Link to >>> Council Election Results May 2016 - April 2017
Link to the results (number of elections)
12th January (2)
19th January (1)
26th January (1)
There were 4 by-elections during January 2017 with 2 (50%) changing hands. The results can be summarised by:
| Party |
Contested
|
Defended
|
Retained
|
Gained
|
Lost
|
Won
|
retention rate
|
Conservative
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
50%
| |
Labour
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
0%
| |||
Liberal Democrat
|
2
|
2
|
2
| ||||
SNP
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
100%
| ||
Green
|
3
| ||||||
UKIP
|
3
| ||||||
Libertarian
|
1
| ||||||
Total votes
|
18
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
50%
|
Liberal Democrats gained Sunderland, Sandhill from Labour with a 45% vote share and on a swing of around 36% since 2012 to 2016
- 3 member Metropolitan ward won by Labour every year since 2004 where the previous highest Liberal Democrat share was 20.4% in 2010
Liberal Democrats regained Three Rivers, Gade Valley from a Conservative on a swing of 2¾% since 2016, 23½% since 2015 and ~ 9% since 2014
- 3 member ward electing 3 Liberal Democrats in 2014 all out elections, a Conservative narrowly winning on 2015 General Election turnout, but Liberal Democrat in 2016
Elsewhere Conservatives retained Bromsgrove, Norton although there was a 12% swing to Labour since 2015 in this single member ward of 2,018 electors whilst
SNP retained East Ayrshire, Kilmarnock East & Hurlford on a swing from Labour of 9¼% since 2012 and 12½% since 2007 with Conservative share at 20.1% against 7.4% and 7.7% previously.
