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Council By election candidates & past results (7th/8th October)

Riverside - Cardiff - Cecilia Love (Labour), resigned due to her poor attendance. She cited the difficulties of being a single mum from an Asian background to explain it.

Dec 2013 by: Lab 1120, PC 773, Con 107, UKIP 97, TUSC 70, LD 58
2012: Lab 1731/1555/1431, PC 1153/944/940, Grn 294/272/189, Con 286/276/263, LD 142/129/122, TUSC 99
Mar 2011 by: Lab 1700, PC 1099, Con 369, Grn 277, LD 187
2008: PC 1064/1064/991, Lab 786/743/707, Con 295/209/206, LD 280/250/235
2004: PC 1448/1408/1248, Lab 1280/1135/1092, LD 693/658/561, Grn 605, Con 465

Steffan Bateman (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)
Ruksana Begum (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales)
Gareth Bennett (UK Independence Party (UKIP))
Sean Driscoll (Welsh Conservative Party Candidate)
Gwilym Owen (Welsh Liberal Democrats / Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol Cymru)
Hannah Pudner (The Green Party / Plaid Werdd)
Caro Wild (Welsh Labour / Llafur Cymru)

An Taobh Siar agus Nis - Eilean Siar - Iain Morrison (Independent) died. He was a councillor since 1999.

Mar 2015 by: Ind Maclennan unopposed
2012: Morrison 354, Mackay 310, SNP 298, Murray 289, Maclennan 119, Dunlop 94 (winners: Morrison, Mackay, SNP, Murray on 2nd count; final count Murray 316, Maclennan 128, Dunlop 103)
2007: Morrison 463, Mackay 335, Murray 313, MacSween 277, Rennie 267, MacLeod 118, McTaggart 14 (winners: Morrison, Mackay, Murray, Rennie on 5th count; final count Rennie 338, MacSween 323) (only ward in Western Isles to have no party candidates in 2007)

Richard Froggart (Independent)
Gavin Humphreys (Scottish Green Party)
John MacLeod

7th October Council by election results <<< link to


October 8th

Bolsover South - Bolsover DC - James Hall (Labour) died.


2015: 2 x Lab unopposed
2011: Lab 787/611, Con 351
2007: 2 x Lab unopposed
2003: 2 x Lab unopposed

Juliet Armstrong (The Conservative Party Candidate)
John Bagshaw (UK Independence Party (UKIP))
Pat Cooper (Labour Party)
Jon Dale (Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts)

Aird and Loch Ness - Highland - Resignation of Drew Hendry (SNP), the new MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey. He was Highland Council leader from 2012 to 2015.

2012: Ind 1194/659, SNP 840/287, LD 498, Con 279, Lab 221, UKIP 66 (winners: Ind, SNP, Ind, LD on 7th count; final count LD 768, SNP 413)
2007: Ind 1215/1125/322/192, SNP 892, LD 550, Con 355, Lab 292 (winners: Ind, Ind, SNP, LD on 7th count; final count LD 866, Ind 598)

George Cruickshank (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
Jean Davis (Scottish Liberal Democrats)
Zofia Fraser (Independent)
Emma Knox (Scottish National Party (SNP))
Vikki Trelfer (Scottish Green Party)

Totnes - South Hams DC - Barrie Wood (Green) resigned for health reasons.

2015: Grn 2215/1839, Lab 1265/1137/1111, LD 1150, Con 928/815/754, UKIP 693, TUSC 349

John Birch (Liberal Democrat)
Ralph Clark (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Eleanor Cohen (Labour Party)
John Green (Green Party)
Peter Pirnie (Independent)

Sandford and The Whittenhams - South Oxfordshire DC - Jon Woodley-Shead (Conservative) resigned for unknown reasons.

2015: Con 1030, LD 445, Lab 367, Grn 343

Sam Casey-Rerhaye (Green Party)
Sue Lawson (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Jim Merritt (Labour Party)
Simon Thompson (Liberal Democrat)

Goldsworth East - Woking DC - Amanda Coulson (Liberal Democrat) resigned due to taking up a teaching position in the Middle East. She was elected in 2011 as Amanda van Niekerk.
2015-2016 term (all up elections due to new boundaries)

2015: Con 1592, LD 859, Lab 766, UKIP 377
2014: Con 837, LD 687, UKIP 381, Lab 376
2012: LD 783, Con 680, Lab 350, UKIP 168
2011: Con 1093/839, LD 947/817, Lab 447/351, UKIP 215
2010: LD 1861, Con 1267, Lab 373, UKIP 189
2008: LD 1261, Con 654, UKIP 126, Lab 120
2007: LD 1150, Con 829, Lab 163, UKIP 72
2006: LD 1062, Con 840, Lab 198
2004: LD 1122/966, Con 500/358, Lab 196/135, UKIP 194, Health and Community Issues Party 68
2003: LD 727, Con 457, Lab 210
2002: LD 797, Con 488, Lab 316

Jay Butcher (Labour Party)
Sonia Elbaraka (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Tim Read (UK Independence Party)
James Sanderson (Liberal Democrats)

Goldsworth West - Woking DC - Denzil Coulson (Liberal Democrat) resigned due to taking up a teaching position in the Middle East.
2014-2016 term (all up elections due to new boundaries)

2014: LD 467, Con 409, UKIP 238, Lab 126
2012: LD 515, Con 270, Lab 160
2010: LD 1271, Con 850, Lab 220, UKIP 121
2008: LD 661, Con 369, Lab 116, UKIP 50
2006: LD 810, Con 368, Lab 83
2004: LD 561, Con 297, UKIP 122, Lab 73, Health and Community Issues Party 22 
2002: LD 485, Con 266, Lab 83

Troy de Leon (UK Independence Party)
Tina Liddington (Liberal Democrats)
Chitra Rana (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Robina Shaheen (Labour Party)