A small clutch of local by-election results from yesterday:
Hale End and Highams Park ward, London Borough of Waltham Forest
LD - 45% (+4)
Con - 40% (+2)
Lab - 9% (-2)
Green - 5% (-4)
Two LD holds
Bingley ward, Bradford
Con - 60% (+7)
Lab - 21% (-1)
LD - 10% (+2)
Others - 9% (-7)
Con hold
The Three Colnes ward, Braintree
Con - 77% (+25)
Lab - 14% (+4)
Green - 2% (+2)
(Ind did not stand)
Con hold
Birch and Winstree ward, Colchester
Con - 58% (-12)
LD - 33% (+14)
Lab - 6% (-)
Green - 2% (-3)
Con hold
Avon and Swift ward, Rugby
Full result unavailable
Con hold
And one impressive result in a parish council by-election has reached our attention:
Chester Conservatives have gained both available seats in the Huntington parish by-election. James Scargill and Paul Sheen won almost 60% of the vote in a Parish that was the Lib Dems safest only last year. The by-election followed the resignation of two Liberal Democrat Parish Councillors.
Paul Sheen (Con) 287
James Scargill (Con) 281
Labour 107
Labour 105
Lib Dem 101
Lib Dem 73
UKIP 16
Turnout was 33% and the swing from Lib Dem to Tory was calculated as 24%.
