Thank you for the past 4 years

I would like to thank all those who have viewed my 2 blogs and all those who have followed and re tweeted over the past 4 years on Twitter.

I never thought I would have got nearly 11,000 followers for a subject like election results and breaking down opinion polls. Having trended in differing parts of the UK and had sometimes as much as 4million impressions during a month on Twitter it was quite an experience.

The best time to call it a day should have really been after the 2015 General Election as I knew then I couldn't give this my 24/7 attention which it needs. Something which was a fun past time became a chore, and it wasn't being given the time it needed. It may well be something I come back to in a couple of years time refreshed, we will see I do have this and the 2025 blog set up.

Wokingham, Emmbrook Council by election result 17th February 2017

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Wokingham, Emmbrook - Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative

Party	2017 votes	2017 share	since 2016	since 2015	since 2014	since 2012
Liberal Democrat	1,575	59.7%	+16.6%	+25.0%	+22.6%	+46.1%
Conservative	879	33.3%	-10.2%	-9.9%	-4.2%	-22.9%
UKIP	104	3.9%	from nowhere	-5.1%	-11.5%	-11.5%
Labour	79	3.0%	-6.2%	-5.4%	-6.9%	-11.7%
Green			-4.2%	-4.7%
Total votes	2,637		93%	53%	91%	123%

Swing Conservative to Liberal Democrat ~13½% since 2016 and 2014, ~17½% since 2015 and 34½% since 2012
- the new Councillor was the Liberal Democrat candidate in 2014, 2015 and 2016 and was a Parliamentary candidate in 2015.

Council now 46 Conservative, 6 Liberal Democrat, 1 Labour, 1 Independent

Wokingham
Emmbrook
Conservative resigned



2016: Con 1,235, LD 1,222, Lab 260, G 119
2015: Con 2,156, LD 1,731, UKIP 452, Lab 419, G 233
2014: Con 1,085, LD 1,074, UKIP 447, Lab 287
2012: Con 1,202, UKIP 330, Lab 313, LD 291
2011: Con 1,863, LD 741, Lab 444, UKIP 272
2010: Con 2,376, LD 1,574, UKIP 462, Lab 418
2008: Con 1,521, LD 788, UKIP 289, Lab 128

Christopher EVERETT (Labour Party)
Kevin MORGAN (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Phil RAY (UK Independence Party (UKIP))
Imogen SHEPHERD-DUBEY (Liberal Democrat)

Council by election results for the 16th February 2017

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Cheshire East, Bollington Bollington First GAIN

Dudley, St Thomas's LAB HOLD

East Staffordshire, Burton LIB DEM HOLD

Forest of Dean, Lydbrook & Ruardean GREEN GAIN

Oldham, Failsworth East LAB HOLD

Uttlesford, Elsenham & Henham Residents GAIN x2

Uttlesford, Elsenham & Henham Council by election result 16th February 2017

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Uttlesford, Elsenham & Henham - 2 residents gain from Liberal Democrat

Party	2017 votes	2017 share	since 2015 "top"	since 2015 "average"
Residents *	824+716	59.6%	+32.4%	-31.6%
Liberal Democrats	316+259	22.1%	-24.5%	-23.5%
Conservative	141+120	10.0%	-11.0%	-11.3%
UKIP	68+64	5.1%	from nowhere	from nowhere
Labour	39+28	2.6%	-2.5%	-2.5%
Green	8+6	0.5%	from nowhere	from nowhere
Total votes	2,599		60%	62%

* top candidate in by-election stood as sole Independent in 2015

Swing Liberal Democrat to Residents  Independent 28½% / 27½% since 2015

Council now 23 Conservative, 11 Residents, 4 Liberal Democrat, 1 Independent

Uttlesford
Elsenham & Henham
Liberal Democrat resignation x2




2015: LD 1,009/912, Ind 590, Con 455/444, Lab 110/102
2011: LD 862/798, Con 542/394, Lab 116/86
2007: LD 637/631, Con 463/428

Paul ALLINGTON (The Green Party)
David ALLUM (UKIP)
Alexis BEECHING (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Sharron COKER (UKIP)
Lorraine FLAWN (Liberal Democrats)
Sinead HOLLAND (Liberal Democrats)
Garry LECOUNT (Residents for Uttlesford)
Petrina LEES (Residents for Uttlesford)
Joe RICH (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Karmel STANNARD (The Green Party)
Carl STEWARD (Labour Party)
Hilary TODD (Labour Party)

Oldham, Failsworth East Council by election result 16th February 2017

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Oldham, Failsworth East, Labour hold

Party	2017 votes	2017 share	since 2016	since 2015	since 2014	since 2012 B	since 2012
Labour	829	58.4%	-7.3%	+4.0%	+11.3%	-20.7%	-26.5%
Conservative	360	25.4%	+1.6%	+8.2%	+12.7%	from nowhere	from nowhere
UKIP	166	11.7%	from nowhere	-12.0%	-23.3%	-2.1%	from nowhere
Green	49	3.5%	-4.3%	+0.2%	-0.7%	from nowhere	from nowhere
Liberal Democrat	16	1.1%	-1.8%	-0.4%	+0.1%	-6.1%	-14.0%
Total votes	1,420		66%	30%	63%	94%	76%

Swing Labour to Conservative ~4½% since 2016 and 2.1% since 2015
Council now 46 Labour, 9 Liberal Democrat, 2 Conservative, 2 Independent, 1 UKIP

Oldham
Failsworth East
Labour resigned



2016: Lab 1,410, Con 509, Green 166, LD 62
2015: Lab 2,571, UKIP 1,118, Con 809, Green 156, LD 73
2014: Lab 1,055, UKIP 785, Con 284, Green 93, LD 24
2012by: Lab 1,199, UKIP 209, LD 109
2012: Lab 1,585, LD 283
2011: Lab 1,925, Con 674, LD 124
2010: Lab 2,492, Con 1,438, LD 546, Ind 235

Antony CAHILL (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Shaun DUFFY (Liberal Democrats)
Nicholas GODLEMAN (UK Independence Party (UKIP))
Andy HUNTER-ROSSALL (Green Party)
Paul Jean JACQUES (Labour Party)

Forest of Dean, Lydbrook & Ruardean Council by election result 16th February 2017

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Forest of Dean, Lydbrook & Ruardean - Green gain from UKIP

Party	2017 votes	2017 share	since 2015 "top"	since 2015 "average"	since 2011 "top"	since 2015 "average"
Green	360	35.3%	+19.3%	+18.4%	from nowhere	from nowhere
Conservative	248	24.3%	+7.9%	+7.6%	+10.1%	+11.2%
Labour	231	22.7%	+0.3%	+2.5%	-7.0%	-6.4%
UKIP	113	11.1%	-10.0%	-9.7%	-9.1%	-9.7%
Liberal Democrat	67	6.6%	from nowhere	from nowhere	from nowhere	from nowhere
Independent			-24.0%	-25.3%	-35.9%	-37.0%
Total votes	1,019		26%	28%	38%	39%

Council now 21 Conservative, 13 Labour, 7 Independent, 5 UKIP, 2 Green

Forest of Dean
Lydbrook & Ruardean
UKIP (sitting as Independent) resigned



2015: Ind 927, Lab 865/813/534, UKIP 817/704, Con 636/631/572, G 621
2011: Ind 964, Lab 797/720, UKIP 542, Con 383/330/312
2007: Ind 845, Lab 622/579, Ind 564, Con 448/422/342
2003: Ind 707/269/241, Lab 506/430/414, Con 269/259/203

Roy BARDO (UK Independence Party (UKIP))
Karen BROWN (Labour Party)
Heather LUSTY (Liberal Democrats)
Sid PHELPS (Green Party)
Kevin WHITE (The Conservative Party Candidate)