Saturday 20 December 2014

Local Council By-Elections December 2014

Party
Number of Candidates
Total Vote
%
+/- Nov
Average/
contest
+/-
Nov
+/-
Seats
Conservative
16
7,090
  29.2%
 -2.1%
     443
  -183
     0
Labour
17
6,493
  26.8%
+3.5%
     382
  -127
    -1
LibDem
10
2,443
  10.1%
+1.2%
     244
    -49
   +1
UKIP
15
4,472
  18.4% 
 -0.6%
     298
  -216
   +1
SNP*
  2
1,670 
    6.9%
+1.6%
     835
  -375  
  +1
Plaid Cymru**
  2
   598 
    2.5%   
+2.3%
     598 
 +494
   +1
Green
  5
   375
    1.5%
 -1.8%
       75
    -43 
     0 
BNP
  0
       0
     
       
   
     0
TUSC
  1
     29
    0.1%
 -0.2%
       29
      +3
     0
Independent***
  4
   882
    3.6%  
 -4.6%
     221
    -69
    -1
Other****
  1
   199
    0.8%
+0.7%
     199
 +170
    -2

* There were two by-elections in Scotland.
** There were two by-elections in Wales, a further one (held by PC) was uncontested.
*** There were no independent clashes.
**** The only 'other' this month was Lincolnshire Independents (199 votes)

Overall, 24,251 votes were cast over 19 local authority (tier one and tier two) contests. All percentages are rounded to the nearest single decimal place. In sum five council seats changed hands. For comparison see November's results here.

Anything of note this month? Not really, except, once again, the Tories have beaten Labour in the popular vote, despite the latter fielding one more candidate than the blues for the first time in, well, ever. The rest is the rest. The LibDems continue to win more votes than reported to the pollsters. So does UKIP as it happens. Meanwhile the much vaunted Green surge, while translating into a greater spread of seats contested, doesn't seem to be impacting their by-election vote shares much.

And there be your final set of by-election results for 2014. Whatever will the new year bring?

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