Always difficult as you are getting figures sometimes from multi vote wards previously, they happen previously at differing times and as yesterday was a nice hot day with no real other main elections taking place, can see why it goes down from 31,167 votes to 12,753 votes cast yesterday. But it is votes cast not opinions sort and weighted in the hope of getting the outcome correct.
Now only one council seat changed hands yesterday with a gain for the Lib Dems in Westone, Northants. all the others stayed to form 6 Conservative holds and 3 Labour holds. Labour were defending much larger wards. But I think it still shows that if anything Labour hold there support together and get them out as where the Conservative vote didn't come out in the large numbers as previously.
Lib Dems see an increase in vote share. With Greens & UKIP seeing a decrease, but then if you don't stand a candidate what do you expect.
Cumulative Vote share change
Labour +10.4%
Lib Dems +6.9%
Conservatives -0.1%
Greens -4.4%
UKIP -5.5%
Others -7.3%
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Votes cast from the previous by elections will be in brackets () Yesterdays votes are not.
Where it had been a multi seat ward fought last time the top vote is used.
nc = No Candidate
| Party > -------- Council By Election V | Conservatives | Labour | Lib Dems | UKIP | Greens | Others |
| Exmouth Littleham - East Devon DC | 547 (1,667) | 193 (nc) | 467 (1,170) | nc (1,164) | nc (1,102) | nc (1,224) |
| Honiton St Michael’s - East Devon DC | 362 (1,400) | 197 (nc) | nc (nc) | 140 (734) | nc (nc) | 211 (1,413) |
| Hackney Central - Hackney LBC | 101 (190) | 1,354 (2,094) | 113 (240) | nc (nc) | 178 (751) | 55 (nc) |
| Chorley Rural North - Lancashire CC | 1,144 (1,525) | 1,042 (1,402) | 125 (140) | 303 (642) | nc (nc) | nc (nc) |
| Bellingham - Lewisham LBC | 302 (432) | 940 (1,819) | 180 (184) | 104 (nc) | nc (nc) | 129 (595) |
| Balderton South - Newark and Sherwood DC | 483 (1,265) | nc (956) | 103 (nc) | nc (nc) | nc (nc) | nc (nc) |
| Westone - Northampton BC | 319 (1,318) | 270 (722) | 583 (315) | nc (nc) | nc (nc) | nc (nc) |
| Southcote - Reading UA | 381 (515) | 934 (1,325) | 77 (129) | nc (nc) | 66 (106) | nc (nc) |
| Warlingham West - Tandridge DC | 367 (593) | nc (82) | 218 (218) | 64 (144) | nc (nc) | nc (nc) |
| Great Wyrley Town - South Staffordshire DC | 357 (1,787) | 230 (979) | nc (nc) | 114 (825) | nc (nc) | nc (nc) |
| Total number of votes cast Yesterday 12,753 (When By Election was last held - 31,167 votes) | 4,363 - 34.2% (10,692 - 34.3%) | 5,160 - 40.5% (9,379 - 30.1%) | 1,866 - 14.6% (2,396 - 7.7%) | 725 - 5.7% (3,509 - 11.2%) | 244 - 1.9% (1,959 - 6.3%) | 395 - 3.1% (3,232 - 10.4%) |
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