Council by-election results from yesterday

Central Bedfordshire Council - Dunstable Northfields:

Ind 434, C 305, Lab 297, Ukip 227, Lib Dem 35. (May 2011 - Ind 877, C 757, 753, Lab 618, 594, Ind 198, Lib Dem 168, 117, Ind 45).

Ind gain from C. Swing 3.3% C to Lab.

Charnwood Borough - Wreak Villages:

C 396, Lab 87. (May 2011 - C 904, Lab 253).

C hold. Swing 3.9 per cent Lab to C.

East Lindsey District - Frithville:

C 221, Ukip 163. (May 2011 - Ind 466, C 229).

C gain from Ind.

Hertfordshire County - Hitchin North:

Lab 1250, C 673, Lib Dem 246, Ukip 235, Green 212. (May 2013 - Lab 1503, C 1070, Green 479, Lib Dem 217).

Lab hold. Swing 4.4 per cent C to Lab.

North Hertfordshire District - Hitchin Oughton:

Lab 361, C 180, Ukip 148, Green 32, and Lib Dem 31. (May 2012 - Lab 638, C 258, Green 103, Lib Dem 50).

Lab hold. Swing 6.0 per cent Lab to C.

The Press Association calculates that extrapolating the swing from these four results equates to a Labour lead over the Conservatives nationally of 2.1 per cent. Just a bit of fun...