10/07/2008 Election candidates (10 elections this day)

[meurig]

Just come back from the Rheidol count.

Plaid 271
Lib Dem 252
Ind 98
Lab 36
Con 17

I'll let Harry work out the swing. My brain hurts. But I'm happy!  
Just a little aside - the new Plaid councillor, Aled Davies, is the brother of the leader of the Lib Dems on the council, Ceredig Davies.

[cymrumark]

great result!

[Harry Hayfield]

Thanks for that Meurig

Aberystwyth, Rheidol by-election : July 10th 2008
John Aled Davies (Plaid Cymru -The Party of Wales) 271 votes (40.20% +12.03%)
Alex Dauncey (Liberal Democrats) 252 votes (37.38% -30.20%)
Carol Kolzak (Independent) 98 (14.54%)
Richard Boudier (Labour) 36 (5.34%)
Luke Evetts (Conservative) 17 (2.52% -2.72%)
Plaid Cymru GAIN from Liberal Democrats with a majority of 19 (2.82%) on a swing from Liberal Democrat to Plaid Cymru of 21.62%

[middle englander]

Aberystwyth result.  Relative turnout 93%.

PC             40.2%    +13.0%
Lib Dem      37.4%    -30.2%
Ind            14.6%    +14.6%
Lab             5.3%     +5.3%
Con             2.5%     -2.7%

Swing Lib Dem to PC was 21.6%

[Andrea]

Chichester-Bury

John Elliott (Conservative) 431 (69.29%)

David Hares (Liberal Democrat) 191 (30.71%)

There was 1 spoilt ballot paper

turnout: 34.43%

[middle englander]

Chichester result.  Relative turnout 78%.  Conservative vote increases by 14% to 69.3%.  Previously only their opponent was an Independent but replaced by a Lib Dem in the by-election.


Await results from Kirklees, Stafford and West Wilts together with the Caerphilly Risca one.  Three of these could possibly see Labour at risk.  West Wilts is a staight Lib Dem / Conservative contest but the Council website does not indicate there is actually an election on at the moment.

[DBIV]

The Kirklees website implies the count is tomorrow. The others are all in relatively urban wards.

[Trident]

Canterbury a Liberal Democrat hold - big congratulations to Cllr Michael Steed:

Steed - 993
Con - 701
Green - 121
Ind - 102

TO 33%

I did wonder whether that was the psephologist Michael Steed - and indeed it is.

[JimPage]

LB Redbridge.  Relative turnout ~ 85%

Con         60.0%    +8.4%
Lab         26.9%     -5.1%
LibDem     11.7%    -4.7%
BNP           1.4%    +1.4%

Swing Labour to Conservative 6¾%.  Very poor BNP vote.  Lib Dems shed almost 5%

This ward was the BNPs second weakest ward in the whole on East London in May 2008 - only Spitalfields & Banglatown was worse. Can only think they stood here as a training excercise for new activists.

[Andrea]

Kirklees-Dalton

Labour McBride, Peter Daniel 1397 Held
LIBDEM Liberal Democrat Munro, Alison Louise 1155 
CON Conservative Leonard, Martin James 605 
BNP British National Party Wright, Jonathan David Baxter 157 
GRN Green Hargreaves, David William 103 
IND Independent Walder, Colin Anthony 34


turnout: 27%

[Andrea]

Stafford

Con 397
Lab 294
LD 140
EPP 78
Greens 74


And according to a comment on a Labour blog, Labour has held the Caerphilly ward

[meurig]

Yet to hear anything from Caerphilly.
I gather that Plaid hopes were not high, due to local circumstances, and the Labour candidate being the widow of the deceased councillor.

[middle englander]

Kirklees & Stafford.  Two contrasting results.  The Lib Dems hoped to win in the former, but there was a strong swing to Labour of over 5% whilst the Conservative gained Stafford from Labour on a swing of 11%.

Kirklees relative turnout 81%

Lab          40.5%    +10.0%
Lib Dem     33.4%     -0.9%
Con          17.5%     -1.9%
BNP            4.5%     -6.3%
Green          3.0%    -2.0%
Ind             1.0%     +1.0%

Stafford relative turnout ~ 93%

Con            40.4%    -3.4%
Lab            29.9%    -26.3%
Lib Dem      14.2%    +14.2%
EPP              7.9%    +7.9%
Green           7.5%    +7.5%

Still Caerphilly and West Wilts to come.  But see earlier comments about West Wilts website.

[meurig]

Caerphilly, Risca West
Labour 636
Plaid Cymru 315
Con 137
Lib Dem 47

[Al]

Yet to hear anything from Caerphilly.
I gather that Plaid hopes were not high, due to local circumstances, and the Labour candidate being the widow of the deceased councillor.

And the fact that it's Risca, I guess.