections in Wales
*** There were seven independent clashes this quarter
**** Others consisted of Women's Equality Party (71, 41, 53), People Before Profit (151, 218), Democrats and Veterans (13, 28), Christian People's Alliance (52), Anti-Cuts (91), Citizens First (45), Tunbridge Wells Alliance (1,088), Upminster and Cranham Residents Association (2,421), British Union and Sovereignty Party (165), Socialist Labour Party (56), For Britain (14), Libertarian Party (12)
Once again, there isn't a great deal one can say. As by-election tallies tend to be flatter than the national polls, it's interesting to see that, for a change, the quarter's results are bucking polling trends. However, this can be explained by only having one month's data point (June's) that reflect the new reality post-European elections vis a vis Labour and the Liberal Democrats, but then again this can also be put down to the ward profiles of the seats that were up. We're going to have to wait and see if what's happening at national level will stir the depths of local elections.
Also interesting is UKIP's best result for quite some time. As the Brexit Party don't contest local elections (yet) they are no doubt benefiting from an anti-EU vote, but nowhere near as much as one might expect. If Farage gives the nod to his minions to start contesting local elections it will be interesting to watch how much the Conservative vote is hit.
This month saw 21,871 votes cast over 17 local authority (tier one and tier two) contests. All percentages are rounded to the nearest single decimal place. Nine council seats changed hands and two seats were contested for the first time. For comparison with May's results, see here.
Party | Number of Candidates | Total Vote | % | +/-
May
| +/- June 18 | Avge/
Contest | +/-
Seats |
Conservative | 17 | 6,811 | 31.1% | +4.9% | +4.7% | 401 | -1 |
Labour | 16 | 5,111 | 23.4% | -5.4% | -13.9% | 319 | -1 |
LibDem | 16 | 5,662 | 25.9% | +7.8% | +3.1% | 354 | +5 |
UKIP | 4 | 313 | 1.4% | -3.6% | +0.1% | 78 | 0 |
Green | 8 | 1,907 | 6.8% | +2.0% | +2.2% | 238 | 0 |
SNP | 0 | | | | | | 0 |
PC** | 1 | 120 | 0.5% | +0.4%
| +0.5% | 120 | 0 |
Ind*** | 12 | 1,947 | 8.9% |
-0.6% | +2.9% | 162 | -1 |
Other**** | 0 | | | | | | |
* There were no by-elections in Scotland
** There was one by-election in Wales
*** There were three independent clashes this month
**** No others/minor parties ran this month
What a busy month! And what a curious one, given the happenings during last month's European elections. I say curious because it seems to be mirroring what we're seeing in the polls. Labour down, LibDems displacing them. And while UKIP are stuck in nowhere land, I'd day say that if the Brexit Party were piling in to local election contests we'd see the Tories here suffering more to.
That said, it is but a month, and as you can see from the seats listed below they were drawn disproportionately from the kinds of wards where Labour are an also ran. So it's not worth drawing any conclusions about the national filtering down to the local quite yet.
6th June
Herefordshire UA, Ross North, LDem gain from Con
South Staffordshire DC, Wombourne South West, Con hold x2
13th June
Broxtowe BC, Stapleford South East, LDem gain from Con x2
North Devon DC, Chittlehampton, Con gain from Ind
North Kestevan DC, Billinghay, Martin & North Kyme, Con gain from Ind
20th June
Forest of Dean, Newent & Taynton, Ind gain, LDem gain
Isle of Wight UA, Whippingham & Osborne, Con gain from Ind
Merton LBC, Cannon Hill, LDem gain from Lab
Neath Port Talbot UA, Pelenna, Ind hold
Salford MBC, Walkden South, Lab gain from Con
South Ribble DC, Farrington West, Con hold x2
Wandsworth LBC, Furzedown, Lab hold
27th June
Mansfield DC, Sandhurst, Ind gain from Lab
