Council byelection results from yesterday

The Press Association reports:

Fenland District - Hill:

C 319, Lab 110, Ind 105. (May 2011 - Two seats C 797, 677, Lab 366, Lib Dem 202).

C hold. Swing 5.3% Lab to C.

Lambeth London Borough - Brixton Hill:

Lab 1593, Green 344, Lib Dem 274, C 164, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 72, Ukip 63, Socialist Party of Great Britain 34. (May 2010 - Three seats Lab 2805, 2699, 2648, Lib Dem 2100, 1873, 1560, Green 1108, 1023, C 873, Green 850, C 768, 688).

Lab hold. Swing 10.9% Green to Lab.

Wirral Borough - Heswall:

C 1254, Ukip 460, Lab 289, Green 110, Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts 19. (May 2012 - C 2766, Lab 785, Ukip 413, Green 261, Lib Dem 186).

C hold. Swing 8.0% C to Ukip.

Wirral Borough - Leasowe and Moreton East:

C 1620, Lab 1355, Ukip 148, Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts 31, Lib Dem 28, Green 28. (May 2012 - Lab 2094, C 1776, Ukip 144, Green 89).

C gain from Lab. Swing 8.0% Lab to C.

The Press Association extrapolate from these results a national Labour lead of just 1.6%. Just a bit of fun.

Special congratulations to Cllr Ian Lewis, the Wirral's very own comeback kid. He gained back from Labour the ward he lost last year. In some councils you can argue that being under Labour of Conservative control doesn't make much difference - that is not something that applies in Wirral.