Council byelection results from yesterday

The Press Association reports:

Barking and Dagenham London Borough - Longbridge:

Lab 1555, Ukip 466, C 284, Lib Dem 78, and BNP 37. (May 2010 - Three seats Lab 3292, 2900, 2559, Lib Dem 1239, C 1221, 1109, BNP 677, Ind 452, 388, Ukip 383, Ind 369, C 316, Ind 167).

Lab hold. Swing 3.1 per cent Ukip to Lab.

Leicester City - Abbey:

Lab 1190, C 562, Ind 352, Lib Dem 212, Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts 165. (May 2011 - Three seats Lab 1579, 1542, 1511, Liberal 479, C 456, 422, Liberal 392, 353, C 333, Ukip 301, 287, 207, Lib Dem 230, 185, 168).

Lab hold. Swing 7.5 per cent Lab to C.

Oldham Borough - Alexandra:

Lab 1553, Ukip 412, Lib Dem 96, C 80, Green 55. (Lab 1100, C 826, Lib Dem 447).

Lab hold. Swing 27.7 per cent C to Lab.

Thanet District - Cliftonville East:

Ukip 699, C 526, Lab 352, Ind 112, Lib Dem 32. (May 2011 - Three seats C 1187, 1165, 1155, Ind 601, 598, Lab 515, 490, 456, Green 283).

Ukip gain from C. Swing 8.3 per cent C to Lab).

Interesting detail of the collapse of the BNP vote in Barking and Dagenham. If they are getting such a derisory showing in this borough it indicates that the era of democratically elected neo-Nazis in our council chambers does seem to be drawing to a close.

There were also lots of Council byelections last week (118 so rather too many to list) alongside the main council elections. The Conservatives made net losses of nine. We held 48 of the 64 seats we were defending. However we gained five seats from the Lib Dems and two from Labour (in Wellingborough and Wycombe.) The 16 losses were mostly to UKIP and to independents.