By Elections: 07/09/17

14 wards were contested in yesterday’s by elections around the UK. Labour had a great night of results:

• Skerton West (Lancs) – Labour hold with 24.5 point increase
• Fortissat (N Lanarkshire) – Labour gain from Tories with 2 point increase
• Ely South (East Cambs) – Lib Dem gain from Tories, Labour up 6.5 points
• Eye, Thorney & Newborough (Peterborough) – Tories hold, Labour up 15.2 points
• Cardonald (Glasgow) – Labour hold, up 10.1 points
• South Norwood (Croydon) – Labour hold, up 7.9 points
• St John (Suffolk) – Labour hold, up 5.3 points
• Sudbury South (Babergh) – Labour gain from Tories with 16.3 point increase
• Hednesford Green Heath (Cannock Chase) – Labour gain from Tories with 11.1 point increase
• Hednesford South (Cannock Chase) – Green gain from Tories, Labour down 13.2 points
• Golden Valley South (Herefordshire) – Indie gain from Tories, Labour up 9.6 points
• Ouse Valley & Ringmer (Lewes) – Green gain from Tories, Labour down 4.4 points
• Shrub End (Colchester) – Tories gain from Lib Dems, Labour up 20.5 points
• Hednesford & Rawnsley (Staffs) – Tories hold, Labour up 4.2 points

Breaking that down we can see that Labour’s vote share increased in 12 of the 14 wards contested; winning in 7 wards, holding all previous seats held and taking 3 seats from the Tories.

• Labour: Held 4, Gained 3, Lost 0
• Tories: Held 2, Gained 1, Lost 7
• Lib Dems: Held 0, Gained 1, Lost 1
• Green: Held 0, Gained 2, Lost 0
• Independent: Held 0, Gained 1, Lost 0
• UKIP: Irrelevant

Full details (save for Golden Valley South for some reason) can be found on the Labour List website, here.