Alnwick DC, Amble West
LD 237 (56.3;+21.6), Ind 94 (22.3;-19.7), Con 90 (21.4;+21.4)
Majority 143. Turnout 26%. LD gain from Ind. Last fought 2003.

Blyth Valley BC, Hartley
Lab 413 (39.0;-9.1), LD 361 (34.1;+16.5), Con 285 (26.9;-7.3)
Majority 52. Turnout 27.2%. Lab hold. Last fought 2003.

Chester City DC, Newton St Michaels
Con 518 (41.9;-0.1), LD 497 (40.2;+8.1), Lab 197 (15.9;-2.9),
Green 24 (1.9;-5.2)
Majority 21. Turnout 46.2%. Con gain from LD. Last fought 2006.

Rotherham MBC, Rotherham West
Lab 1024 (44.3;+3.8), BNP 606 (26.2;+26.2), Ind 538 (23.2;-15.0), 
Con 146 (6.3;+6.3)
[LD 0 (0.0;-21.3)]
Majority 418. Turnout 26.3%. Lab hold. Last fought 2006.

Stroud TC, Stroud Valley
Green 149 (53.8), Ind 46 (16.6), LD 45 (16.2), Ind 37 (13.4)
Majority 103. Turnout 17.5%. Green gain from Ind.


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