Broxtowe BC, Greasley (Giltbrook and Newthorpe)
Con 1125 (49.1; +0.5)
Lab 600 (26.2; +1.6)
BNP 301 (13.1; -2.5)
LD 232 (10.1; -0.9)
UKIP 31 (1.4; +1.4)
Majority 525
Turnout 46%
Con hold
Percentage change is since 2007

East Devon DC, Honiton St Michaels
LD 636 (51.1; +51.1)
Con 609 (48.9; -20.9)
[Lab (0.0; -30.2)]
Majority 27
Turnout 23.7%
LD gain from Con
Percentage change is since 2007

Epsom and Ewell BC, Court
Lab 377 (33.0; +2.2)
LD 343 (30.0; -10.0)
Con 281 (24.6; +7.5)
Residents 143 (12.5; +0.2)
Majority 34
Turnout 26.9%
Lab gain from LD
Percentage change is since 2007

Epsom and Ewell BC, Ruxley
Con 564 (51.3; +13.0)
Residents 363 (33.0; -11.7)
Lab 73 (6.6; -2.6)
LD 60 (5.5; -2.2)
UKIP 40 (3.6; +3.6)
Majority 201
Turnout 24.5%
Con gain from Residents
Percentage change is since 2007

Walsall MBC, Rushall-Shelfield
Con 809 (49.8; -11.2)
Lab 411 (25.3; +5.6)
LD 178 (11.0; -1.5)
UKIP 165 (10.2; +10.2)
Green 61 (3.8; -3.1)
Majority 398
Turnout 18.0%
Con hold
Percentage change is since 2008

Felixstowe TC, Felixstowe East
Con 535 (35.8)
LD 473 (31.6)
Save Felixstowe Countryside 404 (27.0)
Lab 84 (5.6)
Majority 62
Turnout not known
Con hold


Information courtesy of the Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors 
www: http://www.aldc.org. 
Also available at http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/byelections/
-- 
Cllr. Colin Rosenstiel
Cambridge

rosenstiel@cix.compulink.co.uk wrote:

[ ... ]

> East Devon DC, Honiton St Michaels
> LD 636 (51.1; +51.1)
> Con 609 (48.9; -20.9)
> [Lab (0.0; -30.2)]
> Majority 27
> Turnout 23.7%
> LD gain from Con
> Percentage change is since 2007

[mutter... bloody Labour Party... not even being able to field a candidate...]

In article ,
    wrote:
> Epsom and Ewell BC, Court
> Lab 377 (33.0; +2.2)
> LD 343 (30.0; -10.0)
> Con 281 (24.6; +7.5)
> Residents 143 (12.5; +0.2)
> Majority 34
> Turnout 26.9%
> Lab gain from LD
> Percentage change is since 2007

Oh well: out of the frying pan...

> Epsom and Ewell BC, Ruxley
> Con 564 (51.3; +13.0)
> Residents 363 (33.0; -11.7)
> Lab 73 (6.6; -2.6)
> LD 60 (5.5; -2.2)
> UKIP 40 (3.6; +3.6)
> Majority 201
> Turnout 24.5%
> Con gain from Residents
> Percentage change is since 2007

A better result; and more in keeping with the Epsom I knew when I lived
there some years ago.

-- 
John M Ward - see http://www.horsted.john-ward.org.uk
--> In favour of returning all local decisions to local people!

On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 at 17:14:45, rosenstiel@cix.compulink.co.uk wrote in 
uk.politics.electoral :
>
>East Devon DC, Honiton St Michaels
>LD 636 (51.1; +51.1)
>Con 609 (48.9; -20.9)
>[Lab (0.0; -30.2)]
>Majority 27
>Turnout 23.7%
>LD gain from Con
>Percentage change is since 2007
>
I can see why the LD's would have gained from there being no Lab 
candidate this time, but why would they take lots of Tory votes too?
-- 
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham

"Paul Hyett" <pah@invalid.invalid> wrote in message 
news:ka1AMoGH7OqJFwKw@blueyonder.co.uk...
> On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 at 17:14:45, rosenstiel@cix.compulink.co.uk wrote in 
> uk.politics.electoral :
>>
>>East Devon DC, Honiton St Michaels
>>LD 636 (51.1; +51.1)
>>Con 609 (48.9; -20.9)
>>[Lab (0.0; -30.2)]
>>Majority 27
>>Turnout 23.7%
>>LD gain from Con
>>Percentage change is since 2007
>>
> I can see why the LD's would have gained from there being no Lab candidate 
> this time, but why would they take lots of Tory votes too?
> -- 
> Paul Hyett, Cheltenham

These might be Lib Dem voters who voted Con last time as there was no Lib 
Dem standing. Just a thought.

John M Ward wrote:

>> Epsom and Ewell BC, Court
>> Lab 377 (33.0; +2.2)
>> LD 343 (30.0; -10.0)
>> Con 281 (24.6; +7.5)
>> Residents 143 (12.5; +0.2)
>> Majority 34
>> Turnout 26.9%
>> Lab gain from LD
>> Percentage change is since 2007

> Oh well: out of the frying pan...

>> Epsom and Ewell BC, Ruxley
>> Con 564 (51.3; +13.0)
>> Residents 363 (33.0; -11.7)
>> Lab 73 (6.6; -2.6)
>> LD 60 (5.5; -2.2)
>> UKIP 40 (3.6; +3.6)
>> Majority 201
>> Turnout 24.5%
>> Con gain from Residents
>> Percentage change is since 2007

> A better result; and more in keeping with the Epsom I knew when I lived
> there some years ago.

Erm Ruxley is in Ewell...

Court ward is politically unique within a borough already noted for 
political rarity, as whether by accident, deliberate planning or deliberate 
boundaries it has virtually all the traditional Labour demographics and 
lacks a ward specific Residents' Association - the candidates in both the 
by-election and the last all outs were nominated by the borough wide 
federation (and in 2007 there were only two RA candidates in the three 
member ward), whereas in other wards like Ruxley the RA is organised and 
registered on a ward level basis (not that it makes any difference on the 
council). The real shock is that Labour lost Court ward in 2007, though 
their recovery of one seat (with longtime Labour councillor Sheila Carlson 
returning to the council) is down to a growing Conservative vote at the Lib 
Dems' expense (and that may be more down to the Conservatives slowly reaping 
the benefits of actually getting their act together in contesting the 
council locally rather than either a defection from the RA at the east of 
the borough or the national effect).

In article ,
   Tim Roll-Pickering  wrote:
> John M Ward wrote:

[Some snipped]

> > A better result; and more in keeping with the Epsom I knew when I
> > lived there some years ago.

> Erm Ruxley is in Ewell...

Yes, it is: I remember it well!  To be accurate I should have written
"Epsom and Ewell", and some years ago I had delivery rounds in both areas,
including where a one-eyed (and slightly tubby) cat lived in Ruxley.  We
became friends...

> Court ward is politically unique within a borough already noted for
> political rarity [...] 

That was very interesting to read, and I have kept it on permanent file
here.  Thanks for that.  It all brings back such memories for me, as --
although I was covering only a couple of areas myself -- I was on the
LibDems' committee for the whole of E&E at the time, so had a degree of
interest in all of it.

-- 
John M Ward - see http://www.horsted.john-ward.org.uk
--> In favour of returning all local decisions to local people!

Paul Hyett wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 at 17:14:45, rosenstiel@cix.compulink.co.uk wrote in 
> uk.politics.electoral :
>>
>> East Devon DC, Honiton St Michaels
>> LD 636 (51.1; +51.1)
>> Con 609 (48.9; -20.9)
>> [Lab (0.0; -30.2)]
>> Majority 27
>> Turnout 23.7%
>> LD gain from Con
>> Percentage change is since 2007
>>
> I can see why the LD's would have gained from there being no Lab 
> candidate this time, but why would they take lots of Tory votes too?

What says they did?

They might have done, but the only comparative shown is the share of the 
vote, which does not prove that they took a significant number of 
Conservative votes as cast the previous time (though obviously, there is 
always a number of people who change party allegiance between elections).

A boost in turnout (perhaps because LibDems didn't come out in the same 
proportion when they didn't have a candidate to support) could produce that 
result.

A LEFT wing organisation is trying to remove a lecturer from a
Birmingham university because of his alleged membership of the Far
Right British National Party.

A petition has been launched in Birmingham to try to force visiting
music lecturer Andrew Glover from his position at Birmingham City
University.

Unite Against Fascism, which is made up of teaching and other trade
unions, claims that Mr Glover is a member of the BNP.

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