South West Hertfordshire Liberal Democrats

Another Good Week for the Liberal Democrats with a Local Gain in the Council By-Election Roundup

The star result is of course the gain from the Tories in Aylesbury Vale. Well done to Waheed Raja and the Aylesbury Lib Dem Team.

Central & Walton Ward (Aylesbury Vale) result:
LIB DEM: 40.9% (+18.1)
CON: 31.5% (-1.1)
LAB: 19.8% (+0.9)
GRN: 4.5% (-4.0)
IND: 3.3% (+3.3)
No UKIP (-17.2) as prev.
Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative.

Other results from around the country were:
Cheshire East Borough Council (Bunbury Ward). A Conservative hold but we note the Libweeral democrats, who had not stood in the last election, bounced back with a respectable 28% vote share. Well done LD candidate Mark Ireland-Jones.
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council (Leek West Ward) showed a Labour gain from Conservatives. This time the Greens did not stand and the votes seemed be evenly split between Lib Dems and Labour. This gave the Lib Dems a 6% vote share increase and helped Labour beat the Tories and win the seat.
Chiltern District Council (Ridgeway Ward) This appears to have been a Conservative gain from an Independent. At the last election there was no Labour candidate. This time they stood and got a 33% vote share from a standing start. Although the Lib Dem vote share increased by 12% the Labour intervention ensured that the Conservative won.

Thurrock Unitary Authority (Ockendon Ward) UKIP held the seat last time but failed to field a candidate this time. An Independent, a Conservative and a Labour candidate stood - but not a Liberal Democrat. The result was a tie between the Conservative and the Labour candidates and the Conservative won the coin toss. This means it was a Conservative gain from UKIP.
Bassetlaw District Council (Worksop SE Ward). A very comfortable (77%) Labour hold. Neither UKIP nor the Greens stood and a brave Lib Dem stood this time and obtained a vote share of 7.5%