Chiltern DC, Great Missenden
Con 494 (74.2;+9.8), LD 149 (22.4;-13.2), Lab 23 (3.5;+3.5)
Majority 345. Turnout 36.4%. Con hold. Last fought 2003.

Durham CC, Dawden
Lab 775 (84.0;+4.3), Con 148 (16.0;-4.3)
Majority 627. Turnout 18.7%. Lab hold. Last fought 2005.

Easington DC, Passfield
Lab 480 (69.3;+26.8), Ind 213 (30.7;-26.8)
Majority 267. Turnout 15.2%. Lab gain from Ind. Last fought 2003.

Manchester City MBC, Gorton South
LD 1588 (49.3;+1.5), Lab 1208 (37.5;+1.7), BNP 185 (5.7;+5.7), 
Green 151 (4.7;-3.8), Con 90 (2.8;-5.1)
Majority 380. Turnout 29.9%. LD hold. Last fought 2006.

North Shropshire DC, Hordley, Tetchill and Lyneal
Con 169 (59.7), Ind 74 (26.1), Ind 40 (14.1)
Majority 95. Turnout 26.5%. Con gain from Ind. Unopposed in 2003.

Shrewsbury and Atcham DC, Lawley
Ind 318 (45.6), Con 298 (42.7), LD 82 (11.7)
Majority 20. Turnout 35.7%. Ind gain from Con. Unopposed in 2006.

South Cambridgeshire DC, The Abingtons
Con 496 (65.5;+42.8), LD 261 (34.5;-29.1)
[Ind 0 (0.0;-13.8)]
Majority 235. Turnout 43.4%. Con gain from LD. Last fought 2004.

Please note:
The figures for percentage change are based on the details of the =
results from the last time that there was an election in the ward by 
statute in the May (or sometimes June) elections, rather than by any 
by-election. We use the figures in The Local Elections Handbook by Colin 
Rallings & Michael Thrasher.
The Party-defending seat is the party that the former Councillor (who =
has died, resigned or been disqualified) belonged to when she or he was =
elected not the one that she or he may have subsequently belonged to as 
a result of any defection.


Information courtesy of the Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors 
www: http://www.aldc.org. 
Also available at http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/byelections/
Forthcoming By-elections at 
http://www.aldc.org/Byelections/Forthcoming%20By-elections.htm
-- 
Cllr. Colin Rosenstiel
Cambridge