Council by-election results from Thursday

By Matthew Barrett
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The council by-election results from Thursday were:

Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames - Coombe Vale:

Con 1340, 1308 (43.8%, +0.8), LD 908, 778 (29.7%, -7.5), Lab 526, 502 (17.2%, +7.3), Green 122, 108 (4%, -3.3), CPA 94, 76 (3.1%, +0.4), UKIP 70 (2.3%, +2.3).

Two Con holds. Swing 4.2% LD to Con since 2010.

Melton District - Frisby on the Wreake:

Ind 212 (38.5%, +38.5), Con 187 (34%, -37), Lab 89 (16.2%, -12.8), Ind 62 (11.3%, +11.3).

Ind gain from Con. Swing 37.8% Con to Ind since May.

Mid Devon District - Clare and Shuttern:

Con 385 (63.6%, +4.1), Ind 166 (27.4%, -13.1), UKIP 54 (8.9%, +8.9).

Con hold. Swing 8.6% Ind to Con since May.

Shetland Islands - Central:

Davie Sandison (352 votes), Stephan Morgan (124), Ian Scott (115) and Robert Williamson (81). Clive Richardson (Conservative) (29) and Scotty van der Tol (27) dropped out after the first round of counting.

Ind hold. All candidates were Ind, except one Con, Clive Richardson.